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The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders. The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. These were the times that tried men's souls: No one was on stable ground, and few could be trusted.
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Couldn't stop listening!
- De Erin en 08-05-16
De: Bill O'Reilly, y otros
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The Blood of Heroes
- The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo - and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation
- De: James Donovan
- Narrado por: James Donovan
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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On February 23, 1836, a Mexican army thousands of soldiers strong attacked a group of roughly 200 Americans holed up in an abandoned mission just east of San Antonio, Texas. For nearly two weeks, the massive force lay siege to the makeshift fort, spraying its occupants with unremitting waves of musket and cannon fire. Then, on March 6th, at 5:30 A.M., the Mexican troops unleashed a final devastating assault: divided into four columns, they rushed into the Alamo and commenced a deadly hand-to-hand fight.
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Blood and History Runs Off Every Page
- De Lynn en 08-25-12
De: James Donovan
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They Called Him Stonewall
- A Life of Lieutenant General T. J. Jackson, C.S.A.
- De: Burke Davis
- Narrado por: Christopher Hurt
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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Stonewall Jackson was a military genius, at once peculiar and perfect, a fearless soldier in battle but a God-fearing man who hesitated to kill on Sunday. He broke the rules of war to win, and yet his tactics are studied in military academies the world over. From the remarkable Valley Campaign through the Seven Days, Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and the masterful though tragic sweep at Chancellorsville, where Jackson was felled by one of his own soldiers, this is a compelling narrative of men and war.
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They Calle Him Stonewall
- De Jim en 10-04-06
De: Burke Davis
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville
- De: Shelby Foote
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 42 h y 58 m
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 1 begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days Battles, and Antietam, but so are the smaller ones: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island Ten, New Orleans, and Monitor versus Merrimac.
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OUTSTANDING! I'M PROUD TO BE A BLACK AMERICAN!!
- De The Louligan en 08-22-13
De: Shelby Foote
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Catastrophe 1914
- Europe Goes to War
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 25 h y 25 m
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From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles - the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg - that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches. In Catastrophe 1914, Max Hastings gives us a conflict different from the familiar one of barbed wire, mud, and futility.
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I thought I knew the battle of the frontiers
- De Anonymous User en 04-02-21
De: Max Hastings
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The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby
- De: Colonel John S. Mosby, Charles Wells Russell - editor
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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In the American Civil War, or the War between the States, three dashing cavalry leaders - Stuart, Forrest, and Mosby - so captured the public imagination that their exploits took on a glamour, which we associate - as did the writers of the time - with the deeds of the Waverley characters and the heroes of chivalry. Of the three leaders, Colonel John S. Mosby (1833 - 1916), was, perhaps, the most romantic figure. In the South, his dashing exploits made him one of the great heroes of the "Lost Cause". In the North, he was painted as the blackest of redoubtable scoundrels.
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Remarkable Personality
- De peter en 05-24-18
De: Colonel John S. Mosby, y otros
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Terrible Swift Sword
- The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan
- De: Joseph Wheelan
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
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Alongside Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan is the least known of the triumvirate of generals most responsible for winning the Civil War. Yet, before Sherman's famous march through Georgia, it was General Sheridan who introduced scorched-earth warfare to the South, and it was his Cavalry Corps that compelled Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Sheridan's innovative cavalry tactics and "total war" strategy became staples of 20th-century warfare.
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Full of history but just a little long
- De Dennis en 09-17-13
De: Joseph Wheelan
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Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle
- De: Kenneth W. Noe
- Narrado por: Tom Sleeker
- Duración: 17 h y 46 m
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On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville, Kentucky, in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentucky soil. The climax of a campaign that began two months before in Northern Mississippi, Perryville came to be recognized as the high water mark of the western Confederacy. Some said the hard-fought battle, forever remembered by participants for its sheer savagery and for their commanders' confusion, was the worst battle of the war, losing the last chance to bring the Commonwealth into the Confederacy.
