Fighting Talk: The Most Stirring Speeches, Surrenders, Battle Cries and Fighting Words in History by James Inglis

by James Inglis

"Fighting Talk captures the drama, the heroism, the tragedy and the absurdity that unfolds in times of conflict, in the theatre of war. This is much more than simply an evocative anthology of fighting words. James Inglis provides a thoroughly researched and engaging discussion of the social, political and military context that the words were spoken in. He examines the motives of the speakers, the style of their language and, in many cases, their manipulative verbal tricks."

Genres: Nonfiction, Anthologies, History

368 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2008

Reviews

[Bryan Pearce]

Thought overall was a good collection of speeches, but thouight the commentary strayed to much into opinion one or two times.

[Dwight Walker]

Very interesting terse, turgid speeches of great leaders