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Shadow Warriors of World War II
- The Daring Women of the OSS and SOE
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
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In 1941 a 31-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization - the only woman to serve as a chef de résistance during the war. Strong-willed, independent, and a lifelong rebel against her country’s conservative, patriarchal society, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was temperamentally made for the job. No other French spy network lasted as long or supplied as much crucial intelligence. Fourcade was captured twice by the Nazis - and both times she managed to escape.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous book, inappropriate narrator
- By LJH on 03-07-19
By: Lynne Olson
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Agent Garbo
- The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler & Saved D-Day
- By: Stephan Talty
- Narrated by: Clinton Wade
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 198
Before he remade himself as the master spy known as Garbo, Juan Pujol was nothing more than a Barcelona poultry farmer. But as Garbo, he turned in a masterpiece of deception that changed the course of World War II. Posing as the Nazis’ only reliable spy inside England, he created an imaginary million-man army, invented armadas out of thin air, and brought a vast network of fictional subagents to life. The scheme culminated on June 6, 1944, when Garbo convinced the Germans that the Allied forces approaching Normandy were just a feint - the real invasion would come at Calais.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, writing overly dramatic
- By Matthew on 08-13-13
By: Stephan Talty
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A Woman of No Importance
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- By: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,501
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,478
In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and - despite her prosthetic leg - helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we know it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Maybe it’s the narrator?
- By Andrea on 09-18-19
By: Sonia Purnell
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Hunting Eichmann
- Chasing Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,092
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 765
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 753
Best-selling author Neal Bascomb has garnered critical acclaim for such riveting nonfiction as Higher and Red Mutiny. Based on extensive interviews and previously classified details, Hunting Eichmann is a compelling account of the relentless hunt for the nefarious Adolf Eichmann.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Fascinating Story of Eichmann's Capture
- By S. Perry on 03-15-09
By: Neal Bascomb
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Spymistress
- The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II
- By: William Stevenson
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 381
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 341
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 337
A rousing tale of espionage and unsung valor, this is the captivating true story of Vera Atkins, Great Britain's spymistress from the age of 25. With her fierce intelligence, blunt manner, personal courage, and exceptional informants, Vera ran countless missions throughout the 1930s. After rising to the leadership echelon in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a covert intelligence agency formed by Winston Churchill, she became head of a clandestine army in World War II.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story - Unfortunately Monotone Performance
- By Glenn on 03-29-14
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Operation Whisper
- The Capture of Soviet Spies Morris and Lona Cohen
- By: Barnes Carr
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4 out of 5 stars 53
In Operation Whisper, Barnes Carr tells the true story of the most effective Soviet spy couple in America, a pair who vanished under the FBI's nose only to turn up posing as rare book dealers in London, where they continued their atomic spying. The Cohens were talented, dedicated, worldly spies - an urbane, jet-set couple loyal to their service and their friends. Most people they met seemed to think they represented the best of America. The Soviets certainly thought so.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too many facts details
- By Rebecca C. Browne on 10-02-17
By: Barnes Carr
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Destination Casablanca
- Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II
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In November 1942, as a part of Operation Torch, 33,000 American soldiers sailed undetected across the Atlantic and stormed the beaches of French Morocco. Seventy-four hours later, the Americans controlled the country and one of the most valuable wartime ports: Casablanca. In the years preceding, Casablanca had evolved from an exotic travel destination to a key military target after France's surrender to Germany. Jewish refugees from Europe poured in, hoping to obtain visas and passage to the United States and beyond.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A city of intrigue
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By: Meredith Hindley
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The Saboteur
- The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
- By: Paul Kix
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 202
In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance during World War II - Robert de La Rochefoucald, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi saboteur - and his daring exploits as a résistant trained by Britain's Special Operations Executive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brave outstanding young man
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By: Paul Kix
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Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs
- The Unknown Story of World War II's OSS
- By: Patrick K. O'Donnell
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 537
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 419
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 421
"A revealing look into the intrigue and extraordinary courage of our intelligence gatherers of World War II. A rare combination of suspense thriller and true heroism by a great American writer." (Clive Cussler, New York Times best-selling author)
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book...
