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Joseph Stalin: A Life from Beginning to End
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There can be no doubt that Stalin is one of the most notorious and controversial figures in history. He presents a puzzling paradox for both psychologists and sociologists; he was simultaneously revered, feared, loved, and hated during his lifetime. So much has been written about the life of Joseph Stalin, and yet upon closer inspection, he still seems to present us with quite an enigma.
His cruelty towards his political opponents and dissidents is well known, but so are his efforts to go out of his way in lifting up the most downtrodden and desperate members of Soviet society, giving them the chance that Tsarist Russia would not.
Inside you will hear about....
- A Change of Weather
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- From Exile to Supreme Leader
- A Brave New Word
- Stalin’s Gambit
- Stalin Makes a Comeback
- Defending the Capitol
- Going West
Stalin is known as a brutish dictator who struck a bargain with Hitler as if he was an old friend, yet it was this same Stalin who would almost single-handedly save Europe from Nazi occupation. Who was Stalin? What did he really want? In this audiobook, we explore the complexities and nuances of the living, breathing conundrum who called himself Joseph Stalin.
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What If? Part 1
- Reshaping the 20th Century
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose, John Keegan, more
- Narrado por: John Cunningham, Janet Zarish
- Duración: 4 h y 45 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 162
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
What if Hitler had won the war, if Japan had another sneak attack, or if the cold war turned hot? What If? provides a fascinating new perspective on history's most pivotal events. Featuring today's foremost historians speculating on what could have happened, we discover where we might be if history had not unfolded the way it did.
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2 out of 5 stars
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For history buffs
- De Charles Elmore en 05-11-04
De: Stephen E. Ambrose, y otros
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History of Germany
- A Captivating Guide to German History, Starting from 1871 through the First World War, Weimar Republic, and World War II to the Present
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Germany is one of the richest and most influential countries in the world, which is amazing when you consider that the nation is only about the size of the US states of Oregon and Washington combined. It’s even more astounding when you consider that at the end of World War II, every major German city (and many minor ones) had been flattened by the Allied bombing campaign. Still more amazing is that the country has gone from international pariah and home of the Holocaust to one of the most well-regarded and humanitarian nations on Earth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Concise
- De J Stewart en 04-09-24
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Marshal Josip Broz Tito: The Life and Legacy of Yugoslavia's First President
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
The World War II era produced many leaders of titanic determination, men whose strengths and weaknesses left an extraordinary imprint on historical affairs. Josip Broz Tito, better known to history as Marshal Tito, was undoubtedly one of these figures. Originally a machinist, Tito leveraged his success in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) and a number of extraordinary strokes of luck into dictatorial rule over Yugoslavia for a span of 35 years. World War II proved the watershed that enabled him to secure control of the country.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very short but says a lot
- De NebSoilDoc en 03-28-18
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- De: Alistair Horne
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 29 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 405
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 286
The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict, and as many European settlers were driven into exile. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history of France's Viet Nam
- De David en 04-10-16
De: Alistair Horne
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Stalin
- New Biography of a Dictator
- De: Oleg V. Khlevniuk, Nora Seligman Favorov - translator
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 18 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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. Without mythologizing Stalin as either benevolent or an evil genius, Khlevniuk resolves numerous controversies about specific events in the dictator's life while assembling many hundreds of previously unknown letters, memos, reports, and diaries into a comprehensive, compelling narrative of a life that altered the course of world history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it, but wouldn't want to live it
- De Neil en 01-12-20
De: Oleg V. Khlevniuk, y otros
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1914
- The Year The World Ended
- De: Paul Ham
- Narrado por: Robert Meldrum
- Duración: 22 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth: 1914 did. In July that year, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Britain and France were poised to plunge the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society, uproot ancient political systems and set the course for the bloodiest century in human history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How the war started
- De Jean en 02-24-14
De: Paul Ham
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Israel
- A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
- De: Daniel Gordis
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 16 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,287
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,137
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,128
Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world's attention, aroused its imagination, and, lately, been the object of its opprobrium. Why does such a small country speak to so many global concerns? More pressingly: Why does Israel make the decisions it does? And what lies in its future? We cannot answer these questions until we understand Israel's people and the questions and conflicts, the hopes and desires, that have animated their conversations and actions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, mildly but honestly biased, terrible narration
- De Schaq en 04-01-17
De: Daniel Gordis
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Reset
- Iran, Turkey, and America's Future
- De: Stephen Kinzer
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96
What can the United States do to help realize its dream of a peaceful, democratic Middle East? Stephen Kinzer offers a surprising answer in this paradigm-shifting book. Two countries in the region, he argues, are America's logical partners in the 21st century: Turkey and Iran.
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5 out of 5 stars
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challenges stereotypes
- De R.S. en 06-14-10
De: Stephen Kinzer
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Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- De: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 526
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 392
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 394
In this monumental and provocative history, Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen - Winston Churchill first among them - the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A classic of history books
- De Benedict en 04-04-09
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The Russian Revolution
- A New History
- De: Sean McMeekin
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 15 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 490
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 433
From an award-winning scholar comes this definitive, single-volume history that illuminates the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution. In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events which ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced Communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book on the Russian Revolution
- De Nostromo en 09-02-17
De: Sean McMeekin
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The End
- The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
- De: Ian Kershaw
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 654
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 558
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 553
From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II. Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital question of how and why it was able to hold out as long as it did.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing yet horrifying
- De Liz en 10-14-11
De: Ian Kershaw
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A Thousand Hills
- Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
- De: Stephen Kinzer
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 117
Paul Kagame grew up as a wretched refugee. He and a group of comrades, determined to force their way back home after a generation of exile, designed one of the most audacious covert operations in the history of clandestine war. Then, after taking power, they amazed the world by stabilizing and reviving their devastated country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Most Comprehensive Work on Rwanda
- De Greg en 07-30-10
De: Stephen Kinzer
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Mao
- The Unknown Story
- De: Jung Chang, Jon Halliday
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 29 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,554
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,256
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,259
Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this is the most authoritative biography of Mao ever written.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fills many gaps! Very good..but!
- De Jene en 08-07-06
De: Jung Chang, y otros
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Stalin, Volume I
- Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
- De: Stephen Kotkin
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht
- Duración: 38 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 832
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 705
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 704
Volume One of Stalin begins and ends in January 1928 as Stalin boards a train bound for Siberia, about to embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life. He is now the ruler of the largest country in the world, but a poor and backward one, far behind the great capitalist countries in industrial and military power, encircled on all sides. In Siberia, Stalin conceives of the largest program of social reengineering ever attempted.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book But First Time Listener Beware
- De Nostromo en 03-23-15
De: Stephen Kotkin
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Vietnam War: A Captivating Guide to the Second Indochina War
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 2 h y 5 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
The Vietnam War represented a watershed not only in American and Vietnamese history but also internationally. It wasn’t just a battle between two nations, but between two ideologies, two military strategies, and a fight for the hearts and minds of two vastly different national populations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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quick and accurate
- De BDG-ALPHA en 07-31-20