the political and economic division between the democratic west and the communist east
the political and economic division between the democratic west and the communist east
The iron curtain was just a term used to symbolize the wall between the east and western countries. It was not a real curtain.
the iron curtain
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The Iron Curtain was the de facto division between communist societies and democracies during the cold war.
The Iron Curtain was a metaphor for the Stalin's seemingly impenetrable partition of Europe between an authoritarian east and democratic west. Among the most symbolic manifestations to the Iron Curtain was the Berlin Wall.
The Iron Curtain.
the political and economic division between the democratic west and the communist east
It refers to the division of Communist Eastern Europe and Non-communist Western Europe.
The Berlin Wall symbolized an iron curtain. The Iron Curtain fence stretched for thousands of kilometers to separate Eastern and Western countries, and it was especially strong in Germany, where the Berlin Wall became an unmistakable symbol of the Iron Curtain division. In certain regions, the Iron Curtain was nothing more than a plain chain link fence, when in other places it was a highly guarded area which only people carrying special government permissions could approach. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-iron-curtain.htm
Yes, the term "iron curtain" was coined during the cold war to describe the division between the Communist Soviet Union and the rest of Europe.