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The Cold War dominated international life from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. But how did the conflict begin? Why did it move from its initial origins in Postwar Europe to encompass virtually every corner of the globe? And why, after lasting so long, did the war end so suddenly and unexpectedly? Robert McMahon considers these questions and more, as well as looking at the legacy of the Cold War and its impact on international relations today.
The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction is a truly international history, not just of the Soviet-American struggle at its heart, but also of the waves of decolonization, revolutionary nationalism, and state formation that swept the non-Western world in the wake of World War II. McMahon places the "Hot Wars" that cost millions of lives in Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere within the larger framework of global superpower competition. He shows how the United States and the Soviet Union both became empires over the course of the Cold War, and argues that perceived security needs and fears shaped US and Soviet decisions from the beginning - far more, in fact, than did their economic and territorial ambitions. He unpacks how these needs and fears were conditioned by the divergent cultures, ideologies, and historical experiences of the two principal contestants and their allies.
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Crusading fervor gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history. Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they have fascinated generations ever since, and their legacy of ideas and imagery has resonated through the centuries, inspiring Hollywood movies and great works of literature. Even today, to invoke the Crusades is to stir deep cultural myths, assumptions and prejudices.
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Politically skewed apologetics
- De Benron Hubbard en 05-03-24
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Just and Unjust Wars
- A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations
- De: Michael Walzer
- Narrado por: Gregory St. John
- Duración: 14 h y 9 m
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Just and Unjust Wars has forever changed how we think about the ethics of conflict. In this modern classic, political philosopher Michael Walzer examines the moral issues that arise before, during, and after the wars we fight. Reaching from the Athenian attack on Melos, to the Mai Lai massacre, to the war in Afghanistan and beyond, Walzer mines historical and contemporary accounts and the testimony of participants, decision makers, and victims to explain when war is justified and what ethical limitations apply to those who wage it.
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Moral destruction
- De Anonymous User en 07-31-24
De: Michael Walzer
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Concentration Camps
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Dan Stone
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 4 h y 12 m
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Concentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of 20th century warfare, and one that is important to the modern global consciousness and identity. Although the most famous concentration camps are those under the Nazis, the use of concentration camps originated several decades before the Third Reich, in the Philippines and in the Boer War, and they have been used again in numerous locations, not least during the genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda.
De: Dan Stone
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The French Revolution
- A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
- De: William Doyle
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 4 h y 38 m
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The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolors. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of the French monarchy, the death of an extraordinary number of people beneath the guillotine's blade during the Terror, and the rise of Napoleon, as well as far reaching consequences still with us today, such as the enduring ideology of human rights, and decimalization.
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A Solid Overview - Good for the Uninitiated
- De The Lee Family en 07-07-23
De: William Doyle
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The Renaissance
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Jerry Brotton
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 4 h y 41 m
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More than ever before, the Renaissance stands out as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics, and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world. In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton shows the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement, cultural experimentation, and interaction on a global scale, alongside a darker side of religion, intolerance, slavery, and massive inequality of wealth and status.
De: Jerry Brotton
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Human Rights, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Andrew Clapham
- Narrado por: Peter Lerman
- Duración: 5 h y 36 m
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Today, it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This Very Short Introduction title, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies surrounding the movement.
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Informative, Comprehensive, Balanced, and Clear
- De Theo Horesh en 12-24-21
De: Andrew Clapham
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The Crusades
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Christopher Tyerman
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
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Crusading fervor gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history. Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they have fascinated generations ever since, and their legacy of ideas and imagery has resonated through the centuries, inspiring Hollywood movies and great works of literature. Even today, to invoke the Crusades is to stir deep cultural myths, assumptions and prejudices.
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Politically skewed apologetics
- De Benron Hubbard en 05-03-24
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Colonial America
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Alan Taylor
- Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
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Over the last generation, historians have broadened our understanding of colonial America by adopting both a trans-Atlantic and a trans-continental perspective, examining the interplay of Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the flow of goods, people, plants, animals, capital, and ideas. In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents an engaging overview of the best of this new scholarship.
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Eye opening narrative
- De T.J. Dowling en 07-15-21
De: Alan Taylor
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Revolutions
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Jack A. Goldstone
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 5 h y 4 m
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From 1789 in France to 2011 in Cairo, revolutions have shaken the world. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and have at times won miraculous victories, though at other times suffered devastating defeat. This Very Short Introduction illuminates the revolutionaries, their strategies, their successes and failures, and the ways in which revolutions continue to dominate world events and the popular imagination.
