With over a million copies already sold this is the newly updated edition of the definitive collection of great speeches ancient & modern From calls to arms to demands for peace & from cries of freedom to words of inspiration this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets & politicians rebels & tyrants soldiers & statesman placing them in historical context This revised edition
Includes:: speeches that have shaped the modern world from Aung San Suu Kyi on freedom to Al Gore on the environment & from Malala Yousafzai on the education of women to Pope Francis on peace A biography of each speechmaker reveals how they came to stand at the crossroads of history & each speech is accompanied by an introduction explaining its historical context & how it influenced the momentous events of the day
- as well as those that followed Moving & thought-provoking this new edition will continue to inspire & enlighten readers offering them a fascinating perspective on historical milestones through the power of the spoken word Contents include Nelson Mandela Malala Yousafzai Barack Obama Pope Francis Martin Luther King Elizabeth I Oliver Cromwell George Washington Napoleon Bonaparte Abraham Lincoln Emmeline Pankhurst Mahatma Gandhi Adolf Hitler Joseph Stalin Franklin D Roosevelt Charles de Gaulle General George S Patton Mao Zedong Malcolm X Vaclav Havel Mikhail Gorbachev Indira Gandhi & Winston Churchill to name a few