The Great Speeches of Barack Obama: Includes Audio CD of Selected Speeches

The Great Speeches of Barack Obama is a wide-ranging and representative collection of major speeches by Barack Obama edited down to their eloquent essentials. Presented in a straightforward format, in which each speech is offered in its contemporary context, this comprehensive collection of these most important and thought-provoking speeches traces the evolution of Barack Obama's use of powerfully persuasive political language beginning with anti-Iraq "Dumb Wars Speech" and culminating with the thrilling Election Night "Victor Speech" and the Inaugural Address. Eloquent in their delivery and inspiring in their content, these extraordinary speeches shattered the political sound-bite barrier. The Great Speeches of Barack Obama is designed to be an easy-to-access, all-in one anthology of the historic speeches that changed American politics forever. Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961), a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama was the United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until November 2008, when he resigned following his election to the presidency.