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Europe's Last Summer
- By: David Fromkin
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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The early summer of 1914 was the most glorious Europeans could remember. But, behind the scenes, the most destructive war the world had yet known was moving inexorably into being, a war that would continue to resonate into the 21st century....
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A different take on the events leading to the Great War
- By Chris on 09-04-20
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Europe's Last Summer
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-24-18
- Language: English
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The early summer of 1914 was the most glorious Europeans could remember. But, behind the scenes, the most destructive war the world had yet known was moving inexorably into being, a war that would continue to resonate into the 21st century....
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Diplomacy
- By: Henry Kissinger
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 37 hrs and 52 mins
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A brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Secretary of State, including his stunning reopening of relations with China. The seminal work on foreign policy and the art of diplomacy....
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Great foreign policy overview!
- By Mikhail on 02-02-20
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Diplomacy
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 37 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-22-19
- Language: English
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A brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Secretary of State, including his stunning reopening of relations with China. The seminal work on foreign policy and the art of diplomacy....
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The Cold War
- A New History
- By: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrated by: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Riveting, revelatory, and wise, The Cold War tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand as America once more faces an implacable ideological enemy....
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WOW
- By Cordell eddings on 10-13-07
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The Cold War
- A New History
- Narrated by: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 01-30-07
- Language: English
- Riveting, revelatory, and wise, The Cold War tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand as America once more faces an implacable ideological enemy....
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Pandora’s Box
- A History of the First World War
- By: Jorn Leonhard, Patrick Camiller - translator
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 39 hrs and 33 mins
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In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany's leading historian of the 20th century's first great catastrophe explains the war's origins, course, and consequences. Pandora's Box reveals how profoundly the war shaped the world to come....
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Excellent reading of a complex book
- By chris on 02-26-19
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Pandora’s Box
- A History of the First World War
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 39 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 12-12-18
- Language: English
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In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany's leading historian of the 20th century's first great catastrophe explains the war's origins, course, and consequences. Pandora's Box reveals how profoundly the war shaped the world to come....
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The Untold History of the United States
- By: Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 36 hrs and 25 mins
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Stone and Kuznick construct an often shocking but meticulously documented "people's history" of the American empire that challenges the notion of American exceptionalism....
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Interesting book but felt biased...
- By A. N. Onymous on 06-06-16
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The Untold History of the United States
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 36 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 05-31-13
- Language: English
- Stone and Kuznick construct an often shocking but meticulously documented "people's history" of the American empire that challenges the notion of American exceptionalism....
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The Russian Revolution
- A New History
- By: Sean McMeekin
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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From an award-winning scholar comes this definitive, single-volume history that illuminates the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution....
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Great Book on the Russian Revolution
- By Nostromo on 09-02-17
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The Russian Revolution
- A New History
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 07-03-17
- Language: English
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From an award-winning scholar comes this definitive, single-volume history that illuminates the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution....
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Modern Times
- The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
- By: Paul Johnson
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 37 hrs and 53 mins
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This fast-paced, all-encompassing narrative history offers a full-scale, if controversial, analysis of how the modern age came into being and where it is heading....
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The Anti-Howard Zinn
- By Pork C. Fish on 05-22-12
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Modern Times
- The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 37 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-29-06
- Language: English
- This fast-paced, all-encompassing narrative history offers a full-scale, if controversial, analysis of how the modern age came into being and where it is heading....
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On China
- By: Henry Kissinger
- Narrated by: Nicholas Hormann
- Length: 20 hrs and 10 mins
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In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape....
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Another History of China
- By Elton on 09-23-11
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On China
- Narrated by: Nicholas Hormann
- Length: 20 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-17-11
- Language: English
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In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape....
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The Age of Eisenhower
- America and the World in the 1950s
- By: William I. Hitchcock
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 25 hrs and 38 mins
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An original and penetrating assessment of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, showing Ike's enormous influence on modern America, the Cold War, and on the presidency itself....
