21 speeches that shaped our world :
Abbott, Chris
21 speeches that shaped our world : the people and ideas that changed the way we think / Chris Abbott - London Rider 2012, ©2010 - 322 p. ; 23 cm.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I All the World is Human --
Freedom or Death / Emmeline Pankhurst --
I Have a Dream / Martin Luther King --
Rivers of Blood / Enoch Powell --
A Second Chance / Napoleon Beazley --
Apology to the Stolen Generations / Kevin Rudd --
pt. II You're Either With Us or Against Us --
A World Split Apart / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn --
Ash Heap of History / Ronald Reagan --
Our War on Terror / George Bush --
Your Security is in Your Own Hands / Osama bin Laden --
The Case for Climate Security / Margaret Beckett --
pt. III Might is Right --
We Shall Fight on the Beaches / Winston Churchill --
This Dark and Bitter Moment / Salvador Allende --
The Falklands Factor / Margaret Thatcher --
Doctrine of the International Community / Tony Blair --
The Mark of Cain / Tim Collins --
pt. IV Give Peace a Chance --
Let No One Commit a Wrong in Anger / Mohandas Gandhi --
The Military--Industrial Complex / Dwight D. Eisenhower --
With a Heavy Heart / Robin Cook --
Contents note continued: This is Anthony / Marie Fatayi-Williams --
A New Beginning / Barack Obama.
Takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today. The author examines the power of the arguments embedded in these speeches to inspire people to achieve great things, or do great harm. He draws upon his political expertise to explain how our current understanding of the world is rooted in pivotal moments of history.
History, Modern -- 21st century.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
PN6122 / .A33 2012
21 speeches that shaped our world : the people and ideas that changed the way we think / Chris Abbott - London Rider 2012, ©2010 - 322 p. ; 23 cm.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I All the World is Human --
Freedom or Death / Emmeline Pankhurst --
I Have a Dream / Martin Luther King --
Rivers of Blood / Enoch Powell --
A Second Chance / Napoleon Beazley --
Apology to the Stolen Generations / Kevin Rudd --
pt. II You're Either With Us or Against Us --
A World Split Apart / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn --
Ash Heap of History / Ronald Reagan --
Our War on Terror / George Bush --
Your Security is in Your Own Hands / Osama bin Laden --
The Case for Climate Security / Margaret Beckett --
pt. III Might is Right --
We Shall Fight on the Beaches / Winston Churchill --
This Dark and Bitter Moment / Salvador Allende --
The Falklands Factor / Margaret Thatcher --
Doctrine of the International Community / Tony Blair --
The Mark of Cain / Tim Collins --
pt. IV Give Peace a Chance --
Let No One Commit a Wrong in Anger / Mohandas Gandhi --
The Military--Industrial Complex / Dwight D. Eisenhower --
With a Heavy Heart / Robin Cook --
Contents note continued: This is Anthony / Marie Fatayi-Williams --
A New Beginning / Barack Obama.
Takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today. The author examines the power of the arguments embedded in these speeches to inspire people to achieve great things, or do great harm. He draws upon his political expertise to explain how our current understanding of the world is rooted in pivotal moments of history.
History, Modern -- 21st century.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
PN6122 / .A33 2012