The "Iron Cutain" in 1946.... Winston Churchill...
THE NEW YORK TIMES (magazine section only), March 6, 1946
- Winston Churchill - Iron Curtain of Soviet Union
The front page has a photo of Winston Churchill giving the peace sign.
And beginning on page 7 is a essay by Arthur Koestler regarding the Iron Curtain of the Soviet Union at the very beginning of the cold war era.
Complete magazine section only, tabloid size, rag edition in nice condition.
Background: This issue of The New York Times Magazine from March 10, 1946, holds exceptional historical significance because it was printed just five days after Winston Churchill’s pivotal "Sinews of Peace" address in Fulton, Missouri, directly capturing the exact moment the Cold War entered public consciousness. Featuring Churchill on the cover alongside an inside essay by Hungarian-British intellectual Arthur Koestler—a prominent anti-totalitarian voice and author of Darkness at Noon—the issue provides a rare, real-time snapshot of Western society grappling with the shift from WWII alliance to Soviet ideological opposition.