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AskMen.com Ross Bonander |
Lessons From Legendary Speakers Learn a lesson or two from some of history's most legendary orators to make your next speech more powerful, meaningful, and memorable. |
Salon.com December 11, 2002 |
Carter warns of "uncontrollable violence" In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, former President Jimmy Carter blasts the idea of a preemptive war with Iraq. |
American History October 2003 Dinesh D'Souza |
President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War With the invasion of Grenada, Cold War history began a dramatic turn that would lead to the demise of an empire. Ronald Reagan's clarity of vision and unwavering beliefs led to the dismantling of America's most formidable foe. |
Vietnam December 24, 2004 Peter Kross |
The Taylor Mission to Vietnam President John F. Kennedy's tentative response to the report by General Maxwell Taylor had unintended consequences for the course of the war. |
Wired February 25, 2008 Jeremi Suri |
The Nukes of October: Richard Nixon's Secret Plan to Bring Peace to Vietnam New documents offer additional proof that Richard Nixon planned to end the Vietnam war with a fake nuclear strike on the USSR. |
Scientific American March 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Threats of War, Chances for Peace Preventing the spread of war will depend on strategies that recognize the shared interests of adversaries. |
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Roger O. Crockett |
Martin Luther King Jr.: Putting Words To The Dream The American civil rights leader stressed black earning power, never losing sight of the economic underpinnings of his cause. |
American History Robert Dallek |
John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Quandary In the two years after he became president, John F. Kennedy faced no more daunting domestic issue than the tension between African Americans demanding equal treatment under the Constitution and segregationists refusing to end the South's system of apartheid. |
Vietnam Stephen B. Young |
LBJ's Disengagement Strategy Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker's charge from President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 was to de-escalate the Vietnam conflict without losing the war. He did just that. |
Salon.com April 12, 2001 Suzy Hansen |
The invention of peace A leading military scholar talks about what caused the world wars, why Kissinger was a true peacemaker and whether peace is incompatible with human nature... |
Parameters Autumn 2008 |
A Speech Not Given Excerpts from the speech President John F. Kennedy was to deliver in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963, the day he was assassinated. |
Salon.com August 5, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
Born again, and again George W. Bush is betting Americans will prefer a prodigal son to a dutiful one. |
Reason December 2002 Tim Cavanaugh |
Foreign Intrigue What explains the presidential urge to go global? |
AskMen.com January 12, 2004 Edward Chalmers |
12 Ways To Speak Like A Pro Whether you are the keynote speaker at a sports banquet, addressing an important meeting at work, or simply talking to a colleague, the same basic principles apply. |