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The Forrestal Diaries
- By: James Forrestal, Walter Millis - editor
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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When James Forrestal resigned as secretary of defense in March 1949 before apparently committing suicide (arguably the highest ranking US government official to do so), he left in his office a large accumulation of files and papers. Among them was a private record....
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CIA edited
- By James A. Bretney on 06-26-21
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The Forrestal Diaries
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-06-20
- Language: English
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When James Forrestal resigned as secretary of defense in March 1949 before apparently committing suicide (arguably the highest ranking US government official to do so), he left in his office a large accumulation of files and papers. Among them was a private record....
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Red Star over Hollywood
- The Film Colony’s Long Romance with the Left
- By: Ronald Radosh, Allis Radosh
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Until now, Hollywood's political history has been dominated by a steady stream of films and memoirs decrying the nightmare of the Red Scare and how it victimized political innocents....
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Important History well told story
- By W. N. on 02-08-11
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Red Star over Hollywood
- The Film Colony’s Long Romance with the Left
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 07-23-10
- Language: English
- Until now, Hollywood's political history has been dominated by a steady stream of films and memoirs decrying the nightmare of the Red Scare and how it victimized political innocents....
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To America
- Personal Reflections of an Historian
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn, Stephen Ambrose - introduction
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose - one of the country's most influential historians - confronts America's failures and struggles as he explores both its moral and pragmatic triumphs...
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A History Lesson like You've Never Had
- By Kevin Hart on 03-01-03
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To America
- Personal Reflections of an Historian
- Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn, Stephen Ambrose - introduction
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-27-02
- Language: English
- Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose - one of the country's most influential historians - confronts America's failures and struggles as he explores both its moral and pragmatic triumphs...
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The Best War Ever
- America and World War II
- By: Michael C. C. Adams
- Narrated by: Alister Austin
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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In the book, originally published in 1994, Adams challenges stereotypes to present a view of World War II that avoids the simplistic extremes of both glorification and vilification. The Best War Ever charts the complex diplomatic problems of the 1930s....
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Incoherent and full of emotional information without concrete evidence/reference, charged and boring
- By Anonymous User on 02-20-24
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The Best War Ever
- America and World War II
- Narrated by: Alister Austin
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 06-17-21
- Language: English
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In the book, originally published in 1994, Adams challenges stereotypes to present a view of World War II that avoids the simplistic extremes of both glorification and vilification. The Best War Ever charts the complex diplomatic problems of the 1930s....
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Universal Man
- The Lives of John Maynard Keynes
- By: Richard Davenport-Hines
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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In Universal Man noted biographer and historian Richard Davenport-Hines revives our understanding of John Maynard Keynes....
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Surprisingly excellent!
- By Rod on 07-17-15
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Universal Man
- The Lives of John Maynard Keynes
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-28-15
- Language: English
- In Universal Man noted biographer and historian Richard Davenport-Hines revives our understanding of John Maynard Keynes....
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Back in the USSA
- Passionate Posts and Expatriate Notes
- By: Boris Dragunsky
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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Back in the USSA is a remarkable non-fiction hybrid that, in so many ways, defies classification. Seen through the eyes of expatriate author, Boris...
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Back in the USSA
- Passionate Posts and Expatriate Notes
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 03-05-24
- Language: English
- Back in the USSA is a remarkable non-fiction hybrid that, in so many ways, defies classification. Seen through the eyes of expatriate author, Boris...
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Can Democracy Work?
- A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World
- By: James Miller
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Today, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? Find out....
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Challenging, Dense, Enlightening, and Hopeful
- By Alex on 12-07-18
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Can Democracy Work?
- A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-18-18
- Language: English
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Today, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? Find out....
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Transaction Man
- The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
- By: Nicholas Lemann
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla, Nicholas Lemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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Over the last generation, stable US institutions have given way to frictionless transactions, which are celebrated no matter what collateral damage they generate. The concentration of great wealth has coincided with the fraying of social ties and the rise of inequality....
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Maybe the title's an overreach? Excellent though!
- By JJ HUNSECKER on 09-20-19
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Transaction Man
- The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla, Nicholas Lemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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Over the last generation, stable US institutions have given way to frictionless transactions, which are celebrated no matter what collateral damage they generate. The concentration of great wealth has coincided with the fraying of social ties and the rise of inequality....
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American History of the 20th Century
- By: Richard Rubin
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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This book deals with American history since 1880—a period when the United States was transformed from a relatively small, remote, and isolated ...
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American History of the 20th Century
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-13-23
- Language: English
- This book deals with American history since 1880—a period when the United States was transformed from a relatively small, remote, and isolated ...
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Shift Happens
- The History of Labor in the United States
- By: J. Albert Mann
- Narrated by: Sandy Rustin
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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The History of Labor in the United States is an accessible and comprehensive YA history of the way the labor movement has shaped America and how it intersects with many of the major issues facing modern teens.
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Shift Happens
- The History of Labor in the United States
- Narrated by: Sandy Rustin
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 06-04-24
- Language: English
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The History of Labor in the United States is an accessible and comprehensive YA history of the way the labor movement has shaped America and how it intersects with many of the major issues facing modern teens.
