Great Speeches of the 20th Century by Bob Blaisdell (English) Paperback Book

Description: Great Speeches of the 20th Century by Bob Blaisdell This stirring anthology features addresses by Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama, Cesar Chavez, and many others. Includes 3 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This stirring anthology features addresses by Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama, Cesar Chavez, and many others. Includes 3 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative. A great speech can stir the soul - and move a nation. This compact and affordable anthology gathers complete speeches and selected excerpts from some of the twentieth centurys most memorable addresses. Writers and speakers in search of memorable quotations will appreciate this collection, as will any reader seeking historical wisdom and inspiration. Featured speakers include Winston Churchill, rousing the British to defend their lives and homes against the Nazis; Mohandas Gandhi, advocating non-violent resistance to deplorable living conditions; and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, calming the nations fears during the Great Depression. Additional orations include those of Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Elie Wiesel, the Dalai Lama, Cesar Chavez, and many others. Includes three selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940," "I Have a Dream," and "Remarks to the Senate in Support of a Declaration of Conscience." Author Biography Bob Blaisdell is the editor of several successful Dover anthologies, including Elizabethan Poetry, Famous Documents and Speeches of the Civil War, and The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln. Table of Contents Theodore Roosevelt. "The Natural Wonder of the Grand Canyon" (May 6, 1903) Mary Church Terrell. "What It Means to Be Colored in the Capital of the United States" (October 10, 1906) Emma Goldman. "What Is Patriotism?" (May 1908) Carlos Montezuma (Wassaja). "Light on the Indian Situation" (October 5, 1912) Emmeline Pankhurst. "Militant Suffragists" (November 13, 1913) David Lloyd George. "An Appeal to the Nation" (September 19, 1914) Vladimir Lenin. "The Dictatorship of the Proletariat" (March 4, 1919) Mohandas K. Gandhi. "Ahmedabad" (April 14, 1919) Marcus Garvey. "The Handwriting Is on the Wall" (August 31, 1921) Margaret Sanger. "Morality of Birth Control" (November 18, 1921) Alfred E. Smith. "Religious Prejudcie and Politics" (September 20, 1928) Eamon de Valera. "Ireland among the Nations" (February 6, 1933) Haile Selassie. "Address to the League of Nations" (June 30, 1936) Edward VII. "Farewell Address" (December 11, 1936) Winston Churchill. "Blood, Sweat and Tears" (May 13, 1940) Charles de Gaulle. "The Flame of French Revolution" (June 22, 1940) Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "The Arsenal of Democracy" (December 29, 19400) George S. Patton, Jr. "The Invasion of Normandy" (May 17, 1944) W. E. B. Du Bois. "Behold the Land" (October 20, 1946) Jawaharlal Nehru. "A Glory Has Departed" (February 2, 1948) Paul Robeson. "For Freedom and Peace" (June 19, 1949) Margaret Chase Smith. "Declaration of Conscience" (June 1, 1950) Eleanor Roosevelt. "The United Nations as a Bridge" (December 17, 1954) Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev. "The Personality Cult and Its Consequences" (February 24-25, 1956) Douglas A. MacArthur. "Duty, Honor, Country" (May 12, 1962) John F. Kennedy. "The Strategy for Peace" (June 10, 1963) Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" (August 28, 1963) Che Guevara. "Colonialism Is Doomed" (December 11, 1964) Cesar Chavez. "The Mexican-American and the Church" (March 10, 1968) Lyndon Baines Johnson. "On Vietnam and on the Decision Not to Seek Reelection" (March 31, 1968) Shirley Chisholm. "Equal Rights for Women" (May 21, 1969) Pierre Trudeau. "Notes for a National Broadcast" (October 16, 1970) Chaim Herzog. "Response to Zionism Is Racism" (November 10, 1975) Harvey Milk. "The Hope Speech" (March 10, 1978) Ursula K. Le Guin. "A Left-Handed Commencement Address" (May 19, 1983) Ralph Nader. "The Megacorporate World of Ronald Reagan" (June 6, 1984) Ronald Reagan. "The Berlin Wall" (June 12, 1987) Nelson Mandela. "Address to a Rally in Cape Town on His Release from Prison" (February 11, 1990) Vaclav Havel. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress" (February 21, 1990) Mother Teresa. National Prayer Breakfast Speech (February 3, 1994) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Opening Keynote Address, Fourth World Conference on Women (August 31, 1995) Benazir Bhutto. "Male Domination of Women" (September 4, 1995) Elie Wiesel. "The Perils of Indifference" (April 12, 1999) Appendix: Great Speeches of the Twenty-First Century: Rudolph Giuliani. "9/11" (September 11, 2001) Barack Obama. Presidential Election-Night Speech (November 5, 2008) Long Description A great speech can stir the soul and inspire a nation. This compact and affordable anthology gathers complete speeches and selected excerpts from memorable addresses by Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Elie Wiesel, the Dalai Lama, C Details ISBN0486474674 Short Title GRT SPEECHES OF THE 20TH CENTU Language English ISBN-10 0486474674 ISBN-13 9780486474670 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Dover Publications Inc. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Author Bob Blaisdell DEWEY 808.85 Edited by Bob Blaisdell UK Release Date 2011-04-26 AU Release Date 2011-04-26 NZ Release Date 2011-04-26 US Release Date 2011-04-26 Pages 256 Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Edition Description Green ed. Series Thrift Editions Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-04-26 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:23170776;

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