Comprising over 250 speeches, including Churchill's call for a united Europe and, in one of the most famous orations of the Cold War period, Churchill condemned the Soviet Union's policies in Europe and declared, 'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.' Churchill's speech is considered one of the opening volleys announcing the beginning of the Cold War.

First editions; 5 vols, 8vo (220 x 150 mm); publisher's cloth, spines lettered in gilt, original dust-jackets, slightly frayed and chipped at extremities, some spotting to fore-edges, endpapers, and flap edges, cloth a little mottled, discreet booksellers ticket to pastedowns, otherwise a very good set that has not been price-clipped or restored.