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Memoir by Prince Konoe
- The Secret Negotiations Between Japan and the U.S. Before Pearl Harbor
- Narrado por: David Pickering
- Duración: 2 h y 43 m
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Resumen del Editor
On December 16, 1945, Prince Konoe committed suicide after refusing to collaborate with US Army officer Bonner Fellers in Operation Blacklist. His refusal to exonerate Emperor Hirohito and the imperial family of war crimes responsibilities.
A week before he took the cyanide, he wrote a memoir regarding his experience governing Imperial Japan during World War 2.
Although Prince Fumimaro Konoe was born into one of the most ancient and noble families of Japan and was a descendant of the Gosekke (fiver regent families), he faced poverty at 14 after his father passed away. He was then groomed by his uncle Prince Saionji Kinmochi, who was a prime minister at the time, for an essential role in government.
By 1937, Prince Konoe became the prime minister of Imperial Japan, during a time when Japan had occupied Manchuria. At the age of 46, Prince Konoe was the second youngest prime minister in Japan's history. During his first year of being a prime minister, the China Incident happened, and the Sino-Japanese War raged on.
The memoir shows many efforts of Prince Konoe's efforts for negotiations with Chinese and US government officials to try to end the war early as well as his governing during a time of crisis during the Pacific Asia War.
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- Duración: 4 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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In October 1962, when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes the hour-by-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In a foreword to this edition, the distinguished historian and Kennedy adviser Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., discusses the book's enduring importance and the significance of new information about the crisis that has come to light from the former Soviet Union.
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5 out of 5 stars
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IF YOU LOVE HISTORY"""
- De Max & Lucy en 02-24-19
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How Wars End
- Why We Always Fight the Last Battle
- De: Gideon Rose
- Narrado por: Gideon Rose
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 70
In 1991, the United States Army trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil. Then in 2003 the United States did it again. How could this happen? How could the strongest power in modern history fight two wars against the same opponent in just over a decade, win lightning victories both times, and yet still be woefully unprepared for the aftermath? Because Americans always forget the political aspects of war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book
- De Luis en 11-04-10
De: Gideon Rose
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The Sleepwalkers
- How Europe Went to War in 1914
- De: Christopher Clark
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 24 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 851
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 740
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 742
The Sleepwalkers is historian Christopher Clark's riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting take on a complex problem
- De Steve en 01-24-15
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Appeasement
- Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War
- De: Tim Bouverie
- Narrado por: John Sessions
- Duración: 22 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 108
On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepped off an airplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later assured the crowd in Downing Street, "peace for our time." Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland and the Second World War began. Appeasement is a groundbreaking history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy, and parliamentary infighting that enabled Hitler's domination of Europe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I cannot tolerate the narrator
- De DrBCFR en 06-05-19
De: Tim Bouverie
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Yalta
- The Price of Peace
- De: S. M. Plokhy
- Narrado por: Henry Strozier
- Duración: 22 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Award-winning Harvard historian S.M. Plokhy delivers a “convincing revisionist analysis” ( Publishers Weekly) of the February 1945 Yalta conference. Bolstered by Soviet wiretaps, Plokhy’s engrossing narrative of Stalin, Churchill, and FDR’s negotiations reveals the West did better than previously thought.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The depth and breadth of understanding
- De Robin LaCorte en 06-27-19
De: S. M. Plokhy
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Master of the Game
- Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
- De: Martin Indyk
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 25 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
More than 20 years have elapsed since the United States last brokered a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians. In that time, three presidents have tried and failed. Martin Indyk - a former United States ambassador to Israel and special envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in 2013 - has experienced these political frustrations and disappointments firsthand.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sad in its lack of creativity
- De Uri Pilichowski en 11-16-21
De: Martin Indyk
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On China
- De: Henry Kissinger
- Narrado por: Nicholas Hormann
- Duración: 20 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,374
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,132
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. On China illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and tight line modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, and Richard Nixon’s historic trip to Beijing.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Another History of China
- De Elton en 09-23-11
De: Henry Kissinger
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140 Days to Hiroshima
- The Story of Japan’s Last Chance to Avert Armageddon
- De: David Dean Barrett
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 13 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 106
On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes this heart-pounding account of the war-room drama inside the cabinets of the United States and Japan that led to Armageddon on August 6, 1945. Here are the secret strategy sessions, fierce debates, looming assassinations, and planned invasions that resulted in history’s first use of nuclear weapons in combat, and the ensuing chaotic days as the Japanese government struggled to respond to the reality of nuclear war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Never Giving Up
- De Rick B en 07-11-20
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
- De: Herbert P. Bix
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 29 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 127
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 116
In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix describes what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a revered symbol of divine status.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what I bargained for
- De Alexander Crowell en 08-21-20
De: Herbert P. Bix
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Doomed to Succeed
- The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama
- De: Dennis Ross
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 118
In Doomed to Succeed, Ross takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president's attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even Handed Report
- De Jean en 11-21-15
De: Dennis Ross
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The Second World War: Milestones to Disaster
- De: Winston Churchill
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,182
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,379
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,363
Churchill's history of the Second World War is, and will remain, the definitive work. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant! Only Churchill could have done this.
- De John M en 10-30-08
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Dereliction of Duty
- Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
- De: H. R. McMaster
- Narrado por: H. R. McMaster
- Duración: 15 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 329
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 329
Dereliction of Duty is a stunning analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Fully and convincingly researched, based on transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations, and decisions, it is the only book that fully re-creates what happened and why. McMaster pinpoints the policies and decisions that got the United States into the morass and reveals who made these decisions and the motives behind them, disproving the published theories of other historians and excuses of the participants.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Rough narration
- De AC Griffin en 12-04-19
De: H. R. McMaster
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Kissinger: Volume I
- 1923-1968: The Idealist
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 34 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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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4 out of 5 stars
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Riveting
- De Jean en 11-10-15
De: Niall Ferguson
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A Peace to End All Peace
- The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
- De: David Fromkin
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 23 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 435
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 375
The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts are rooted in the region's political inheritance: the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed by the Allies after the First World War. Author David Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies drew lines on an empty map that remade the geography and politics of the Middle East. Focusing on the formative years of 1914 to 1922, when all seemed possible, he delivers in this sweeping and magisterial book the definitive account of this defining time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still A Great Book On The Topic
- De Nostromo en 02-03-19
De: David Fromkin
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July 1914: Countdown to War
- De: Sean McMeekin
- Narrado por: Steve Coulter
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 135
When a Serbian-backed assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, the world seemed unmoved. Even Ferdinand’s own uncle, Franz Josef I, was notably ambivalent about the death of the Hapsburg heir, saying simply, "It is God’s will." Certainly, there was nothing to suggest that the episode would lead to conflictmuch less a world war of such massive and horrific proportions that it would fundamentally reshape the course of human events.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, Narrator Isn't the Best though
- De Richard Valdez en 08-31-13
De: Sean McMeekin
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- 12-25-20
Excellent Book with Great Insight!
This is an excellent book with eye-opening insight on the negotiations that occurred before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. It is well written and the audiobook narration is high quality too. The book does an excellent job of explaining the Japanese perspective of dialogue and discussions with the United States as well as all of the internal political turmoil they were dealing with in addition to their international issues with China, Russia, and the European war. Jenny Chan's other books are excellent too and I'm now a fan!
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