- By Nicholas G. on 05-11-05
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Agent 110
- An American Spymaster and the German Resistance in WWII
- By: Scott Miller
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 45
This is the secret and suspenseful account of how OSS spymaster Allen Dulles led a network of Germans conspiring to assassinate Hitler and negotiate surrender to bring about the end of World War II before the Soviet's advance. Agent 110 is Allen Dulles, a newly minted spy from an eminent family. Dulles met with and facilitated the plots of Germans who were trying to destroy the country's leadership.
By: Scott Miller
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Americans in Paris
- Life and Death under Nazi Occupation
- By: Charles Glass
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
In Americans in Paris, tales of adventure, intrigue, passion, deceit, and survival unfold season by season as renowned journalist Charles Glass tells the story of a remarkable cast of expatriates and their struggles in Nazi Paris. Before the Second World War began, approximately thirty thousand Americans lived in Paris, and when war broke out in 1939 almost five thousand remained.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informative, but average engagement
- By Leann on 05-09-17
By: Charles Glass
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MacArthur's Spies
- The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II
- By: Peter Eisner
- Narrated by: Peter Eisner
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
A thrilling story of espionage, daring, and deception set in the exotic landscape of occupied Manila during World War II. On January 2, 1942, Japanese troops marched into Manila unopposed by US forces. Manila was a strategic port, a romantic American outpost, and a jewel of a city. Tokyo saw its conquest of the Philippines as the key in its plan to control all of Asia, including Australia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must For Travelers To Manila
- By Pete Andresen on 06-20-17
By: Peter Eisner
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Wild Bill Donovan
- The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage
- By: Douglas Waller
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 206
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4 out of 5 stars 179
He was one of America's most exciting and secretive generals - the man Franklin Roosevelt made his top spy in World War II. A mythic figure whose legacy is still intensely debated, "Wild Bill" Donovan was director of the Office of Strategic Services (the country's first national intelligence agency) and the father of today's CIA. Donovan introduced the nation to the dark arts of covert warfare on a scale it had never seen before.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Birth of the Spyworks Industry
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By: Douglas Waller
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Sons and Soldiers
- The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler
- By: Bruce Henderson
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 797
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 721
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Story5 out of 5 stars 711
In 1942 the US Army unleashed one of its greatest secret weapons in the battle to defeat Adolf Hitler: training nearly 2,000 German-born Jews in special interrogation techniques and making use of their mastery of the German language, history, and customs. Known as the Ritchie Boys, they were sent in small, elite teams to join every major combat unit in Europe, where they interrogated German POWs and gathered crucial intelligence that saved American lives and helped win the war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't put it down
- By P. Voelker on 08-06-17
By: Bruce Henderson
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Donovan
- America’s Master Spy
- By: Richard Dunlop, William Stephenson - foreword
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 25 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 559
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 503
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 501
The fascinating biography of the man who laid the foundation for the CIA. One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America’s Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. Donovan, originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding this remarkable man. The result is the definitive biography that Donovan himself had always expected Dunlop would write.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Biography
- By Jean on 10-15-14
By: Richard Dunlop, and others
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The Book of Honor
- The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives
- By: Ted Gup
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 160
In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall in to which seventy-one stars are carved - each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. At the base of this wall lies "The Book of Honor," in which the names of these agents are inscribed, or at least thirty-five of them... In this remarkable program, author Ted Gup delves into covert lives and classified deaths at the CIA.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Painfully narrated.
- By RM on 08-16-19
By: Ted Gup
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Here, in his own words, is the true story of America's wildest flying hero, of his extraordinary heroism, and of his greatest battle of all-the fight to survive. The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep Squadron. The legendary Marine Corps officer and his bunch of misfits, outcasts, and daredevils gave a new definition to "hell-raising" - on the ground and in the skies.
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Who picked the narrator?
