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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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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- By: Jürgen Osterhammel, Robert Savage - translator
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
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During the long 18th century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. Author Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East....
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The Prequel to ‘Orientalism’
- By Amazon Customer on 01-13-19
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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 11-13-18
- Language: English
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During the long 18th century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. Author Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East....
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The End of the Asian Century
- War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region
- By: Michael R. Auslin
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Historian and geopolitical expert Michael Auslin argues that far from being a cohesive powerhouse, Asia is a fractured region threatened by stagnation and instability....
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Wake up Call
- By Daniel B. on 07-07-17
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The End of the Asian Century
- War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 01-10-17
- Language: English
- Historian and geopolitical expert Michael Auslin argues that far from being a cohesive powerhouse, Asia is a fractured region threatened by stagnation and instability....
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Free Market
- The History of an Idea
- By: Jacob Soll
- Narrated by: Craig Van Ness
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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MacArthur “Genius”Jacob Soll presents an intellectual history of the free market, from ancient Rome to the twenty-first century....
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I recommend this book as part of a trilogy
- By David on 07-21-23
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Free Market
- The History of an Idea
- Narrated by: Craig Van Ness
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-15-22
- Language: English
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MacArthur “Genius”Jacob Soll presents an intellectual history of the free market, from ancient Rome to the twenty-first century....
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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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A Short History of the Twentieth Century
- By: John Lukacs
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Lukacs casts a hard eye at the consequences of the Second World War-the often misunderstood Soviet-American cold war-and at the shifting social and political developments....
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Very well done interesting
- By Richard K. Munro on 05-24-23
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A Short History of the Twentieth Century
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 08-26-13
- Language: English
- Lukacs casts a hard eye at the consequences of the Second World War-the often misunderstood Soviet-American cold war-and at the shifting social and political developments....
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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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50 Battles That Changed the World
- By: William Weir
- Narrated by: Rick Turner
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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50 Battles That Changed the World looks at clashes the author believes have had the most profound impact on world history....
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50 Battles that changed the world
- By Joey on 07-02-09
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50 Battles That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Rick Turner
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-07-08
- Language: English
- 50 Battles That Changed the World looks at clashes the author believes have had the most profound impact on world history....
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The Four Horsemen
- Riding to Liberty in Post-Napoleonic Europe
- By: Richard Stites
- Narrated by: Greg Wagland
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
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In a series of revolts starting in 1820, four military officers rode forth on horseback from obscure European towns to bring political freedom and a constitution to Spain, Naples, and Russia....
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thorough account of a very cool history
- By K. Kostyo on 07-07-22
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The Four Horsemen
- Riding to Liberty in Post-Napoleonic Europe
- Narrated by: Greg Wagland
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 05-28-14
- Language: English
- In a series of revolts starting in 1820, four military officers rode forth on horseback from obscure European towns to bring political freedom and a constitution to Spain, Naples, and Russia....
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Britain Alone
- The Path from Suez to Brexit
- By: Philip Stephens
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
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In 1962 the American statesman Dean Acheson famously charged that Britain had lost an empire and failed to find a new role. Nearly 60 years later the rebuke rings true again....
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UK voters *should* have been familiar with this material before BREXIT
- By Nicholas Thompson on 09-13-21
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Britain Alone
- The Path from Suez to Brexit
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 03-31-21
- Language: English
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In 1962 the American statesman Dean Acheson famously charged that Britain had lost an empire and failed to find a new role. Nearly 60 years later the rebuke rings true again....
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Viceroys
- By: Christopher Lee
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established....
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Viceroys
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-30-18
- Language: English
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Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established....
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Roosevelt and Churchill
- Men of Secrets
- By: David Stafford
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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An intriguing look behind the congenial facade of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill...
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first rate history
- By mtparis on 09-26-03
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Roosevelt and Churchill
- Men of Secrets
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-31-02
- Language: English
- An intriguing look behind the congenial facade of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill...
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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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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire....
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The Making of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-15-09
- Language: English
- In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire....
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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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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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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 Dispensable Nation
- American Foreign Policy in Retreat
- By: Vali Nasr
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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In this essential new book, Vali Nasr argues that the Obama administration had a chance to improve its relations with the Middle East....
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Mostly general assertions & little evidence
- By btelles on 10-05-14
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The Dispensable Nation
- American Foreign Policy in Retreat
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-16-13
- Language: English
- In this essential new book, Vali Nasr argues that the Obama administration had a chance to improve its relations with the Middle East....
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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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Agents of Subversion
- The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China
- By: John Delury
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
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In the winter of 1952, at the height of the Korean War, the CIA flew a covert mission into China to pick up an agent. Trained on a remote Pacific island, the agent belonged to an obscure anti-communist group known as the Third Force based out of Hong Kong....
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Great story, terrible pronunciation!
- By Amazon Customer on 06-19-23
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Agents of Subversion
- The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 10-15-22
- Language: English
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In the winter of 1952, at the height of the Korean War, the CIA flew a covert mission into China to pick up an agent. Trained on a remote Pacific island, the agent belonged to an obscure anti-communist group known as the Third Force based out of Hong Kong....
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