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The Maisky Diaries
- Red Ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943
- By: Gabriel Gorodetsky
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
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The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records, let alone keeping personal diaries....
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Informative look at the Soviet perspective
- By Mike From Mesa on 03-17-16
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The Maisky Diaries
- Red Ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-01-15
- Language: English
- The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records, let alone keeping personal diaries....
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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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The Last 100 Days
- FDR at War and at Peace
- By: David B. Woolner
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Opium’s Orphans
- The 200-Year History of the War on Drugs
- By: P.E. Caquet
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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Opium's Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the "war on drugs." A no-holds-barred but balanced account, it shows that drug suppression was born of historical accident, not rational design....
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Opium’s Orphans
- The 200-Year History of the War on Drugs
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 06-16-22
- Language: English
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Opium's Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the "war on drugs." A no-holds-barred but balanced account, it shows that drug suppression was born of historical accident, not rational design....
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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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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East
- By: Martin Sieff
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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Martin Sieff offers a jaw-dropping survey of the history and politics of a region that people know surprisingly little about....
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The Incorrect information
- By Kayvan on 05-22-15
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 01-11-08
- Language: English
- Martin Sieff offers a jaw-dropping survey of the history and politics of a region that people know surprisingly little about....
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Buddha's Child
- My Fight to Save Vietnam
- By: Nguyen Cao Ky, Marvin J Wolf
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Even after 25 years in America, former South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky is regarded as a national hero by three million fellow expatriots....
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Amazing insight about the Vietnam War from a former Vietnamese leader
- By Myrmea on 09-09-18
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Buddha's Child
- My Fight to Save Vietnam
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-21-08
- Language: English
- Even after 25 years in America, former South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky is regarded as a national hero by three million fellow expatriots....
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House of War
- The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
- By: James Carroll
- Narrated by: James Carroll
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America....
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Worthy reading ... with your eyes.
- By Nukkles on 06-12-06
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House of War
- The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
- Narrated by: James Carroll
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-27-06
- Language: English
- This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America....
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The Tango War
- The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II
- By: Mary Jo McConahay
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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The Tango War fills an important gap in World War II history. Beginning in the '30s, both sides were well aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds but also the resources of Latin America....
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Not easy to follow
- By J.Brock on 08-25-19
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The Tango War
- The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 09-18-18
- Language: English
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The Tango War fills an important gap in World War II history. Beginning in the '30s, both sides were well aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds but also the resources of Latin America....
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Revolutionary Wealth
- How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives
- By: Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler
- Narrated by: Kevin Gray, Laura Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of listeners new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing....
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Somewhat of a disappointment
- By Jean Le Lupi on 05-07-06
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Revolutionary Wealth
- How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives
- Narrated by: Kevin Gray, Laura Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 04-19-06
- Language: English
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Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of listeners new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing....
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The Conquerors
- Roosevelt, Truman, and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
- By: Michael Beschloss
- Narrated by: Michael Beschloss
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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From one of America's most respected historians, The Conquerors reveals one of the most important stories of World War II...
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Poor narration
- By Gary Bradt on 02-01-03
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The Conquerors
- Roosevelt, Truman, and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
- Narrated by: Michael Beschloss
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 10-25-02
- Language: English
- From one of America's most respected historians, The Conquerors reveals one of the most important stories of World War II...
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Churchill's Empire
- The World That Made Him and the World He Made
- By: Richard Toye
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Drawing on newly released documents, Richard Toye provides the first comprehensive analysis of Churchill's relationship with the empire....
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Good one
- By meena on 08-12-10
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Churchill's Empire
- The World That Made Him and the World He Made
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-03-10
- Language: English
- Drawing on newly released documents, Richard Toye provides the first comprehensive analysis of Churchill's relationship with the empire....
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You Say You Want a Revolution?
- Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequences
- By: Daniel Chirot
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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In You Say You Want a Revolution?, Daniel Chirot examines a wide range of right- and left-wing revolutions around the world - from the late 18th century to today - to provide important new answers to these critical questions....
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Interesting Historical Perspective
- By Mr. Gray on 12-27-20
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You Say You Want a Revolution?
- Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequences
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-03-20
- Language: English
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In You Say You Want a Revolution?, Daniel Chirot examines a wide range of right- and left-wing revolutions around the world - from the late 18th century to today - to provide important new answers to these critical questions....
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Fire and Light
- How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World
- By: James MacGregor Burns
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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In this engaging history, James MacGregor Burns brings to vivid life the two-hundred-year conflagration of the Enlightenment....
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it was great very useful<br />
- By Maria on 12-24-16
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Fire and Light
- How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 10-29-13
- Language: English
- In this engaging history, James MacGregor Burns brings to vivid life the two-hundred-year conflagration of the Enlightenment....
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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 Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth
- By: Michael Mandelbaum
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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In the 25 years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. In The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established and then fell apart....
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A good treatment
- By Joe Mancini on 08-23-22
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The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 05-01-19
- Language: English
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In the 25 years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. In The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established and then fell apart....
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Geography Is Destiny
- Britain's Place in the World: A 10,000 Year History
- By: Ian Morris
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 19 hrs and 25 mins
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Since 1900, thanks to rapid globalization, Britain has been overshadowed by American, European, and—increasingly—Chinese actors. Geography Is Destiny shows that the great question for the coming century is not what to do about Brussels; it's what to do about Beijing....
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Geography Is Destiny
- Britain's Place in the World: A 10,000 Year History
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 19 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-07-22
- Language: English
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Since 1900, thanks to rapid globalization, Britain has been overshadowed by American, European, and—increasingly—Chinese actors. Geography Is Destiny shows that the great question for the coming century is not what to do about Brussels; it's what to do about Beijing....
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In the Shadow of the Gods
- The Emperor in World History
- By: Dominic Lieven
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
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From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the third millennium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the collapse of the great European empires in the twentieth century, the empire has been the dominant form of power in history....
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a bit slow at times
- By Olivia Lovell on 01-26-23
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In the Shadow of the Gods
- The Emperor in World History
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 06-07-22
- Language: English
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From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the third millennium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the collapse of the great European empires in the twentieth century, the empire has been the dominant form of power in history....
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Soft Power
- The New Great Game for Global Dominance
- By: Robert Winder
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
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In Bloody Foreigners and The Last Wolf, Robert Winder explored the way Britain was shaped first by migration and then by hidden geographical factors....
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Too soft on power
- By Rich on 10-14-20
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Soft Power
- The New Great Game for Global Dominance
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 08-20-20
- Language: English
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In Bloody Foreigners and The Last Wolf, Robert Winder explored the way Britain was shaped first by migration and then by hidden geographical factors....
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The Churchill Complex
- The Curse of Being Special, from Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit
- By: Ian Buruma
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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From one of its keenest observers, a brilliant, witty journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from World War II to Brexit....
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The Churchill Complex
- The Curse of Being Special, from Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 09-01-20
- Language: English
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From one of its keenest observers, a brilliant, witty journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from World War II to Brexit....
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