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1983
- Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink
- By: Taylor Downing
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983 - the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon. The year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one - more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis....
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Great story, poor narration choices.
- By John Gray on 02-11-19
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1983
- Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 05-09-18
- Language: English
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A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983 - the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon. The year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one - more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis....
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FDR and the Jews
- By: Allan J. Lichtman, Richard Breitman
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
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Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman offer an intriguing portrait of a consummate politician struggling with opposing priorities under perilous conditions....
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excellent study
- By Ira S. Saposnik on 10-27-13
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FDR and the Jews
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-01-13
- Language: English
- Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman offer an intriguing portrait of a consummate politician struggling with opposing priorities under perilous conditions....
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Grand Improvisation
- America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957
- By: Derek Leebaert
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
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A new understanding of the post-World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire wouldn't step aside for the rising American superpower - with global insights for today....
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Terrible audible version of a good book
- By Colin Thompson on 07-24-21
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Grand Improvisation
- America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 02-26-19
- Language: English
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A new understanding of the post-World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire wouldn't step aside for the rising American superpower - with global insights for today....
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Not Enough
- Human Rights in an Unequal World
- By: Samuel Moyn
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. Even as state violations of political rights garnered unprecedented attention due to human rights campaigns, a commitment to material equality disappeared....
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Narrator’s pauses and intonation makes the fantastic text difficult to follow.
- By Britta Redwood on 08-31-24
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Not Enough
- Human Rights in an Unequal World
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 06-30-18
- Language: English
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The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. Even as state violations of political rights garnered unprecedented attention due to human rights campaigns, a commitment to material equality disappeared....
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Smashing the Liquor Machine
- A Global History of Prohibition
- By: Mark Lawrence Schrad
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 29 hrs and 16 mins
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As Mark Lawrence Schrad shows in Smashing the Liquor Machine, the conventional scholarship on prohibition is extremely misleading for a simple reason: American prohibition was just one piece of a global phenomenon....
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I’d love to say it takes a hatchet to temperance myths…
- By L. King on 04-05-23
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Smashing the Liquor Machine
- A Global History of Prohibition
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 29 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 02-08-22
- Language: English
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As Mark Lawrence Schrad shows in Smashing the Liquor Machine, the conventional scholarship on prohibition is extremely misleading for a simple reason: American prohibition was just one piece of a global phenomenon....
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50 Politics Classics
- Freedom Equality Power
- By: Tom Butler-Bowdon
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
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50 Politics Classics provides commentaries on the books, pamphlets, and speeches of major leaders, from Abraham Lincoln to Winston Churchill....
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Another Great Classic
- By Eric on 08-27-15
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50 Politics Classics
- Freedom Equality Power
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 08-11-15
- Language: English
- 50 Politics Classics provides commentaries on the books, pamphlets, and speeches of major leaders, from Abraham Lincoln to Winston Churchill....
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A World Safe for Democracy
- Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
- By: John Ikenberry
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
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For 200 years, the grand project of liberal internationalism has been to build a world order that is open, loosely rules-based, and oriented toward progressive ideas. Today this project is in crisis, threatened by illiberal challengers and nationalist-populist movements....
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A genuine American Dr Frankenstein
- By Jose on 06-27-23
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A World Safe for Democracy
- Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 09-28-20
- Language: English
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For 200 years, the grand project of liberal internationalism has been to build a world order that is open, loosely rules-based, and oriented toward progressive ideas. Today this project is in crisis, threatened by illiberal challengers and nationalist-populist movements....
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The Icarus Syndrome
- A History of American Hubris
- By: Peter Beinart
- Narrated by: John Morgan
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
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In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks—a story about the seductions of success....
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Great read
- By Rick on 06-11-10
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The Icarus Syndrome
- A History of American Hubris
- Narrated by: John Morgan
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-01-10
- Language: English
- In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks—a story about the seductions of success....
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China Goes Global
- The Partial Power
- By: David Shambaugh
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book that many have been waiting for - a sweeping account of China's growing prominence on the international stage....
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Good summary of China's recent developements
- By Ernest on 12-29-13
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China Goes Global
- The Partial Power
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-17-13
- Language: English
- In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book that many have been waiting for - a sweeping account of China's growing prominence on the international stage....
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The Last 100 Days
- FDR at War and at Peace
- By: David B. Woolner
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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The first 100 days of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency are justly famous, viewed as a period of political action without equal in American history. Yet as historian David B. Woolner reveals....
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The last 100 days
- By no comment on 04-11-18
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The Last 100 Days
- FDR at War and at Peace
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 12-12-17
- Language: English
- The first 100 days of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency are justly famous, viewed as a period of political action without equal in American history. Yet as historian David B. Woolner reveals....
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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 29 hrs and 1 min
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In this Pulitzer Prize - winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China through the experiences of one of our men on the ground....
