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Mission Failure
- America and the World in the Post-Cold War Era
- By: Michael Mandelbaum
- Narrated by: Bill Thatcher
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
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In Mission Failure, Michael Mandelbaum provides an original, provocative, and definitive account of the ambitious but deeply flawed post-Cold War efforts to promote American values....
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outstanding all around book
- By Julie H. on 04-07-17
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Mission Failure
- America and the World in the Post-Cold War Era
- Narrated by: Bill Thatcher
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 06-20-16
- Language: English
- In Mission Failure, Michael Mandelbaum provides an original, provocative, and definitive account of the ambitious but deeply flawed post-Cold War efforts to promote American values....
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Someone Is Out to Get Us
- A Not So Brief History of Cold War Paranoia and Madness
- By: Brian Brown
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
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From UFOs to Dr. Strangelove, LSD experiments to Richard Nixon, author Brian Brown investigates the paranoid, panicked history of the Cold War....
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Boring yet interesting at the same time
- By Amazon Customer on 11-22-19
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Someone Is Out to Get Us
- A Not So Brief History of Cold War Paranoia and Madness
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 11-05-19
- Language: English
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From UFOs to Dr. Strangelove, LSD experiments to Richard Nixon, author Brian Brown investigates the paranoid, panicked history of the Cold War....
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How Wars End
- Why We Always Fight the Last Battle
- By: Gideon Rose
- Narrated by: Gideon Rose
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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In 1991, the United States Army trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil....
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Excellent book
- By Luis on 11-04-10
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How Wars End
- Why We Always Fight the Last Battle
- Narrated by: Gideon Rose
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-12-10
- Language: English
- In 1991, the United States Army trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil....
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Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party
- A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford
- By: Scott Kaufman
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
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Within eight turbulent months in 1974 Ford went from the House of Representatives, where he was the minority leader, to the White House as the country's first and only unelected president....
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Exceptional
- By JayJay on 04-26-18
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Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party
- A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 11-17-17
- Language: English
- Within eight turbulent months in 1974 Ford went from the House of Representatives, where he was the minority leader, to the White House as the country's first and only unelected president....
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The City: A Global History
- Modern Library Chronicles Series, Book 21
- By: Joel Kotkin
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Joel Kotkin explores the history of cities around the globe. He argues that urban areas must be places where there is a shared feeling of sacredness, civic identity, and moral order....
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The City: A Global History
- Modern Library Chronicles Series, Book 21
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 12-08-17
- Language: English
- Joel Kotkin explores the history of cities around the globe. He argues that urban areas must be places where there is a shared feeling of sacredness, civic identity, and moral order....
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A History of Future Cities
- By: Daniel Brook
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 13 hrs
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A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future......
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Engaging and Memorable
- By Marcus Vorwaller on 04-15-14
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A History of Future Cities
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 13 hrs
- Release date: 05-29-13
- Language: English
- A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future......
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We May Dominate the World
- Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus
- By: Sean A. Mirski
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
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What did it take for the United States to become a global superpower? The answer lies in a missing chapter of American foreign policy with stark lessons for today....
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So much history I never knew about
- By jarrod on 06-28-23
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We May Dominate the World
- Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-27-23
- Language: English
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What did it take for the United States to become a global superpower? The answer lies in a missing chapter of American foreign policy with stark lessons for today....
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Charles de Gaulle
- By: Don Cook
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 22 hrs and 45 mins
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This magnificent volume offers fresh evaluations and sheds new light on Europe's most controversial and enigmatic general, politician, and statesman....
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A great book about a complex person
- By Wallen on 04-20-11
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Charles de Gaulle
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 22 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-09-09
- Language: English
- This magnificent volume offers fresh evaluations and sheds new light on Europe's most controversial and enigmatic general, politician, and statesman....
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Kingdom of the Unjust
- Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection
- By: Medea Benjamin
- Narrated by: Margy Stein
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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Medea Benjamin researches the sinister nature of the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia. In seven succinct chapters followed by a meditation on prospects for change, Benjamin shines a light on one of the most perplexing elements of American foreign policy....
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incredible
- By Mayami Art on 07-03-24
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Kingdom of the Unjust
- Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection
- Narrated by: Margy Stein
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-05-18
- Language: English
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Medea Benjamin researches the sinister nature of the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia. In seven succinct chapters followed by a meditation on prospects for change, Benjamin shines a light on one of the most perplexing elements of American foreign policy....
