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Resumen del Editor
A classic study of military leadership uncovering why generals fail
The Crimea, the Boer War, the Somme, Tobruk, Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs: these are just some of the milestones in a century of military incompetence, of costly mishaps and tragic blunders. Are these simple accidents—as the "bloody fool" theory has it—or are they inevitable?
The psychologist Norman F. Dixon argues that there is a pattern to inept generalship, and he locates this pattern within the very act of creating armies in the first place, which in his view produces a levelling down of human capability that encourages the mediocre and limits the gifted. In this light, successful generals achieve what they do despite the stultifying features of the organization to which they belong.
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence is at once an original exploration of the battles that have defined the last two centuries of human civilization and an essential guide for the next generation of military leaders.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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"One does not have to share all, or even most, of Dixon's often rebarbative views to agree that this penetrating, self-knowing, often hilarious, and sometimes alarming book is a must-read. It is a classic of military history awaiting rediscovery today.” Brendan Simms, author of Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy
"An original, scientifically impressive and fascinating book . . . a minor classic.” Tablet
"An absorbing, perceptive and often very funny study in human frailty.” Listener
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- De: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrado por: Laurence Fishburne
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
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Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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Audible Masterpiece
- De Phoenician en 09-10-20
De: Malcolm X, y otros
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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean
- De: M. Doreal
- Narrado por: John Marino
- Duración: 2 h y 33 m
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The history of the tablets translated in the following book is strange and beyond the belief of modern scientists. Their antiquity is stupendous, dating back some 36,000 years. The writer is Thoth, an Atlantean Priest-King, who founded a colony in ancient Egypt after the sinking of the mother country. He was the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, erroneously attributed to Cheops. In it he incorporated his knowledge of the ancient wisdom and also securely secreted records and instruments of ancient Atlantis.
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Excellence...
- De Light Worker en 04-21-18
De: M. Doreal
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Brothers in Arms
- One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: Al Murray
- Duración: 16 h y 17 m
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One of the last cavalry units to ride horses into battle, the Sherwood Rangers were transformed into a “mechanized cavalry” of tanks in 1942. After winning acclaim in the North African campaign, they spearheaded one of the D-Day landings in Normandy and became the first British troops to cross into Germany. Their courage, skill, and tenacity contributed mightily to the surrender of Germany in 1945.
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All the details
- De GY en 01-03-22
De: James Holland
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Made in America
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: William Roberts
- Duración: 18 h y 10 m
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In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land, explaining how a dusty hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up, as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question, and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.
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Bryson Not Reading Makes For a Rare Fail
- De John en 02-28-14
De: Bill Bryson
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Mythology: Mega Collection
- Classic Stories from the Greek, Celtic, Norse, Japanese, Hindu, Chinese, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Mythology
- De: Scott Lewis
- Narrado por: Madison Niederhauser, Oliver Hunt
- Duración: 31 h y 37 m
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Do you know how many wives Zeus had? Or how the famous Trojan War was caused by one beautiful lady? Or how Thor got his hammer? Give your imagination a real treat. This Mega Mythology Collection of eight audiobooks is for you....
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An interesting set of introductions.
- De Kevin Potter en 05-30-19
De: Scott Lewis
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- De: Thomas S. Kuhn
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were - and still are. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is that kind of book.
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The problem is not with the book
- De Marcus en 08-09-09
De: Thomas S. Kuhn
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Helter Skelter
- The True Story of the Manson Murders
- De: Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 26 h y 29 m
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Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the 20th century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Now available for the first time in unabridged audio, the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime is brought to life by acclaimed narrator Scott Brick.
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Everything I remembered about the case was wrong..
- De karen en 06-22-12
De: Vincent Bugliosi, y otros
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- De: Paul Lockhart
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 21 h y 4 m
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The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare, but also the very structure of power in the West, from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era.
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Needs More Guns Less Political Opinion
- De Jeb en 10-20-22
De: Paul Lockhart
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Civilian Warriors
- The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror
- De: Erik Prince
- Narrado por: Jeff Gurner
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
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Blackwater is one of the most misunderstood companies of our time. As Erik Prince, its founder and former CEO, writes: "Hundreds of American citizens employed by private military contractors, or PMCs, would lose their lives helping our government wage wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have their memory tarnished by the unfair and/or ignorant depiction of PMCs as profiteers, jackbooted thugs, or worse."
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A different look a Security Contractors
- De Ryan en 01-20-14
De: Erik Prince
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About Face
- De: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 40 h y 38 m
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From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam. With About Face, he has written what many Vietnam veterans have called the most important book of their generation.
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An excellent adaptation of an excellent book
- De Tom Rogneby en 07-18-19
De: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., y otros
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The Myth of Capitalism
- Monopolies and the Death of Competition
- De: Jonathan Tepper, Denise Hearn
- Narrado por: Pamela Almand
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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The Myth of Capitalism tells the story of how America has gone from an open, competitive marketplace to an economy where a few very powerful companies dominate key industries that affect our daily lives. Digital monopolies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are gatekeepers to the digital world. Amazon is capturing almost all online shopping dollars. We have the illusion of choice, but for most critical decisions, we have only one or two companies when it comes to high speed internet, health insurance, medical care, mortgage title insurance, or even consumer goods like toothpaste.
