-
Churchill
- The Prophetic Statesman
- Narrado por: Matthew Brenher
- Duración: 6 h y 8 m
No se pudo agregar al carrito
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
Compra ahora por $15.56
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Grandes primeros Títulos
Resumen del Editor
Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman reveals the astonishingly accurate predictions of Britain's most famous prime minister and how his critics' perceptions of them shaped his political career. Who could have foreseen the start of World War I twenty-five years before the assassination of a Serbian archduke plunged Europe into war? Who could have predicted the rise of al-Qaeda nearly eight decades before anyone had heard of Osama bin Laden? Winston Churchill did. Now for the first time, bestselling author James C. Humes reveals these and other shocking predictions made by this legendary figure. Churchill didn't need a crystal ball to tell the future. Using his skills as a historian, he studied patterns of the past to make his eerily accurate forecasts, including the rise of European fascism, the fall of the Iron Curtain, and the exact day of his own death as he entered his final years. In fascinating detail, Humes' astonishing biography documents the spot-on prophecies Churchill foretold and the political consequences he endured for sharing them.
James C. Humes, a former White House speechwriter for five presidents, is a Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of more than thirty books. He is currently a historian at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Reseñas de la Crítica
Relacionado con este tema
-
The Icarus Syndrome
- A History of American Hubris
- De: Peter Beinart
- Narrado por: John Morgan
- Duración: 18 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks—a story about the seductions of success. Beinart describes Washington on the eve of three wars—World War I, Vietnam, and Iraq—three moments when American leaders decided they could remake the world in their image. Each time, leading intellectuals declared that history was over, and the spread of democracy was inevitable. Each time, a president held the nation in the palm of his hand.
-
-
Great read
- De Rick en 06-11-10
De: Peter Beinart
-
Winston Churchill
- De: John Keegan
- Narrado por: Richard Matthews
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The eminent historian John Keegan charts Churchill's career, following his steadfast leadership during the catastrophic events of World War II while England was dangerously poised on the brink of collapse. With wonderful eloquence, Keegan illuminates Churchill's incredible strength during this crucial moment in history and his unshakable belief that democracy would always prevail.
-
-
A good intro/summary
- De Sabrina en 01-07-06
De: John Keegan
-
Lincoln and Churchill
- Statesmen at War
- De: Lewis E. Lehrman
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 17 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Acclaimed historian Lewis Lehrman, in his path-breaking comparison of both statesmen, finds that Lincoln and Churchill - with very different upbringings and contrasting personalities - led their war efforts, to some extent, in similar ways. As supreme war lords, they were guided not only by principles of honor, duty, freedom, but also by the practical wisdom to know when, where, and how to apply these principles. They made mistakes which Lehrman considers carefully. But the author emphasizes that, despite setbacks, they never gave up.
-
-
Outstanding book
- De Barmand en 03-07-18
De: Lewis E. Lehrman
-
1913
- The Eve of War
- De: Paul Ham
- Narrado por: Christopher Oxford
- Duración: 2 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Christmas 1913: In Britain, people are debating a new dance called ‘the tango’. In Germany, they are fascinated by the wedding of the Kaiser’s daughter to the Duke of Brunswick. Little did they know that their world was on ‘The Eve of War’, a catastrophe that was to engulf the continent, cost millions of lives, and change the course of the century. And yet behind the scenes, the Great Powers were marching towards what they thought was an inevitable conflict.
-
-
This is What Wasn't Taught in School.
- De upfrontboi en 04-26-18
De: Paul Ham
-
Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- De: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In this monumental and provocative history, Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen - Winston Churchill first among them - the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins.
-
-
A classic of history books
- De Benedict en 04-04-09
-
Hitler
- De: Joachim C. Fest, Richard Winstton - translator, Clara Winstton - translator
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 41 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This masterful biography by one of Germany’s best known journalists was the leading nonfiction best seller in Germany. Fest shows Hitler as the receptacle of the dreads and resentments of a shaken social order, gifted with an uncanny instinct for all that was hollow behind the appearance of power, at home and abroad. Though a warped human being, he was neither clown nor puppet, as many liked to think; Hitler appears here as an enormously astute politician, impressing and hypnotizing Germans and foreigners alike with the scope of his projects and the theatricality of their presentation. Fest uncovers in Hitler a constantly destructive personality....
-
-
Should be part of high school education
- De Rex Riethmeier en 12-25-18
De: Joachim C. Fest, y otros
-
The Icarus Syndrome
- A History of American Hubris
- De: Peter Beinart
- Narrado por: John Morgan
- Duración: 18 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks—a story about the seductions of success. Beinart describes Washington on the eve of three wars—World War I, Vietnam, and Iraq—three moments when American leaders decided they could remake the world in their image. Each time, leading intellectuals declared that history was over, and the spread of democracy was inevitable. Each time, a president held the nation in the palm of his hand.
