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Churchill and Secret Service
- De: David Stafford
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 16 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 22
With absorbing detail about the secret world of agents and double-agents, this groundbreaking work traces Churchill's connections with that world, from his days as a member of the Cabinet that established the Secret Service to the war years, when his extensive intelligence network provided him with superior information. What results is a major contribution to the study of modern and military history and a crucial missing key to understanding Churchill himself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating History
- De peter en 07-05-09
- Churchill and Secret Service
- De: David Stafford
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
Indispensable for any Churchill fan
Revisado: 01-12-25
I have two general comments to make about this book. First of all, although I am Churchill devotee and the owner of many books by and about him, this book fills in many gaps in his life, from the war in Cuba (1898) all the way up to the Cold War. It introduces the reader (or in this case, the listener) to the many fascinating individuals that Churchill met and often employed in his intelligence tasks, particularly in the First and Second World War. It has also directed my attention to many other books and subjects I would otherwise have missed.
I must say something about Frederick Davidson, the narrator. He is simply superb. He can handle the most difficult and complicated texts with ease, and seems familiar with German and French, both of which he pronounces with stunning accuracy. This is no small matter, because some narrators hired by audible have put me off of titles altogether.
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The World That Wasn't
- Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century
- De: Benn Steil
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 23 h y 20 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 10
From the acclaimed economist-historian and author of The Marshall Plan, a “timely, riveting” (The Washington Post) new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace—one that will forever change how we view the making of US and Soviet foreign policy at the dawn of the Cold War.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Should be required reading for all voters
- De Cindy en 03-24-24
- The World That Wasn't
- Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century
- De: Benn Steil
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
An important book--and a very good one.
Revisado: 12-19-24
This is not merely a biography of Henry Wallace, a somewhat forgotten but important figure of twentieth century American politics. It is also an exploration into a range of important subjects--agricultural policy during the New Deal, US relations with the Soviet Union, the Chinese civil war, and the policy struggles surrounding the early Cold War, not to mention the internal politics of the Democratic party in both the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. It is extremely readable, remarkably well researched, and read fluently.
Wallace was an important figure of the New Deal. A former Republican (whose father was a cabinet member under Herbert Hoover), Wallace the son became, first, Agriculture Secretary in the first two Roosevelt administrations, then Vice President (1940-44) until he was pushed out to become Commerce Secretary (replaced in the vice presidency by Senator Harry Truman) in the last days of FDR's presidency. And a good thing too, because by then Wallace was on his way to becoming the most important stooge of the Soviet Union was ever to enjoy in American politics. Angered by the Marshall Plan and Truman's refusal to hand over the atom bomb to the Soviets, Wallace--driven by vanity and ambition--left the Truman administration to run for the presidency on a third party ticket (the Progressive Party, actually an instrument of the CPUSA, that is, the American Communist Party). In what must have been the biggest upset in history of American politics, Truman won a three-way race and Wallace's political career came to an end. When the Chinese, with Soviet support, invaded South Korea, Wallace, disillusioned, switched sides and supported Truman and the United Nations, but his political career was over. He retired to his farm in upstate New York City and died almost forgotten.
Wallace's real interest was scientific agriculture, and he was a distinguished plant and animal scientist. He should have stuck to that.
This book is a needed corrective to work of "revisionist" historians of the Cold War, most notably the late John Morton Blum of Yale, who during the aftermath of Vietnam tried to resurrect Wallace as a neglected visionary (The Price of Vision). I am not surprised that Wallace's grandson does not like this book. Too bad.
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Lisbon
- War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939–1945
- De: Neill Lochery
- Narrado por: Robin Sachs
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 238
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 199
Throughout the Second World War, Lisbon was at the very center of the world’s attention and was the only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis powers openly operated. Portugal was frantically trying to hold on to its self-proclaimed wartime neutrality but in reality was increasingly caught in the middle of the economic, and naval, wars between the Allies and the Nazis. The story is not, however, a conventional tale of World War II in that barely a shot was fired or a bomb dropped. Instead, it is a gripping tale of intrigue, betrayal, opportunism, and double-dealing....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Expostiion of Little Known Story
- De Lynn en 06-16-12
- Lisbon
- War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939–1945
- De: Neill Lochery
- Narrado por: Robin Sachs
A neglected sideshow in World War II
Revisado: 08-05-22
As a sometime student of Spanish history and politics, I have been aware for some time that Antonio Salazar, although a dictator, was far different from Francisco Franco. And Portugal is, as Portuguese always remind us, very different to Spain. The background to this book is the fact that Portugal is Britain's oldest European ally going back hundreds of years, and that did not totally change during World War II, even though for domestic and geostrategic reasons Salazar had to balance his private (and his country's historic) preferences with evolving military realities. As one of the few neutral countries in Europe during the war, its capital Lisbon became a nest of intrigue and espionage. It was also the gathering place of those unfortunates who could escape Nazi occupied Europe to liase with one of the few air links to the United States. Parts of the book read like a noir thriller, a kind of Joseph von Sternberg film. I must congratulate the narrator. His pronunciation of continental Portuguese is perfect, and it is not an easy language for a foreigner to master. Quite possibly he was brought up in the country.
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