Live from the Campaign Trail The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the Twentieth Century and How They Shaped Modern America

Name: Live from the Campaign Trail The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the Twentieth Century and How They Shaped Modern America
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ISBN: 9780802716972

ISBN-10: 0802716970

ISBN-13: 9780802716972

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael A. Cohen

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Publishing into the teeth of the 2008 election, a selection of the best, most rousing presidential stump speeches, with essential critical context relating thenbsp; speeches of the past to politics today. In this collection of twenty-seven of the most influential presidential campaign speeches of the twentieth century, Michael A. Cohen brings to life the words that have shaped American politics over the last century. From the legendary, like William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” and Ronald Reagan’s call for a “national crusade to make America great again”; to the infamous, including Richard Nixon’s maudlin “Checkers” speech and Bill Clinton’s rhetorical broadside against the rapper…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 6/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



A Note on Speech Texts


Introduction



The Great Commoner



The New Nationalism versus the New Freedom



A "Return to Normalcy"



"Rugged Individualism" versus "Bold, Persistent Experimentation"



"Rendezvous with Destiny"



The Birth of a Political Stereotype



"The Bright Sunshine of Human Rights"



"Let's Talk Sense to the American People"



The Checkers Speech



"I Shall Go to Korea"



The New Frontier



Getting Religion on the Campaign Trail



The Conservative Moment



The "Forgotten Americans" and the Politics of Fear



America "Come Home"



The Triumph of Conservatism



The Liberals Strike Back



Murphy Brown and the Culture Wars



"I Still Believe in a Place Called Hope"


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliographic Essay


Permissions


Index