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In 1960 President Eisenhower was focused on Laos, a tiny Southeast Asian nation few Americans had ever heard of. Washington feared the country would fall to Communism, triggering a domino effect in the rest of Southeast Asia. So in January 1961, Eisenhower approved the CIA's Operation Momentum, a plan to create a proxy army of ethnic Hmong to fight Communist forces in Laos. While remaining largely hidden from the American public and most of Congress, Momentum became the largest CIA paramilitary operation in the history of the United States. The brutal war, which continued under Presidents Kennedy and Nixon, lasted nearly two decades, killed one-tenth of Laos' total population, left thousands of unexploded bombs in the ground, and changed the nature of the CIA forever.
Joshua Kurlantzick gives us the definitive account of the Laos war and its central characters, including the four key people who led the operation - the CIA operative who came up with the idea, the Hmong general who led the proxy army in the field, the paramilitary specialist who trained the Hmong, and the State Department careerist who took control over the war as it grew.
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Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Shelden illuminates Mark Twain’s twilight years in this brilliant account of the legendary author’s life. Drawing heavily on Twain’s own letters and journals, Mark Twain: Man in White recounts both Twain’s private family experiences and his larger-than-life public image.
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Fantastic book
- De Tad Davis en 08-23-10
De: Michael Shelden
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All Against All
- The Long Winter of 1933 and the Origins of the Second World War
- De: Paul Jankowski
- Narrado por: Dean Gallagher
- Duración: 16 h y 6 m
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All Against All is the story of the season our world changed from postwar to prewar again. It is about the power of bad ideas - exploring why, during a single winter, between November 1932 and April 1933, so much went so wrong. Historian Paul Jankowski reveals that it was collective mentalities and popular beliefs that drove this crucial period that sent nations on the path to war, as much as any rational calculus called "national interest".
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Comprehensive history
- De John Cashman en 06-24-20
De: Paul Jankowski
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Sitting Bull
- The Life and Times of an American Patriot
- De: Robert M. Utley
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
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Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling portrait of Sitting Bull, presenting the Lakota perspective for the first time and rendering the most unbiased, historically accurate, and vivid portrait of the man to date.
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Lakota perspective?
- De JoAnne en 02-01-24
De: Robert M. Utley
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Standard Deviations
- Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics
- De: Gary Smith
- Narrado por: Tim Andres Pabon
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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As Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase once cynically observed, "If you torture data long enough, it will confess." Lying with statistics is a time-honored con. In Standard Deviations, economics professor Gary Smith walks us through the various tricks and traps that people use to back up their own crackpot theories. Sometimes, the unscrupulous deliberately try to mislead us. Other times, the well-intentioned are blissfully unaware of the mischief they are committing.
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Now, I can't talk to people.....
- De Andrew Dunbar en 09-28-21
De: Gary Smith
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Secret War in Laos: Green Berets, CIA, and the Hmong
- De: Steven Schofield
- Narrado por: Andrew Rowe
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
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The tale of a young Green Beret medic, Vietnam combat veteran with the top secret Studies and Observations Group (SOG) who was recruited by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Schofield worked five and a half years providing medical support for the Hmong and other Hill Tribes who fought the CIA’s secret war in Northern Laos, and was among the last Americans to leave SE Asia in May 1975. It was a surreal time and place that would be impossible to even imagine today.
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Excellent
- De David en 01-21-20
De: Steven Schofield
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The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between
- De: Patrick Foote
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
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Explore the world of names: What is something that literally everything in existence has in common? It all has a name! With this audiobook, you can learn the origins of these names. From countries and cities to toys and animals to even planets, learn the etymology of interesting words in a fun and entertaining way. Learn new things: Why is New York called New York? Name Explain has the answer for you.
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Name Explain Is Fantastic!
