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Where Great Powers Meet
- America and China in Southeast Asia
- By: David Shambaugh
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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The United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power. While this competition ranges across the entire world, it is centered in Asia. In this book, David Shambaugh focuses on the critical sub-region of Southeast Asia....
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Where Great Powers Meet
- America and China in Southeast Asia
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 04-20-21
- Language: English
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The United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power. While this competition ranges across the entire world, it is centered in Asia. In this book, David Shambaugh focuses on the critical sub-region of Southeast Asia....
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- By: Penny M. Von Eschen
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth....
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-10-18
- Language: English
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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth....
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Eleanor Roosevelt
- Volume II, The Defining Years, 1933-1938
- By: Blanche Wiesen Cook
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 28 hrs and 55 mins
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Cook takes listeners through the tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II - the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges....
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Stimulating, provocative, well-researched
- By Ralph's mother on 01-16-17
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Eleanor Roosevelt
- Volume II, The Defining Years, 1933-1938
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Series: Eleanor Roosevelt, Book 2
- Length: 28 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 07-05-16
- Language: English
- Cook takes listeners through the tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II - the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges....
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Owning the Earth
- The Transforming History of Land Ownership
- By: Andro Linklater
- Narrated by: J. Paul Guimont
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
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The history and evolution of land ownership is a fascinating chronicle in the history of civilization, offering unexpected insights about how various forms of democracy and capitalism developed....
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Interesting
- By S. Olsen on 06-30-15
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Owning the Earth
- The Transforming History of Land Ownership
- Narrated by: J. Paul Guimont
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 10-30-14
- Language: English
- The history and evolution of land ownership is a fascinating chronicle in the history of civilization, offering unexpected insights about how various forms of democracy and capitalism developed....
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Saving Stalin
- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Cost of Allied Victory in Europe
- By: John Kelly
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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In this powerful narrative, author John Kelly chronicles the turbulent wartime relationship between Britain, America, and the Soviet Union with a unique focus on unknown and unexplored aspects of the story....
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Somewhat disappointing
- By Patrick on 05-21-21
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Saving Stalin
- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Cost of Allied Victory in Europe
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 10-06-20
- Language: English
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In this powerful narrative, author John Kelly chronicles the turbulent wartime relationship between Britain, America, and the Soviet Union with a unique focus on unknown and unexplored aspects of the story....
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World War One
- A Short History
- By: Norman Stone
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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World War One began on horseback, with generals employing bayonet charges to gain ground, and ended with attacks resembling the Nazi blitzkriegs....
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Well told, well narrated; needs maps
- By Tad Davis on 09-23-09
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World War One
- A Short History
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-15-09
- Language: English
- World War One began on horseback, with generals employing bayonet charges to gain ground, and ended with attacks resembling the Nazi blitzkriegs....
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The Art of War in an Age of Peace
- U.S. Grand Strategy and Resolute Restraint
- By: Michael O'Hanlon
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Michael O'Hanlon presents an informed modern plan for post-2020 American foreign policy that avoids the opposing dangers of retrenchment and overextension....
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The Art of War in an Age of Peace
- U.S. Grand Strategy and Resolute Restraint
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 05-25-21
- Language: English
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Michael O'Hanlon presents an informed modern plan for post-2020 American foreign policy that avoids the opposing dangers of retrenchment and overextension....
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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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Winston Churchill
- By: John Keegan
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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The eminent historian John Keegan charts Churchill's career, following his steadfast leadership during the catastrophic events of World War II....
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A good intro/summary
- By Sabrina on 01-07-06
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Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-27-05
- Language: English
- The eminent historian John Keegan charts Churchill's career, following his steadfast leadership during the catastrophic events of World War II....
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Hopes and Prospects
- By: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky examines the dangers and prospects of our early 21st century....
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An Intellectual Wind Tunnel
- By Cellar_Door_Books on 04-23-11
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Hopes and Prospects
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 02-04-11
- Language: English
- In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky examines the dangers and prospects of our early 21st century....
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A Blueprint for War: FDR and the Hundred Days That Mobilized America
- By: Susan Dunn
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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In the months that followed Franklin Roosevelt's election in November 1940 to an unprecedented third term in the White House, he confronted a worldwide military and moral catastrophe. Almost all the European democracies had fallen under the onslaught of the Nazi army and air force....
