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Publisher's summary
By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to a Gallup poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world's imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists.
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Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty.
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Very little about Reagan
- By Jack Merritt on 07-30-15
By: H. W. Brands
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Gorbachev
- His Life and Times
- By: William Taubman
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier
- Length: 32 hrs and 46 mins
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When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the USSR was one of the world's two superpowers. By 1989, his liberal policies of perestroika and glasnost had permanently transformed Soviet Communism and had made enemies of radicals on the right and left. By 1990 he, more than anyone else, had ended the Cold War, and in 1991, after barely escaping from a coup attempt, he unintentionally presided over the collapse of the Soviet Union he had tried to save.
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The Man Who Changed The Course Of History
- By Jean on 12-30-17
By: William Taubman
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Three Days in January
- Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
- By: Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney
- Narrated by: Bret Baier, Danny Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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In this debut history from one of America's most influential political journalists, Bret Baier casts the three days between Dwight Eisenhower's prophetic "farewell address" on the evening of January 17, 1961, and his successor John F. Kennedy's inauguration on the afternoon of January 20 as the final mission of one of modern America's greatest leaders.
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Gently In Manner, Strongly In Deed...
- By Gillian on 01-20-17
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Those Angry Days
- Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941
- By: Lynne Olson
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
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At the center of the debate over American intervention in World War II stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who as unofficial leader and spokesman for America's isolationists emerged as the president's most formidable adversary. Their contest of wills personified the divisions within the country at large, and Lynne Olson makes masterly use of their dramatic personal stories to create a poignant and riveting narrative.
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Incivility in Politics - A Real Shocker!
- By Carole T. on 04-24-13
By: Lynne Olson
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Roosevelt's Second Act
- The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War
- By: Richard Moe
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
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On August 31, 1939, nearing the end of his second and presumably final term in office, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was working in the Oval Office and contemplating construction of his presidential library and planning retirement. The next day German tanks had crossed the Polish border; Britain and France had declared war. Overnight the world had changed, and FDR found himself being forced to consider a dramatically different set of circumstances.
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Puts listener in the moment.
- By Jake on 05-16-14
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Kissinger: Volume I
- 1923-1968: The Idealist
- By: Niall Ferguson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
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No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super-K" - the "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama - he has also been hounded by conspiracy theorists, scouring his every "telcon" for evidence of Machiavellian malfeasance. Yet as Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial biography, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding.
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Riveting
- By Jean on 11-10-15
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Known and Unknown
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A powerful memoir from the late former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history. Both a fascinating narrative and an unprecedented glimpse into history, Known and Unknown captures the legacy of one of the most influential men in public service.
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Inside view of five decades in politics
- By Brooks on 02-19-11
By: Donald Rumsfeld
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The Hopkins Touch
- By: David Roll
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
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The Hopkins Touch offers the first portrait in over two decades of the most powerful man in Roosevelt's administration. David Roll shows how Harry Hopkins, an Iowa-born social worker who had been an integral part of the New Deal's implementation, became the linchpin in FDR's - and America's - relationships with Churchill and Stalin, and spoke with an authority second only to the president's.
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Hopkins - the glue of the tripartite coalition
- By Chrissie on 05-19-13
By: David Roll
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Berlin 1961
- Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
- By: Frederick Kempe
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
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A former Wall Street Journal editor and the current president and CEO of the Atlantic Council, Frederick Kempe draws on recently released documents and personal interviews to re-create the powder keg that was 1961 Berlin. In Cold War Berlin, the United States and the Soviet Union stand nose to nose, with the possibility of nuclear war just one misstep away.
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I am scared in retrospect
- By theenglishmajor on 06-26-11
By: Frederick Kempe
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The Best and the Brightest
- By: David Halberstam
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
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Using portraits of America’s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our country’s recent history: Why did America become mired in Vietnam, and why did we lose? As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded. It is an American classic.
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Preparation for Ken Burns
- By Chiefkent on 06-12-17
By: David Halberstam
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Good book, not crazy about the narrator
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Henry Kissinger
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-04-22
Worth the time if you love foreign policy history
I enjoyed this book very much. It was very well researched and balanced. It provided both the successes and failures of US foreign policy during the Kissinger years many of which most folks don’t know.
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- Diamond K
- 07-10-22
Excellent content
This is an engaging project. He lived an eventful life. The way the voice actor changes his voice for different figure in the story really adds to the consumption.
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-11-23
Very fair analysis
Great job praising and criticizing. I enjoyed the reader’s impersonations of Nixon and Kissinger. Recommend
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- Simon
- 11-22-13
Wow - I learned a lot from this book
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An interesting life told in an interesting way. The story became alive in my head when I listened to this audiobook.
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- Allan
- 04-01-23
Thorough Review of Kissinger's Career
A thorough biography that initially focuses more heavily on Kissinger's personality traits than his policies, but broadens as Kissinger himself does. An updated, post Iraq and Afghanistan war prologue, would bring great value to an understanding of Kissinger.
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- J. Kinkley
- 02-15-24
Long yet essential bio
Isaacson is the best bio writer of our time and this is no exception. Thoroughness in detail is an understatement for this book, although at times it feels a bit too granular. Yet Isaacson’s ability to immerse himself with his subjects and zoom out and weigh their actions and their impact on the world and how things might have gone differently is a priceless ability. A portrait of Kissinger is revealed in all his depth and complexity.
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- Joshua Henry
- 12-29-14
Walter Isaacson was again terrific and balanced
A great biography by a great biographer on a great life.. Americans would do well to read this book and like Isaacson notes the question is not what is perfect but what is achievable when it comes to foreign policy
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- Kilgore Trout
- 05-10-23
An analysis of US foreign policy in the '70
I didn't give 5 stars because the analysis of Vietnam era was tedious because of so many details.
It is interesting how personality of Kissinger influenced the US foreign policy. An unforgiven biography.
I make you wonder about his role in SE Asia: if he and Nixon didn't do anything there will be communism in Vietnam and Cambodia?
The trilateral with China would happen anyway because Mao weekend an approach with US.
The Saddat approach to Israel would happen anyway because the use services of Romanians to discuss with Israel.
The mess in Angola would happen anyway.
In Chile the coup supported by US changed the course of history.
Overall you see the impotence of an important man when he tries to tame the forces of history, and how his unconscious flaws have long lasting consequences on history.
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- Douglas S. M
- 01-15-24
Comprehensive look into history
Highly recommended
Insightful
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Issacson is my favorite Biographer
Worth the hours to complete
Helped to drive and gym time efforts
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- Adalberto Golbert
- 01-04-24
great reader
beautiful voices, fantastic story full of details. amazing personality. liked the realistic diplomacy approach. overall very recommended
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