The phrase “Iron Curtain” was coined by Churchill in a speech in Missouri, if memory serves. Is there a known source for “Cold War”?<\/p>\n
Update:<\/i> Dan Kohn did the legwork<\/a> and got the goods<\/a>:<\/p>\n \nCold War Dan adds, “BTW, Churchill’s speech is here<\/a>“.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The phrase “Iron Curtain” was coined by Churchill in a speech in Missouri, if memory serves. Is there a known source for “Cold War”? Update: Dan Kohn did the legwork and got the goods: Cold War This term for a … Continue reading
\nThis term for a conflict between nations that falls short of all-out war was coined, appropriately enough, by George Orwell in October 1945. Many, including Safire, credit Bayard Swope, a speech writer for Bernard Baruch[,] for coining the term in a draft speech in 1946. Baruch didn’t use the phrase, though, until 1947. But Orwell beat him to the punch in an article in the Tribune<\/i>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n