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A skilled journalist and a master spin doctor, Mussolini created immensely powerful myths about himself and his regime. Myths that have endured for over 70 years, baffling both his contemporaries and modern historians in equal measure. Myths that have allowed Il Duce to escape history's definitive verdict...until now.
We deliver the truth about this divisive yet fascinating figure. From his early foreign policy to eventual involvement in WW2, we unveil the reality of his imperial aims.
We examine Mussolini’s shifting international relationships. Why did he choose the Axis with Nazi Germany over an alliance with Britain? How did he did lose his dominance within the Axis to become Hitler’s subordinate? The complex race question is also examined. Did Italian Fascism share the same virulent anti-Semitic and racialist views as National Socialism? We offer insights into the Italian performance in WW2, as well as Mussolini’s dramatic personal downfall and macabre death. History’s Verdict delivers the final judgement on the legacy of this founding father of fascism. Does he deserve condemnation as merely another brutal 20th-century dictator, or was there a more benevolent side to this complex character?
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany's leading historian of the 20th century's first great catastrophe explains the war's origins, course, and consequences. With an unrivaled combination of depth and global reach, Pandora's Box reveals how profoundly the war shaped the world to come. Jörn Leonhard treats the clash of arms with a sure feel for grand strategy, the everyday tactics of dynamic movement and slow attrition, the race for ever more destructive technologies, and the grim experiences of frontline soldiers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent reading of a complex book
- De chris en 02-26-19
De: Jorn Leonhard, y otros
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Korean War
- A Captivating Guide to Korean War History
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 2 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
The narrative of the Korean War in the West, and particularly in the United States, tells the tale of a conflict between two global superpowers and competing ideologies in a far-flung corner of the globe. The reality is that the wheels of motion that drove the country to war in 1950 began turning long before American boots set foot on Korean soil. The heart of the conflict was a civil war between a population arbitrarily divided by colonization and the global geopolitics at the end of the Second World War.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful
- De Kyle en 05-14-18
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 144
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 117
To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
De: Simon Price, y otros
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The Cold War
- A World History
- De: Odd Arne Westad
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 22 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 413
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 355
In The Cold War, Odd Arne Westad offers a new perspective on a century when a superpower rivalry and an ideological war transformed every corner of our globe. We traditionally think of the Cold War as a post-World War II diplomatic and military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. But in this major new work, Westad argues that the conflict must be understood as a global ideological confrontation with roots in the industrial revolution and with continuing implications for the world today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A lenghy treatise on the Cold War
- De Donald Hill en 11-21-17
De: Odd Arne Westad
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The End of Tsarist Russia
- The March to World War I and Revolution
- De: Dominic Lieven
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
- Duración: 18 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 114
World War I and the Russian Revolution together shaped the 20th century in profound ways. In The End of Tsarist Russia, acclaimed scholar Dominic Lieven connects for the first time the two events, providing both a history of the First World War's origins from a Russian perspective and an international history of why the revolution happened.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good book done in by bad narration.
- De James en 05-25-16
De: Dominic Lieven
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Revolutionary Iran
- A History of the Islamic Republic
- De: Michael Axworthy
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 19 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was a defining moment of the modern era. Its success unleashed a wave of Islamist fervor across the Middle East and signaled a sharp decline in the appeal of Western ideologies in the Islamic world. Michael Axworthy takes listeners through the major periods in Iranian history over the last 30 years: the overthrow of the old regime and the creation of the new one; the Iran-Iraq war; the reconstruction era following the war; the reformist wave led by Mohammed Khatami; and the present day, in which reactionaries have re-established control.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Questionable Narration
- De Arya Pourtabatabaie en 07-17-21
De: Michael Axworthy
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Modern Times
- The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 37 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 433
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 307
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 305
Beginning with May 29, 1919, when photographs of the solar eclipse confirmed the truth of Einstein's theory of relativity, Johnson goes on to describe Freudianism, the establishment of the first Marxist state, the chaos of "Old Europe", the Arcadian 20s, and the new forces in China and Japan. Also discussed are Karl Marx, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Roosevelt, Gandhi, Castro, Kennedy, Nixon, the '29 crash, the Great Depression, Roosevelt's New Deal, and the massive conflict of World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Anti-Howard Zinn
- De Pork C. Fish en 05-22-12
De: Paul Johnson
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Hitler's Empire
- How the Nazis Ruled Europe
- De: Mark Mazower
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 27 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 116
Drawing on an unprecedented range and variety of original research, Hitler's Empire sheds new light on how the Nazis designed, maintained, and lost their European dominion - and offers a chilling vision of what the world would have become had they won the war. Mark Mazower forces us to set aside timeworn opinions of the Third Reich, and instead shows how the party drew inspiration for its imperial expansion from America and Great Britain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Page Turning Scholarship
- De philip en 06-08-19
De: Mark Mazower
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Hitler's Europe Ablaze
- Occupation, Resistance, and Rebellion during World War II
- De: Ben H. Shepherd - editor, Phillip Cooke - editor
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 76
Local resistance to German-led Axis occupation occurred throughout the European continent during World War II, taking a wide range of forms - noncooperation and disinformation, sabotage and espionage, and armed opposition and full-scale partisan warfare. It is a key element in the experience and the national memory of those who found themselves under Axis government and control.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Historically questionable.
