Daniel Potts
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A Failed Empire
- The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
- De: Vladimir Zubok
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 20 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 263
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 194
Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues Vladislav Zubok. Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites, Zubok offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Focus on the Top Leadership
- De Augustus T. White en 08-13-10
- A Failed Empire
- The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
- De: Vladimir Zubok
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
A Sound Rebuttal to Reaganist CW Triumphalism
Revisado: 02-23-15
It always takes a generation for history to be processed, and the wisdom of time shows in Zubok's insightful history of the failure of the Soviet imperial project. Instead of earlier post Cold War histories, such as Leffler's Struggle for the Soul of Mankind, which focused on American failure to deescalate the CW, Zubok instead focuses on the outsized role Soviet leaders and their conceptions of ideology played in creating the conflict and allowing for its peaceful end. Rich in fascinating detail and very well structured, this book should serve for a generation as the definitive statement on the rise and fall of the Soviet Empire, "one of the strangest (empires) in world history."
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The Road to Fatima Gate
- The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War against Israel
- De: Michael J. Totten
- Narrado por: Steven Roy Grimsley
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
The Road to Fatima Gate is a first-person narrative account of revolution, terrorism, and war during history's violent return to Lebanon after 15 years of quiet. Michael J. Totten's version of events in one of the most volatile countries in the world's most volatile region is one part war correspondence, one part memoir, and one part road movie.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Coach Mark en 03-13-15
- The Road to Fatima Gate
- The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War against Israel
- De: Michael J. Totten
- Narrado por: Steven Roy Grimsley
Poor Audio Editing
Revisado: 02-04-15
Great piece of war reporting and first person journalism. Although the Arab Spring and consequent Syrian Civil War has shifted the situation on the ground dramatically from this book's publication, Totten's prescience about the escalating Sunni/ Shiite Saudi/ Iranian divide makes the book well worth visiting today. I hadn't been following Totten previously, but I will be going forward.
The audiobook suffers from poor editing at points, which can be confusing, but it does not overly interfere with the listening experience.
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