- De Frederick en 12-31-21
De: Patrick Foote
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Look at the Birdie
- Unpublished Short Fiction
- De: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrado por: Christopher E. Welch
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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American literary icon Kurt Vonnegut enjoys immense popularity - and an equally immense amount of critical praise - for such works as his absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five. A must-have for readers everywhere, Look at the Birdie adds further insight into the author's body of work with a riveting collection of his previously unpublished short fiction.
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Great stories and performances to match
- De Jeff Lacy en 05-30-17
De: Kurt Vonnegut
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Why We Dream
- The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey
- De: Alice Robb
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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While on a research trip in Peru, science journalist Alice Robb became hooked on lucid dreaming - the uncanny phenomenon in which a sleeping person can realize that they're dreaming and even control the dreamed experience. Finding these forays both puzzling and exhilarating, Robb dug deeper into the science of dreams at an extremely opportune moment: just as researchers began to understand why dreams exist. They aren't just random events; they have clear purposes. They help us learn and even overcome psychic trauma.
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- De "leemac2003" en 01-02-19
De: Alice Robb
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Hank and Jim
- The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
- De: Scott Eyman
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
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Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood for 40 years. They became friends and then roommates as stage actors in New York, and when they began making films in Hollywood, they roomed together again. Between them they made such memorable films as The Grapes of Wrath, Mister Roberts, Twelve Angry Men, and On Golden Pond; and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Destry Rides Again, The Philadelphia Story, It's a Wonderful Life, Vertigo, and Rear Window.
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Fascinating look into these two actors' lives
- De MPAMIN en 06-25-18
De: Scott Eyman
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous 14th Century
- De: Barbara Tuchman
- Narrado por: Aviva Skell
- Duración: 25 h y 57 m
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The Bubonic Plague of the 14th century killed one third of all human beings in Europe and Western Asia; many who survived the plague killed each other in the Hundred Years War that followed. What was it like to live in this calamitous century, when knighthood (and much more) died a violent death? Find out.
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A classic history
- De Joshua en 01-19-14
De: Barbara Tuchman
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The Road to Dien Bien Phu
- A History of the First War for Vietnam
- De: Christopher Goscha
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 17 h y 31 m
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On May 7, 1954, when the bullets stopped and the air stilled in Dien Bien Phu, there was no doubt that Vietnam could fight a mighty colonial power and win. After nearly a decade of struggle, a nation forged in the crucible of war had achieved a victory undreamed of by any other national liberation movement. The Road to Dien Bien Phu tells the story of how Ho Chi Minh turned a ragtag guerrilla army into a modern fighting force capable of bringing down the formidable French army.
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Motley Crew History new, true...,
- De Anonymous User en 04-20-22
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Border Crossing
- De: Pat Barker
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
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As Tom Seymour walks with his wife along the river Tyne, they see a young man jump from the jetty into the freezing water. Instinctively, Tom rescues him. But his act saves the life of Danny Miller, whose past, as well as whose future, will come to haunt Tom.
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A Summer at Thousand Island House
- De: Susan G Mathis
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 3 h y 47 m
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She came to work with the children, not fall in love. Part-nanny, part entertainer, Addison Bell has always had an enduring love for children. So what better way to use her creative energy than to spend the summer nannying at the renowned Thousand Island House on Staple's Island? As Addi thrives in her work, she attracts the attention of the recreation pavilion's manager, Liam Donovan, as well as the handsome Navy Officer Lt. Worthington, a lighthouse inspector, hotel patron, and single father of mischievous little Jimmy. But when Jimmy goes missing, Addi finds both her job and her ...
De: Susan G Mathis
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The Last Fallen Star
- De: Graci Kim
- Narrado por: Suzie Yeung
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps when she herself turns 13, she's a saram - a person without magic. Riley was adopted, and despite having memorized every healing spell she's ever heard, she often feels like the odd one out in her family and the gifted community.
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RR Presents knocks it out of the park once again!
