To Run the World
The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power
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Sergey Radchenko
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What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out.
In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected its irreconcilable ambitions as a self-proclaimed superpower and the leader of global revolution. This tension drove Soviet policies from Stalin's postwar scramble for territory to Khrushchev's reckless overseas adventurism and nuclear brinksmanship, Brezhnev's jockeying for influence in the third world, and Gorbachev's failed attempts to reinvent Moscow's claims to greatness.
Perennial insecurities, delusions of grandeur, and desire for recognition propelled Moscow on a headlong quest for global power, with dire consequences and painful legacies that continue to shape our world.
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A Failed Empire
- The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
- De: Vladimir Zubok
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 20 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 263
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues Vladislav Zubok. Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites, Zubok offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Focus on the Top Leadership
- De Augustus T. White en 08-13-10
De: Vladimir Zubok
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A Nasty Little War
- The Western Intervention into the Russian Civil War
- De: Anna Reid
- Narrado por: Anna Reid
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Overlapping with and overshadowed by the First World War, the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War was one of the most ambitious military ventures of the twentieth century. Launched in the summer of 1918, it drew in 180,000 troops from fifteen different countries in theaters ranging from the Caspian Sea to the Arctic, and from Poland to the Pacific. Though little remembered today, its consequences stoked global political turmoil for decades to come. In A Nasty Little War, top Russia historian Anna Reid offers a sweeping and deeply researched account of the conflict.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Recommend!
- De Nicholas R. Anderson en 03-25-25
De: Anna Reid
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On Xi Jinping
- How Xi's Marxist Nationalism Is Shaping China and the World
- De: Kevin Rudd
- Narrado por: Kevin Rudd
- Duración: 21 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6
In On Xi Jinping, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd provides an authoritative account of the ideological worldview driving Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage—that of President Xi Jinping, who now holds near-total control over the Chinese Communist Party and is now, in effect, president-for-life. Rudd argues that Xi’s worldview differs significantly from those of the leaders who preceded him, and that this ideological shift is reflected in the real world of Chinese policy and behaviour.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Informed research with deep insights, but very hard to follow.
- De Josh Carter en 02-18-25
De: Kevin Rudd
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The Eurasian Century
- Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern Century
- De: Hal Brands
- Narrado por: Tim Fannon
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9
Hal Brands argues that a better understanding of Eurasia's strategic geography can illuminate the contours of rivalry and conflict in today's world. The Eurasian Century explains how revolutions in technology and warfare, and the rise of toxic ideologies of conquest, made Eurasia the center of twentieth-century geopolitics—with pressing implications for the struggles that will define the twenty-first.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth the read.
- De Chip Eckert en 02-24-25
De: Hal Brands
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Overreach
- The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine
- De: Owen Matthews
- Narrado por: Saul Reichlin
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 135
The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War—and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin lurched from a calculating, subtle master of opportunity to a reckless gambler, putting his regime—and Russia itself—at risk of destruction. Why? Drawing on over 25 years’ experience working in Moscow, journalist Owen Matthews provides the answer. He takes us inside the COVID bubble where Putin conceived his invasion plans in a fog of nationalist fantasy and bad information.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Comprehensive Account of the War Through September 2022
- De Jason777 en 12-30-22
De: Owen Matthews
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The End of the Cold War 1985-1991
- De: Robert Service
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 21 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Drawing on new archival research, Robert Service's gripping new investigation of the final years of the Cold War - the first to give equal attention to the internal deliberations from both sides of the Iron Curtain - opens a window onto the dramatic years that would irrevocably alter the world's geopolitical landscape and the men at their fore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Behind the scenes look at a pivotal period of time
- De Mike From Mesa en 09-20-16
De: Robert Service
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Putin
- De: Philip Short
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 29 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 119
Vladimir Putin is the world’s most dangerous man. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbors, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. His regime is autocratic and deeply corrupt. But that is only half the story. Unflinching, hard-hitting, and objective, Philip Short’s biography gives us the whole tale, up to the present day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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for once a balanced book concerning a world leade
