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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Fourteen speeches that have had a profound effect on the course of the 20th century.What has happened to the 'art' of speech-writing and speech making? Where are the men and women whose words set the heart racing with passion, turn battles, inspire populations to extraordinary endeavour- 'Ask not what your country can do for you.' 'We shall fight on the beaches.' 'I have a dream.' 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'Quote these words today and they still have the power to stop us in our tracks.This is a book that should be required reading, a book that should be on every bookshelf in the country.Here are fourteen key speeches of the 20th century introduced by prominent figures ranging from F.W. de Klerk and Mikhail Gorbachev to Antony Beevor and Gordon Brown.Winston Churchill- We shall fight on the beaches. Introduced by Simon SchamaJ.F. Kennedy- Ask not what your country can do for you. Introduced by Kennedy's speech writer Ted SorensenNelson Mandela- An ideal for which I am prepared to die. Introduced by F.W. de KlerkHarold Macmillan- No going back. Introduced by Douglas HurdFranklin D. Roosevelt- The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Introduced by Gordon BrownNikita Khrushchev- The cult of the individual. Introduced by Mikhail GorbachevEmmeline Pankhurst- Freedom or death. Introduced by Germaine GreerMartin Luther King- I have a dream. Introduced by Gary YoungeCharles de Gaulle- The flame of French resistance. Introduced by Antony BeevorMargaret Thatcher- The lady's not for turning. Introduced by Simon JenkinsJawaharlal Nehru- A tryst with destiny. Introduced by Ian JackAneurin Bevan- Weapons for squalid and trivial ends. Introduced by Tam DalyellEarl Spencer- The most hunted person of the modern age. Introduced by Beryl BainbridgeVirginia Woolf- Shakespeare's sister. Introduced by Kate Mosse This is a book that should be required reading, a book that should be on every bookshelf in the country.Here are fourteen key speeches of the 20th century introduced by prominent figures ranging from F.W. Introduced by Kennedy's speech writer Ted SorensenNelson Mandela: An ideal for which I am prepared to die. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781848090385
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Book Description Condition: New. 2008. Hardcover. Contains 14 key speeches of the 20th century including Winston Churchill's - 'We shall fight on the beaches', J F Kennedy's - 'Ask not what your country can do for you', Nelson Mandela's - 'An ideal for which I am prepared to die', Harold Macmillan - 'No going back', and Franklin D Roosevelt's - 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 428. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781848090385
Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Introduced by Kennedy's speech writer Ted SorensenNelson Mandela: An ideal for which I am prepared to die. Introduced by Gordon BrownNikita Khrushchev: The cult of the individual. Introduced by Gary YoungeCharles de Gaulle: The flame of French resistance. Introduced by Antony BeevorMargaret Thatcher: The lady's not for turning. Seller Inventory # B9781848090385
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 8.03x5.43x1.02 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __1848090382
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6666-GRD-9781848090385