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On War
- The Nature and Theory of War
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Carl von Clausewitz was a Prussian soldier and German military theorist who stressed the moral and political aspects of war. This recording is the unabridged text of the first two books of Clausewitz's massive three volume treatise On War. Book 1 is "The Nature of War" and Book 2 is "The Theory of War." These first two books of the three volume set contain the essence of Clausewitz's thought. They contain many famous quotes such as "War is nothing but the continuation of policy with other means." Much of the rest of the work was left in an unfinished state when Clausewitz died but these two books are still widely read today and, along with "The Art of War," are required readings in military classrooms around the world. The translation is by Colonel J.J. Graham.
According to critic Christopher Bassford, "Clausewitz's magnum opus, ON WAR, is unquestionably the most important single work ever written on the subject of warfare." The Chronicle of Higher Education said in 2011, "On War has become something of a classic, often cited, discussed in numerous recent books, seen in the company of Sun Tzu's Art of War (thought to be circa fourth century BC), and studied in military academies. On War appeals to anyone who wants to see how a general thinks, and to all who suppose that warcraft applies to an office, company, college, or team. Clausewitz himself compared war with commerce and alliances with 'a business deal.' With protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, American and British readers have found On War to be a touchstone for discussions about tactics, strategy, war aims, and definitions of 'victory.'"
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Hannibal is often considered the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came close to conquering Rome itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top notch book from the past.
- By Michael Jaco on 09-03-12
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Scipio Africanus
- Greater Than Napoleon
- By: B.H. Liddell Hart
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Scipio Africanus (236-183 BC) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander, he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in public memory. As B. H. Liddell Hart writes, "Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses - many still feasible today - than those of any other commander in history." Any military enthusiast or historian will find this to be an absorbing, gripping portrait.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent performance of a tough script.
- By A. Johnson on 12-23-19
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The Art of War
- By: Sun Tzu
- Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The actual book The Art of War, not a commentary
- By Fred271 on 12-31-19
By: Sun Tzu
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Hitler's Final Push
- The Battle of the Bulge from the German Point of View
- By: Danny S. Parker - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Notes on one of the most infamous and bloody battles of World War II - from the German perspective. As the Allied armies swept toward the Reich in late 1944, the German high command embarked on an ambitious plan to gain the initiative on the western front and deal a crippling blow to the Allied war effort. As early as August 1944, when the Germans were being crushed in the east and hammered in Normandy, Hitler was talking of an offensive aimed at destroying as many American and British divisions as possible in a massive surprise assault.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not what was expected
- By S.C. James on 05-30-16
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The Art of War
- By: Thomas Cleary - translator, Sun Tzu
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Compiled more than 2,000 years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world. As a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict, The Art of War applies to competition and conflict in general, on every level from the interpersonal to the international.
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this was a great book .
- By Josue on 01-29-20
By: Thomas Cleary - translator, and others
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Strategy
- The Indirect Approach
- By: B.H. Liddell Hart
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Liddell Hart stressed movement, flexibility, surprise. He saw that in most military campaigns dislocation of the enemy's psychological and physical balance is prelude to victory. This dislocation results from a strategic indirect approach. Reflect for a moment on the results of direct confrontation (trench war in World War I) versus indirect dislocation (Blitzkreig in World II). Liddell Hart is also tonic for business and political planning: Just change the vocabulary and his concepts fit.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wrong Edition
- By Anonymous User on 02-20-20
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Supreme Command
- Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
- By: Eliot A. Cohen
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times of war. When the chips are down, who should run the show, the politicians or the generals? In Supreme Command, Eliot Cohen examines four great democratic war statesmen - Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion - to reveal the surprising answer - the politicians. The generals may think they know how to win, but the statesmen are the ones who see the big picture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dated material
- By Charlotte R. Shover on 11-21-20
By: Eliot A. Cohen
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George Washington’s Military Genius
- By: Dave R. Palmer
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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George Washington’s military strategy has been called bumbling at worst and brilliant at best. So which is it? Was George Washington a strategic genius or just lucky? So asks Dave R. Palmer in George Washington’s Military Genius. An updated edition of Palmer’s earlier work, The Way of the Fox, George Washington’s Military Genius breaks down the American Revolution into four phases and analyzes Washington’s strategy during each.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genius
- By John on 08-08-22
By: Dave R. Palmer
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The History of the Peloponnesian War
- By: Thucydides
- Narrated by: Mike Rogers
- Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The rivalry between two of the dominant city states of Ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta, erupted into a war lasting nearly 30 years and was to have a dramatic effect on the balance of power in the area. Between 431 and 404 BCE, the two cities battled it out on land and sea, aided by their alliances with neighbouring states: Athens’ Delian League vigorously opposed Sparta’s Peloponnesian League in a conflict which effectively involved the whole region.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Full frontal of war, politics, diplomacy, destruction, plunder
- By Jeff Lacy on 05-27-20
By: Thucydides
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Verdun
- The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I, 1914-1918
- By: John Mosier
- Narrated by: Wes Talbot
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during World War I stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Yet it is also one of the most complex and misunderstood. Conventional wisdom holds that the battle began in February 1916 and lasted until December, when the victorious French wrested all the territory they had lost back from the Germans. In fact, says historian John Mosier, from the very beginning of the war until the armistice in 1918, no fewer than eight distinct battles were waged for the possession of Verdun.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good book ruined by its reader
- By E. Keenan on 01-12-14
By: John Mosier
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The Art of War
- By: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Many of the world's leaders have turned to Niccolo Machiavelli's The Art of War as a guide to the fundamentals of war, including Frederick the Great, Napoleon, as well as countless other military leaders. Limited warfare is one of the philosophies promoted in this work. Machiavelli believed that military conflict should be a last resort and should only be considered when diplomacy fails. He was also of the belief that society could only remain stable and secure with a strong state military.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Strategy at its Best!