- De robert en 10-06-23
De: Philip Short
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Party of One
- The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
- De: Chun Han Wong
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
From one of the most admired reporters covering China today comes a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies. Party of One shatters the many myths that shroud one of the world’s most secretive political organizations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi during his early years in power, projecting their own hopes that he would steer China toward more political openness, rule of law, and pro-market economics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Impartial, we’ll researched and critical view that is hard to find
- De Anonymous User en 01-07-24
De: Chun Han Wong
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We May Dominate the World
- Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus
- De: Sean A. Mirski
- Narrado por: Gary Tiedemann
- Duración: 15 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 14
The cutthroat world of international politics has always been dominated by great powers. Yet no great power in the modern era has ever managed to achieve the kind of invulnerability that comes from being completely supreme in its own neighborhood. No great power, that is, except one—the United States. In We May Dominate the World, Sean A. Mirski tells the riveting story of how the United States became a regional hegemon in the century following the Civil War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So much history I never knew about
- De jarrod en 06-28-23
De: Sean A. Mirski
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The Soviet Century
- Archaeology of a Lost World
- De: Karl Schlogel, Rodney Livingstone - translator
- Narrado por: Ciaran Saward
- Duración: 29 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14
The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in the USSR? What did it look, feel, smell, and sound like? In The Soviet Century, Karl Schlögel, one of the world's leading historians of the Soviet Union, presents a spellbinding epic that brings to life the everyday world of a unique lost civilization. A museum of—and travel guide to—the Soviet past, The Soviet Century explores in evocative detail both the largest and smallest aspects of life in the USSR.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great work
- De J. H. Robinson en 07-28-24
De: Karl Schlogel, y otros
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World on the Brink
- How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
- De: Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff - contributor
- Narrado por: Will Collyer
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
A leading national security expert, who publicly predicted Vladimir Putin's intention to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine months before it took place, lays out the case for why China's Xi Jinping is preparing to conquer Taiwan in the coming years and the dire stakes for America and the whole world if he is not deterred.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a must read book!
- De Val Lendaro en 06-02-24
De: Dmitri Alperovitch, y otros
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The Return of Great Powers
- Russia, China, and the Next World War
- De: Jim Sciutto
- Narrado por: Jim Sciutto
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 132
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 dawned what Francis Fukuyama called “The End of History.” Three decades later, Jim Sciutto said on CNN’s air as the Ukraine war began, that we are living in a “1939 moment.” History never ended—it barely paused—and the global order as we have known it is now gone. Great powers are reinvigorated and determined to assert dominance on the world stage. And as it escalates, this new order will affect everyone across the globe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Douglas Peifer en 03-14-24
De: Jim Sciutto
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Russia's War on Everybody
- And What It Means for You
- De: Keir Giles
- Narrado por: Keir Giles
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 21
Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But Russia has also been waging a clandestine war against the West for decades. Hostile acts abroad, from poisoning dissidents to shooting down airliners, interfering in elections, spying, hacking, and murdering, have long seemed to be the Kremlin's daily business. But what is it all for? Why does Russia consistently behave like this? Keir Giles explains how and why Russia pushes for more power and influence wherever it can reach, far beyond Ukraine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent and interesting
- De Martin Engelund Rinhart en 06-14-23
De: Keir Giles
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Putin's People
- How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
- De: Catherine Belton
- Narrado por: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Duración: 18 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 601
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 513
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 510
In Putin’s People, the investigative journalist and former Moscow correspondent Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and the small group of KGB men surrounding him rose to power and looted their country. Delving deep into the workings of Putin’s Kremlin, Belton accesses key inside players to reveal how Putin replaced the freewheeling tycoons of the Yeltsin era with a new generation of loyal oligarchs, who in turn subverted Russia’s economy and legal system and extended the Kremlin's reach into the United States and Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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very good
- De K en 07-15-20
De: Catherine Belton