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Confront and Conceal
- Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power
- By: David E. Sanger
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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An eye-opening, news-packed account of how Obama has dealt with emerging challenges, relying on innovative weapons and reconfigured tools of American power to try to manage a series of new threats....
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Sobering reminder on what the presidency requires
- By Marilyn on 09-03-12
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Confront and Conceal
- Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 06-05-12
- Language: English
- An eye-opening, news-packed account of how Obama has dealt with emerging challenges, relying on innovative weapons and reconfigured tools of American power to try to manage a series of new threats....
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The Jungle Grows Back
- America and Our Imperiled World
- By: Robert Kagan
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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A brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world - and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward....
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Out of date: covid, Trump nobel nominations etc
- By David on 11-13-18
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The Jungle Grows Back
- America and Our Imperiled World
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-18-18
- Language: English
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A brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world - and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward....
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White House Warriors
- How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War
- By: John Gans
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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When Congress originally created the National Security Council in 1947, it was intended to better coordinate foreign policy after World War II. Nearly an afterthought, a small administrative staff was established to help keep its papers moving....
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History and challenges of the NSC til early Trump
- By C W on 05-13-24
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White House Warriors
- How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-14-19
- Language: English
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When Congress originally created the National Security Council in 1947, it was intended to better coordinate foreign policy after World War II. Nearly an afterthought, a small administrative staff was established to help keep its papers moving....
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No Higher Honor
- A Memoir of My Years in Washington
- By: Condoleezza Rice
- Narrated by: Condoleezza Rice
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
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A native of Birmingham, Alabama, who overcame the racism of the civil rights era to become a brilliant academic and expert on foreign affairs, Condoleezza Rice first distinguished herself as an advisor to George W. Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign....
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A Disarming Memoir
- By Lynn on 03-19-12
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No Higher Honor
- A Memoir of My Years in Washington
- Narrated by: Condoleezza Rice
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 11-01-11
- Language: English
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A native of Birmingham, Alabama, who overcame the racism of the civil rights era to become a brilliant academic and expert on foreign affairs, Condoleezza Rice first distinguished herself as an advisor to George W. Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign....
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The Back Channel
- A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal
- By: William J. Burns
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, William J. Burns
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
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Over the course of more than three decades as an American diplomat, William J. Burns played a central role in the most consequential diplomatic episodes of his time. Here, Burns recounts, with novelistic detail and incisive analysis, some of the seminal moments of his career....
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A Definitive look at Diplomacy
- By Jean on 07-19-19
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The Back Channel
- A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, William J. Burns
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- Language: English
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Over the course of more than three decades as an American diplomat, William J. Burns played a central role in the most consequential diplomatic episodes of his time. Here, Burns recounts, with novelistic detail and incisive analysis, some of the seminal moments of his career....
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Plan of Attack
- By: Bob Woodward
- Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq....
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Rorschach Test
- By Michael on 05-03-04
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Plan of Attack
- Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 04-29-04
- Language: English
- Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq....
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Bush
- By: Jean Edward Smith
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
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In Bush, Jean Edward Smith demonstrates that it was not Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, or Condoleezza Rice, but President Bush himself who took personal control of foreign policy....
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Delusions of Competence
- By Rick on 11-18-16
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Bush
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-27-15
- Language: English
- In Bush, Jean Edward Smith demonstrates that it was not Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, or Condoleezza Rice, but President Bush himself who took personal control of foreign policy....
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The Essential Chomsky
- By: Noam Chomsky, Anthony Arnove - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 22 hrs and 25 mins
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In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist, and critic, published to coincide with his 80th birthday....
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Hard to listen to after the first hour
- By Thomas Dargan on 05-02-16
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The Essential Chomsky
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 22 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 02-18-14
- Language: English
- In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist, and critic, published to coincide with his 80th birthday....
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The Prize
- The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
- By: Daniel Yergin
- Narrated by: Bob Jamieson
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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The Prize is as much a history of the 20th-century as of the oil industry itself....
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major let down
- By Randol on 06-18-10
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The Prize
- The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
- Narrated by: Bob Jamieson
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 09-26-08
- Language: English
- The Prize is as much a history of the 20th-century as of the oil industry itself....
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Worthy Fights
- A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
- By: Leon Panetta, Jim Newton
- Narrated by: Leon Panetta
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
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The inspiring autobiography of the defense secretary and CIA director who led the intelligence war that killed Bin Laden, among many important roles in a legendary career....
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Outstanding
- By Jean on 10-10-14
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Worthy Fights
- A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
- Narrated by: Leon Panetta
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-07-14
- Language: English
- The inspiring autobiography of the defense secretary and CIA director who led the intelligence war that killed Bin Laden, among many important roles in a legendary career....
