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The Right Words : Great Republican Speeches That Shaped History

The Right Words : Great Republican Speeches That Shaped History Hardcover - 2007 - 1st Edition

by Wynton C. Hall

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  • Title The Right Words : Great Republican Speeches That Shaped History
  • Author Wynton C. Hall
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, John, Hoboken, NJ
  • Date 2007
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0471758167I3N00
  • ISBN 9780471758167 / 0471758167
  • Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.48 x 6.46 x 1.01 in (24.08 x 16.41 x 2.57 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Speeches, addresses, etc., American, United States - Politics and government
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006021033
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.099

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From the jacket flap

From its earliest days, the Republican Party has been distinguished by its leaders' abilities to explain their ideas, inspire their followers, and shape their nation through clear, bold, and uplifting oratory. Many Republican speeches stand as rhetorical landmarks in American history. Others, however, have been overlooked and even downplayed, some argue, by a liberal elite intent on dismissing conservative voices. No more.

In The Right Words, the award-winning presidential scholar and speechwriter Wynton Hall celebrates the GOP's greatest oratorical gems, from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Teddy Roosevelt's the Man with the Muckrake to Ronald Reagan's "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" and George W. Bush's "our mission and our moment" speech after 9/11.

More than a simple reprinting of great speeches from the past, this meticulously documented compendium draws on a massive reservoir of research as it examines the historical context of each of these great addresses and reveals the persuasive secrets that make each speech truly outstanding.

Beginning with America's--and perhaps history's--greatest speaker, Hall presents Abraham Lincoln's profoundly moving Gettysburg Address as well as the speech Lincoln considered his greatest: the second inaugural. Other major addresses presented include: Ronald Reagan's thrilling "tear down this wall" speech and stirring "Challenger" addressTeddy Roosevelt's muscular presentation on the Strenuous LifeWilliam F. Buckley's challenging, though never delivered, 1950 address to the Yale alumniBarry Goldwater's speech accepting the 1964 Republican presidential nominationDwight D. Eisenhower's brilliant Atoms for Peace speech as well as his address to the nation before sending troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957Everett Dirksen's passionate words in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Complete with memorable contributions from John McCain, Newt Gingrich, President George W. Bush, and others, The Right Words is a veritable gold mine of Republican and conservative political theory, strategy, and action delivered by the party's most outstanding leaders. Hall's careful analysis of the technical elements that make each of these masterful presentations so effective will be particularly useful to anyone interested in public speaking, communications, or advocating for a political cause.

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 11/27/2006, Page 42
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2007, Page 60

About the author

Wynton C. Hall is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. An award-winning presidential scholar, speechwriter, and author, Hall holds an M.A. from Texas A&M University in speech communication with an emphasis in presidential rhetoric and public affairs. In 2003, he was appointed to the eight-person National Task Force on the Presidency and Public Opinion, which is composed of some of the top presidential scholars in the United States. Hall is the coauthor of "The Greatest Communicator: What Ronald Reagan Taught Me about Politics, Leadership, and Life" (Wiley). His work has been published in "The New York Times," "USA Today," The "Washington Times," "Presidential Studies Quarterly," "National Review Online," and elsewhere.

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