Robert Taft opposing war crimes trials after WWII) as well as its victors. Great Speeches in History is now in its 3rd edition this collection compiled by William Safire is sure to be a valuable reference tool in your library with over 200 selections, including some speeches that were never actually delivered (such as the one JFK was going to deliver in Dallas. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, William Safire presents an anthology of the worlds greatest speeches throughout the ages. The selections range widely through Western history, from Pericles's funeral oration to fallen Greek soldiers in the Peloponnesian War, to Tony Blair""exhorting his party to fight terrorism."" History has yet to pass judgment on the greatness of the most recent speeches included here, but Safire shows a broad-minded, bipartisan inclusiveness in collecting the words of Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, history's losers (Sen. Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History 1168 by William Safire (Editor)William Safire Editorial Reviews Hardcover(Updated and Expanded) Hardcover-40.50NOOK Book-14.99View All Available Formats & Editions 40.5045.00Save 10Current price is 40.5, Original price is 45. Speeches in Lend Me Your Ears span a broad stretch of history, from Gen. But many readers will no doubt skip his prefatory lesson in rhetoric and go right to the speeches themselves. The third edition of this comprehensive collection of oratory through the ages is appropriately edited by former presidential speechwriter Safire-a man who knows firsthand the importance of putting together the right words for the right moment.
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