Emergency Chronicles
Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning Point
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Gyan Prakash
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As the world once again confronts an eruption of authoritarianism, Gyan Prakash's Emergency Chronicles takes us back to the moment of India's independence to offer a comprehensive historical account of Indira Gandhi's Emergency of 1975-77. Stripping away the myth that this was a sudden event brought on solely by the prime minister's desire to cling to power, it argues that the Emergency was as much Indira's doing as it was the product of Indian democracy's troubled relationship with popular politics, and a turning point in its history.
Prakash delves into the chronicles of the preceding years to reveal how the fine balance between state power and civil rights was upset by the unfulfilled promise of democratic transformation. He explains how growing popular unrest disturbed Indira's regime, prompting her to take recourse to the law to suspend lawful rights, wounding the political system further, and opening the door for caste politics and Hindu nationalism.
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Understanding Adolf Hitler's ideology provides insights into the mental world of an extremist politics that, over the course of the Third Reich, developed explosive energies culminating in the Second World War and the Holocaust. Too often the theories underlying National Socialism or Nazism are dismissed as an irrational hodgepodge of ideas. Yet that ideology drove Hitler's quest for power in 1933, colored everything in the Third Reich, and transformed him, however briefly, into the most powerful leader in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating listen
- De Amy Neff en 12-15-22
De: Robert Gellately
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The Hidden History of Burma
- Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
- De: Thant Myint-U
- Narrado por: Assaf Cohen
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma's population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared. As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U saw the cracks forming. In this insider's diagnosis of a country at a breaking point, he dissects all of the elements that came together to challenge the incipient democracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Comprehensive Account on Burma’s recent problems
- De Anonymous User en 11-18-19
De: Thant Myint-U
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Stalin
- Passage to Revolution
- De: Ronald Grigor Suny
- Narrado por: Robbie Stevens
- Duración: 28 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26
This is the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin from his birth to the October Revolution of 1917, a panoramic and often chilling account of how an impoverished, idealistic youth from the provinces of tsarist Russia was transformed into a cunning and fearsome outlaw who would one day become one of the 20th century's most ruthless dictators. In this monumental book, Ronald Grigor Suny sheds light on the least understood years of Stalin's career, bringing to life the turbulent world in which he lived and the extraordinary historical events that shaped him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great
- De Anonymous User en 02-05-23
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Foundation
- The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors: The History of England, Book 1
- De: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
- Duración: 18 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 856
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 776
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 771
In Foundation the chronicler of London and of its river, the Thames, takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death of the first Tudor king, Henry VII, in 1509. He guides us from the building of Stonehenge to the founding of the two great glories of medieval England: common law and the cathedrals. He shows us glimpses of the country's most distant past - a Neolithic stirrup found in a grave, a Roman fort, a Saxon tomb, a medieval manor house.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Most Annoying Narrator EVER
- De JudieBee en 12-25-15
De: Peter Ackroyd
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Fascism
- A Warning
- De: Madeleine Albright
- Narrado por: Madeleine Albright
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,546
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,031
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,994
At the end of the 1980s, when the Cold War ended, many, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, believed that democracy had triumphed politically once and for all. Yet nearly 30 years later, the direction of history no longer seems certain. A repressive and destructive force has begun to reemerge on the global stage - sweeping across Europe, parts of Asia, and the United States - that to Albright, looks very much like fascism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Warning!
