From the First World War to the end of the last century, this book brings together a selection of 80 seminal speeches, offering explanations, contextualization, and analysis. For each speech, it reveals the context, the issues at stake, and the stakes involved. Personalities as diverse as Jean Jaurès, the Dalai Lama, and Simone Veil take the floor to shape history. This guide thus offers a vibrant journey through the era.
From the First World War to the end of the last century, this book brings together a selection of 80 seminal speeches, offering explanations, contextualization, and analysis. For each speech, it reveals the context, the issues at stake, and the stakes involved. Personalities as diverse as Jean Jaurès, the Dalai Lama, and Simone Veil take the floor to shape history. This guide thus offers a vibrant journey through the contemporary era and the history of international relations, revisiting in particular the two world wars, the Cold War, decolonization, and the end of the bipolar world.