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The First World War
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Michael Howard
- Narrado por: Dennis Kleinman
- Duración: 4 h y 4 m
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By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This Very Short Introduction audiobook provides a concise and insightful history of the Great War - from the state of Europe in 1914, to the role of the US, the collapse of Russia, and the eventual surrender of the Central Powers.
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A very quick synopsis
- De Anonymous User en 11-22-22
De: Michael Howard
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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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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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Dated material
- De Charlotte R. Shover en 11-21-20
De: Eliot A. Cohen
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The European Union
- A Very Short Introduction, 4th edition
- De: John Pinder, Simon Usherwood
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 4 h y 20 m
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In this fully updated fourth edition, Pinder and Usherwood cover the migrant crisis and the UK's decision to leave the Union, set in the context of a body that is now involved in most areas of public policy. Discussing how the EU continues to draw in new members, they conclude by considering the future of the Union and the choices and challenges that may lie ahead.
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Educational
- De Jeffrey Pagulong en 03-03-22
De: John Pinder, y otros
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The Russian Revolution
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: S.A. Smith
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
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This concise, accessible introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole - on different classes, ethnic groups, the army, men and women, youth. Its central concern is to understand how one structure of domination was replaced by another. The book registers the primacy of politics, but situates political developments firmly in the context of massive economic, social, and cultural change.
De: S.A. Smith
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World War II
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Gerhard L. Weinberg
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 3 h y 36 m
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In this Very Short Introduction, Gerhard L. Weinberg provides an introduction to the origins, course, and impact of the war on those who fought and the ordinary citizens who lived through it. Starting by looking at the inter-war years and the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, he examines how the war progressed by examining a number of key events, including the war in the West in 1940, Barbarossa, the German Invasion of the Soviet Union, the expansion of Japan's war with China, developments on the home front, and the Allied victory from 1944-45.
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Overdressed... and over here
- De Darwin8u en 03-12-19
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Arms and Influence
- De: Thomas C. Schelling, Anne-Marie Slaughter - introduction
- Narrado por: Rick Adamson
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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Originally published more than fifty years ago, this landmark book explores the ways in which military capabilities—real or imagined—are used, skillfully or clumsily, as bargaining power. Anne-Marie Slaughter's new introduction to the work shows how Schelling's framework—conceived of in a time of superpowers and mutually assured destruction—still applies to our multipolar world, where wars are fought as much online as on the ground.
De: Thomas C. Schelling, y otros
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The Spanish Civil War
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Helen Graham
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 5 h y 23 m
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Amid the many catastrophes of the 20th century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the layperson alike. This Very Short Introduction integrates the political, social, and cultural history of the Spanish Civil War. It sets out the domestic and international context of the war for a general audience. In addition to tracing the course of war, the book locates the war's origins in the cumulative social and cultural anxieties provoked by a process of rapid, uneven, and accelerating modernism taking place all over Europe.
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As exciting as a Communist Party meeting...
- De brendan f kelly en 05-26-21
De: Helen Graham
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Modern China (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Rana Mitter
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 4 h y 11 m
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China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese "economic miracle". It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction audiobook offers the listener an entry to understanding the world's most populous nation, giving an integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics, and art.
De: Rana Mitter
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Racism
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Ali Rattansi
- Narrado por: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
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Racism: A Very Short Introduction incorporates the latest research to demystify the subject of racism and explore its history, science, and culture. It sheds light not only on how racism has evolved since its earliest beginnings, but will also explore the numerous embodiments of racism, highlighting the paradox of its survival, despite the scientific discrediting of the notion of "race" with the latest advances in genetics.
De: Ali Rattansi
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The War Within
- A Secret White House History 2006-2008
- De: Bob Woodward
- Narrado por: Boyd Gaines
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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As violence in Iraq reaches unnerving levels in 2006, a second front in the war rages at the highest levels of the Bush administration. With unparalleled intimacy and detail, Bob Woodward takes listeners deep inside the tensions, secret debates, unofficial back channels, distrust, and determination within the White House, Pentagon, State Department, intelligence agencies, and U.S. military headquarters in Iraq.
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Too short the story...
- De Mr. Miint en 10-21-08
De: Bob Woodward
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Cold War (2nd Edition)
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Absolutely terrible.
Tbe pace is slow, the facts are disjointed and the narration is boring and soporic.
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