Brian MacArthur Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

Magisterial history of the Japanese prisoner-of-war experience, a gut- wrenching narrative that resonates to this day.

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

Requiem is the remarkable testimony to the m ost traumatic and emotional week in post-war history. Never before have writers been so tested to articulate their feeli ngs and express a response to the tragedy that literally sho ok the world. '

From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped.The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches gathers together the world's greatest speeches, bringing together the words of over one hundred men and women. These brilliant and passionate declarations by Socrates, Robespierre, Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth I, Churchill, Washington, Pankhurst, Gandhi and many others provide a vivid glimpse of history in the making while retaining their power to move and inspire today.'Impeccable. MacArthur prefaces each address with a short but scholarly historical explanation that sets the scene perfectly. An attractive volume' Andrew Roberts, Sunday Times'Works well not just as an anthology but as a history' Independent on Sunday