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Russia: Part Two: The Rise and Fall of the Soviets
- De: Martin Sixsmith
- Narrado por: Martin Sixsmith
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Martin Sixsmith continues his history of Russia, from the tumultuous events of 1917 to the country’s re-emergence as one of the world’s most powerful nations. After the whirlwind of the revolution, the Bolsheviks struggled to consolidate their victory. To rescue the economy and save the regime, Lenin made concessions to the people. But after his death, Stalin introduced forced collectivisation and industrialisation, condemning the Soviet people to conditions worse than those experienced under the Tsars.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Re-Broadcast of a BBC's "Russia: The Wild East"
- De Nikoli Gogol en 12-01-12
- Russia: Part Two: The Rise and Fall of the Soviets
- De: Martin Sixsmith
- Narrado por: Martin Sixsmith
Much I remember but didn't understand at the time
Revisado: 11-12-12
If you could sum up Russia: Part Two: The Rise and Fall of the Soviets in three words, what would they be?
Dynamic survey of Soviet history from the revolution up through Putin
What did you like best about this story?
Story-teller really knew his stuff -- knew the people, the places,a nd the context of the things he describes
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Growing up during the cold war, there were many things we didn't know at the time, that have only been revealed with the release of Soviet archives. Similarly, there were a lot things that happened in the post-Gorbachev era that I remember when the happened, but didn't have a great understanding of what they meant. This book rectified all that.
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Rome at War
- Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic
- De: Nathan Rosenstein
- Narrado por: Rene Ruiz
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General3 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 10
Historians have long asserted that during and after the Hannibalic War, the Roman Republic's need to conscript men for long-term military service helped bring about the demise of Italy's small farms and that the misery of impoverished citizens then became fuel for the social and political conflagrations of the late republic. Nathan Rosenstein challenges this claim, showing how Rome reconciled the needs of war and agriculture throughout the middle republic.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Rome Under the Reign of the Quants
- De Nelson Alexander en 01-13-10
- Rome at War
- Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic
- De: Nathan Rosenstein
- Narrado por: Rene Ruiz
Even for an ancient history buff, this is boring
Revisado: 12-17-10
This book is extremely quantitative -- imagine someone reciting to you the reams of data they collected for their PhD thesis. Furthermore, the author relies heavily on long-shot estimates and attempted modelling of behavior that took place over 2000 years ago. Even for someone like me who loves ancient Roman history and likes academic history books, this is extremely difficult to listen to. I found myself wondering when it would be over so I could listen to something else.
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