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The Last Best Hope
- A History of American Realism
- By: John Hulsman
- Narrated by: John Hulsman
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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In this brilliant exploration of American history and contemporary conservative politics, foreign policy expert John Hulsman draws on his years at the heart of Washington to present a compelling new vision of conservative realism....
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The Last Best Hope
- A History of American Realism
- Narrated by: John Hulsman
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-31-24
- Language: English
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In this brilliant exploration of American history and contemporary conservative politics, foreign policy expert John Hulsman draws on his years at the heart of Washington to present a compelling new vision of conservative realism....
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Anything for a Vote
- Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in US Presidential Campaigns
- By: Joseph Cummins
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Anything for a Vote is a look at 200-plus years of dirty tricks and bad behavior in presidential elections, from George Washington to Barack Obama....
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Enjoyable, adds historical perspective, not deep
- By Philo on 01-31-16
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Anything for a Vote
- Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in US Presidential Campaigns
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 10-27-15
- Language: English
- Anything for a Vote is a look at 200-plus years of dirty tricks and bad behavior in presidential elections, from George Washington to Barack Obama....
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The Ends of Freedom
- Reclaiming America's Lost Promise of Economic Rights
- By: Mark Paul
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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An urgent and galvanizing argument for an Economic Bill of Rights—and its potential to confer true freedom on all Americans....
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Movement inducing
- By Taylor Norman on 08-10-23
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The Ends of Freedom
- Reclaiming America's Lost Promise of Economic Rights
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 07-18-23
- Language: English
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An urgent and galvanizing argument for an Economic Bill of Rights—and its potential to confer true freedom on all Americans....
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Confessions of a Presidential Speechwriter
- By: Craig R. Smith
- Narrated by: Jim Tedder
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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In this revealing memoir, Smith sheds light on what it takes to make it as a speechwriter in a field where the only constant is change....
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Extremely boring and not useful
- By Anon on 11-20-23
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Confessions of a Presidential Speechwriter
- Narrated by: Jim Tedder
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 06-09-14
- Language: English
- In this revealing memoir, Smith sheds light on what it takes to make it as a speechwriter in a field where the only constant is change....
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The Politics of Diplomacy
- By: James A. Baker III, Thomas M. DeFrank
- Narrated by: James A. Baker III
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Few men have played such a critical role in the most pivotal events of the second half of the 20th century....
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A fascinating first hand account of recent history
- By William on 03-25-13
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The Politics of Diplomacy
- Narrated by: James A. Baker III
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 09-11-09
- Language: English
- Few men have played such a critical role in the most pivotal events of the second half of the 20th century....
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The Icarus Syndrome
- A History of American Hubris
- By: Peter Beinart
- Narrated by: John Morgan
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
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In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks—a story about the seductions of success....
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Great read
- By Rick on 06-11-10
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The Icarus Syndrome
- A History of American Hubris
- Narrated by: John Morgan
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-01-10
- Language: English
- In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks—a story about the seductions of success....
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Grover Cleveland
- By: Henry F. Graff
- Narrated by: Ira Claffey
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.
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Unexceptional Book about unexceptional President
- By jake_gibbs on 07-06-22
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Grover Cleveland
- Narrated by: Ira Claffey
- Series: American Presidents, Book 22,24
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 08-29-03
- Language: English
- A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.
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Recapturing the Oval Office: New Historical Approaches to the American Presidency
- Miller Center of Public Affairs Books
- By: Brian Balogh, Bruce J. Schulman
- Narrated by: Doug Miller
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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In Recapturing the Oval Office, leading historians and social scientists forge an agenda for returning the study of the presidency to the mainstream practice of history....
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Recapturing the Oval Office: New Historical Approaches to the American Presidency
- Miller Center of Public Affairs Books
- Narrated by: Doug Miller
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-04-16
- Language: English
- In Recapturing the Oval Office, leading historians and social scientists forge an agenda for returning the study of the presidency to the mainstream practice of history....
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Grand Improvisation
- America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957
- By: Derek Leebaert
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
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A new understanding of the post-World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire wouldn't step aside for the rising American superpower - with global insights for today....
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Terrible audible version of a good book
- By Colin Thompson on 07-24-21
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Grand Improvisation
- America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 02-26-19
- Language: English
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A new understanding of the post-World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire wouldn't step aside for the rising American superpower - with global insights for today....
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Arsenal of Democracy
- The Politics of National Security - From World War II to the War on Terrorism
- By: Julian E. Zelizer
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
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Based on original archival findings, Arsenal of Democracy offers new insights into nearly every major national security issue since the beginning of the cold war....
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Very thorough and objective.
- By Nickolas S Rudolph on 01-21-17
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Arsenal of Democracy
- The Politics of National Security - From World War II to the War on Terrorism
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 03-05-15
- Language: English
- Based on original archival findings, Arsenal of Democracy offers new insights into nearly every major national security issue since the beginning of the cold war....
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