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Pitiful narration
- De Charles en 10-22-17
De: Kenneth W. Noe
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1776
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
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In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence, when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.
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Front Seat on History
- De Mark en 10-22-05
De: David McCullough
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In the Hands of Providence
- Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War
- De: Alice Rains Trulock
- Narrado por: Tom Parker
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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Joshua Chamberlain of Maine forged a remarkable career during the Civil War. An academic and theologian by training, this modest young professor left Bowdoin College to accept a commission as lieutenant colonel of the 20th Maine. He fought at Antietam and Fredericksburg, then led his regiment to glory at Gettysburg, where he ordered the brilliant charge that saved Little Round Top.
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Details of war
- De Richard en 04-23-07
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Southern Storm
- Sherman's March to the Sea
- De: Noah Andre Trudeau
- Narrado por: Eric Conger
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
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Award-winning Civil War historian Noah Andre Trudeau has written a gripping, definitive new account that will stand as the last word on General William Tecumseh Sherman's epic march - a targeted strategy aimed to break not only the Confederate army but an entire society as well.
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Sherman's Webfeet
- De Rick en 06-23-13
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Custer's Trials
- A Life on the Frontier of a New America
- De: T.J. Stiles
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 23 h y 44 m
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Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History. In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer’s historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person - capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (he was court-martialed twice in six years).
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Custer and his times
- De Mike From Mesa en 11-17-15
De: T.J. Stiles
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The Boer War
- De: Martin Bossenbroek
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 19 h y 21 m
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In The Boer War, winner of the Netherland's 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize, the author brings a completely new perspective to this chapter of South African history, critically examining the involvement of the Netherlands in the war. Furthermore, unlike other accounts, Martin Bossenbroek explores the war primarily through the experiences of three men uniquely active during the bloody conflict.
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Interesting and engaging view of the War
- De Douglas en 04-17-18
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A Handful of Hard Men
- The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
- De: Hannes Wessels
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. In the fight, he showed himself to be a military maestro. After 12 years in the cauldron of war, his cause slipped from beneath him, and Rhodesia gave way to Zimbabwe.
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Fantastic Story- Title says it all... Hard Men
- De rowca en 10-05-17
De: Hannes Wessels
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The Boer War
- De: Winston Churchill
- Narrado por: Ric Jerrom
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As a young, ambitious soldier, Winston Churchill managed to get himself posted to the 21st Lancers in 1899 as a war correspondent for the Morning Post - and joined them in fighting the rebel Boer settlers in South Africa. In this conflict, rebel forces in the Transvaal and Orange Free State had proclaimed their own statehood, calling it the Boer Republic.
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Lots of fun for war enthusiats.
- De David en 08-11-16
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Diamonds, Gold, and War
- The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
- De: Martin Meredith
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
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Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world’s richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and most humiliating war that Britain had waged in nearly a century, and the devastation of the Boer republics.
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Engrossing story on the evolution of the modern SA
- De Cary en 05-23-14
De: Martin Meredith
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The Habsburg Empire
- A New History
- De: Pieter M. Judson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 18 h y 9 m
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Rejecting fragmented histories of nations in the making, this bold revision surveys the shared institutions that bridged difference and distance to bring stability and meaning to the far-flung empire. By supporting new schools, law courts, and railroads along with scientific and artistic advances, the Habsburg monarchs sought to anchor their authority in the cultures and economies of Central Europe. A rising standard of living throughout the empire deepened the legitimacy of Habsburg rule.
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Ideal for students of empires, nationalism, minorities and ethnic groups
- De Uther en 02-11-17
De: Pieter M. Judson
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William Tecumseh Sherman
- In the Service of My Country: A Life
- De: James Lee McDonough
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 28 h y 32 m
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General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a man tormented by the fear that history would pass him by, who was plagued by personal debts, and who lived much of his life separated from his family.
