A fascinating insight into notable political speeches that were never
delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a
different path.
For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite.
These "second speeches" provide alternative histories of what could have
been if not for schedule changes, changes of heart, or momentous turns
of events.
In Undelivered, political speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum presents the most
notable speeches the public never heard, from Dwight Eisenhower's
apology for a D-Day failure to Richard Nixon's refusal to resign the
presidency, and even Hillary Clinton's acceptance for a 2016
victory--the latter never seen until now.
Examining the content of these speeches and the context of the historic
moments that almost came to be, Nussbaum considers not only what they
tell us about the past but also what they can inform us about our
present.