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- De Eric Baird en 05-29-19
De: Jonathan Tepper, y otros
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Leadership Strategy and Tactics (Field Manual Expanded Edition)
- De: Jocko Willink
- Narrado por: Jocko Willink
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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Leadership is the most challenging of human endeavors. It is often misunderstood. It can bewilder, mystify, and frustrate even the most dedicated practitioners. Leaders at all levels are often forced to use theoretical guesswork to make decisions and lead their troops. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. There are principles that can be applied and tenets that can be followed. There are skills that can be learned and maneuvers that can be practiced and executed. There are leadership strategies and tactics that have been tested and proven on the battlefield, in business, and in life.
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Lead by design
- De Ultra Mario en 01-30-24
De: Jocko Willink
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Enough Already
- Time to End the War on Terrorism
- De: Scott Horton
- Narrado por: Scott Horton
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
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Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism is a masterly history of these chaotic, tragic and above all futile conflicts, ranging with his usual excoriating accuracy from Mali to Pakistan, from Iraq to Yemen by way of Syria and Libya. Millions are dead, disabled or languish desperately far from their homes as the direct result of our blunders, bewilderment and outright malicious stupidity.
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Complete take down of American foreign policy
- De Denise Fisher en 12-22-21
De: Scott Horton
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- De: Paul Lockhart
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 21 h y 4 m
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The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare, but also the very structure of power in the West, from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era.
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Needs More Guns Less Political Opinion
- De Jeb en 10-20-22
De: Paul Lockhart
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Civilian Warriors
- The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror
- De: Erik Prince
- Narrado por: Jeff Gurner
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
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Blackwater is one of the most misunderstood companies of our time. As Erik Prince, its founder and former CEO, writes: "Hundreds of American citizens employed by private military contractors, or PMCs, would lose their lives helping our government wage wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have their memory tarnished by the unfair and/or ignorant depiction of PMCs as profiteers, jackbooted thugs, or worse."
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A different look a Security Contractors
- De Ryan en 01-20-14
De: Erik Prince
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About Face
- De: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 40 h y 38 m
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From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam. With About Face, he has written what many Vietnam veterans have called the most important book of their generation.
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An excellent adaptation of an excellent book
- De Tom Rogneby en 07-18-19
De: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., y otros
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The Myth of Capitalism
- Monopolies and the Death of Competition
- De: Jonathan Tepper, Denise Hearn
- Narrado por: Pamela Almand
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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The Myth of Capitalism tells the story of how America has gone from an open, competitive marketplace to an economy where a few very powerful companies dominate key industries that affect our daily lives. Digital monopolies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are gatekeepers to the digital world. Amazon is capturing almost all online shopping dollars. We have the illusion of choice, but for most critical decisions, we have only one or two companies when it comes to high speed internet, health insurance, medical care, mortgage title insurance, or even consumer goods like toothpaste.
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Read and then take action
- De Eric Baird en 05-29-19
De: Jonathan Tepper, y otros
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Leadership Strategy and Tactics (Field Manual Expanded Edition)
- De: Jocko Willink
- Narrado por: Jocko Willink
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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Leadership is the most challenging of human endeavors. It is often misunderstood. It can bewilder, mystify, and frustrate even the most dedicated practitioners. Leaders at all levels are often forced to use theoretical guesswork to make decisions and lead their troops. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. There are principles that can be applied and tenets that can be followed. There are skills that can be learned and maneuvers that can be practiced and executed. There are leadership strategies and tactics that have been tested and proven on the battlefield, in business, and in life.
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Lead by design
- De Ultra Mario en 01-30-24
De: Jocko Willink
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Enough Already
- Time to End the War on Terrorism
- De: Scott Horton
- Narrado por: Scott Horton
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
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Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism is a masterly history of these chaotic, tragic and above all futile conflicts, ranging with his usual excoriating accuracy from Mali to Pakistan, from Iraq to Yemen by way of Syria and Libya. Millions are dead, disabled or languish desperately far from their homes as the direct result of our blunders, bewilderment and outright malicious stupidity.
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Complete take down of American foreign policy
- De Denise Fisher en 12-22-21
De: Scott Horton
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- De: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 20 h y 33 m
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This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation can gain a major advantage over their rivals, while those that fail to do so risk exposing their countries to great danger.
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- De Gerry en 11-11-23
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Road to Disaster
- A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
- De: Brian VanDeMark
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 23 h y 12 m
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Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite many words of analysis and reflection, no historian has been able to explain why such decent and previously successful men stumbled so badly. That changes with Road to Disaster. Historian Brian VanDeMark draws upon decades of archival research, his own interviews with many of those involved, and a wealth of previously unheard recordings by Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford, who served as Defense Secretaries for Kennedy and Johnson.