-
-
Great read
- De Rick en 06-11-10
De: Peter Beinart
-
Winston Churchill
- De: John Keegan
- Narrado por: Richard Matthews
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The eminent historian John Keegan charts Churchill's career, following his steadfast leadership during the catastrophic events of World War II while England was dangerously poised on the brink of collapse. With wonderful eloquence, Keegan illuminates Churchill's incredible strength during this crucial moment in history and his unshakable belief that democracy would always prevail.
-
-
A good intro/summary
- De Sabrina en 01-07-06
De: John Keegan
-
Lincoln and Churchill
- Statesmen at War
- De: Lewis E. Lehrman
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 17 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Acclaimed historian Lewis Lehrman, in his path-breaking comparison of both statesmen, finds that Lincoln and Churchill - with very different upbringings and contrasting personalities - led their war efforts, to some extent, in similar ways. As supreme war lords, they were guided not only by principles of honor, duty, freedom, but also by the practical wisdom to know when, where, and how to apply these principles. They made mistakes which Lehrman considers carefully. But the author emphasizes that, despite setbacks, they never gave up.
-
-
Outstanding book
- De Barmand en 03-07-18
De: Lewis E. Lehrman
-
1913
- The Eve of War
- De: Paul Ham
- Narrado por: Christopher Oxford
- Duración: 2 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Christmas 1913: In Britain, people are debating a new dance called ‘the tango’. In Germany, they are fascinated by the wedding of the Kaiser’s daughter to the Duke of Brunswick. Little did they know that their world was on ‘The Eve of War’, a catastrophe that was to engulf the continent, cost millions of lives, and change the course of the century. And yet behind the scenes, the Great Powers were marching towards what they thought was an inevitable conflict.
-
-
This is What Wasn't Taught in School.
- De upfrontboi en 04-26-18
De: Paul Ham
-
Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- De: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In this monumental and provocative history, Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen - Winston Churchill first among them - the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins.
-
-
A classic of history books
- De Benedict en 04-04-09
-
Hitler
- De: Joachim C. Fest, Richard Winstton - translator, Clara Winstton - translator
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 41 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This masterful biography by one of Germany’s best known journalists was the leading nonfiction best seller in Germany. Fest shows Hitler as the receptacle of the dreads and resentments of a shaken social order, gifted with an uncanny instinct for all that was hollow behind the appearance of power, at home and abroad. Though a warped human being, he was neither clown nor puppet, as many liked to think; Hitler appears here as an enormously astute politician, impressing and hypnotizing Germans and foreigners alike with the scope of his projects and the theatricality of their presentation. Fest uncovers in Hitler a constantly destructive personality....
-
-
Should be part of high school education
- De Rex Riethmeier en 12-25-18
De: Joachim C. Fest, y otros
-
De Gaulle
- De: Julian Jackson
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 41 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In a definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept Nazi domination of France, Julian Jackson captures this titanic figure as never before. Drawing on unpublished letters, memoirs, and resources of the recently opened de Gaulle archive, he reveals how this volatile visionary put a broken France back at the center of world affairs.
-
-
Extremely British approach to de Gaulle
- De Keith en 05-31-19
De: Julian Jackson
-
The War That Ended Peace
- The Road to 1914
- De: Margaret MacMillan
- Narrado por: Richard Burnip
- Duración: 31 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the best-selling and award-winning author of Paris 1919 comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, a fascinating portrait of Europe from 1900 up to the outbreak of World War I.
-
-
Detailed review of 1882 to 1914
- De smarmer en 04-06-14
-
Japan 1941
- Countdown to Infamy
- De: Eri Hotta
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
When Japan attacked the United States in 1941, argues Eri Hotta, its leaders, in large part, understood they were entering a conflict they were bound to lose. Availing herself of rarely consulted material, Hotta poses essential questions overlooked by historians in the seventy years since: Why did these men - military men, civilian politicians, diplomats, the emperor - put their country and its citizens in harm's way? Why did they make a decision that was doomed from the start?
-
-
Japanese viewpoint
- De Jean en 01-01-14
De: Eri Hotta
-
1917
- Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder
- De: Arthur Herman
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 16 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In this incisive, fast-paced history, New York Times best-selling author Arthur Herman brilliantly reveals how Lenin and Wilson rewrote the rules of modern geopolitics. Through the end of World War I, countries marched into war only to increase or protect their national interests. After World War I, countries began going to war over ideas. Together, Lenin and Wilson unleashed the disruptive ideologies that would sweep the world, from nationalism and globalism to Communism and terrorism, and that continue to shape our world today.
-
-
Another book you wish was part of every university world history curriculum
- De BeZot en 11-26-18
De: Arthur Herman
-
Practicing History
- Selected Essays
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Master historian Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. This accessible introduction to the subject of history offers striking insights into America's past and present, trenchant observations on the international scene, and thoughtful pieces on the historian's role. Here is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent "practicing history".
