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Autori: Philip Guedalla (Author) | Editura: BIBLIOBAZAAR | Anul aparitiei: 2009 | ISBN: 9781115975650 | Numar de pagini: 324 | Categorie: History
Chris Scarre, Toby A. Wilkinson
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome
These portraits of the emperors form the building blocks of an invaluable and highly readable popular history of Imperial Rome, brought to life using the colorful testimony of contemporary authors.
John M., III Jones, Robert C. Rowland
Reagan at Westminster: Foreshadowing the End of the Cold War
President Ronald Reagan's famous address to the Houses of Parliament is now considered--in its spirit if not in its actual words--to be the initial enunciation of his "Evil Empire" stance. In this important volume by two experienced rhetorical scholars, Robert C. Rowland and John M. Jones offer a historical-descriptive treatment that includes both rhetorical analysis and a narrative of the drafting of the speech. They consider Reagan's focus on "ultimate definition," "dialectical engagement," and other rhetorical tools in crafting and presenting the momentous address. They also note the irony of Reagan's use of Leon Trotsky's phrase "ash-heap of history" to predict the demise of Communism.Rowland and Jones present three reasons for the importance of this speech. First, it offers new insights into President Reagan himself, through a view of his role in the drafting of the speech as well as the ideas it contains. Second, the speech is an act of rhetorical history, and its analysis helps recover a significant rhetorical artifact. Finally, the address ultimately expresses a rhetorical framework for the Cold War that systematically subverted the narrative, ideology, and values of ...
Joshua Levine (Author)
SAS: An Illustrated History of the SAS During the Second World War
AN AUTHORIZED HISTORY OF THE SAS This is the authorized history of the SAS by b