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Lost Peace
- Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope: 1945-1953
- By: Robert Dallek
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
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In a striking reinterpretation of the postwar years, Robert Dallek examines what drove the leaders of the most powerful and populous nations around the globe....
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A Solid Overview and Summary, Clearly Read
- By Frank Donnelly on 04-19-20
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Lost Peace
- Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope: 1945-1953
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-19-10
- Language: English
- In a striking reinterpretation of the postwar years, Robert Dallek examines what drove the leaders of the most powerful and populous nations around the globe....
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India
- A Portrait
- By: Patrick French
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
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A monumental biography of the subcontinent from the award-winning author of The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul....
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An Epic Book by Award-Winning Author
- By morton on 10-31-11
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India
- A Portrait
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 10-06-11
- Language: English
- A monumental biography of the subcontinent from the award-winning author of The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul....
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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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A reassessment of European and western world expansion
- By Anonymous User on 12-07-23
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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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Time’s Monster
- How History Makes History
- By: Priya Satia
- Narrated by: Tanya Rodriguez, Priya Satia
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
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For generations, British thinkers told the history of an empire whose story was still very much in the making. Priya Satia shows how these historians not only interpreted the major political events of their time but also shaped the future that followed....
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Outstanding work of scholarship
- By Asid on 08-30-21
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Time’s Monster
- How History Makes History
- Narrated by: Tanya Rodriguez, Priya Satia
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-11-21
- Language: English
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For generations, British thinkers told the history of an empire whose story was still very much in the making. Priya Satia shows how these historians not only interpreted the major political events of their time but also shaped the future that followed....
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Empire of Democracy
- The Remaking of the West Since the Cold War
- By: Simon Reid-Henry
- Narrated by: Elliott Fitzpatrick
- Length: 34 hrs and 34 mins
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Half a century ago, at the height of the Cold War and amidst a world economic crisis, the Western democracies were forced to undergo a profound transformation....
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Great overview, minor errors
- By Garrett De Orio on 08-11-20
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Empire of Democracy
- The Remaking of the West Since the Cold War
- Narrated by: Elliott Fitzpatrick
- Length: 34 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-25-19
- Language: English
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Half a century ago, at the height of the Cold War and amidst a world economic crisis, the Western democracies were forced to undergo a profound transformation....
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Disordered World
- Setting a New Course for the Twenty-First Century
- By: Amin Maalouf, George Willer - translator
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Born into the Christian minority in Lebanon and since settled in France, Amin Maalouf claims a unique position in global conversation....
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Couldn't put this book down.
- By Candice Brothers on 11-14-18
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Disordered World
- Setting a New Course for the Twenty-First Century
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-04-13
- Language: English
- Born into the Christian minority in Lebanon and since settled in France, Amin Maalouf claims a unique position in global conversation....
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Invisible Countries
- Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood
- By: Joshua Keating
- Narrated by: Joshua Keating
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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What is a country? While certain basic tenets - such as the clear demarcation of a country's borders, and the acknowledgment of its sovereignty by other countries and by international governing bodies - seem applicable, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules....
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Fascinating and largely unexamined topic
- By J Ray on 07-26-18
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Invisible Countries
- Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood
- Narrated by: Joshua Keating
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 06-26-18
- Language: English
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What is a country? While certain basic tenets - such as the clear demarcation of a country's borders, and the acknowledgment of its sovereignty by other countries and by international governing bodies - seem applicable, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules....
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The Long Game
- How the Chinese Negotiate with India
- By: Vijay Gokhale
- Narrated by: Derek Denzil
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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India's relations with the People's Republic of China have captured the popular imagination ever since the 1950s but have rarely merited a detailed understanding of the issues. Individual episodes tend to arouse lively debate....
