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How did a once faceless bureaucrat, a man whose own wife said he was born under the sign of the vampire, become the idealized face of Russian manhood and its authoritarian leader? Deputy Mayor Putin examines the man behind the myth. We will explore how Putin’s formative years shaped and drove him and how the supporting cast of characters he gathered along the way helped him get to the Kremlin’s inner sanctum.
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What listeners say about Why Gettysburg Mattered: 150 Years Later (Bonus Material: The Gettysburg Address)
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- Joe
- 01-18-20
adds some more context to the Gettysburg address
this short listen gives you a little more info around the importance of the Gettysburg address
the performance of the context is okay enough though the recitation of Lincoln's speech leaves the listener wanting.
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- Harley
- 07-05-13
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This short listen takes information we already have and applies it to the question Why Gettysburg Mattered. Very interesting. I was disappointed in the reading of Lincoln's beautiful Gettysburg Address but even so it was wonderful to hear in again. Thank you Audibles for this nice gift.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-14-17
Great
Great summary of this part of the Civil War and this battle's meaning for the nation.
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- Daniel Hurley
- 09-12-19
Interesting essay , too short
The essay was very good and interesting but just too short. Like a very good joke with a missing punch line. Need a little more or answers to situational failures.
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- Carl Kelly
- 01-08-20
This brings history to life.
As a Civil War buff, this was an enjoyable experience. I was enthralled by the narration.
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- Corwin
- 07-02-13
Thankfully, it was Free.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
This is 12-minute-or-so discussion of the Battle of Gettysburg, followed by a reading of The Gettysburg Address. One can not expect much depth in such a brief document, and I guess its main value is to people with little knowledge of the battle, or to those who may have an interest in purchasing a book on the topic.
The title is a misnomer: little time is spent discussing why Gettysburg mattered, and what discussion there is on that topic tends to cover well-known ground: how the Union needed a victory, etc. The beginning discusses things such as casualty figures, and challenges some commonly-held perceptions about the battle, but (doubtless due to the time limit of this free release) offers little in the way of arguments to support the author's assertions.Other topics discussed herein are also claimed to not be widely accepted, and yet to my experience, are "nothing new." I am, however, more widely read on the American Civil War than many laymen, so take that with as much salt as you wish.
Since I view this as a marketing tool for another product, might have been more helpful? Perhaps an excerpt from the other book, giving a sense of the author's style, or something indicating the drama the author would try to focus on.Utterly lacking was any sense of why I should obtain the promoted book, as opposed to any of the many others available on the topic.
If you are unfamiliar with the topic, this free publication may whet your appetite to know more about this critical event in American history, and if so, that is all to the good. Purchasing the book it promotes may then also be a very helpful action, and *perhaps* even be a very good choice.But this free promotion makes that less than clear, and fails even more so when dealing with an historically literate audience.
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- Subway
- 11-05-22
Worth every penny I I paid
A 14-minute essay by Alan Guelzo, spouting some obvious and well-known platitudes?
Wow — glad I didn’t have to pay for that.
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- Emmaus Dan
- 07-22-16
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Quite a condensed version; leaves the reader to hear more. The speaker needs to utilize more inflection in his voice.
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- Wri316
- 02-05-19
Very Interesting
I enjoyed listening to this. It was very informative and adding the address at the end was nice.
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- Steven Ray Hill
- 02-06-19
I learned something.
I appreciate this breif but enlightening explanation of the outcome of the long two days.
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