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Vietnam Veteran
- De Jim Rollins en 04-02-19
De: Brian VanDeMark
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On Combat
- The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace
- De: Dave Grossman, Loren W. Christensen
- Narrado por: Dave Grossman
- Duración: 18 h y 41 m
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On Combat looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle and the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing, visual and auditory perception, memory - then discusses new research findings as to what measure warriors can take to prevent such debilitations so they can stay in the fight, survive, and win. A brief, but insightful look at history shows the evolution of combat, the development of the physical and psychological leverage that enables humans to kill other humans, followed by an objective examination of domestic violence in America.
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Just what I needed.
- De Jonah en 03-21-17
De: Dave Grossman, y otros
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White Sun War
- The Campaign for Taiwan
- De: Mick Ryan
- Narrado por: Joshua Saxon
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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After decades of poising on the brink, the United States and China finally go to war when China invades the island of Taiwan. Deploying their most futuristic technologies in this grand strategic competition of the twenty-first century, the stakes could not be higher. Not only the future of the Taiwanese people but the fate of the world lies in the balance. In an era when humans no longer just use machines, but partner with them in all aspects of military operations, this fictional account views this future war through the eyes of the American, Chinese, and Taiwanese caught up in the maelstrom.
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Thought provoking - a wake up call for emergent conflict
- De John Hansen en 07-01-24
De: Mick Ryan
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The Kill Chain
- Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
- De: Christian Brose
- Narrado por: Christian Brose
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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When we think about the future of war, the military and Washington and most everyone gets it backwards. We think in terms of buying single military systems, such as fighter jets or aircraft carriers. And when we think about modernizing those systems, we think about buying better versions of the same things. But what really matters is not the single system but "the battle network"—the collection of sensors and shooters that enables a military to find an enemy system, target it, and attack it.
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- De Tomas Singliar en 06-06-20
De: Christian Brose
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The Devil's Chessboard
- Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
- De: David Talbot
- Narrado por: Peter Altschuler
- Duración: 25 h y 23 m
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An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful - and secretive - colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times best seller Brothers.
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Disturbing. Makes you question the company line.
- De KTS en 02-06-16
De: David Talbot
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Phenomena
- The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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For more than 40 years, the US government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the navy, air force, and army - and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, for the first time, New York Times best-selling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs.
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Phenomenally mediocre narration of a good book
- De philip en 05-18-17
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Iron and Blood
- A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500
- De: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrado por: Rory Alexander
- Duración: 34 h y 54 m
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German military history is typically viewed as an inexorable march to the rise of Prussia and the two world wars, the road paved by militarism and the result a specifically German way of war. Peter Wilson challenges this narrative. Looking beyond Prussia to German-speaking Europe across the last five centuries, Wilson finds little unique or preordained in German militarism or warfighting. Iron and Blood takes as its starting point the consolidation of the Holy Roman Empire, which created new mechanisms for raising troops but also for resolving disputes diplomatically.
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Awesome
- De Will Georgiadis en 04-11-23
De: Peter H. Wilson
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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- De: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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War can settle disputes, topple tyrants, and bend the trajectory of civilization—sometimes to the breaking point. From Troy to Hiroshima, moments when war has ended in utter annihilation have reverberated through the centuries, signaling the end of political systems, cultures, and epochs. Though much has changed over the millennia, human nature remains the same. In The End of Everything, military historian Victor Davis Hanson narrates a series of sieges and sackings that span the age of antiquity to the conquest of the New World to show how societies descend into barbarism and obliteration.
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Short, sharp, informative.
- De Amazon Customer en 05-13-24
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New Cold Wars
- China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
- De: David E. Sanger, Mary K. Brooks
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean, David E. Sanger
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
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New Cold Wars—the latest from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of The Perfect Weapon David E. Sanger—is a fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous confrontations with two very different adversaries. For years, the United States was confident that the newly democratic Russia and increasingly wealthy China could be lured into a Western-led order that promised prosperity and relative peace—so long as they agreed to Washington’s terms. By the time America emerged from the age of terrorism, it was clear that this had been a fantasy.
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Gives many insights into our new Cold Wars
- De Amazon Customer en 04-19-24
De: David E. Sanger, y otros
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Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- De: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Narrado por: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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An updated edition of the blockbuster best-selling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two US Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.
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I don't read SEAL Books...
- De Amazon Customer en 02-21-17
De: Jocko Willink, y otros
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Grant
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 48 h y 2 m
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Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow reveals in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.
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Excellent Book (BUT WHERE IS THE PDF FILES)????
- De Amazon Customer en 10-25-17
De: Ron Chernow
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
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- Kiki St. Hilaire
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Every person in the military or those fascinated with it needs to read this. You will not find a better example of criticism of military comand for modern times,
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- Michael Harrison
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In depth review of military mindset
An in-depth review of many of the debacles that have punctuated wars. Not surprisingly the chaos of battle has crystallized the picture of poor leadership. And although hindsight is clearer, the personality type of those who lead exacerbates the situation with subpar people seeking to fulfill personal issues at the expense of others lives.
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