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The World Remade
- America in World War I
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 24 hrs and 49 mins
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A bracing, indispensable account of America's epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, rich with fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of the period....
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"100% America" - a disturbing place to be
- By DPM on 04-01-17
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The World Remade
- America in World War I
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 24 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 03-07-17
- Language: English
- A bracing, indispensable account of America's epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, rich with fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of the period....
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The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050
- By: MacGregor Knox, Williamson Murray
- Narrated by: Victor Vertunni
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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The Dynamics of Military Revolution aims to bridge a major gap in the emerging literature on revolutions in military affairs, suggesting that there have been two very different phenomena at work over the past centuries....
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Very good overview
- By Anonymous User on 10-05-23
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The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050
- Narrated by: Victor Vertunni
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-26-21
- Language: English
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The Dynamics of Military Revolution aims to bridge a major gap in the emerging literature on revolutions in military affairs, suggesting that there have been two very different phenomena at work over the past centuries....
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The Korean War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
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It was the first war we could not win....
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Inspiring and Hard Hitting
- By David Ewing on 08-06-07
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The Korean War
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-30-06
- Language: English
- It was the first war we could not win....
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The Marshall Plan
- Dawn of the Cold War
- By: Benn Steil
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
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The award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan - told with verve, insight, and resonance for today....
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A Deeply Researched Narrative
- By Jean on 10-18-18
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The Marshall Plan
- Dawn of the Cold War
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-13-18
- Language: English
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The award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan - told with verve, insight, and resonance for today....
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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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Franklin and Winston
- An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II.
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Franklin and Winston Review
- By Ronald Hull on 01-29-04
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Franklin and Winston
- An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-31-03
- Language: English
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Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II.
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The Great Convergence
- Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World
- By: Kishore Mahbubani
- Narrated by: Wes Talbot
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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The 21st century has seen a rise in the global middle class that brings an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures and values. Kishore Mahbubani is optimistic....
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Fantastic book
- By CrimsonArrow on 04-15-21
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The Great Convergence
- Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World
- Narrated by: Wes Talbot
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 03-20-13
- Language: English
- The 21st century has seen a rise in the global middle class that brings an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures and values. Kishore Mahbubani is optimistic....
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On Distant Service
- The Life of the First U.S. Foreign Service Officer to Be Assassinated
- By: Susan M. Stein
- Narrated by: Bryan Carmody
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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On July 18, 1924, a mob in Tehran killed US foreign service officer Robert Whitney Imbrie. His violent death, the first political murder in the history of the service, outraged the American people....
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Robert Imbrie: On the front lines of history
- By Patrick Love on 12-22-22
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On Distant Service
- The Life of the First U.S. Foreign Service Officer to Be Assassinated
- Narrated by: Bryan Carmody
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 10-28-22
- Language: English
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On July 18, 1924, a mob in Tehran killed US foreign service officer Robert Whitney Imbrie. His violent death, the first political murder in the history of the service, outraged the American people....
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Suicide of the West
- How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
- By: Jonah Goldberg
- Narrated by: Jonah Goldberg
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
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An urgent argument that America and other democracies are in peril because they have lost the will to defend the values and institutions that sustain freedom and prosperity....
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Put some gratitude in your attitude
- By Amazon Customer on 04-25-18
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Suicide of the West
- How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
- Narrated by: Jonah Goldberg
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-24-18
- Language: English
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An urgent argument that America and other democracies are in peril because they have lost the will to defend the values and institutions that sustain freedom and prosperity....
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Modern China (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Rana Mitter
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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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....
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Modern China (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 11-30-21
- Language: English
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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....
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The Story of Mankind
- By: Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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The Story of Mankind revolutionized former methods of telling history.....
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Eurocentric, but interesting
- By Sean & Katrina Hower on 03-06-17
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The Story of Mankind
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-28-11
- Language: English
- The Story of Mankind revolutionized former methods of telling history.....
