JAMES C. HUMES, an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is a former presidential speechwriter for Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush. In addition, he is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Center for International Scholars at the Smithsonian, and he has lectured across the country and abroad on the theme of presidential history. Humes is also the author of seven books on speech making and preparation, a biography of Winston Churchill, and was the editorial advisor for former President Ford's memoirs Time to Heal.

• Foreword by Senator Sam Nunn Preface The Farewell Address: Washington's Declaration of Independence in Foreign Policy Jefferson's First Inaugural: The Revolutionary as Reconciler The Monroe Doctrine: The Whispered Warning The Jackson Bank Veto: The First War against the Eastern Establishment Polk's Inaugural: Action as Eloquence The Gettysburg Address: The Great American Poem The Cleveland Tariff Message: The Battle Against Big Business The Big Stick: Monroe Doctrine a la Theodore Roosevelt Wilson's Declaration of War: A Latter-Day Paul on Mars Hill The Sesquicentennial Address: The Sermon at the Shrine Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural: The Rhetoric of Recovery Harry Truman's Acceptance: The Turnip Day Talk Eisenhower's Farewell Address: An Old Soldier's Warning The Kennedy Inaugural: A Young Warrior's Call to Arms President Nixon's Toast to Chairman Mao: The Beijing Breakthrough The Reagan Address at the Palace of Westminster: A Prophecy for a Free World Bibliography Index

JAMES C. HUMES, an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is a former presidential speechwriter for Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush. In addition, he is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Center for International Scholars at the Smithsonian, and he has lectured across the country and abroad on the theme of presidential history. Humes is also the author of seven books on speech making and preparation, a biography of Winston Churchill, and was the editorial advisor for former President Ford's memoirs Time to Heal.

• Foreword by Senator Sam Nunn Preface The Farewell Address: Washington's Declaration of Independence in Foreign Policy Jefferson's First Inaugural: The Revolutionary as Reconciler The Monroe Doctrine: The Whispered Warning The Jackson Bank Veto: The First War against the Eastern Establishment Polk's Inaugural: Action as Eloquence The Gettysburg Address: The Great American Poem The Cleveland Tariff Message: The Battle Against Big Business The Big Stick: Monroe Doctrine a la Theodore Roosevelt Wilson's Declaration of War: A Latter-Day Paul on Mars Hill The Sesquicentennial Address: The Sermon at the Shrine Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural: The Rhetoric of Recovery Harry Truman's Acceptance: The Turnip Day Talk Eisenhower's Farewell Address: An Old Soldier's Warning The Kennedy Inaugural: A Young Warrior's Call to Arms President Nixon's Toast to Chairman Mao: The Beijing Breakthrough The Reagan Address at the Palace of Westminster: A Prophecy for a Free World Bibliography Index

JAMES C. HUMES, an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is a former presidential speechwriter for Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush. In addition, he is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Center for International Scholars at the Smithsonian, and he has lectured across the country and abroad on the theme of presidential history. Humes is also the author of seven books on speech making and preparation, a biography of Winston Churchill, and was the editorial advisor for former President Ford's memoirs Time to Heal.

• Foreword by Senator Sam Nunn Preface The Farewell Address: Washington's Declaration of Independence in Foreign Policy Jefferson's First Inaugural: The Revolutionary as Reconciler The Monroe Doctrine: The Whispered Warning The Jackson Bank Veto: The First War against the Eastern Establishment Polk's Inaugural: Action as Eloquence The Gettysburg Address: The Great American Poem The Cleveland Tariff Message: The Battle Against Big Business The Big Stick: Monroe Doctrine a la Theodore Roosevelt Wilson's Declaration of War: A Latter-Day Paul on Mars Hill The Sesquicentennial Address: The Sermon at the Shrine Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural: The Rhetoric of Recovery Harry Truman's Acceptance: The Turnip Day Talk Eisenhower's Farewell Address: An Old Soldier's Warning The Kennedy Inaugural: A Young Warrior's Call to Arms President Nixon's Toast to Chairman Mao: The Beijing Breakthrough The Reagan Address at the Palace of Westminster: A Prophecy for a Free World Bibliography Index