This book contains over 50 momentous and thought-provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations. "Speeches That Changed The World" includes biographies of each speaker, the history of why each speech was significant and what happened as a result. Iconic black and white photography dramatically illustrates these key figures and moments in history. This is a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of the events of the time.
Table of Contents
Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, St Francis of Assisi, Elizabeth I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst, Marie Curie, Mahatma Gandhi, Lenin, Woodrow Wilson, Clarence Darrow, Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler(2), Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill(3), Vyacheslav Molotov, Franklin D. Roosevelt(2), Charles de Gaulle, General George S. Patton, Emperor Hirohito, Jawaharlal Nehru, J Robert Oppenheimer, General Douglas McArthur, Nelson Mandela(2), Eamon de Valera, John F. Kennedy(2), Martin Luther King(2), Malcolm X, Shirley Chisholm, Pierre Trudeau, Golda Meir, Richard M Nixon, Indira Gandhi, Chaim Herzog, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, Ronald Regan, Mikhail Gorbachev, F. W. de Klerk, Vaclav Havel, Elie Wiesel, George W. Bush
Author Biography
The Cambridge Editorial Partnership have produced a multitude of academic and educational titles in their ten-year history. Their reference team has researched and transcribed these speeches from original source material.