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Very Fair and Balanced View of Sherman
- De Nostromo en 12-02-16
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The Boer War
- De: Martin Bossenbroek
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 19 h y 21 m
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In The Boer War, winner of the Netherland's 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize, the author brings a completely new perspective to this chapter of South African history, critically examining the involvement of the Netherlands in the war. Furthermore, unlike other accounts, Martin Bossenbroek explores the war primarily through the experiences of three men uniquely active during the bloody conflict.
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Interesting and engaging view of the War
- De Douglas en 04-17-18
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A Handful of Hard Men
- The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
- De: Hannes Wessels
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. In the fight, he showed himself to be a military maestro. After 12 years in the cauldron of war, his cause slipped from beneath him, and Rhodesia gave way to Zimbabwe.
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Fantastic Story- Title says it all... Hard Men
- De rowca en 10-05-17
De: Hannes Wessels
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The Boer War
- De: Winston Churchill
- Narrado por: Ric Jerrom
- Duración: 18 h y 13 m
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As a young, ambitious soldier, Winston Churchill managed to get himself posted to the 21st Lancers in 1899 as a war correspondent for the Morning Post - and joined them in fighting the rebel Boer settlers in South Africa. In this conflict, rebel forces in the Transvaal and Orange Free State had proclaimed their own statehood, calling it the Boer Republic.
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Lots of fun for war enthusiats.
- De David en 08-11-16
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Diamonds, Gold, and War
- The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
- De: Martin Meredith
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
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Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world’s richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and most humiliating war that Britain had waged in nearly a century, and the devastation of the Boer republics.
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Engrossing story on the evolution of the modern SA
- De Cary en 05-23-14
De: Martin Meredith
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The Habsburg Empire
- A New History
- De: Pieter M. Judson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 18 h y 9 m
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Rejecting fragmented histories of nations in the making, this bold revision surveys the shared institutions that bridged difference and distance to bring stability and meaning to the far-flung empire. By supporting new schools, law courts, and railroads along with scientific and artistic advances, the Habsburg monarchs sought to anchor their authority in the cultures and economies of Central Europe. A rising standard of living throughout the empire deepened the legitimacy of Habsburg rule.
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Ideal for students of empires, nationalism, minorities and ethnic groups
- De Uther en 02-11-17
De: Pieter M. Judson
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William Tecumseh Sherman
- In the Service of My Country: A Life
- De: James Lee McDonough
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 28 h y 32 m
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General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a man tormented by the fear that history would pass him by, who was plagued by personal debts, and who lived much of his life separated from his family.
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Very Fair and Balanced View of Sherman
- De Nostromo en 12-02-16
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The Splintered Empires
- The Eastern Front 1917-21
- De: Prit Buttar
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 22 h y 36 m
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Concluding his acclaimed series on the Eastern Front in World War I, Prit Buttar comprehensively details not only these climactic events, but also the "successor wars" that raged long after the armistice of 1918. New states rose from the ashes of empire and war raged as German forces sought to keep them under the aegis of the Fatherland. These unresolved tensions between the former Great Powers and the new states would ultimately lead to the rise of Hitler and a new, terrible world war only two decades later.
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Explains a lot about
- De Elizabeth en 02-27-20
De: Prit Buttar
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We Dared to Win
- The SAS in Rhodesia
- De: Hannes Wessels, Andre Scheepers - with
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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Andre Scheepers grew up on a farm in Rhodesia, learning about the bush from his African childhood friends, before joining the army. A quiet, introspective thinker, Andre started out as a trooper in the SAS before being commissioned into the Rhodesian Light Infantry Commandos, where he was engaged in fireforce combat operations. He then rejoined the SAS. Andre writes vividly about his experiences, his emotions, and his state of mind during the war, and reflects candidly on what he learned and how war has shaped his life since.
