The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
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Paul Kennedy
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Spanning five centuries of history, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers offers a sweeping exploration of how nations rise to dominance and fall into decline. Paul Kennedy masterfully examines the intricate interplay between economics and strategy, revealing how shifts in wealth and resources have shaped global power dynamics from 1500 to 2000. Filled with keen insights, this groundbreaking and important work provides a compelling lens through which to understand the forces that continue to shape our modern world.
This audiobook is expertly read by Peter Coates, with audio engineering by Peter Coates and Blake Rook. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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The Rise & Fall of Great Powers
- A Novel
- De: Tom Rachman
- Narrado por: Penelope Rawlins
- Duración: 14 h y 50 m
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Tooly Zylberberg, the American owner of an isolated bookshop in the Welsh countryside, conducts a life full of reading, but with few human beings. Books are safer than people, who might ask awkward questions about her life. She prefers never to mention the strange events of her youth, which mystify and worry her still. Taken from home as a girl, Tooly found herself spirited away by a group of seductive outsiders, implicated in capers from Asia to Europe to the United States. But who were her abductors? Why did they take her? What did they really want?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book. Superb narration.
- De Amazon Customer en 08-10-14
De: Tom Rachman
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The History of the World
- The Story of Mankind from Prehistory to the Modern Day
- De: Alex Woolf
- Narrado por: Matt Bates
- Duración: 20 h y 52 m
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Humankind has come a long way since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, but how did we get to where we are today? This book tells our story, through conflict and intrigue, power won and lost, and great empires built and destroyed. Award-winning author Alex Woolf brings you an accessible, enjoyable exploration of human history. Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the first civilizations, follow marauding Mongols on their quest to conquer, find out what made colonial empires tick, or the more modern origins of current conflict, the answers lie in this book.
De: Alex Woolf
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The Relentless Revolution
- A History of Capitalism
- De: Joyce Appleby
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 23 h y 33 m
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With its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system provides the framework for our lives. It is a framework of constant change, sometimes measured and predictable, sometimes drastic and out of control. Yet what is now ubiquitous was not always so. Capitalism took shape centuries ago, starting with a handful of isolated changes in farming, trade, and manufacturing, clustered in early-modern England. Astute observers began to notice these changes and consider their effects. Those in power began to harness these new practices to the state, enhancing both.
De: Joyce Appleby
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The Pursuit of Power
- Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
- De: William H. McNeill
- Narrado por: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Duración: 15 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves with equal mastery from the crossbow - banned by the Church in 1139 as too lethal for Christians to use against one another - to the nuclear missile, from the sociological consequences of drill in the 17th century to the emergence of the military-industrial complex in the 20th.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant, lucid history
- De Ariel en 07-04-22
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The Future of Power
- Its Changing Nature and Use in the Twenty-first Century
- De: Joseph Nye
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 66
In the 16th century, control of colonies and gold bullion gave Spain the edge; 17th-century Netherlands profited from trade and finance; 18th-century France gained from its larger population, while 19th-century British power rested on its primacy in the Industrial Revolution and its navy. In the era of Kennedy and Khrushchev, power resources were measured in terms of nuclear missiles, industrial capacity, and numbers of men under arms and tanks lined up ready to cross the plains of Eastern Europe. But the global information age of the 21st century is quickly rendering these traditional markers of power obsolete, remapping power relationships
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3 out of 5 stars
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annoying reading habit
- De Christina en 04-19-15
De: Joseph Nye
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- De: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 22 h y 34 m
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Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Few forests, but lots of trees
- De Steve Pagano en 10-05-15
De: Francis Fukuyama
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When Money Destroys Nations
- How Hyperinflation Ruined Zimbabwe, How Ordinary People Survived, and Warnings for Nations That Print Money
- De: Philip Haslam, Russell Lamberti
- Narrado por: Andrew Schär
- Duración: 5 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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The collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2009 after years of rampant money printing is an alarming example of what lies in store for countries that print money to pay national debts, bail out banks and enrich political elites. When Money Destroys Nations tells the gripping story of the disintegration of the once-thriving Zimbabwean economy and the inspiring and tragic accounts of how ordinary people survived in turbulent circumstances.
