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I learned a ton

Revisado: 02-13-25

In excellent book… I learned so much about the history of China. The book is full of details, and this left me with the sense of the texture of the moment… I will be traveling in China later this year and I feel like I will have greater insight into it’s history from this book. I highly recommend

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I learned a ton

Revisado: 12-30-24

A superb book with chilling parallels to contemporary history in terms of threats to democracy.

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Thoroughly enjoyed

Revisado: 08-16-24

This is an outstanding book about the history of the opium war, but more broadly about the history of China, British colonialism, early American international efforts. The author does a very nice job, painting a picture of the times. And the book is also very well read

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An important book

Revisado: 06-15-24

I learned a great deal reading this book, and I was surprised how successful the author is in pulling themes through a survey of American history. The narration does not do the book justice, I still strongly recommend it.

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A must read for those interested in Russia

Revisado: 04-17-24

A painfully detailed first look into the imprisonment of an estimated 12 million following the 1917 revolution and through Stalin’s death (and beyond). Brutal and informative

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Learned so much, recommend for every American

Revisado: 04-08-24

I have been reading into American history for several years now (not my field), and this is definitely one of the books that I will recommend to all in my circle. I learned so much, and I found this evidence based analysis of a dark period in our history to be incredibly compelling. Unfortunately, the narration is fine, but not great. Still, I recommend this book with enthusiasm.

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I learned a lot

Revisado: 04-03-24

I highly recommend this book for students of American history, for those of us, trying to understand the structures of government and bias in the United States. Clearly, well researched, and also well read.

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Learned a lot

Revisado: 03-12-24

I recommend the book for a textured description of frontier life in North America. I enjoyed what I learned, despite the narration… Here I felt the narrator was doing a job, and lacked enthusiasm for this interesting topic.

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I learned a lot, but…

Revisado: 02-07-24

I wasn’t really ready for the style of this book, which reflects quite a bit about the author, as well as about Nixon. I also did not enjoy this narrator, though, perhaps that was simply a style thing.

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Biased and “thin”

Revisado: 09-27-23

I definitely learned a lot about FDR in this book, but I also learned about the prejudices of the author… I found the telling the history to be very biased. Perhaps more worrisome, the bias of the author seem to be covert… I’m going to have to read more.

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