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Spies! Treason! Conspiracy! The American Civil War? Civil War spying had all the ingredients of a modern spy movie - just replaces gadgets with Saber's and Colt's.
This audiobook looks at the incredible history of espionage in the Civil War. With a gripping narrative, this audiobook will sund more like a John le Carré spy novel than a history audiobook.
HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study Guides. With each book, a brief period of history is recapped. We publish a wide array of topics (from baseball and music to science and philosophy), so check our growing catalogue regularly to see our newest books.
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Taking place during the most critical period of our nation’s birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington’s character, but also illuminates the origins of America’s counterintelligence movement that led to the modern day CIA. In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them. But unbeknownst to Washington, some of them were part of a treasonous plan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliantly written and narrated!
- De Wayne en 01-09-19
De: Brad Meltzer, y otros
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The Secret War
- Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 30 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 385
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Spies, codes, and guerrillas played unprecedentedly critical roles in the Second World War, exploited by every nation in the struggle to gain secret knowledge of its foes, and to sow havoc behind the fronts. In The Secret War, Max Hastings presents a worldwide cast of characters and some extraordinary sagas of intelligence and resistance, to create a new perspective on the greatest conflict in history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Better read than listened to
- De B. In -t Veld en 03-25-17
De: Max Hastings
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War on the Border
- Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion
- De: Jeff Guinn
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Jeff Guinn, chronicler of the Southwestern US and of American undesirables (Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson, and Jim Jones) tells the “riveting and supremely entertaining narrative” (S.C. Gwynne, New York Times best-selling author of Empire of the Summer Moon) of Pancho Villa’s bloody raid on a small US border town that sparked a violent conflict with the US.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting research, but a biased narrative.
- De Jorge Molina en 07-18-21
De: Jeff Guinn
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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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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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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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5 out of 5 stars
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Motley Crew History new, true...,
- De Anonymous User en 04-20-22
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Lincoln's Spies
- Their Secret War to Save a Nation
- De: Douglas Waller
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 18 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Veteran CIA correspondent Douglas Waller delivers a riveting account of the heroes and misfits who carried out a shadow war of espionage and covert operations behind the Confederate battlefields. Lincoln’s Spies follows four agents from the North - three men and one woman - who informed Lincoln’s generals on the enemy positions for crucial battles and busted up clandestine Rebel networks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Review of Lincoln’s Spies
- De William en 01-16-20
De: Douglas Waller
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George Washington's Secret Six
- The Spy Ring That Saved America
- De: Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
- Narrado por: Brian Kilmeade
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,804
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From the cohost of Fox & Friends, the true story of the anonymous spies who helped win the Revolutionary War. Among the pantheon of heroes of the American Revolution, six names are missing. First and foremost, Robert Townsend, an unassuming and respected businessman from Long Island, who spearheaded the spy ring that covertly brought down the British
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good
- De Thomas en 09-24-15
De: Brian Kilmeade, y otros
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Spying in America
- Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold War
- De: Michael J. Sulick
- Narrado por: Kevin Pierce
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Can you keep a secret? Maybe you can, but the United States government cannot. Since the birth of our country, nations large and small, from Russia and China to Ghana and Ecuador, have stolen the most precious secrets of the United States. Written by Michael Sulick, former director of CIA's clandestine service, Spying in America presents a history of more than 30 espionage cases inside the United States.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good history, bad analysis
- De Crus458 en 02-20-21
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The Nazi Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
- De: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 892
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In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would decide some of the most crucial strategic details of the war. Yet when the Nazis found out about the meeting, their own secret plan took shape—an assassination plot that would’ve changed history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous book!
- De Luke Einfeldt en 01-18-23
De: Brad Meltzer, y otros
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Jungle of Snakes
- A Century of Counterinsurgency Warfare from the Philippines to Iraq
- De: James R. Arnold
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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The end of the Cold War promised a new era of international peace. But instead, violence has proliferated across the globe, not in the form of a superpower arms race or a clash of armies, but in bitter local conflicts marked by terrorism, insurgency, and guerrilla warfare. Former Central Intelligence Agency director James Woolsey likened the post-Cold-War world to "a jungle full of snakes". The emergence of this new, potentially never-ending struggle has forced our military to reevaluate strategies or risk losing hearts, minds, and soldiers the world over.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Some Lessons
- De Amazon Customer en 10-02-16
De: James R. Arnold
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Lawrence in Arabia
- War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- De: Scott Anderson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 23 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history - the Arab Revolt and the secret “great game” to control the Middle East. Lawrence in Arabia definitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Comprehensive, Compelling Biography
- De Lester Gesteland en 10-05-20
De: Scott Anderson
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Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931-1941
- War in the Far East Series, Book 1
- De: Peter Harmsen
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Storm Clouds over the Pacific begins the story long before Pearl Harbor, showing how the war can only be understood if ancient hatreds and long-standing geopolitics are taken into account. Harmsen demonstrates how Japan and China's ancient enmity led to increased tensions in the 1930s, which, in turn, exploded into conflict in 1937.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Story
- De Coach Mark en 03-25-23
De: Peter Harmsen
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Washington's Spies
- The Story of America's First Spy Ring
- De: Alexander Rose
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 12 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,853
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,667
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,671
Based on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For the first time, Rose takes us beyond the battlefront and deep into the shadowy underworld of double agents and triple crosses, covert operations and code breaking, and unmasks the courageous, flawed men who inhabited this wilderness of mirrors—including the spymaster at the heart of it all.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Kinda boring
- De Randall en 07-10-19
De: Alexander Rose
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A Man Called Intrepid
- The Incredible WWII Narrative of the Hero Whose Spy Network and Secret Diplomacy Changed the Course of History
- De: William Stevenson
- Narrado por: David McAlister
- Duración: 21 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 550
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 480
A Man Called Intrepid is the account of the world’s first integrated intelligence operation and of its master, William Stephenson. Codenamed INTREPID by Winston Churchill, Stephenson was charged with establishing and running a vast, worldwide intelligence network to challenge the terrifying force of Nazi Germany. Nothing less than the fate of Britain and the free world hung in the balance as INTREPID covertly set about stalling the Nazis by any means necessary.
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3 out of 5 stars
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You have to wonder ...
- De Mike From Mesa en 04-15-14
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Supreme Command
- Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
- De: Eliot A. Cohen
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dated material
- De Charlotte R. Shover en 11-21-20
De: Eliot A. Cohen
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Army of Evil
- A History of the SS
- De: Adrian Weale
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 90
In Nazi Germany, they were called the Schutzstaffel. The world would know them as the dreaded SS - the most loyal and ruthless enforcers of the Third Reich...It began as a small squad of political thugs. Yet by the end of 1935, the SS had taken control of all police and internal security duties in Germany - ranging from local village "gendarmes" all they way up to the secret political police and the Gestapo.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Got lost in the details.
- De Alan en 11-28-12
De: Adrian Weale
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Last Hope Island
- Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War
- De: Lynne Olson
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey, Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 18 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 492
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 448
A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times best-selling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not What I Expected--More What I Needed to Know
- De DanD en 06-25-17
De: Lynne Olson