We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History

by Jacob F. Field

Book Overview

A collection of extracts from the most rousing and inspirational wartime speeches of the last 2,500 years--Cicero to Churchill, Lincoln to Mao

Prefaced by brief historical and biographical introductions, the examples of incredible war speeches in this book show how words can be used to inspire, to comfort, to move, or to enthuse even the most seemingly hard-bitten of listeners. From rallying cries such as the Italian general Garibaldi's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782430555
• ISBN13: 9781782430551
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"