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The tragic story behind the story
- De wade en 02-07-21
De: Hannes Wessels, y otros
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This Mighty Scourge
- Perspectives on the Civil War
- De: James M. McPherson
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom and many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. Now, in this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the most enduring questions about one of the defining moments in our nation's history.
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An Introduction to McPherson
- De Roy en 05-03-09
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The Boer War: The History and Legacy of the Conflict That Solidified British Rule in South Africa
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 14 m
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The Boer War was the defining conflict of South African history and one of the most important conflicts in the history of the British Empire. Naturally, complicated geopolitics underscored it. The European history of South Africa began with the 1652 arrival of a small Dutch flotilla in Table Bay, at the southern extremity of the African continent. The Boer War: The History and Legacy of the Conflict That Solidified British Rule in South Africa looks at the controversial fighting and the manner in which it affected the 20th century.
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Mediocre
- De Kindle Customer en 06-15-19
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The Zulu War and Boer War
- The History and Legacy of the Conflicts That Cemented British Control of South Africa
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 2 h y 54 m
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The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884, Prince Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together, to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event - known as the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 - galvanized a phenomenon that came to be known as the Scramble for Africa.
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The Zulus at War
- The History, Rise, and Fall of the Tribe That Washed Its Spears
- De: Xolani Mkhize, Adrian Greaves
- Narrado por: Kevin Free
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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By tracing the long and turbulent history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa and the establishment of Zululand, The Zulus at War is an important and readable addition to this popular subject area. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka and his colorful successors under whose leadership the warrior nation built a fearsome fighting reputation without equal among the native tribes of South Africa.
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Great account of Zulu history
- De Lwazilwenkosi en 08-14-15
De: Xolani Mkhize, y otros
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A Short History of South Africa
- De: Gail Nattrass
- Narrado por: Sarah Jane Woodward
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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A Short History of South Africa is a brief, general account of the history of this most complicated and fascinating country - from the first evidence of hominid existence to the wars of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries that led to the establishment of modern South Africa, the horrors of Apartheid and the optimism following its collapse, as well as the prospects and challenges for the future. This highly listenable account is the culmination of a lifetime of researching and teaching the broad spectrum of South African history.
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Very informative summary.
- De Alan en 06-01-22
De: Gail Nattrass
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Abraham Lincoln
- A Presidential Life
- De: James McPherson
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 1 h y 55 m
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In this compelling biography, McPherson follows Abraham Lincoln from his early frontier days to his turbulent years in the White House. This concise yet comprehensive account reveals why Lincoln still remains a quintessential American icon.
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In depth
- De Pat en 04-23-12
De: James McPherson
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The Fall of the Ottomans
- The Great War in the Middle East
- De: Eugene Rogan
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
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In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region's crucial role in the conflict.
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Great Book About A Little Known Part of WWI
- De Nostromo en 06-08-15
De: Eugene Rogan
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The Great Terror
- A Reassessment
- De: Robert Conquest
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 30 h y 34 m
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The definitive work on Stalin's purges, The Great Terror was universally acclaimed when it first appeared in 1968. While the original volume had relied heavily on unofficial sources, later developments within the Soviet Union provided an avalanche of new material, which Conquest has mined to write this revised and updated edition of his classic work.
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Compelling and Devestating
- De A Midwesterner in Jersey en 07-01-09
De: Robert Conquest
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Augustus
- First Emperor of Rome
- De: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 18 h y 25 m
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Caesar Augustus's story, one of the most riveting in western history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. He began as a teenage warlord, whose only claim to power was as the heir of the murdered Julius Caesar. Mark Antony dubbed him "a boy who owes everything to a name," but in the years to come the youth outmaneuvered all the older and more experienced politicians and was the last man standing in 30 BC.
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You know my name...say it.
