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In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women - more than a million in total - were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten.
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the best book about war I've ever read
- De Swarmy Barnacles en 10-06-17
De: Svetlana Alexievich, y otros
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1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- De: Roger Crowley
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's listenable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a precursor to the current jihad between the West and the Middle East.
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A well written narrative with bizarre and biased commentary
- De Patrick D. Flynn en 08-17-17
De: Roger Crowley
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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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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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American Hubris; Vietnamese Misery
- De gunnerThrax en 01-24-21
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The Praetorians
- De: Jean Lartéguy, General Stanley McChrystal - foreword, Xan Fielding - translator
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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Based on the events of May 1958 in France and Algeria, The Praetorians picks up in the footsteps of The Centurions, which was called "a stunning reflection of modern war" by Stanley McChrystal. After turning to tactics of guerilla warfare, a group of French paratroopers serving in the Algerian War is called to answer for actions they consider necessary, however immoral. Fearing another loss of French honor, they plot a coup that results in the return to power of Charles de Gaulle and the death of one of their own.
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- De: Joel F. Harrington
- Narrado por: James Gillies
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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Based on the rare and until now overlooked journal of a Renaissance-era executioner, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington's The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside the alien world and thinking of Meister Frantz Schmidt of Nuremberg, who, during 45 years as a professional executioner, personally put to death 394 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured many hundreds more. But the picture that emerges of Schmidt from his personal papers is not that of a monster. Could a man who routinely practiced such cruelty also be insightful?
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Excellent
- De James en 03-30-18
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Embers of War
- The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
- De: Fredrik Logevall
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 32 h y 15 m
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In this landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam, author Fredrik Logevall taps newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations and traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He brings to life the bloodiest battles of France’s final years in Indochina - and describes how, from an early point, a succession of American leaders made disastrous policy choices that put America on its own collision course with history.
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Understanding Why We failed the People of Vietnam
- De VA en 03-22-21
De: Fredrik Logevall
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The Way of the Knife
- The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
- De: Mark Mazzetti
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 11 h y 44 m
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Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Mazzetti examines secret wars over the past decade, tracking key characters from the intelligence and military communities across the world. Among the characters we meet in The Way of the Knife are a young CIA officer dropped into the tribal areas to learn the hard way how the spy games in Pakistan are played; an Air Force test pilot who fired the first drone missile in the Nevada desert; and a chain-smoking Pentagon official who ran an off-the-books spying operation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Excellent critique of covert operations
- De Keefer en 04-27-13
De: Mark Mazzetti
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In the Ruins of Empire
- De: Ronald Spector
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
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Americans are accustomed to thinking that World War II ended on August 14, 1945, when the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. Yet on the mainland of Asia, in the vast arc stretching from Manchuria to Burma, peace was a brief, fretful interlude. In some parts of Asia, such as Java and Southern Indonesia, only a few weeks passed before new fighting broke out between nationalist forces and the former colonial powers.
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Informative, but not an engrossing listen
- De S en 02-19-08
De: Ronald Spector
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- De: Alistair Horne
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 29 h y 56 m
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict, and as many European settlers were driven into exile. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one.
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Excellent history of France's Viet Nam
- De David en 04-10-16
De: Alistair Horne
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The Road Not Taken
- Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
- De: Max Boot
- Narrado por: Henry Strozier
- Duración: 27 h y 33 m
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In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War. In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987) best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a "hearts and mind" diplomacy, first in the Philippines, then in Vietnam. It was a visionary policy that, as Boot reveals, was ultimately crushed by America's giant military bureaucracy.
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An honest look at Vietnam Nam and USA
- De Catherine en 01-16-18
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Crucible of War
- The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
- De: Fred Anderson
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 29 h y 4 m
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In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War - long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution - takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain's empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead to world conflagration.
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A Detailed History
- De Daniel en 07-15-18
De: Fred Anderson
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Ghost on the Throne
- The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
- De: James S. Romm
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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When Alexander the Great died at the age of 32, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs - a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his death - were jointly granted the kingship. But six of Alexander's Macedonian generals, spurred by their own thirst for power and the legend that Alexander bequeathed his rule "to the strongest," fought to gain supremacy.
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ends a bit short
- De RIR en 06-14-21
De: James S. Romm
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Street Without Joy
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- Tom Cooper
- 05-12-16
Still great after all these years.
What did you love best about Street Without Joy?
It showed how a great military force that adapted to the terrain still got beaten. The French forces were made up of so many brilliant soldiers and they were creative in dealing with their enemies, but were undone by political factors that they did face, but not as well as their enemies.
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- mike
- 10-30-23
Great..
This book is just as great as I was told it was. I recommend it. If it’s not on the West Point reading list…it should be.
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- Richard D Powell
- 09-24-20
Great firsthand insight to first indochina war
Bernard Fall gives a great firsthand perspective of the French conflict in Indochina. He also provides a brief glimpse into how America was slowly pulled into the conflict.
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- TAH
- 04-26-19
Amazing Bit of History
Wonderfully performed. This book is important to anyone looking for background on the geopolitics that gave birth to The United States disastrous involvement in Vietnam.
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- Geezer
- 10-21-13
Great book, lousy narrator
What did you love best about Street Without Joy?
Dr. Fall wrote an excellent and factual account that is an excellent read. I have been in many of the locations and walked, or drove, over the ground.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Perhaps Perkins was using British pronunciation but his Vietnamese pronunciation really sucks. I found it very distracting and at times a bit hard to follow. Too bad, there are plenty of ways to get correct pronunciation.
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- Brandon Mccloskey
- 07-06-17
Great Book!
Easy to follow. Narrator was easy to understand and I love when he lent his accent to the french parts.
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- Anton
- 08-24-22
overall good
the narrator is hard to listen to. very matter of fact and mono toned. but overall a very good book
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- peter brumlik
- 02-13-22
A truly prophetic book
Bernard Fall becomes a prophet regarding the wars in Vietnam. Unfortunately, he died during the American Vietnam War, but he has left a legacy of prophecy regarding western involvement in Southeast Asia; specifically Vietnam. Exquisitely documented, Fall describes the military and political failures of the French in trying to hold on to their Indochina Colony. Most American military officers have read this book, unfortunately after the war had ended; they, along with their enlisted counterparts, they clearly agree that the French disasters described in the book, re-awakened during the American attempt to westernize Vietnam. "Street Without Joy" is a testament, although barely heeded, to politicians who want to convert the world to their ideals and systems of government.
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- robert
- 11-20-17
Prophetic
I'm proud of the American grunts who fought in the Vietnam war. Ultimately we lost that war but capatalism is winning in Vietnam.
It's easy after a military defeat to second guess decisions and tactics, this book was prophetic in the way the war tactics would play out. It's a bit general, in the sense that it doesn't discuss individuals at length. This is refreshing and lacking at the same time. The book flows easily between battles, tactics, strategies and outcomes. The locations can get confusing, a little knowledge and a map is helpful. It's hard to believe that this book was available prior to much of the war. It's a shame that the desk jockies and miserable ' leaders"like Westmorland didn't read, or take the advice given. It would have saved a lot of lives.
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- Kad
- 09-20-23
A classic book on the post WW2 era.
I've known of this book since the late 70s but only now experienced it. If only it's lessons had been heeded in the 60s.
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