Interwar Period
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The First World War
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Michael Howard
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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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....
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A very quick synopsis
- By Anonymous User on 11-22-22
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The First World War
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 07-27-21
- Language: English
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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....
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Fascism
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Kevin Passmore
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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Fascism is notoriously hard to define. Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilliantly unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world....
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Brings Clarity to a Resurging Topic
- By Fernanda Araujo on 03-24-20
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Fascism
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 07-31-18
- Language: English
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Fascism is notoriously hard to define. Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilliantly unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world....
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The Walls Have Ears
- The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
- By: Helen Fry
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets....
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inresting look into a secret world.
- By Christopher Daniels on 05-22-20
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The Walls Have Ears
- The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 09-24-19
- Language: English
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A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets....
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Hitler's American Gamble
- Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War
- By: Brendan Simms, Charlie Laderman
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
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A riveting account of the five most crucial days in 20th-century diplomatic history: from Pearl Harbor to Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States....
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A waste of time based on a flawed premise
- By Grant on 11-30-21
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Hitler's American Gamble
- Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 11-16-21
- Language: English
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A riveting account of the five most crucial days in 20th-century diplomatic history: from Pearl Harbor to Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States....
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Commander in Chief
- FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943
- By: Nigel Hamilton
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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Nigel Hamilton tells the astonishing story of FDR's yearlong defining battle with Churchill as the war raged in Africa and Italy....
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Irritating narration
- By Kevin on 04-20-17
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Commander in Chief
- FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Series: FDR at War, Book 2
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 06-07-16
- Language: English
- Nigel Hamilton tells the astonishing story of FDR's yearlong defining battle with Churchill as the war raged in Africa and Italy....
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Personality and Power
- Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
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From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive biography of Hitler, Personality and Power is a masterful reckoning with how character conspired with opportunity to create the modern age’s uniquely devastating despots....
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Great book, but needs work on human groups
- By Thomas F. Winterbottom on 12-07-22
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Personality and Power
- Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 11-15-22
- Language: English
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From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive biography of Hitler, Personality and Power is a masterful reckoning with how character conspired with opportunity to create the modern age’s uniquely devastating despots....
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Age of Revolutions
- Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
- By: Fareed Zakaria
- Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
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The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live....
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A “Historical”, Neo-Liberal Defense of Biden
- By Timothy on 04-18-24
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Age of Revolutions
- Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
- Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 03-26-24
- Language: English
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The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live....
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17 Carnations
- The Royals, the Nazis and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II....
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Dangerous fools
- By Vivien Tarkirk-Smith on 03-23-15
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17 Carnations
- The Royals, the Nazis and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 03-10-15
- Language: English
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For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II....
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The Cold War
- A World History
- By: Odd Arne Westad
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 22 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Cold War, Odd Arne Westad offers a new perspective on a century when a superpower rivalry and an ideological war transformed every corner of our globe....
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A lenghy treatise on the Cold War
- By Donald Hill on 11-21-17
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The Cold War
- A World History
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 22 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-05-17
- Language: English
- In The Cold War, Odd Arne Westad offers a new perspective on a century when a superpower rivalry and an ideological war transformed every corner of our globe....
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The Battle of Bretton Woods
- John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order
- By: Benn Steil
- Narrated by: Philip Rose
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
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When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for "a new Bretton Woods" to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict....
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Is this a mystery, a history or an economics book?
- By Neil on 04-23-13
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The Battle of Bretton Woods
- John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order
- Narrated by: Philip Rose
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 04-02-13
- Language: English
- When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for "a new Bretton Woods" to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict....
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Goebbels: A Biography
- By: Peter Longerich, Alan Bance - translator, Jeremy Noakes - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 28 hrs and 46 mins
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Longerich challenges the careful self-portrait that Goebbels left behind in his diaries and discovers firsthand how the Nazi message was conceived....
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Excellent Account of the Private Goebbels, But...