- De JAL en 04-19-18
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Socialism 101
- From the Bolsheviks and Karl Marx to Universal Healthcare and the Democratic Socialists, Everything You Need to Know About Socialism
- De: Kathleen Sears
- Narrado por: Samantha Desz
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
In today’s political climate, more and more presidential candidates are espousing socialist - or democratic socialist - policies. Once associated with oppression, socialism is now a current topic of conversation with everyday Americans, including policies like taxing the rich and healthcare for all. But what exactly is socialism and why does it spark such an intense debate? Socialism 101 provides an easy-to-understand, unbiased overview to the nearly 300-year-old origins of this mode of government, its complex history, basic constructs, and modern-day interpretations....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Teeth
- De Ein en 03-05-20
De: Kathleen Sears
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Democracy
- Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
- De: Condoleezza Rice
- Narrado por: Grace Angela Henry
- Duración: 12 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 258
From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history. As a child, she was an eyewitness to a third awakening of freedom, when her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter of the civil rights movement for black Americans. In this book, Rice explains what these epochal events teach us about democracy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Case for Democracy
- De Jean en 05-18-17
De: Condoleezza Rice
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The Russian Revolution
- De: Richard Pipes
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 41 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 296
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 257
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 255
Groundbreaking in its inclusiveness, enthralling in its narrative of a movement whose purpose, in the words of Leon Trotsky, was "to overthrow the world", The Russian Revolution draws conclusions that aroused great controversy. Richard Pipes argues convincingly that the Russian Revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class, uprising; that it was steeped in terror from its very outset; and that it was not a revolution at all but a coup d'etat - "the capture of governmental power by a small minority."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Destruction of the Lenin Myth
- De philip en 09-08-19
De: Richard Pipes
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The Russia Conundrum
- How the West Fell for Putin's Power Gambit—and How to Fix It
- De: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Martin Sixsmith - contributor
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Mikhail Khodorkovsky has seen behind the mask of Vladimir Putin. Once an oil tycoon and the richest man in Russia, Khodorkovsky spoke out against the corruption of Putin's regime—and was punished by the Kremlin, stripped of his entire wealth and jailed for over ten years. Now freed, working as a pro-democracy campaigner in enforced exile, Khodorkovsky brings us the insider's battle to save his country's soul. Offering an urgent analysis of what has gone wrong with Putin, The Russia Conundrum maps the country's rise and fall against Khodorkovsky's own journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This should be required reading!
- De Jasmine J. en 10-29-22
De: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, y otros
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The Coming of the Third Reich
- De: Richard J. Evans
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 21 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,205
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,738
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,738
There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world’s most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling and depressing
- De Tad Davis en 06-30-10
De: Richard J. Evans
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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 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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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America for Americans
- A History of Xenophobia in the United States
- De: Erika Lee
- Narrado por: Shayna Small
- Duración: 13 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia. Here, Erika Lee shows that an irrational fear, hatred, and hostility toward immigrants has been a defining feature of our nation from the colonial era to the Trump era. Benjamin Franklin ridiculed Germans for their "strange and foreign ways." Americans' anxiety over Irish Catholics turned xenophobia into a national political movement. Forcing us to confront this history, America for Americans explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, and how it threatens America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Essential to Understanding America
- De Edward Chin-Lyn en 11-09-20
De: Erika Lee
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Maoism
- A Global History
- De: Julia Lovell
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
- Duración: 21 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 82
For decades, the West has dismissed Maoism as an outdated historical and political phenomenon. Since the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Mao’s revolution in favor of authoritarian capitalism. But Mao and his ideas remain central to the People’s Republic and the legitimacy of its Communist government. With disagreements and conflicts between China and the West on the rise, the need to understand the political legacy of Mao is urgent and growing. And the power and appeal of Maoism have extended far beyond China.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Occasional Bias Revealed
- De Matthew Miller en 09-03-19
De: Julia Lovell
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Ukraine's Maidan, Russia's War
- A Chronicle and Analysis of the Revolution of Dignity
- De: Mychailo Wynnyckyj, Serhii Plokhy - foreword
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 16 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
In early 2014, sparked by an assault by their government on peaceful students, Ukrainians rose up against a deeply corrupt, Moscow-backed regime. Initially demonstrating under the banner of EU integration, the Maidan protesters proclaimed their right to a dignified existence; they learned to organize, to act collectively, to become a civil society. Most prominently, they established a new Ukrainian identity: territorial, inclusive, and present-focused with powerful mobilizing symbols.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Says he is a Christian but totally ignores God
- De Viktor V. Choban en 08-11-20
De: Mychailo Wynnyckyj, y otros
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- De: Tony Judt
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
- Duración: 43 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,338
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,101
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,091
Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world’s most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through 34 nations and 60 years of political and cultural change—all in one integrated, enthralling narrative.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but not terrific listening
- De History en 10-18-11
De: Tony Judt
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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 173
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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