TY - BOOK AU - MacArthur,Brian TI - The Penguin book of modern speeches SN - 9780141909165 (ebook) : PY - 1999/// CY - London PB - Penguin KW - Speeches, addresses, etc KW - Literature KW - ukslc KW - Speeches KW - thema KW - General & world history KW - European history KW - History KW - Oral history KW - Political leaders & leadership KW - Political structures: democracy KW - Anthologies: general KW - Dictionaries of quotations KW - Politics & government KW - Social & cultural history KW - Gender studies: women & girls N1 - Previous ed.: 1993 N2 - This is a general anthology of speeches. They range from the Sermon on the Mount to Kennedy's Ask not what speech, from the Gettysburg Address to Winston Churchill's war speeches, and from Adolf Hitler to Martin Luther; *FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED*Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama on Selma and the meaning of America, speeches have profoundly influenced the way we see ourselves and society.Gathered here are some of the most extraordinary and memorable speeches of the last century. Some are well known, others less so, but all helped form the world we now inhabit UR - https://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=WestLondon&accId=8832856&isbn=9780141909165 ER -