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The Long Shadow of World War II
- The Legacy of the War and Its Impact on Political and Military Thinking Since 1945
- By: Matthias Strohn
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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The year 2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II, yet even as the war slips from living memory, its legacies continue to influence current political and military thinking....
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The Long Shadow of World War II
- The Legacy of the War and Its Impact on Political and Military Thinking Since 1945
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-31-21
- Language: English
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The year 2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II, yet even as the war slips from living memory, its legacies continue to influence current political and military thinking....
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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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Churchill and Secret Service
- By: David Stafford
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
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Winston Churchill believed passionately in the value of secret intelligence, in times of war as well as peace....
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Fascinating History
- By peter on 07-05-09
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Churchill and Secret Service
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 05-13-09
- Language: English
- Winston Churchill believed passionately in the value of secret intelligence, in times of war as well as peace....
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Tomorrow, the World
- The Birth of US Global Supremacy
- By: Stephen Wertheim
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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We now live, Wertheim warns, in the world that these men created. A sophisticated and impassioned narrative that questions the wisdom of US supremacy, Tomorrow, the World reveals the intellectual path that brought us to today’s global entanglements and endless wars....
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Powerful punch to American dogma.
- By JLK on 06-30-21
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Tomorrow, the World
- The Birth of US Global Supremacy
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 10-27-20
- Language: English
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We now live, Wertheim warns, in the world that these men created. A sophisticated and impassioned narrative that questions the wisdom of US supremacy, Tomorrow, the World reveals the intellectual path that brought us to today’s global entanglements and endless wars....
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Ten Cities That Led the World
- From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made....
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Garbage!
- By Neil Bhandar on 12-02-22
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Ten Cities That Led the World
- From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 02-10-22
- Language: English
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Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made....
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Churchill, Roosevelt & Company
- Studies in Character and Statecraft
- By: Lewis E. Lehrman
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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During World War II the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won the war. Synthesizing a variety of sources, from memoirs and letters to histories and biographies, Lewis Lehrman explains how the Anglo-American alliance worked....
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Churchill, Roosevelt & Company
- Studies in Character and Statecraft
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 05-29-18
- Language: English
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During World War II the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won the war. Synthesizing a variety of sources, from memoirs and letters to histories and biographies, Lewis Lehrman explains how the Anglo-American alliance worked....
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Hegemony or Survival
- America's Quest for Global Dominance
- By: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones, Noam Chomsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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For more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe...
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Read and open your mind
- By Rupert on 01-15-04
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Hegemony or Survival
- America's Quest for Global Dominance
- Narrated by: Brian Jones, Noam Chomsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-21-03
- Language: English
- For more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe...
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The War State
- The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963
- By: Michael Swanson
- Narrated by: Larry Wayne
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its federal budget on the military....
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Surprisingly Good
- By ohmie on 04-22-14
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The War State
- The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963
- Narrated by: Larry Wayne
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 03-21-14
- Language: English
- Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its federal budget on the military....
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Traitor to His Class
- The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- By: H.W. Brands
- Narrated by: Patrick Egan
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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Traitor to His Class brilliantly captures the qualities that have made FDR a beloved figure to millions of Americans....
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Excellent biography
- By Pablo on 12-04-15
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Traitor to His Class
- The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Patrick Egan
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 11-04-08
- Language: English
- Traitor to His Class brilliantly captures the qualities that have made FDR a beloved figure to millions of Americans....
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Ill Winds
- Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
- By: Larry Diamond
- Narrated by: Larry Diamond
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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From America’s leading scholar of democracy,a personal, passionate call to action against the rising authoritarianism that challenges our world order - and the very value of liberty....
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The Most Important Book of the Ers
- By Theo Horesh on 12-27-19
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Ill Winds
- Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
- Narrated by: Larry Diamond
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 06-11-19
- Language: English
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From America’s leading scholar of democracy,a personal, passionate call to action against the rising authoritarianism that challenges our world order - and the very value of liberty....
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Ping-Pong Diplomacy
- The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World
- By: Nicholas Griffin
- Narrated by: Tom Burka
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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After 22 years of antagonism, China and the United States suddenly moved toward a détente - achieved not by politicians but by ping-pong players....
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The longest volley ever
- By S. Schwankert on 03-05-22
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Ping-Pong Diplomacy
- The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Tom Burka
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 10-28-15
- Language: English
- After 22 years of antagonism, China and the United States suddenly moved toward a détente - achieved not by politicians but by ping-pong players....
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