- De Steven en 12-10-14
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The War That Made America
- A Short History of the French and Indian War
- De: Fred Anderson
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
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Apart from The Last of the Mohicans, most Americans know little of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War, and yet it remains one of the most fascinating periods in our history. In January 2006, PBS will air The War That Made America, a four-part documentary about this epic conflict. Fred Anderson, the award-winning and critically acclaimed historian, has written the official tie-in to this exciting television event.
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A thorough and absorbing history
- De Michael en 03-15-10
De: Fred Anderson
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Great Anglo-Boer War
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- A. Evans
- 10-26-23
Shame about the narration
The narrator mispronounced virtually every single Afrikaans word including names of protagonists and words like spruit etc. He even mispronounces many English words. This is inexcusable because of how little effort it takes to check proper pronunciation of foreign words. As for his mangling of the English language, God knows how he manages it. It is a shame because it detracts from the narrative. Example: Boer is pronounced bow-er. Enniskillen is pronounced Enniskilling. Skiet [shoot] is pronounced "sheet" Botha is [sometimes] pronounced "Booth-a". He seems unable to pronounce even English words correctly, which is not uncommon these days but this is supposed to be his job. On the other hand, I think that the material itself is very inspiring.
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- Rob
- 06-11-23
An Excellent Work
This is an engaging look at the war from each level of action. You're guided not only through the causes, but the personalities and motivations of the prime movers as well. I was also gratified to see the author included the concentration camps and the human toll paid by so many which shouldn't be overlooked.
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- Cesare
- 08-16-21
A truly balanced view.
I have always enjoyed the South African military history. this was one the most balanced and informative book that's paint an accurate and interesting point of view of the whole conflict. He really understands all the various parties and brings that forward.
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- 02-03-23
A deep dive into a war that shaped a century of warfare
This is an engrossing, beautifully written account of a war that, for South Africans, will never be over. The storytelling captures the imagination and great characters of the age - from old Cronje to Kitchener, from Cecil Rhodes to Milner and Oom Paul Kruger, from the ordinary British squaddies and to the legendary De La Rey and “that bloody woman” Emily Hobhouse - all spring to remarkable life. I have just one gripe: To South African ears, the terrible pronunciation of Afrikaans is annoying (Bow-er? Really??) but do not let that deter you! Overall the reading is excellent, even giving Churchill his own familiar voice. Well done and thank you!
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- JBCinDC
- 05-15-23
Listened as I drove across country
My father spent two years in the mid-1960’s living in South Africa. I’ve been interested in the history of the country and area for many years, but could never find the time to pick up a book. Frankly, had it not been for this audio opportunity I may never have learned what I did from the book. Such a tragic story of empire building and human strength. Many lessons can be learned from this edition.
The content and the narration kept my attention and interest. The history is fascinating, taking the listener up to the 1960’s. I’ll now purchase a copy of the hardback edition and hope that I can recall the many facts and human stories that I’d like to go back and highlight. I think history books are most useful when you’re able to quickly locate some of the most important stories and lessons learned.
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- Siri K.
- 06-13-21
well done
I like the mix of story with detail and big picture. Gives a good historical perspective.
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- Anne Ryberg
- 05-16-21
Highly informative and relevant.
More of this history should be taught as one can see the patterns and threads that exist throughout history of man in the industrial ages.
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- Liam Pullen
- 05-09-22
Small War, Huge outcome
Good historical read. Small war reminiscent of the American Civil war. Important in that it marked the decline of British Imperialism. Told in easy to follow style with many “Jeopardy type” fun facts.
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- Jeff G
- 09-13-19
Excellent History of a Little Known War
I had read Packingham's book regarding the Anglo-Boer war and thought that to be the book to read to understand the war. I was wrong. This book not only discusses the war, but also the political situation during and after the war, which was very eye opening. Well worth the credit!
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- DARRYL JOHNSON
- 06-23-21
A must read piece of History!!
Well done piece of work by Byron Farwell bringing to light one of the Worlds most forgotten wars. Well presented by Nigel Patterson. Excellent piece of work.
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