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Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant’s is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically rescued him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man told with great courage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly funny and very informative.
- By Trent on 08-20-12
By: Ulysses S. Grant
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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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Overall4 out of 5 stars 147
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 127
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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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Hearts Touched by Fire
- The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
- By: Harold Holzer
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett, Traber Burns, Robin Field, and others
- Length: 50 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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In July 1883, just a few days after the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a group of editors at the Century magazine engaged in a lively argument: Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest battle of them all? One claimed it was Chickamauga, another Cold Harbor. The argument inspired a brainstorm: Why not let the magazine’s 125,000 readers in on the conversation by offering “a series of papers on some of the great battles of the war, to be written by officers in command on both sides.”
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good audiobook with one big flaw
- By William M. on 12-03-15
By: Harold Holzer
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The Story of the Malakand Field Force
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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In 1897, a young and untested cavalry lieutenant named Winston Churchill, more than a little keen to see action, got himself attached as a press correspondent to an expeditionary force newly formed to restore order on the North West Frontier of India. His dispatches to the London Daily Telegraph were later expanded into this audiobook.
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5 out of 5 stars
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1777
- The Year of the Hangman
- By: John S. Pancake
- Narrated by: Robert Thaler
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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A revisionist view of the Revolution's most crucial year...it explodes many of the myths surrounding Burgoyne's Canadian expedition and Howe's Pennsylvania campaign. There is a wealth of fascinating detail in this book, including information on arms and supplies, rations for women camp followers, and even the numbers of carts (30-odd) carrying Burgoyne's luggage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good
- By William on 08-22-16
By: John S. Pancake
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The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: Part 1: The Early Years, West Point, Mexico
- By: Ulysses S. Grant
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 140
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and commander of the Union forces in the Civil War, tells the story of his life in his own words. In this opening volume, Grant covers his early years, including his time at the U.S. military academy at West Point and his service during the Mexican War under Zachary Taylor. Grant wrote his memoirs in order to rescue his family from debt and they were published as he lay dying of throat cancer. Today, they are an American classic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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U.S Grant: A Man of Intelligence and Dignity
- By Robert W. Gillespie on 08-28-03
By: Ulysses S. Grant
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The 10 Biggest Civil War Blunders
- By: Edward H. Bonekemper III
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 217
What makes the Civil War so fascinating is that it presents an endless number of "what if" scenarios - moments when the outcome of the war (and therefore world history) hinged on a single small mistake or omission. In this audiobook, Civil War historian Edward Bonekemper highlights the 10 biggest Civil War blunders, focusing in on intimate moments of military indecision and inaction involving great generals like Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman as well as less effective generals such as George B. McClellan and Benjamin Butler.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mistakes or Missed Opportunities a Better Title
- By Anonymous User on 05-10-21
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A Savage War
- A Military History of the Civil War
- By: Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Williamson Murray
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale never before seen with an unprecedented mass mobilization of peoples. Yet despite the revolutionizing aspects of the Civil War, its leaders faced the same uncertainties that have vexed combatants since the days of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Book about Conclusions
- By Terry Masters on 10-18-17
By: Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, and others
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The American Civil War
- A Military History
- By: John Keegan
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 340
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 262
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 266
For the past half century, John Keegan, the greatest military historian of our time, has been returning to the scenes of America’s most bloody and wrenching war to ponder its lingering conundrums: the continuation of fighting for four years between such vastly mismatched sides; the dogged persistence of ill-trained, ill-equipped, and often malnourished combatants; the effective absence of decisive battles among some two to three hundred known to us by name.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Novel Approach (As Opposed to Novelistic)
- By margot on 11-18-12
By: John Keegan
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 603
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 540
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 537
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 Seven Days
- The Emergence of Robert E. Lee and the Dawn of a Legend
- By: Clifford Dowdey
- Narrated by: Nicholas Tecosky
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4 out of 5 stars 129
The Seven Days Campaign was a series of battles fought near Richmond at the end of June 1862. General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had routed General George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac. Depriving McClellan of a military decision meant the war would continue for two more years. The Seven Days depicts a critical turning point in the Civil War that would ingrain Robert E. Lee in history as one of the finest generals of all time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Seven Days:A different Title would work
- By Margaret Harley on 09-10-21
By: Clifford Dowdey
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Ulysses S. Grant: A Victor, Not a Butcher
- The Military Genius of the Man Who Won the Civil War
- By: Edward H. Bonekemper III
- Narrated by: E. Roy Worley
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Ulysses S. Grant is often accused of being a cold-hearted butcher of his troops. In Ulysses S. Grant: A Victor, Not a Butcher, historian Edward H. Bonekemper III proves that Grant's casualty rates actually compared favorably with those of other Civil War generals. His perseverance, decisiveness, moral courage, and political acumen place him among the greatest generals of the Civil War - indeed, of all military history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting history
- By Katherine on 08-21-15
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All the King's Men
- The British Soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo
- By: Saul David
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 100
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Saul David's comprehensive history, All the King's Men: The British Soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo, read by the actor Sean Barrett. "The British soldier," wrote a Prussian officer who served with Wellington, "is vigorous, well fed, by nature highly brave and intrepid, trained to the most vigorous discipline, and admirably well-armed...
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5 out of 5 stars
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A grand epic
- By Mark Henman on 09-03-12
By: Saul David
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