Analyzing Churchill's Speech To The Soviet Union

After reading Churchill’s speech I conclude that he thought the Soviet Union was trying to spread communism throughout Eastern Europe and the rest of the world which could possible lead to a third world war. From what I understood Churchill’s method to stop this threat of war from happening was to rely on the United Nations Organization, because he believed the organization be vastly improved compared to the League of Nations and more efficient.
To begin the definition of self-determination is the method by which a country establishes its own statehood and fashions its allies and government; in simple words self-determination is a country’s right to rule one’s self without the interference of other countries in its proceedings. In his speech, Churchill boldly states that the Soviet Union wants to reap the benefits of a war and spread their command and ideology (Communism) around the world. This juxtaposes the core elements of self-determination. So, if the Soviet Union were able to accomplish its goal, or even make …show more content…
Based on my understanding of Churchill’s speech, what he does say is that the Soviets have high respect for a strong military and therefore little if not any respect for weak military prowess. What I think he is trying to say is that the only way to impede the Soviets from spreading Communism is by having a strong military not necessarily use them to attack the Soviets. That is why he talks so much about the English and United States joining forces: to help project a strong military force, a force that the Soviets would definitely recognize and thus dissuade them from their current actions. Consequently, he believed the United Nations Organization would work because they had a strong military force that would be enhanced by the US and English joining forces or in his words creating a “fraternal