- By Derek on 05-29-15
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Goebbels: A Biography
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 28 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 05-05-15
- Language: English
- Longerich challenges the careful self-portrait that Goebbels left behind in his diaries and discovers firsthand how the Nazi message was conceived....
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The Global Age
- Europe 1950-2017
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 27 hrs
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After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the 20th century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to hell and back', the years from 1950 to 2017 brought peace and relative prosperity to most of Europe....
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Second half of book big disappointment!
- By Amazon Customer on 05-30-19
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The Global Age
- Europe 1950-2017
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Series: Penguin History of Europe Series, Book 9
- Length: 27 hrs
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the 20th century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to hell and back', the years from 1950 to 2017 brought peace and relative prosperity to most of Europe....
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Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 28 hrs and 9 mins
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Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness....
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The heart of evil
- By Mike From Mesa on 01-20-14
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Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 28 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 10-15-13
- Language: English
- Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness....
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Inferno
- The World at War, 1939-1945
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 31 hrs and 26 mins
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From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences....
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Superb
- By David on 04-05-21
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Inferno
- The World at War, 1939-1945
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 31 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-17-20
- Language: English
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From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences....
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First World War for Dummies
- By: Dr. Sean Lang
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
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From the Somme to Gallipoli to the home front, First World War for Dummies provides an authoritative, accessible, and engaging introduction to the War to End All Wars. It takes a global perspective of this global conflict, proving insight into the motivations of the participants....
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Richard's review
- By Anonymous User on 05-28-24
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First World War for Dummies
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 11-12-19
- Language: English
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From the Somme to Gallipoli to the home front, First World War for Dummies provides an authoritative, accessible, and engaging introduction to the War to End All Wars. It takes a global perspective of this global conflict, proving insight into the motivations of the participants....
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Hitler's Empire
- How the Nazis Ruled Europe
- By: Mark Mazower
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 27 hrs and 8 mins
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Drawing on an unprecedented range and variety of original research, Hitler's Empire sheds new light on how the Nazis designed, maintained, and lost their European dominion - and offers a chilling vision of what the world would have become had they won the war....
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Page Turning Scholarship
- By philip on 06-08-19
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Hitler's Empire
- How the Nazis Ruled Europe
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 27 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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Drawing on an unprecedented range and variety of original research, Hitler's Empire sheds new light on how the Nazis designed, maintained, and lost their European dominion - and offers a chilling vision of what the world would have become had they won the war....
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A History of Fascism, 1914-1945
- By: Stanley G. Payne
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
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Focusing mostly on Italy and Germany but also considering Spain, Romania, Japan, and movements in other countries, Payne describes fascism as revolutionary ultranationalism based on national rebirth....
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Dated lit review, ill-suited for audiobook
- By Keith on 11-24-19
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A History of Fascism, 1914-1945
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 03-27-18
- Language: English
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Focusing mostly on Italy and Germany but also considering Spain, Romania, Japan, and movements in other countries, Payne describes fascism as revolutionary ultranationalism based on national rebirth....
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The Cold War (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Robert J. McMahon
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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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? And why, after lasting so long, did the war end so suddenly and unexpectedly? Robert McMahon considers these questions and more....
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Absolutely terrible.
- By Lenore A Breen on 07-08-22
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The Cold War (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 05-25-21
- Language: English
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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? And why, after lasting so long, did the war end so suddenly and unexpectedly? Robert McMahon considers these questions and more....
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Rites of Spring
- The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
- By: Modris Eksteins
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945....
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Fantastic
- By Anonymous User on 11-17-17
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Rites of Spring
- The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-10-15
- Language: English
- Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945....
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The Orientalist
- Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
- By: Tom Reiss
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
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Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince....
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The essential but mostly forgotten history leading up to the Russian and German revolutions of the 20th century
- By mark on 05-11-21
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The Orientalist
- Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 04-04-17
- Language: English
- Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince....
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