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A World in Disarray
- American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
- By: Richard Haass
- Narrated by: Dan Woren, Richard Haass
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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An examination of a world increasingly defined by disorder and a United States unable to shape the world in its image, from the president of the Council on Foreign Relations. Things fall apart; the center cannot hold....
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An interesting summary of the "Establishment" POV
- By Jasmeen Malhotra on 04-24-17
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A World in Disarray
- American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
- Narrated by: Dan Woren, Richard Haass
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-10-17
- Language: English
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An examination of a world increasingly defined by disorder and a United States unable to shape the world in its image, from the president of the Council on Foreign Relations. Things fall apart; the center cannot hold....
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Merchant Kings
- When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900
- By: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions....
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Very interesting
- By richard on 02-20-24
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Merchant Kings
- When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 01-25-22
- Language: English
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It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions....
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The Global Offensive
- The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order
- By: Paul Thomas Chamberlin
- Narrated by: Nick Edwards
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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On March 21, 1968, Yasir Arafat and his guerrillas made the fateful decision to break with conventional guerrilla tactics, choosing to stand and fight an Israeli attack on the al-Karama refugee camp in Jordan....
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The Global Offensive
- The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order
- Narrated by: Nick Edwards
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-03-14
- Language: English
- On March 21, 1968, Yasir Arafat and his guerrillas made the fateful decision to break with conventional guerrilla tactics, choosing to stand and fight an Israeli attack on the al-Karama refugee camp in Jordan....
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Don't Know Much About History, 30th Anniversary Edition
- Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned
- By: Kenneth C. Davis
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Kenneth C. Davis, Zach McLarty, and others
- Length: 29 hrs and 26 mins
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In this revised, expanded, and updated edition of the classic anti-textbook, Davis debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history....
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Biased overview; Confusing chronology.
- By Courtney S. Young on 10-09-13
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Don't Know Much About History, 30th Anniversary Edition
- Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Kenneth C. Davis, Zach McLarty, Cassandra Campbell
- Series: Don't Know Much [unabridged]
- Length: 29 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-21-11
- Language: English
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In this revised, expanded, and updated edition of the classic anti-textbook, Davis debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history....
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1944
- FDR and the Year That Changed History
- By: Jay Winik
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
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New York Times best-selling author Jay Winik brings to life in gripping detail the year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II....
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Stimulating
- By Jean on 11-14-15
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1944
- FDR and the Year That Changed History
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-22-15
- Language: English
- New York Times best-selling author Jay Winik brings to life in gripping detail the year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II....
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
- By: Hannah Arendt
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 23 hrs and 23 mins
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This classic, definitive account of totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism"....
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Vast and intricate analysis of horror
- By Roger on 08-04-08
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 23 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 11-27-07
- Language: English
- This classic, definitive account of totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism"....
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
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In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration's unprecedented arms buildup in the early 1980s....
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overall outstanding
- By Thomas on 06-25-09
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Series: Richard Rhodes' Nuclear Histories
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-26-07
- Language: English
- In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration's unprecedented arms buildup in the early 1980s....
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The Balkans [Modern Library Chronicles]
- By: Mark Mazower
- Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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In this fascinating work, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Mark Mazower uncovers the history of the Balkans with detail and clarity....
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Thorough History...
- By David on 09-30-05
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The Balkans [Modern Library Chronicles]
- Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 07-15-05
- Language: English
- In this fascinating work, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Mark Mazower uncovers the history of the Balkans with detail and clarity....
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Freedom from Fear
- The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945
- By: David M. Kennedy
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 31 hrs and 24 mins
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Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II....
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Good summary of a pivotal time.
- By Ray on 10-21-10
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Freedom from Fear
- The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Series: Oxford History of the United States [Publication Order], Book 4, Oxford History of the United States, Book 9
- Length: 31 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-20-10
- Language: English
- Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II....
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