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A period that directly affected our world today
- By Charlotte on 08-29-12
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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 29 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-27-09
- Language: English
- In this Pulitzer Prize - winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China through the experiences of one of our men on the ground....
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Theodore Roosevelt: The Autobiography
- By: Theodore Roosevelt
- Narrated by: George Pettingell
- Length: 25 hrs and 35 mins
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Roosevelt was a cowboy, a boxer, a politician, a war hero, a father, a devoted husband, and most of all, a real human being. I hope you will listen to this book in his own words and get to know one of America's presidents, and I hope that you will come to appreciate him as much as I have....
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Great wisdom of TR
- By Brian on 02-20-22
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Theodore Roosevelt: The Autobiography
- Narrated by: George Pettingell
- Length: 25 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 10-31-19
- Language: English
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Roosevelt was a cowboy, a boxer, a politician, a war hero, a father, a devoted husband, and most of all, a real human being. I hope you will listen to this book in his own words and get to know one of America's presidents, and I hope that you will come to appreciate him as much as I have....
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Imperialism and War: The History Americans Need to Own
- By: Walter L. Hixson
- Narrated by: Walter L. Hixson
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Transcending the mythology of “American exceptionalism”, the acclaimed historian Walter Hixson unveils a long history of war and imperialism, one that is deeply embedded in the American national DNA....
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Thanks prof.Hixson
- By Amazon Customer on 01-14-22
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Imperialism and War: The History Americans Need to Own
- Narrated by: Walter L. Hixson
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 08-20-21
- Language: English
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Transcending the mythology of “American exceptionalism”, the acclaimed historian Walter Hixson unveils a long history of war and imperialism, one that is deeply embedded in the American national DNA....
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Empires of the Weak
- The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World
- By: J. C. Sharman
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J. C. Sharman shows instead that European expansion is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy....
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Dull Revisionism
- By Alan Kane on 08-20-24
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Empires of the Weak
- The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 05-14-19
- Language: English
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Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J. C. Sharman shows instead that European expansion is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy....
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The Long Shadow
- The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century
- By: David Reynolds
- Narrated by: John FitzGibbon
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
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One of the most violent conflicts in the history of civilization, World War I has been strangely forgotten in American culture....
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The World According to David Reynolds (feat. WWI)
- By Steve on 02-26-15
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The Long Shadow
- The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century
- Narrated by: John FitzGibbon
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-02-14
- Language: English
- One of the most violent conflicts in the history of civilization, World War I has been strangely forgotten in American culture....
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Putin's World
- Russia Against the West and with the Rest
- By: Angela Stent
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
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In this revised version that includes an exclusive new chapter on the Russia-Ukraine war, renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent examines how Putin created a paranoid and polarized world—and increased Russia's status on the global stage....
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More like The West against the world
- By Felis N on 01-18-20
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Putin's World
- Russia Against the West and with the Rest
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 02-26-19
- Language: English
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In this revised version that includes an exclusive new chapter on the Russia-Ukraine war, renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent examines how Putin created a paranoid and polarized world—and increased Russia's status on the global stage....
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The Japanese
- A History in Twenty Lives
- By: Christopher Harding
- Narrated by: Christopher Harding
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of 20 remarkable individuals....
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ENJOYABLE
- By JK on 06-10-24
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The Japanese
- A History in Twenty Lives
- Narrated by: Christopher Harding
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 11-05-20
- Language: English
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Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of 20 remarkable individuals....
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The Inevitability of Tragedy
- Henry Kissinger and His World
- By: Barry Gewen
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
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Few public officials have provoked such intense controversy as Henry Kissinger. During his time in the Nixon and Ford administrations, he came to be admired and hated in equal measure....
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Interesting but rambles
- By K on 02-17-21
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The Inevitability of Tragedy
- Henry Kissinger and His World
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 05-29-20
- Language: English
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Few public officials have provoked such intense controversy as Henry Kissinger. During his time in the Nixon and Ford administrations, he came to be admired and hated in equal measure....
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Revolutions
- How They Changed History and What They Mean Today
- By: Peter Furtado
- Narrated by: Debra Michaels, Philip Bretherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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Revolutions hold a distinct place in the popular imagination. This may be because their rhetoric, such as ‘liberty, fraternity, equality’, articulates aspirations with which we identify; or because we are shocked by the destructive forces unleashed when social conventions break down....
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Revolutions
- How They Changed History and What They Mean Today
- Narrated by: Debra Michaels, Philip Bretherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 11-12-20
- Language: English
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Revolutions hold a distinct place in the popular imagination. This may be because their rhetoric, such as ‘liberty, fraternity, equality’, articulates aspirations with which we identify; or because we are shocked by the destructive forces unleashed when social conventions break down....
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In the Ruins of Empire
- By: Ronald Spector
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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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 peace was a brief, fretful interlude....
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Informative, but not an engrossing listen
- By S on 02-19-08
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In the Ruins of Empire
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 07-19-07
- Language: English
- 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 peace was a brief, fretful interlude....
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