- De knittingmami en 05-14-21
De: Graci Kim
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The Queens of Animation
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History
- De: Nathalia Holt
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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From Snow White to Moana, from Pinocchio to Frozen, the animated films of Walt Disney Studios have moved and entertained millions. But few fans know that behind these groundbreaking features was an incredibly influential group of women who fought for respect in an often ruthless male-dominated industry and who have slipped under the radar for decades.
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Buy this book!! Truly Inspiring and fascinating!
- De Ellen en 02-05-20
De: Nathalia Holt
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Battle for Skyline Ridge
- The CIA Secret War in Laos
- De: James E. Parker Jr.
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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In late 1971, the People's Army of Vietnam launched Campaign "Z" into northern Laos, escalating the war in Laos with the aim of defeating the last Royal Lao Army troops. The NVA troops numbered 27,000 and brought with them 130mm field guns and T-34 tanks, while the North Vietnamese air force launched MiG-21s into Lao air space. General Giap's specific orders to this task force were to kill the CIA army under command of the Hmong war lord Vang Pao and occupy its field headquarters in the Long Tieng valley of northeast Laos.
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Good read.
- De Riceguard en 05-17-20
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10% Human
- How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness
- De: Alanna Collen
- Narrado por: Cat Gould
- Duración: 12 h y 45 m
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You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the equivalent weight of five African elephants in microbes. You are not an individual but a colony. Until recently, we had thought our microbes hardly mattered, but science is revealing a different story, one in which microbes run our bodies and becoming a healthy human is impossible without them.
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Must read for anyone that wants to be healthy
- De T. Kalinowski en 06-05-21
De: Alanna Collen
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Ghosts of Gold Mountain
- The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
- De: Gordon H. Chang
- Narrado por: David Shih
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontinental Railroad, the migrants spent years dynamiting tunnels through the snow-packed cliffs of the Sierra Nevada and laying tracks across the burning Utah desert. Their sweat and blood fueled the ascent of an interlinked, industrial United States. But those of them who survived this perilous effort would be pushed to the margins of American life and then to the fringes of public memory.
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Very inspiring, educational, and enlightening!
- De Amazon Customer en 06-25-19
De: Gordon H. Chang
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Great Place to Have a War
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- Michael L Shepherd
- 05-02-19
Another Southeast Asia disaster, courtesy of USA bureaucrats aka CIA
This book gave me some background on a conflict I was unaware of, and it gave me insight into some of the seemjnglg stupid or incompetent operations reportedly carried out by CIA or by others using their intelligence product in the following years. This book has a powerul story to tell, and like in life, there are soom good guys trying to do what is right, while under terrible supervisors and restrictive orders for combat. No wonder we are still in Iraq and Afghanistan, while bureaucrats want us to stay in Syria, and as of yesterday some are calling for us to go into Venezuela.
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- Daniel
- 12-28-18
illuminating read of Laos' relationship with USA
Excellent history lesson that anyone with interest in Laos should check out. Engaging from beginning to end.
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- Kevin Warren
- 11-28-17
Very interesting read
Definitely a worth-while read if you're into SE Asia or the evolution of the CIA. There's no one thing about this book that stands out but it's a good source of information to fold in with other works.
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- Martian
- 01-22-23
Fills in a big gap
Very good listen and difficult subject but very enlightening for someone born in 1968. Highly recommend. It’s the nuts & bolts of the secret.
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- Texas87
- 06-27-22
Excellent book
The US CIA war in Laos is fully covered in this excellent book. The changes in the CIA that this war engendered leads directly to the post 9/11 torture sites and failed efforts to rein in the CIA. Without intending to, the author paints a damning portrait of the CIA.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-30-17
great history with a great narrative
This is a great CIA history of a little known war. The narrator does a good job.
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- John
- 06-01-17
well-written but some reviews on Amazon dispute it
well-written but some reviews on Amazon dispute its version...other accounts should be on audible.com too
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