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Beautifully written fantasy

Revisado: 05-07-24

Narrative has an implausible number of convenient coincidences, to the point that you start to doubt the narrator. Still appreciated it for its flowery descriptions of scenery and air combat. Lots of Russian terms in the text are left untranslated or unexplained into English— "pyatiletka" (five year plan) ; "OSOAVIAKHIM" (civil defense society) ; "hundred grams" (vodka ration)

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Uninspiring Repetitive Drivel

Revisado: 12-20-23

Abysmal view of what most authors in other books on the subject are able to form into something resembling a positive symbol of Allied heroism. I quit this a third of the way through after nonstop dreary minutiae about every single failed/inconclusive action the authors decided to cram down the reader's gullet

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Fantastic Snapshot of an Era

Revisado: 12-20-23

I loved this so much I recommend it to every friend who has interest in this period of history

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abysmal racist trash

Revisado: 12-20-23

Awful quality recording and disgusting p*rnographic descriptions of combat and the author's obvious fetishism for apartheid style government.

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Well researched but a drag

Revisado: 12-19-23

Mikeberidze is clearly a smart well spoken guy as evidenced by his public interviews, but this one was a slog to get through. Part of it is the narrator's droning voice sure, but also the constant changing of settings and characters with little relation to one another really got old fast. I would only recommend this to veteran students of the Napoleonic era, as for me a beginner it was a real chore to finish (took me literal months of quitting and coming back)

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stunning!

Revisado: 01-26-23

Most ambitious great courses class I've yet heard! Covers huge range of European history and culture in surprising depth. Lecturer has sleepy voice but for that simply turn up playback speed

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Nearly comprehensive

Revisado: 01-25-23

Excellent survey showing the continuity between the British and American revolutions, as well as well fleshed out economic and social history of the empire. Sadly nothing on Queen Anne's war or the Duke of Marlborough, however.

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Brilliant!!!

Revisado: 01-17-23

Best survey of military science on Audible. Both intro and conclusion are illuminating. Listen ASAP!!

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Surprisingly fun

Revisado: 10-12-22

Best ever narrator! Story obscure but immersive. would recommend to newcomers to the subject

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Propagandistic Trash Read by a Passable Narrator

Revisado: 05-17-22

How to describe this book: "artistic license" at best, full on Nazi propaganda at worst. German offensives described pornographically as "virile thrusts" several times. Red Army soldiers described as faceless hordes; suicidal drones incapable of independent thought. Apart from a few in interesting accounts of weather and logistics, most of this book is fantastical accounts of combat given by German veterans eager to whitewash their record in a genocidal war of annihilation which THEY STARTED; something the author seems eager to help them do. This is borne out by the fact that he mostly only covers the 1941-42 period, referring to 43-45 barely in passing, as if Soviet victories were just a passing glitch, something as incidental as the weather. An obsolete, stupid book. Wish I could get my 15 dollars back.

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