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A Very Thorough and Balanced Biography
- By John on 05-28-18
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The Age of Eisenhower
- America and the World in the 1950s
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 25 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 03-20-18
- Language: English
- An original and penetrating assessment of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, showing Ike's enormous influence on modern America, the Cold War, and on the presidency itself....
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The Battle for Spain
- The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
- By: Antony Beevor
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
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Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the 20th century....
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Not an Accurate History Book
- By Jose on 10-16-19
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The Battle for Spain
- The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-29-15
- Language: English
- Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the 20th century....
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Asia's Cauldron
- The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
- By: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Over the last decade, the center of world power has been quietly shifting from Europe to Asia....
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Pending problems
- By Jean on 08-19-14
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Asia's Cauldron
- The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 03-25-14
- Language: English
- Over the last decade, the center of world power has been quietly shifting from Europe to Asia....
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A History of Fascism, 1914-1945
- By: Stanley G. Payne
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
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Focusing mostly on Italy and Germany but also considering Spain, Romania, Japan, and movements in other countries, Payne describes fascism as revolutionary ultranationalism based on national rebirth....
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Dated lit review, ill-suited for audiobook
- By Keith on 11-24-19
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A History of Fascism, 1914-1945
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 03-27-18
- Language: English
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Focusing mostly on Italy and Germany but also considering Spain, Romania, Japan, and movements in other countries, Payne describes fascism as revolutionary ultranationalism based on national rebirth....
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Strongmen
- Mussolini to the Present
- By: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin. Here, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule....
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Fascism expert talks fascism
- By sparky on 12-04-20
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Strongmen
- Mussolini to the Present
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-17-20
- Language: English
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin. Here, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule....
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Russia in Flames
- War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914 - 1921
- By: Laura Engelstein
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 31 hrs and 11 mins
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October 1917, heralded as the culmination of the Russian Revolution, remains a defining moment in world history. Even a hundred years after the events that led to the emergence of the world's first self-proclaimed socialist state, debate continues....
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Solid overview of events
- By Anonymous User on 06-27-19
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Russia in Flames
- War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914 - 1921
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 31 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-19-19
- Language: English
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October 1917, heralded as the culmination of the Russian Revolution, remains a defining moment in world history. Even a hundred years after the events that led to the emergence of the world's first self-proclaimed socialist state, debate continues....
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The Winds of War
- By: Herman Wouk
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 45 hrs and 48 mins
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Herman Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - and all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family....
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A Masterpiece
- By Robert on 05-24-13
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The Winds of War
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Series: Winds of War, Book 1
- Length: 45 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-18-11
- Language: English
- Herman Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - and all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family....
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Stalin
- New Biography of a Dictator
- By: Oleg V. Khlevniuk, Nora Seligman Favorov - translator
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 18 hrs
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This essential biography, by the author most deeply familiar with the vast archives of the Soviet era, offers an unprecedented, fine-grained portrait of Stalin, the man and dictator....
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Loved it, but wouldn't want to live it
- By Neil on 01-12-20
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Stalin
- New Biography of a Dictator
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 18 hrs
- Release date: 03-13-18
- Language: English
- This essential biography, by the author most deeply familiar with the vast archives of the Soviet era, offers an unprecedented, fine-grained portrait of Stalin, the man and dictator....
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American Caesar
- Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
- By: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 31 hrs and 53 mins
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Virtually all Americans above a certain age hold strong opinions about Douglas MacArthur....
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A Great American
- By Charlotte A. Hu on 05-19-13
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American Caesar
- Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 31 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-05-08
- Language: English
- Virtually all Americans above a certain age hold strong opinions about Douglas MacArthur....
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
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On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken....
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A great book!
- By Jodi Bernard on 07-11-23
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 09-27-22
- Language: English
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On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken....
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No Ordinary Time
- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 39 hrs and 14 mins
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No Ordinary Time describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt....
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Great at 1.5 speed
- By Brett on 01-04-13
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No Ordinary Time
- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 39 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 05-04-11
- Language: English
- No Ordinary Time describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt....
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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
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Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world....
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Wow! This truly is a great book. A rarity!
- By GEJ on 11-12-19
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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world....
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