Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #286558 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 273 pages

The Times
The speeches are crafted for Obama as a great orator; on the page they still sing with sincerity.

Independent
The most exciting politician of the day.

Sunday Business Post
The man who has become US president is living proof that words matter.

Customer Reviews

Change We Can Believe In
'Change We can Believe In' is the campaign manifesto produced by Obamas campaign team with the addition of a new foreword written by Obama himself and with 100 pages of speeches at the end. The speeches include his candidacy speech, various campaign speeches, his Presidency winning speech and inaugural address. Although this book is aimed at an American audience, as you'd expect from a campaign manifesto, it has plenty to interest a wider readership as well. It is fascinating to read about Obamas position on a variety of issues, from the war in Iraq, environmental concerns, gun control, abortion and his ideas on getting Americans more involved in their country's future. The speeches are a welcome addition and show just how good Obama is at engaging with an audience and at inspiring though his oratory. The inaugural address was particularly stirring reading. If you've read his other books ands wish to know more about where he intends to lead America (and occasionally the world), then this is the book for you. Easy to read and insightful at the same time.

Propaganda Goebbles would have been proud of
An insipid collection of unrebutted speeches and sound bites by the man who tries to be all things to all men. Well good luck america we had one of those (tony Blair) and look at the mess he left.
Only amusing part is to observe how the art of oratory has died in the last 20 years.