The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches (Eerder verschenen onder de titel : The Penguin book of twentieth-century speeches) - Softcover

MacArthur, Brian

 
9780241982303: The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches (Eerder verschenen onder de titel : The Penguin book of twentieth-century speeches)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0241982308 ISBN 13: 9780241982303
Publisher: Penguin, 2017

Synopsis

From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama, discover the most significant speeches of the modern era!

Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama on Selma and the meaning of America, speeches have profoundly influenced the way we see ourselves and society.

Gathered here are some of the most extraordinary and memorable speeches of the last century - from Lenin to Reagan, Thatcher to Malala. Some are well known, others less so, but all helped form the world we now inhabit.

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About the Author

Brian MacArthur was founder editor of Today and The Times Higher Education Supplement, and editor of the Western Morning News. He was deputy editor of the Sunday Times and executive editor of The Times. He has written Surviving the Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese 1942-1945. He has been interested in the power of oratory since first hearing Aneurin Bevan on the hustings in 1956 and has edited The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches and The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Protest. Brian MacArthur lives in Norfolk and London and has two daughters.

From the Back Cover

Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama on Selma and the meaning of America, speeches have profoundly influenced the way we see ourselves and society. Gathered here are some of the most extraordinary and memorable speeches of the last century - from Lenin to Reagan, Thatcher to Malala. Some are well known, others less so, but all helped form the world we now inhabit.

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Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0241982308
ISBN 13 
9780241982303
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
672
Editor
MacArthur Brian

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