- De Nestor Perez en 04-22-21
De: Ben H. Shepherd - editor, y otros
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The Vietnam War: History in an Hour
- De: Neil Smith
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 1 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 178
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 156
History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of the Vietnam War in just one hour. War, what is it good for? The Vietnam War: History In an Hour gives a gripping account of the most important Cold War-era conflict, fought between the United States and the Viet Cong, the Vietnam People’s Army and their Communist allies. It was one of the most traumatic military conflicts America has ever been involved in – and provoked a backlash of anti-war protests at home.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Garbage
- De Michael en 08-06-12
De: Neil Smith
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Armed Struggle
- The History of the IRA
- De: Richard English
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 20 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 145
The IRA has been a much richer, more complexly layered, and more protean organization than is frequently recognized. It is also more open to balanced examination now - at the end of its long war in the north of Ireland - than it was even a few years ago. Richard English's brilliant audiobook offers a detailed history of the IRA, providing invaluable historical depth to our understanding of the modern-day Provisionals, the more militant wing formed in 1969 dedicated to the removal of the British Government from Northern Ireland and the reunification of Ireland.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A comprehensive history of the IRA
- De Stefan Filipovits en 02-04-20
De: Richard English
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The Cold War
- A New History
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 954
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 684
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 679
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW
- De Cordell eddings en 10-13-07
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The Third Reich in History and Memory
- De: Richard J. Evans
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
In the 70 years since the demise of the Third Reich, there has been a significant transformation in the ways in which the modern world understands Nazism. In this brilliant and eye-opening collection, Richard J. Evans offers a critical commentary on that transformation, exploring how major changes in perspective have informed research and writing on the Third Reich in recent years. Drawing on his most notable writings, Evans reveals the shifting perspectives on Nazism's rise to political power, its economic intricacies, and its subterranean extension into postwar Germany.
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5 out of 5 stars
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each book is better than the first. your writing is genius
- De Anonymous User en 05-10-24
De: Richard J. Evans
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History of Germany
- A Captivating Guide to German History, Starting from 1871 through the First World War, Weimar Republic, and World War II to the Present
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Germany is one of the richest and most influential countries in the world, which is amazing when you consider that the nation is only about the size of the US states of Oregon and Washington combined. It’s even more astounding when you consider that at the end of World War II, every major German city (and many minor ones) had been flattened by the Allied bombing campaign. Still more amazing is that the country has gone from international pariah and home of the Holocaust to one of the most well-regarded and humanitarian nations on Earth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Concise
- De J Stewart en 04-09-24
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Fire in the Lake
- De: Frances FitzGerald
- Narrado por: Jeff Bottoms
- Duración: 22 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
This magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the history of Vietnam - the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages, the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks, the disruption created by French colonialism, and America's ill-fated intervention - and reveals the country as seen through Vietnamese eyes. Originally published in 1972, Fire in the Lake was the first history of Vietnam written by an American, and subsequently won the Pulitzer Prize.
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5 out of 5 stars
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American Hubris; Vietnamese Misery
- De gunnerThrax en 01-24-21
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The Return of Marco Polo's World
- War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-First Century
- De: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 243
Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, as well as encounters with preeminent realist thinkers, Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America's role in a turbulent world: a respect for the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests and American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of power via a strong navy; and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Essays on the Region of the Silk Road
- De Jeff Beardsley en 05-19-18
De: Robert D. Kaplan