All We Say (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2026
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Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? This sweeping history of the United States told through fifteen speeches relives the battle over American identity, from a New York Times bestselling author and one of President Barack Obamas former speechwriters.At a time of moral and political drift, Ben Rhodes reminds us what American greatness actually sounds like, and what it means.Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland ElegiesFor 250 years, we have debated what it means to be American. This question shaped the compromises in our Constitution and the arguments weve been having ever sincespawning abolitionism, secession, and civil war; populism, mass migration, and global leadership; movements for reform and the backlashes to them. In All We Say, Ben Rhodes tells the story of fifteen speechessome iconic, others long forgottenwhich have both shaped and reflected the argument Americans have been having from our founding to the intense divisions of our time.Through riveting and beautifully rendered accounts of the people, movements, and moments that produced these speeches, Rhodes traces the history of our battle over identity. The result is a singular and revealing portrait of America itself: a nation divided between two storiesone of inheritance, power, and exclusion, the other of equality, striving, and belonging. Drawing on a decade writing for Barack Obama, Rhodes also shows us how words can redirect a nation, what makes a speech enduring, and why oratory is a unique form of persuasion in American democracy.From Benjamin Franklins call for compromise at the Constitutional Convention, to Alexander Stephens case for white supremacy as the cornerstone of the Confederacy; from Martin Luther Kings dream of true equality to Donald Trumps rallying cry against democracy itself, these speeches remind us that history is a living argument. At a time when American identityand truthis contested, All We Say offers a fresh and powerful look at who we really are and who we could still become. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- All We Say (Hardcover)
- Author
- Ben Rhodes
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc, New York
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0593595122
- ISBN 13
- 9780593595121
Since the founding of the United States, we have declared, discussed, and debated what it means to be an American. This deceptively simple question has spawned Constitutional crises, civil war, populism, mass migrations, reform movements--and their inevitable backlash. The history of this discourse over who we are, Ben Rhodes argues, is essential to understanding how we have evolved as a nation and the intensity of our divisions today.
Rhodes tells the story of fifteen essential speeches--some famous, some obscure--that, together, offer a fresh and revealing portrait of the United States. With rare insight into the power and purpose of political rhetoric, Rhodes illuminates how each speech reflects the nature of American identity at a particular historical moment, with riveting accounts of the people, movements, and social conditions that produced pivotal oratory. Rhodes also establishes the unique role of speaking as an act of American political persuasion--from Franklin's case for compromise at the Constitutional convention to Alexander Stephens's case for white supremacy as the cornerstone of the Confederacy; or, in social movements, from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s demand for racial equality at the march on Washington, to Pat Buchanan's "culture war" speech at the 1992 Republican convention which foreshadowed Donald Trump. For a country that values individualism, self-invention, and mass media, Rhodes reminds us that speeches have occupied an outsized space in our national imagination: the lone voice before a crowd, bending history to its will.
At a time when what it means to be an American is a matter of intense polarization, A History of the United States in 15 Speeches offers rare insight into the gap between who we really we are and who we want to be.
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