- By Michael Marcero on 09-20-23
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The World Crisis, Vol. 1
- 1911-1914
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Churchill's epic series begins in 1911, when Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty, and opens with a chilling description of the Agadir Crisis and an in-depth account of naval clashes in the Dardanelles - one of Churchill's major military failures. It takes listeners from the fierce bloodshed of the Gallipoli campaign to the tragic sinking of the Lusitania and the tide-turning battles of Jutland and Verdun - as well as the USA's entry into the combat theater. The World Crisis provides a perspective you won't find anywhere else.
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1 out of 5 stars
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- By Anonymous User on 06-11-19
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The Grand Design
- Strategy and the U.S. Civil War
- By: Donald Stoker
- Narrated by: Thomas Dunn
- Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 63
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Despite the abundance of books on the Civil War, not one has focused exclusively on what was in fact the determining factor in the outcome of the conflict: differences in union and southern strategy. In The Grand Design, Stoker examines how Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis identified their political goals and worked with their generals to craft the military means to achieve them - or how they often failed to do so.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The Professor Holds Forth
- By James E. Carr on 08-18-13
By: Donald Stoker
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Napoleon's Wars
- An International History, 1803-1815
- By: Charles Esdaile
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 24 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 128
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In the most definitive account to date, respected historian Charles Esdaile argues that the chief motivating factor for Napoleon was his insatiable desire for fame. More than a myth-busting portrait of Napoleon, however, this volume offers a panoramic view of the armed conflicts that spread so quickly out of revolutionary France to countries as remote as Sweden and Egypt.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not bad, nor what I was expecting
- By Judd Bagley on 07-18-09
By: Charles Esdaile
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The Face of Battle
- By: John Keegan
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 735
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In this major and wholly original contribution to military history, John Keegan reverses the usual convention of writing about war in terms of generals and nations in conflict, which tends to leave the common soldier as cipher. Instead, he focuses on what a set battle is like for the man in the thick of it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing! But probably better in print.
- By D. Martin on 04-20-13
By: John Keegan
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The History of Rome, Book 1
- Roman Origins Before the Monarchy
- By: Theodor Mommsen
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Book 1 begins in the dim prehistory of Latium and describes the society that emerged there in the centuries leading up to the establishment of the first Roman king. This penetrating look at emerging Latin culture takes us into the strange world of their religion; their family structure; and their legal system, trade, alliances, and relationships with neighboring tribes and kingdoms. It brilliantly sets the stage for what is to come in the following volumes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Details beyond imagination
- By David C. on 01-23-17
By: Theodor Mommsen
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- Cardboard Box Delivery Master
- 07-10-22
This is the version to get
Easy to listen to, best version to listen to. Would recommend speeding up the player a bit.
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Great Work
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It doesn't have a translators introduction, but goes immediately to Chapter 1. The reader is great, the content solid. I highly recommend.
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- It is me
- 02-24-19
Good read
Good audio book, and informative. I'll recommend to others.. Couldn't stop listening to the book.
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execution: well done ...
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- A. M.
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The Narration Killed it for me...
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Take a boring subject and add awful narration...Walla! The perfect sleeping pill! I wouldn't recommend this version at all. Clausewitz is hard enough to get through without be beat over the head with awful narration.
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- John Honest
- 02-13-15
Poor abridgment
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