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The Long Game
- How the Chinese Negotiate with India
- Narrated by: Derek Denzil
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 02-21-22
- Language: English
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India's relations with the People's Republic of China have captured the popular imagination ever since the 1950s but have rarely merited a detailed understanding of the issues. Individual episodes tend to arouse lively debate....
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After America
- Narratives for the Next Global Age
- By: Paul Starobin
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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Paul Starobin masterfully mixes fresh reportage with rigorous historical analysis to envision a world in which the United States is no longer the dominant superpower....
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After America
- Narratives for the Next Global Age
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 07-27-09
- Language: English
- Paul Starobin masterfully mixes fresh reportage with rigorous historical analysis to envision a world in which the United States is no longer the dominant superpower....
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World War One
- A Short History
- By: Norman Stone
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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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 King of Vodka
- The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire
- By: Linda Himelstein
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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The sweeping story of entrepreneurship, empire, and epicurean triumph unlike anything the world has ever seen before....
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The King of Vodka
- The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 12-05-11
- Language: English
- The sweeping story of entrepreneurship, empire, and epicurean triumph unlike anything the world has ever seen before....
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The Memoirs of Harry S. Truman
- A Reader's Edition
- By: Unknown
- Narrated by: Ellery Truesdell
- Length: 30 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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This new Reader’s Edition of Harry Truman’s memoirs corrects some important problems that made the prior two volumes difficult to enjoy. This new edition offers the thrill of hearing the authentic Harry S. Truman, probably the most important president of the last 75 years....
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The Memoirs of Harry S. Truman
- A Reader's Edition
- Narrated by: Ellery Truesdell
- Length: 30 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-17-22
- Language: English
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This new Reader’s Edition of Harry Truman’s memoirs corrects some important problems that made the prior two volumes difficult to enjoy. This new edition offers the thrill of hearing the authentic Harry S. Truman, probably the most important president of the last 75 years....
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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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The Spectre of War
- International Communism and the Origins of World War II
- By: Jonathan Haslam
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
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The Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew - the roots of the Second World War - and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation....
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Very Sharp Arguments on Mid Century Geopolitics
- By Jose on 04-09-23
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The Spectre of War
- International Communism and the Origins of World War II
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-11-21
- Language: English
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The Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew - the roots of the Second World War - and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation....
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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
- A Global History
- By: Jeremy Black
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
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This timely book offers a world history of insurgencies and of counterinsurgency warfare....
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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
- A Global History
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-12-17
- Language: English
- This timely book offers a world history of insurgencies and of counterinsurgency warfare....
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Churchill
- The Prophetic Statesman
- By: James C. Humes
- Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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James C. Humes reveals the astonishingly accurate predictions of Britain's most famous prime minister and how his critics' perceptions of them shaped his political career....
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The voice in the wilderness--Are we listening yet?
- By Jean on 12-16-12
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Churchill
- The Prophetic Statesman
- Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 11-19-12
- Language: English
- James C. Humes reveals the astonishingly accurate predictions of Britain's most famous prime minister and how his critics' perceptions of them shaped his political career....
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Remaking the World
- Decolonization and the Cold War
- By: Jessica M. Chapman
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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Remaking the World examines the connections between the Cold War and decolonization, which helped define the post-World War II global order....
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Remaking the World
- Decolonization and the Cold War
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 12-26-23
- Language: English
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Remaking the World examines the connections between the Cold War and decolonization, which helped define the post-World War II global order....
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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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A World Divided
- The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States
- By: Eric D. Weitz
- Narrated by: Robert Slade
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
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Through vivid histories drawn from virtually every continent, A World Divided describes how, since the 18th century, nationalists have struggled to establish their own states that grant human rights to some people. At the same time, they have excluded others....
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A World Divided
- The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States
- Narrated by: Robert Slade
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 09-24-19
- Language: English
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Through vivid histories drawn from virtually every continent, A World Divided describes how, since the 18th century, nationalists have struggled to establish their own states that grant human rights to some people. At the same time, they have excluded others....
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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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