In our time : the speeches that shaped the modern world
Williams, Hywel2009
Book
Relive key moments in world history through 40 great speeches of the post-war era. Each speech is accompanied by a biography of the speaker and places the speech in historical context. Included are speeches by: Churchill, Nehru, Mao Tse-tung, Khrushchev, Martin Luther King, JFK, Charles de Gaulle, Tony Blair and Barack Obama.
Main title:
In our time : the speeches that shaped the modern world / edited by Hywel Williams.
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2009.
Collation:
208 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN:
9781847248367 (hbk)
Dewey class:
808.85935
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Speeches : Modern : 20th century : Winston Churchill : John F. Kennedy : Nelson Mandela : Richard Nixon : Pierre Trudeau : Neil Kinnock : Mario Coumo : Jesse Jackson : Margaret Thatcher : Mikhail Gorbachev : Seamus Heaney : Fidel Castro : Tony Blair : Barack Obama.
BRN:
76910