Words That Shook the World
Subtitle: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events
Edition: Har/Com edition
Publisher: Prentice Hall Press
Published: December 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780735202962
Subjects: Management & management techniques; World - General; Speeches; Quotations; History - General History; Speeches, addresses, etc; Reference; Speeches, addresses, etc; Rhetoric; Reference / General; History and criticism
First sentence: Few would disagree that Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt is one of America's most colorful presidents and one of the century's great personalities.
Description: History comes alive through the voices of the great leaders and newsmakers and in the photos of the biggest events of the past 100 years. From Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King, Jr. and General Douglas MacArthur, Words That Shook the World is a collection of history-shaping speeches by some of the world's most exceptional orators.