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上传日期:2009-10-15 0:00:00

21 SPEECHES THAT SHAPED THE WORLD: THE PEOPLE AND IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WAY WE THINK

Book ID/图书代码: 11340009B32228

English Summary/英文概要: In this fascinating book, Chris Abbott, a leading political analyst, takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today. He examines the power of the arguments embedded in these speeches to inspire people to achieve great things, or do great harm.

Abbott draws upon his political expertise to explain how our current understanding of the world is rooted in pivotal moment of history. These moments are captured in the words of a range of influential, including: Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King, Jr, Enoch Powell, Napoleon Beazley, Kevin Rudd, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden, Margaret Beckett, Winston Churchill, Salvador Allende, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Tim Collins, Mohandas Gandhi, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robin Cook, Deval Patrick, Marie Fatayi-Williams and Barak Obama.

The speeches in this book are arranged thematically, linked by concepts such as ’might is right’, ’with us or against us’ and ’give peace a chance’. Each transcript is accompanied by an insightful commentary that analyses how the words relate to our modern society. Fresh and relevant, this is a book that will make you stop in your tracks and think about what is really happening in the world today.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 在克里斯·艾伯特这本引人入胜的书中,外交事务副厅长以及国际证券智囊团,牛津大学研究小组深入研究了那些影响了现代社会,并被世界广泛信仰的,对于人们有启发意义的观念。全书共分为四个部分:世界是由人类组成的,你可以反对美国或和它同一边,真理,给和平一个机会。每个章节都以一篇引导性的短文开始,并由五篇相关演讲组成。
艾伯特凭借自己的政治专长,解释了现代社会人们对于善与恶的定义,平等与冲突,和平与战争这些问题都是有历史根源的,并抓取了例如艾米琳·潘科斯特(1858-1928英国妇女参政论者领导人物),德怀特·艾森豪威尔(美国总统:1953-1961),甘地(1869-1948印度现代民族解放运动的著名领袖),罗纳德·里根(美国总统1981-1989),提姆·科林斯(英国陆军军官),奥萨马·本拉登(基地组织创建者,以9-11事件而闻名)等影响深远的历史时刻。

發人深省的 21 篇演講,塑造了現代世界

在這本引人入勝的書中,一位政治分析家仔細研究了 21 場塑造當今世界的重要演講。 他審視了這些演講中所蘊含的論點的力量,以激勵人們實現偉大的事業,或造成巨大的傷害,並利用他的政治專業知識來解釋我們當前對世界的理解如何植根於歷史的關鍵時刻。 這些時刻被一系列有影響力的演講者的文字所捕捉,包括:艾米琳·潘克赫斯特、馬丁·路德·金、伊諾克·鮑威爾、拿破崙·比茲利、凱文·陸克、亞歷山大·索爾仁尼琴、羅納德·雷根、喬治·W·布希、奧薩馬·濱·拉登、瑪格麗特貝克特、溫斯頓·邱吉爾、薩爾瓦多·阿連德、瑪格麗特·柴契爾、東尼·布萊爾、提姆·柯林斯、莫罕達斯·甘地、德懷特·D·艾森豪威爾、羅賓·庫克和巴拉克·歐巴馬。 本書中的演講按主題排列,並透過「強權就是公理」、「支持我們或反對我們」以及「給和平一個機會」等概念連結。 每份文字記錄都附有富有洞察力的評論,分析這些字詞與當代社會的關係。(Zoe)

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About the Author/作者介绍: 克里斯·阿博特(Chris Abbott)是一位自由撰稿人和研究員,專門研究國際和安全事務。 他是牛津研究小組(歐洲領先的國際安全智庫之一,2009 年之前擔任副主任)的永續安全顧問,也是布拉德福德大學和平研究系的客座研究員。 請參閱 www.chrisabbott.info 以了解更多資訊。

Chris Abbott is a freelance writer and researcher specialising in international and security affairs. He is Sustainable Security Consultant to the Oxford Research Group (one of Europe’s leading international security think tanks, of which he was Deputy Director until 2009) and Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. His first book, Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World, co-authored with Paul Rogers and John Sloboda, is published by Rider and is now available in five languages. See www.chrisabbott.info for more information.

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