- By D. DAVIS on 08-21-19
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Donovan
- America’s Master Spy
- By: Richard Dunlop, William Stephenson - foreword
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 25 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The fascinating biography of the man who laid the foundation for the CIA. One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America’s Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. Donovan, originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding this remarkable man. The result is the definitive biography that Donovan himself had always expected Dunlop would write.
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Fascinating Biography
- By Jean on 10-15-14
By: Richard Dunlop, and others
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Someday You Will Understand
- My Father's Private World War II
- By: Nina Wolff Feld
- Narrated by: Nina Wolff Feld
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Telling the rousing story of a Jewish boy who fled persecution and returned to prosecute the Nazi oppressors, Walter Wolff's daughter Nina has reconstructed these events from family lore and her father’s own cache of more than 700 wartime letters and 200 photographs, which he revealed to her shortly before he died.
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LETTERS FROM MY FATHER DURING WW2
- By ZacharyKindle Customer on 01-17-18
By: Nina Wolff Feld
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Donovan's Devils
- OSS Commandos Behind Enemy Lines - Europe, World War II
- By: Albert Lulushi
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The OSS - Office of Strategic Services - created under the command of William Donovan, has been celebrated for its cloak-and-dagger operations during World War II and as the precursor of the CIA. As the "Oh So Social", it has also been portrayed as a club for the well-connected before, during, and after the war.
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Unique Look
- By Darren Sapp on 03-09-17
By: Albert Lulushi
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The Spectre of War
- International Communism and the Origins of World War II
- By: Jonathan Haslam
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew - the roots of the Second World War - and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation. Looking beyond traditional explanations based on diplomatic failures or military might, Jonathan Haslam explores the neglected thread connecting them all: the fear of Communism prevalent across continents during the interwar period.
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Very Sharp Arguments on Mid Century Geopolitics
- By Jose on 04-09-23
By: Jonathan Haslam
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Madam President
- The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson
- By: William Hazelgrove
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a paralyzing stroke in the fall of 1919, his wife, First Lady Edith Wilson, began to handle the day-to-day responsibilities of the chief executive. Mrs. Wilson had had little formal education and had only been married to President Wilson for four years, yet in the tenuous peace following the end of World War I, she dedicated herself to managing the office of the president, reading all correspondence intended for her bedridden husband.
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Some good information, very poorly organized
- By Jess S on 04-11-21
What listeners say about Shadow Warriors of World War II
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- Hectoris
- 12-28-20
A book facts rather than gripping action.
Very illuminating book on a little know part of WW2, but not a gripping spy story.
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- AmMonaazon Customer
- 01-04-21
Awesome book
This book was fantastic, and read by Kate Reading who is wonderful!! Thank you for this book!!
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- J. Falkenberg
- 02-17-23
Inspiring
This really opened my eyes to the complex network and many heroic people. I love it.
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- Dr D.
- 07-12-21
Interesting and informative
The narrator and author did an excellent job bringing to light the stories of these brave women and men. I recommend this book to every person who wants to understand how bad war is but is necessary to prevent evil from taking over. The wolf is at our door again.
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- zephyr99
- 07-09-21
Excellent!
Through review of key women spies in WWII. Ive read many books on this subject and must say this is one of the finest.
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- nick price
- 03-25-21
A necessary story about women warriors.
an excellent focus on women's secret role in turning the tide of the war in europe. Reads like a spy novel but packed full of interesting information and amusing anecdotes about the realities of working and living behind the lines.
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- Steve Hillman MD
- 06-25-21
Women at war
As a student of WWII, this is the first book I’ve across that recounts the bravery snd sacrifice of women at war. A fitting tribute for the greatest generation
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-01-22
True stores about WW11 SOE
WW11 SOE women working with the Resistance who went beyond courage to fight for freedom.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-26-23
Such a brave bunch of ladies
An amazing collection of stories told about these brave ladies. So much is owed to them.
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- B. ADAMS
- 12-19-20
OUSTANDING - MUST BE REMEMBERED!
The lifespan for a woman doing this work was about 6 weeks! They did the work to help win WWII against Evil! They cannot be forgotten! Some had children and wanted a better life for their children. Each is our example to carry on no matter how tough life got!!!
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