-
-
Barbara Tuchman fan faced with reality
- De J. Whittle en 09-27-18
-
Kissinger: Volume I
- 1923-1968: The Idealist
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 34 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super-K" - the "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama - he has also been hounded by conspiracy theorists, scouring his every "telcon" for evidence of Machiavellian malfeasance. Yet as Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial biography, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding.
-
-
Riveting
- De Jean en 11-10-15
De: Niall Ferguson
-
The Cold War
- A New History
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Drawing on new and often startling information from newly opened Soviet, Eastern European, and Chinese archives, this thrilling account explores the strategic dynamics that drove the Cold War, provides illuminating portraits of its major personalities, and offers much fresh insight into its most crucial events. Riveting, revelatory, and wise, it tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand as America once more faces an implacable ideological enemy.
-
-
WOW
- De Cordell eddings en 10-13-07
-
Supreme Command
- Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
- De: Eliot A. Cohen
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times of war. When the chips are down, who should run the show, the politicians or the generals? In Supreme Command, Eliot Cohen examines four great democratic war statesmen - Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion - to reveal the surprising answer - the politicians. The generals may think they know how to win, but the statesmen are the ones who see the big picture.
-
-
Dated material
- De Charlotte R. Shover en 11-21-20
De: Eliot A. Cohen
-
Ben-Gurion
- A Political Life
- De: Shimon Peres, David Landau
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Shimon Peres was in his early 20s when he first met David Ben-Gurion. Although the state that Ben-Gurion would lead through war and peace had not yet declared its precarious independence, the "Old Man", as he was called even then, was already a mythic figure. Peres, who came of age in the cabinets of Ben-Gurion, is uniquely placed to evoke this figure of stirring contradictions - a prophetic visionary and a canny pragmatist who early grasped the necessity of compromise for national survival.
-
-
Great Perfomance, Less than Stellar Story
- De Alexander en 01-02-12
De: Shimon Peres, y otros
-
House of War
- The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
- De: James Carroll
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 26 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America, the people who created it, and the pathologies it has spawned. Carroll proves a controversial thesis: The Pentagon has, since its founding, operated beyond the control of any force in government or society. It is the biggest, loosest cannon in American history, and no institution has changed this country more.
-
-
A Biased Account
- De GoTravel1385a en 09-06-07
De: James Carroll
-
The Duel
- The 80-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler
- De: John Lukacs
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This is a day-by-day account of the 80-day struggle in 1940 between Hitler, poised on the edge of absolute victory, and Churchill, threatened by imminent invasion and defeat.
-
-
The most aggravating history lecture ever
- De Sidney en 12-31-08
De: John Lukacs
-
The World Remade
- America in World War I
- De: G. J. Meyer
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 24 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
After years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging the country into the savage European conflict that would redraw the map of the continent - and the globe. The World Remade is an engrossing chronicle of America's pivotal, still controversial intervention into World War I, encompassing the tumultuous politics and towering historical figures that defined the era and forged the future.
-
-
"100% America" - a disturbing place to be
- De DPM en 04-01-17
De: G. J. Meyer
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Churchill
Calificaciones medias de los clientesReseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Jean
- 12-16-12
The voice in the wilderness--Are we listening yet?
Since I was a teenager I have been fascinated by Winston Churchill. I have read everything about or by him I can get my hands on. I love to read his writings, his mastery of the English language turns speeches into prose. I read his book "The River God" and found the information about Islamic terrorism he wrote in th 1890's as valid as if he wrote them today. Some of the information from "River God" was covered in this book. James C. Humes tells about Winston Churchill Jr meeting with George W Bush in the White House after 9/11 and reads Bush a speech Churchill gave in Parliament about Islamic Terrorism and the problems and obligations the British faced in Iraq after WW1 which match what the USA faced after we attack Iraq. It was unnerving how similar they were. All the information and the naming of the cold war by Churchill was right on target. Humes pointed out a number of times, quotes by Churchill that the more one studies history the better he will be able to see event in the future. Churchill said he learned so much from writing the "History of the World". Mathew Brenher did a good job reading this book. If you are a history buff or a fan of Churchill this is a must read book.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 4 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Andrea
- 11-28-16
incredible oratory
the narrator was great, the book was the perfect Sunday of Churchill's brilliance before we traveled to England
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Una-Marie O'Leary Match
- 12-07-12
Very interesting and scary.
Would you listen to Churchill again? Why?
Yes, there is a lot to be learned from Churchill. Lessons from the past teach us why the world is in the current state of upheaval and what are likely outcomes in the future.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Churchill?
His eerie prediction of the coming (and now here) problems with Islamic terrorism, and the letter he wrote that was read to G.W. Bush after 9/11.
Have you listened to any of Matthew Brenher’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not possible. There is just too much to digest. I shall be listening to this again and again.
Any additional comments?
Need more good history books.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 2 personas