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Behold, America
- The Entangled History of "America First" and "the American Dream"
- Narrado por: Anne Twomey
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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Resumen del Editor
A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2018
The unknown history of two ideas crucial to the struggle over what America stands for.
In Behold, America, Sarah Churchwell offers a surprising account of 20th-century Americans' fierce battle for the nation's soul. It follows the stories of two phrases - the "American dream" and "America First" - that once embodied opposing visions for America.
Starting as a Republican motto before becoming a hugely influential isolationist slogan during World War I, America First was always closely linked with authoritarianism and white supremacy. The American dream, meanwhile, initially represented a broad vision of democratic and economic equality. Churchwell traces these notions through the 1920s boom, the Depression, and the rise of fascism at home and abroad, laying bare the persistent appeal of demagoguery in America and showing us how it was resisted.
At a time when many ask what America's future holds, Behold, America is a revelatory, unvarnished portrait of where we have been.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world’s most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time.
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Compelling and depressing
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De: Richard J. Evans
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Our Divided Political Heart
- The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent
- De: E. J. Dionne
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
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Our Divided Political Heart will be the must-listen book of the 2012 election campaign. Offering an incisive analysis of how hyper-individualism is poisoning the nation's political atmosphere, E. J. Dionne Jr., argues that Americans can't agree on who we are because we can't agree on who we've been, or what it is, philosophically and spiritually, that makes us Americans.
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Good points and lots of good information
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De: E. J. Dionne
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The 10 Big Lies About America
- Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation
- De: Michael Medved
- Narrado por: Michael Medved
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
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In this bold and brilliantly argued book, acclaimed author and talk-radio host Michael Medved zeroes in on 10 of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our country - in spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary. In The 10 Big Lies About America, Medved pinpoints the most pernicious pieces of America-bashing disinformation that pollute current debates about the economy, race, religion in politics, the Iraq war, and other contentious issues.
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Truth
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De: Michael Medved
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American Dialogue
- The Founders and Us
- De: Joseph J. Ellis
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
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The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in American Dialogue, Joseph J. Ellis focuses the conversation on the often-asked question "What would the Founding Fathers think?" He examines four of our most seminal historical figures through the prism of particular topics, using the perspective of the present to shed light on their views and, in turn, to make clear how their now centuries-old ideas illuminate the disturbing impasse of today's political conflicts.
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A fine work, even with the editorializing
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De: Joseph J. Ellis
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The Death of Democracy
- Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
- De: Benjamin Carter Hett
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize power? In this dramatic audiobook, Benjamin Carter Hett answers these questions, and the story he tells has disturbing resonances for our own time. Benjamin Carter Hett is one of America’s leading scholars of 20th-century Germany and a gifted storyteller whose portraits of the feckless politicians of the Weimar Republic show how fragile democracy can be when those in power do not respect it.
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I can't trust the author's account of these events
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The Crisis of Zionism
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- Narrado por: Lloyd James
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A dramatic shift is taking place in Israel and America. In Israel, the deepening occupation of the West Bank is putting Israeli democracy at risk. In the United States, the refusal of major Jewish organizations to defend democracy in the Jewish state is alienating many young liberal Jews from Zionism itself. In the next generation, the liberal Zionist dream - the dream of a state that safeguards the Jewish people and cherishes democratic ideals - may die.
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Urgent call to save the Jewish state from itself!
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De: Peter Beinart
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An African American and Latinx History of the United States
- De: Paul Ortiz
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Spanning more than 200 years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress, and shows how placing African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices unapologetically front and center transforms American history into the story of the working class organizing against imperialism.
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I had to return
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The Anatomy of Fascism
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What is fascism? By focusing on the concrete, what the fascists did rather than what they said, the esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question for the first time. From the first violent uniformed bands beating up "enemies of the state", through Mussolini's rise to power, to Germany's fascist radicalization in World War II, Paxton shows clearly why fascists came to power in some countries and not others.
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Great book for getting a clearer idea of fascism
- De Amazon Customer en 11-02-17
De: Robert O. Paxton
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The American Experiment
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James MacGregor Burns’s stunning trilogy of American history, spanning the birth of the Constitution to the final days of the Cold War. In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history.
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American History ABCs
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Stayin' Alive
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A wide-ranging cultural and political history that will forever redefine a misunderstood decade, Stayin' Alive is prize-winning historian Jefferson Cowie's remarkable account of how working-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the 1970s. In this edgy and incisive book, Cowie, with "an ear for the power and poetry of vernacular speech" (Cleveland Plain Dealer), reveals America's fascinating path from rising incomes and optimism of the New Deal to the widening economic inequalities and dampened expectations of the present.
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Couldn’t get past “rank and file”
- De A. Arena en 10-13-21
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America
- Imagine a World Without Her
- De: Dinesh D'Souza
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
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Is America a source of pride, as Americans have long held, or shame, as Progressives allege? Beneath an innocent exterior, are our lives complicit in a national project of theft, expropriation, oppression, and murder? Or is America still the hope of the world? New York Times best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza says these questions are no mere academic exercise.
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We can think for ourselves
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The Tyranny of Clichés
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According to Goldberg, if the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist, the greatest trick liberals ever pulled was convincing themselves they’re not ideological. Today “objective” journalists and academics and “moderate” politicians peddle some of the most radical arguments by hiding them in homespun aphorisms.
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I enjoyed it...and I'm a Democrat!!
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- jmg
- 05-31-21
Excellent
Incredibly well researched . Churchwell presents primary sources without commentary. Thi methodology let's the reader realize how fragile democracy is and yes it could happen here in the United States.
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- Caroline Pufalt
- 12-09-18
History we need to know
I highly recommend this book even to those who think they know the basics of 20th century American history. As an avid history reader this was still a revelation to me. The depth of the author’s research is much appreciated. I like the way she wove in content from lots of letters to the editor from ordinary citizens across the country.
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- 10-31-21
Essential reading for our time
Nothing new under the sun, but every revolution brings a new twist. This is truly foundational history for understanding our present political movement.
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- Andrew Weymouth
- 04-28-19
Required Reading
By far the best book that I have read in a year of great books. Sarah Churchwell has essentially written about the history of the racist dog-whistle politics in America which is an amazing accomplishment. The book also manages to directly tie events from the rise of fascism to the present day and our current president in a way that will still be relevant for years to come. Excellent subtle but engaging vocal performance by Anne Twomey. This book should be taught in American schools.
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- Kathryn
- 01-20-19
Crucial information but has a monotone feel
This book is best read in lieu of a listening format, as the information is fascinating but this reading has a monotone quality to it.
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- Robert Johnson
- 04-22-24
Perfect time to review this timely & critical issue
Well researched & presented on a timely topic as we lunge toward our next election cycle
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- Gemini Rose
- 02-18-19
Beginning of first words cut off
I am glad I have my book to follow along. Very hard to understand with words cut off... so disappointed
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