100 Speeches That Roused the World

100 Speeches That Roused the World tells the stories behind the most inspiring, rousing and memorable speeches, from ancient Greece to the present day. A concise introduction and analysis of each speech is accompanied by key illustrations and photographs.

The book presents the power of the spoken word at its finest, from stirring calls to arms to impassioned pleas for peace.

Discursuri incluse

• Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman” (1851)
• Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863)
• Emmeline Pankhurst, “Freedom or Death” (1913)
• Winston Churchill, “Blood, Sweat and Tears” (1940)
• John F. Kennedy, “We Choose to Go to the Moon” (1961)
• Martin Luther King, “I Have a Dream” (1963)
• Nelson Mandela, discursul susținut la eliberarea din închisoare (1990)
• Barack Obama, “Yes, We Can!” (2008)
• Malala Yousafzai, “The Right of Education for Every Child” (2013)

Alte personalități incluse

• Cicero
• Elizabeth I
• George Washington
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Vladimir Lenin
• Adolf Hitler
• Joseph Stalin
• Enoch Powell
• Eva Perón
• Mao Zedong
• Malcolm X
• Margaret Thatche