De: Philip Haslam, y otros
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Diplomacy
- De: Henry Kissinger
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 37 h y 52 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 332
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Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America's approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations. Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, Diplomacy stands as the culmination of a lifetime of diplomatic service and scholarship. It is a must-listen for anyone concerned with the forces that have shaped our world today and will impact upon it tomorrow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great foreign policy overview!
- De Mikhail en 02-02-20
De: Henry Kissinger
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Defeat into Victory
- Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945
- De: Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim, David W. Hogan Jr. - introduction
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 23 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 78
Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of the lesser-known but more nightmarish retreats of World War II. He then restored his army's fighting capabilities and morale with virtually no support from home and counterattacked. His army's slaughter of Japanese troops ultimately liberated India and Burma.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent account of a theatre of ww2 that many Americans know little about of
- De Thomas W White en 01-06-24
De: Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim, y otros
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Global Capitalism
- Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century, and Its Stumbles in the Twenty-First
- De: Jeffry A. Frieden
- Narrado por: Gary Noon
- Duración: 22 h y 7 m
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An authoritative, insightful, and highly engaging history of the twentieth-century global economy, updated with a new chapter on the early decades of the new century. Global Capitalism guides the listener from the globalization of the early twentieth century and its swift collapse in the crises of 1914–45, to the return to global integration at the end of the century, and the subsequent retreat in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008.
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Just and Unjust Wars
- A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations
- De: Michael Walzer
- Narrado por: Gregory St. John
- Duración: 14 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Just and Unjust Wars has forever changed how we think about the ethics of conflict. In this modern classic, political philosopher Michael Walzer examines the moral issues that arise before, during, and after the wars we fight. Reaching from the Athenian attack on Melos, to the Mai Lai massacre, to the war in Afghanistan and beyond, Walzer mines historical and contemporary accounts and the testimony of participants, decision makers, and victims to explain when war is justified and what ethical limitations apply to those who wage it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent conversation on statecraft and the morality of war
- De Pastor Charles D. Chaney Jr., M.Div. en 12-10-24
De: Michael Walzer
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The Power and the Money
- The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry
- De: Tevi Troy
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9
Acclaimed presidential historian Tevi Troy takes listeners on a riveting journey through the biggest battles between CEOs and the nation’s commander in chief. He unearths the untold stories—both political and personal—that have shaped America. The Power and the Money shows how some of the nation’s most important CEOs forged (and fumbled) relationships with the president, revealing an intricate web of power, where CEOs need presidents, and presidents need CEOs. Troy shows how each must step carefully—or risk unpredictable costs and collateral damage.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Completely disappointing
- De Amazon Customer en 11-29-24
De: Tevi Troy
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President McKinley
- Architect of the American Century
- De: Robert W. Merry
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 19 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Republican President William McKinley transformed America during his two terms as president. Although he does not register large in either public memory or in historians' rankings, in this revealing account, Robert W. Merry offers "a fresh twist on the old tale . . . a valuable education on where America has been and, possibly, where it is going" (The National Review).
De: Robert W. Merry
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The Rivalry Peril
- How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy
- De: Van Jackson, Michael Brenes
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2
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For close to a decade, the US government has been preoccupied with the threat of China, fearing that the country will "eat our lunch," in the words of Joe Biden. The United States has crafted its foreign and domestic policy to help constrain China's military power and economic growth. Van Jackson and Michael Brenes argue that great-power competition with China is misguided and vastly underestimates the costs and risks that geopolitical rivalry poses to economic prosperity, the quality of democracy, and, ultimately, global stability.
De: Van Jackson, y otros
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The March of Folly
- From Troy to Vietnam
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 716
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In The March of Folly, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian Barbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly in government.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tuchman surprises me...
- De Plimtuna en 09-24-09
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Delay Deny Defend
- Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It
- De: Jay M. Feinman
- Narrado por: Pat Grimes
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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The denial of valid insurance claims is not occasional or accidental or the fault of a few bad employees. It's the result of an increasing and systematic focus on maximizing profits by major companies such as Allstate and State Farm. Citing dozens of stories of victims who were unfairly denied payment, the book explains how people can be more careful when shopping for policies and what to do when pursuing a disputed claim. It also lays out a plan for the legal reforms needed to prevent future abuses.
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3 out of 5 stars
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prolonged and dry
- De Robert Katuna en 05-20-25
De: Jay M. Feinman