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INTRODUCTION TIMELINE THEMES   Forebears and Family Warrior for Empire Visits to America American Presidents The Communicator The Politician World War II Cold Warrior The Long Sunset OBJECTS Za Prochnyi mir! Protiv Podzhigatelei Novoi Voiny! [For a stable peace! Against those who would ignite a new war], 1949 1949 saw the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), designed to confront the possibility of communist aggression with Western unity and firmness. Churchill favored the new organization, which he said indicated "a very considerable advance in opinion as far as the United States are concerned." This Soviet poster shows stalwart marchers for peace--"Against those who would ignite a new war"--as an alarmed Churchill and moneybag-clutching Uncle Sam look on. Object Details: Poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (269) Repro. # LC-USZC4-3342 Related Theme: Cold Warrior

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