Rain of Ruin
Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan
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A leading military historian examines the US incendiary and atomic attacks on Japan’s cities, and their impact on the war’s end.
In 1945, US air attacks in Japan killed 300,000 civilians in three hours of night bombing and two nuclear strikes. The firebombing of Tokyo in March burned almost the entire city, killed some 85,000 residents, and left more than 1 million homeless. The atomic blast in Hiroshima in August killed some 119,000 civilians and 20,000 soldiers. After a second nuclear attack days later in Nagasaki and a declaration of war by the Soviet Union, Japan accepted defeat.
Drawing on his expertise in the war and its bombing campaigns, Richard Overy delivers a precise recounting of these aerial attacks, especially their impact on civilians, and a balanced assessment of how and why they occurred. Astute on Allied decision-making, Overy notably explores the factional infighting within the Japanese leadership and the decisive role played by the emperor, Hirohito. The war’s endgame required both sides to bridge a cultural divide on surrender.
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The Determined Spy
- The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner
- De: Douglas Waller
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 19 h y 24 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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An intimate and expertly researched biography of little-known early CIA leader Frank Wisner, whose behind-the-scenes influence on Cold War policy—and hundreds of highly secret anti-Soviet missions—resonates with the international crises we see today.
De: Douglas Waller
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Why the Allies Won
- De: Richard Overy
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 20 h y 39 m
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In this fascinating consideration of the Allied war effort, historian Richard Overy answers one of the great questions of the 20th century: What led to the unmistakable Allied victory when in the early stages of World War II, the balance of power so strongly favored the Axis?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Nothing cited, mostly personal opinion
- De rbergen en 05-17-19
De: Richard Overy
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Taking Manhattan
- The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
- De: Russell Shorto
- Narrado por: Russell Shorto
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 10
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In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland’s canny director general.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding story of the shaping of early New York
- De Montclair 65 en 04-21-25
De: Russell Shorto
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Soldiers and Silver
- Mobilizing Resources in the Age of Roman Conquest
- De: Michael J. Taylor
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 1
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By the middle of the second century BCE, after nearly one hundred years of warfare, Rome had exerted its control over the entire Mediterranean world, forcing the other great powers of the region—Carthage, Macedonia, Egypt, and the Seleucid empire—to submit militarily and financially. But how, despite its relative poverty and its frequent numerical disadvantage in decisive battles, did Rome prevail? Michael J. Taylor explains this surprising outcome by examining the role that manpower and finances played.
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Savage Skies, Emerald Hell
- The U.S., Australia, Japan and the Ferocious Air Battle for New Guinea in World War II
- De: Jay A. Stout
- Narrado por: Rich Miller
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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While the Marine Corps island-hopped across the Pacific from Guadalcanal to Saipan to Iwo Jima, the U.S. Army was locked in a grueling, multiyear fight for the jungle island of New Guinea, which in Japanese hands threatened both Australia and the vital supply lines stretching to the United States. Forces under Douglas MacArthur intended to deny the Japanese this opportunity and use New Guinea as a stepping stone on the road back to the Philippines and, beyond it, Japan.
De: Jay A. Stout
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Seven Social Movements That Changed America
- De: Linda Gordon
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 17 h y 35 m
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How do social movements arise, wield power, and decline? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these questions in a groundbreaking work, narrating the stories of many of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements. Beginning with the turn-of-the-century settlement house movement, Gordon then scrutinizes the 1920s Ku Klux Klan and its successors, the violent American fascist groups of the 1930s.
De: Linda Gordon
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House of Lilies
- The Dynasty That Made Medieval France
- De: Justine Firnhaber-Baker
- Narrado por: Justine Firnhaber-Baker
- Duración: 13 h y 3 m
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Historian Justine Firnhaber-Baker tells the epic story of the Capetian dynasty of medieval France, showing how their ideas about power, religion, and identity continue to shape European society and politics today. Reigning from 987 to 1328, the Capetians became the most powerful monarchy of the Middle Ages. Consolidating a fragmented realm that eventually stretched from the Rhône to the Pyrenees, they were the first royal house to adopt the fleur-de-lys, displaying this lily emblem to signify their divine favor and legitimate their rule.