The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches - MacArthur, Brian

Clean, tight, unmarked; lightly age tanned; slight wear to upper corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Brian Mac Arthur brings together the words of over a hundred men and women - from Moses to Mandela - who helped to change the world through the sheer power of their oratory. In 1969 Betty Friedan proclaimed in an impassioned speech on women's rights, "Today, we moved history forward." Gladstone and Disraeli, and Pitt and Fox before them, forged the politics of their age through ferocious verbal combat in the House of Commons. Abraham Lincoln transformed for ever the way American interpret the Civil War and their national destiny. A legacy of turmoil in Ireland; the revolutionary rhetoric of 18th century France; and this century's catalogue of conflict are all represented in this definitive and incisive collection.
Near Fine
Soft cover
Penguin
1996
New York, NY