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Enough Already
- Time to End the War on Terrorism
- By: Scott Horton
- Narrated by: Scott Horton
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism is a masterly history of these chaotic, tragic and above all futile conflicts, ranging with his usual excoriating accuracy from Mali to Pakistan, from Iraq to Yemen by way of Syria and Libya....
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Complete take down of American foreign policy
- By Denise Fisher on 12-22-21
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Enough Already
- Time to End the War on Terrorism
- Narrated by: Scott Horton
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-22-21
- Language: English
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Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism is a masterly history of these chaotic, tragic and above all futile conflicts, ranging with his usual excoriating accuracy from Mali to Pakistan, from Iraq to Yemen by way of Syria and Libya....
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Nixon and Mao
- The Week That Changed the World
- By: Margaret MacMillan
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Margaret MacMillan brings her extraordinary gifts to two of the most important countries today, the United States and China, and one of the most significant moments in modern history....
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Incisive
- By Roy on 08-23-10
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Nixon and Mao
- The Week That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 11-27-07
- Language: English
- Margaret MacMillan brings her extraordinary gifts to two of the most important countries today, the United States and China, and one of the most significant moments in modern history....
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Blowback (Second Edition)
- The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
- By: Chalmers Johnson
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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The term "blowback", invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American actions abroad....
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This Book Has Not Been Updated Since 2000
- By Elton on 11-19-07
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Blowback (Second Edition)
- The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 11-01-07
- Language: English
- The term "blowback", invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American actions abroad....
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To Start a War
- How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
- By: Robert Draper
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
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Even now, after more than 15 years, it is hard to see the invasion of Iraq through the cool, considered gaze of history. For too many people, the damage is still too palpable, and still unfolding....
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If you’ve grown weary of the current GOP administration’s incompetence...
- By Marynelle on 09-04-20
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To Start a War
- How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 07-28-20
- Language: English
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Even now, after more than 15 years, it is hard to see the invasion of Iraq through the cool, considered gaze of history. For too many people, the damage is still too palpable, and still unfolding....
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The Assassins' Gate
- America in Iraq
- By: George Packer
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 19 hrs and 43 mins
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Rich in history and political insight, this is an important contribution to the ongoing dialogue over the Iraq War....
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Highly Recommended
- By Drapeau on 02-01-07
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The Assassins' Gate
- America in Iraq
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 19 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-18-06
- Language: English
- Rich in history and political insight, this is an important contribution to the ongoing dialogue over the Iraq War....
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Known and Unknown
- A Memoir
- By: Donald Rumsfeld
- Narrated by: Donald Rumsfeld
- Length: 30 hrs and 10 mins
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A powerful memoir from the late former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11....
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Inside view of five decades in politics
- By Brooks on 02-19-11
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Known and Unknown
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Donald Rumsfeld
- Length: 30 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 02-08-11
- Language: English
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A powerful memoir from the late former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11....
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New Cold Wars
- China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
- By: David E. Sanger, Mary K. Brooks
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, David E. Sanger
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
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Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of half a century ago.
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Gives many insights into our new Cold Wars
- By Amazon Customer on 04-19-24
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New Cold Wars
- China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, David E. Sanger
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 04-16-24
- Language: English
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Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of half a century ago.
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Madam Secretary
- A Memoir
- By: Madeleine Albright
- Narrated by: Madeleine Albright
- Length: 24 hrs and 23 mins
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A national best seller on its original publication in 2003, Madam Secretary is a riveting account of the life of America's first woman Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright....
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SUCH an Interesting Life
- By Grace on 02-28-14
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Madam Secretary
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Madeleine Albright
- Length: 24 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 01-22-13
- Language: English
- A national best seller on its original publication in 2003, Madam Secretary is a riveting account of the life of America's first woman Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright....
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The Twilight Struggle
- What the Cold War Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry Today
- By: Hal Brands
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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In this innovative and illuminating book, Hal Brands, a leading historian and former Pentagon adviser, argues that America should look to the history of the Cold War for lessons in how to succeed in great-power rivalry today....
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- By Stormchaser on 12-06-23
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The Twilight Struggle
- What the Cold War Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry Today
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 04-12-22
- Language: English
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In this innovative and illuminating book, Hal Brands, a leading historian and former Pentagon adviser, argues that America should look to the history of the Cold War for lessons in how to succeed in great-power rivalry today....
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Presidents of War
- By: Michael Beschloss
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 26 hrs and 4 mins
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Ten years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions....
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Heads up: Chapters are out of order
- By Barefoot on 10-18-18
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Presidents of War
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 26 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-09-18
- Language: English
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Ten years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions....
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