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A Blueprint for War: FDR and the Hundred Days That Mobilized America
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-17-18
- Language: English
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In the months that followed Franklin Roosevelt's election in November 1940 to an unprecedented third term in the White House, he confronted a worldwide military and moral catastrophe. Almost all the European democracies had fallen under the onslaught of the Nazi army and air force....
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A Brief History of Germany
- Indispensable for Travellers
- By: Jeremy Black
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Jeremy Black questions how the Germany we know today came to be, chronicling the events that shaped its past, present and future in a fascinating new way....
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No consistency
- By Kateryna Bilous on 09-07-23
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A Brief History of Germany
- Indispensable for Travellers
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Series: Indispensable for Travellers
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-07-22
- Language: English
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Jeremy Black questions how the Germany we know today came to be, chronicling the events that shaped its past, present and future in a fascinating new way....
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The End of Poverty
- Economic Possibilities for Our Time
- By: Jeffrey Sachs
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hilgartner
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the world's most renowned economists....
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A Call for Africa
- By Mr Conway on 08-03-12
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The End of Poverty
- Economic Possibilities for Our Time
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hilgartner
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 01-07-09
- Language: English
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The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the world's most renowned economists....
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Roosevelt and the Holocaust
- How FDR Saved the Jews and Brought Hope to a Nation
- By: Robert L. Beir, Brian Josepher
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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There is a great debate among historians about Franklin Delano Roosevelt's actions during the Holocaust. Was FDR the hero that defeated the Germans, or did he turn a blind eye to the plight of the Jews as long as he possibly could.....
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B R B
- By Kealani on 01-09-17
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Roosevelt and the Holocaust
- How FDR Saved the Jews and Brought Hope to a Nation
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 06-01-13
- Language: English
- There is a great debate among historians about Franklin Delano Roosevelt's actions during the Holocaust. Was FDR the hero that defeated the Germans, or did he turn a blind eye to the plight of the Jews as long as he possibly could.....
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Nixon and Mao
- The Week That Changed the World
- By: Margaret MacMillan
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Margaret MacMillan brings her extraordinary gifts to two of the most important countries today, the United States and China, and one of the most significant moments in modern history....
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Incisive
- By Roy on 08-23-10
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Nixon and Mao
- The Week That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 11-27-07
- Language: English
- Margaret MacMillan brings her extraordinary gifts to two of the most important countries today, the United States and China, and one of the most significant moments in modern history....
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Making Friends with Hitler
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
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Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the 7th Marquess of Londonderry, was born to power. But history has not been kind to "Charley", as the king called him, because, in his own words, he "backed the wrong horse", and a very dark horse indeed: Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party....
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Secondary Character View Of WW2
- By David A on 06-29-18
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Making Friends with Hitler
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-26-18
- Language: English
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Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the 7th Marquess of Londonderry, was born to power. But history has not been kind to "Charley", as the king called him, because, in his own words, he "backed the wrong horse", and a very dark horse indeed: Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party....
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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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An Open World
- How America Can Win the Contest for Twenty-First-Century Order
- By: Rebecca Lissner, Mira Rapp-Hooper
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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This ambitious and incisive book presents a new vision for foreign policy and international order at a time of historic upheaval. The United States global leadership crisis is not a passing shock created by the Trump presidency or COVID-19, but the product of forces that will endure....
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Must for incoming US Administration and US Allies
- By Jon on 12-18-20
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An Open World
- How America Can Win the Contest for Twenty-First-Century Order
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-18-20
- Language: English
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This ambitious and incisive book presents a new vision for foreign policy and international order at a time of historic upheaval. The United States global leadership crisis is not a passing shock created by the Trump presidency or COVID-19, but the product of forces that will endure....
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Profiles in Leadership
- Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness
- By: Sean Wilentz, Alan Brinkley, Annette Gordon-Reed, and others
- Narrated by: Nicholas Hormann
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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The best historians in the land consider examples of great leadership, well known and surprising, from Washington to Willkie and more....
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Profiles in Leadership
- Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness
- Narrated by: Nicholas Hormann
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 10-19-10
- Language: English
- The best historians in the land consider examples of great leadership, well known and surprising, from Washington to Willkie and more....
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1956
- The World in Revolt
- By: Simon Hall
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the 20th century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom....
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1956
- The World in Revolt
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 02-11-20
- Language: English
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1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the 20th century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom....
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