Great speeches of the 20th century /
Great speeches of the 20th century /
Great speeches of the twentieth century
edited by Tom Clark ; foreword Germaine Greer
- London : Preface, 2008.
- 288 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Theguardian .
"Here are fourteen key speeches from the 20th century, introduced by prominent contemporary figures. They will remind you how, in the right hands, words can change the world" T.p. cover
Introduction--- Emmeline Pankhust (Freedom or death)--- Virginia Woolf (Shakespeare;s sister)--- Franklin D. Roosevelt (The only thing we have to fear is fear itself)--- Winston Churchill (We shall fight on the beaches)--- Charles de Gaulle (The flam of french resistance)--- Jawaharlal Nehru(A tryst with destiny)--- Nikita Khrushchev (The cult of the individual)--- Aneurin Bevan (Weapons for squalid and trivial ends)--- Harold Macmillan (The wind of change)--- John F. Kennedy (Ask not what your country can do for you)--- Martin Luther King ( I have a dream)--- Nelson Mandela (An ideal for which I am prepared to die)--- Margaret Thatcher (The lady's not for turning)--- Earl Spencer ( The most hunted person of the modern age)
9781848090385 1848090383
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Speeches, addresses, etc.--20th century.
Presidents--United States--Messages.
Political oratory
PN 6121 / G786 2008
"Here are fourteen key speeches from the 20th century, introduced by prominent contemporary figures. They will remind you how, in the right hands, words can change the world" T.p. cover
Introduction--- Emmeline Pankhust (Freedom or death)--- Virginia Woolf (Shakespeare;s sister)--- Franklin D. Roosevelt (The only thing we have to fear is fear itself)--- Winston Churchill (We shall fight on the beaches)--- Charles de Gaulle (The flam of french resistance)--- Jawaharlal Nehru(A tryst with destiny)--- Nikita Khrushchev (The cult of the individual)--- Aneurin Bevan (Weapons for squalid and trivial ends)--- Harold Macmillan (The wind of change)--- John F. Kennedy (Ask not what your country can do for you)--- Martin Luther King ( I have a dream)--- Nelson Mandela (An ideal for which I am prepared to die)--- Margaret Thatcher (The lady's not for turning)--- Earl Spencer ( The most hunted person of the modern age)
9781848090385 1848090383
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Speeches, addresses, etc.--20th century.
Presidents--United States--Messages.
Political oratory
PN 6121 / G786 2008