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The Demon of Unrest
- A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Will Patton, Erik Larson
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,745
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,502
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,502
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vividly Told History of the Start of the Civil War
- De WLC en 05-01-24
- The Demon of Unrest
- A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Will Patton, Erik Larson
What a mess
Revisado: 09-14-24
This book wanders all over the place in what should be a short time period, I’m not sure if it’s a book about slavery, Charleston, Lincoln I don’t know but there used to be no continuity at all leaving the reader very frustrated, I actually deleted it from my library after listening for over four hours,
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Zero Fail
- The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
- De: Carol Leonnig
- Narrado por: Maggi-Meg Reed, Carol Leonnig
- Duración: 20 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,910
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,658
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,653
Carol Leonnig has been reporting on the Secret Service for The Washington Post for most of the last decade, bringing to light the secrets, scandals, and shortcomings that plague the agency today - from a toxic work culture to dangerously outdated equipment to the deep resentment within the ranks at key agency leaders, who put protecting the agency’s once-hallowed image before fixing its flaws. But the Secret Service wasn’t always so troubled.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bait and switch narration with tabloid journalism
- De Paul P en 05-24-21
- Zero Fail
- The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
- De: Carol Leonnig
- Narrado por: Maggi-Meg Reed, Carol Leonnig
Good book, but….
Revisado: 04-20-23
This is an interesting and well researched book. Documents many of the sad problems that have plagued the Secret Service since JFK. Unfortunately the book and author go off the rails in the last chapter and her self read epilogue. It was a disappointing ending to an otherwise good book. The author reads the last chapter and epilogue which is just the standard worn out anti-Trump political leftist hit. Boring, tired, biased and not really what the book was supposed to be about. I bought the book knowing the author was the standard issue eastern elitist journalist with a leftist bent. But it was pretty good book. I did turn it off and marked it read with 23 minutes left on the epilogue. She should have just left it out. Without the epilogue I would have given it five stars. Still a notch below “ Legacy of Ashes” a similar kind of book about the CIA but worth the read. Frankly the Secret Service should be dissolved and a new executive protection service under the FBI should be established. That’s my take away from this book.
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Because Our Fathers Lied
- A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today
- De: Craig McNamara
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright, Craig McNamara
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
Craig McNamara came of age in the political tumult and upheaval of the late '60s. While Craig McNamara would grow up to take part in anti-war demonstrations, his father, Robert McNamara, served as John F. Kennedy’s Secretary of Defense and the architect of the Vietnam War. This searching and revealing memoir offers an intimate picture of one father and son at pivotal periods in American history. Because Our Fathers Lied is more than a family story—it is a story about America.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Title Does Not Reflect Scope of the Book
- De Amazon Customer en 07-15-22
- Because Our Fathers Lied
- A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today
- De: Craig McNamara
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright, Craig McNamara
Interesting book from a spoiled elite
Revisado: 12-08-22
First I will say this was an interesting personal story about the tragic event and effects of the Vietnam War. It was a good read from an unusual perspective on the disaster of the US involvement in that conflict. Robert McNamara certainly bears much of the blame for it with many others without a doubt, Any historian or history buff will enjoy this story from the self tortured son of the defense secretary. That being said I took a strong personal dislike of Craig McNamara while listening to the book. His self imposed and ridiculous notion that he personally bears some kind of guilt or responsibility for his fathers actions is self serving pity nonsense. His way of “ dealing” with this guilt is by blowing off an elite education at Stanford, running around South America screwing around, courting a married woman and admiring communist dictators like Fidel Castro. Then he returns after his screw you America tour and proceeds to help himself to a great public education at UC Davis. Then ends up a clearly well off organic farmer a stones throw from Napa. Tough life. I grew up in the area and still live not far from Craig McNamara in the Sacramento Valley. I would have given away my left arm for his opportunities and experience. But my WW2 generation father was not the Secretary of Defense. So you work with what you have I guess. I always struggle with understanding people like the author who criticize everything about America while that very society allowed him to become and succeed at exactly what he wanted. I doubt that opportunity would have been available in Cuba, China or any other socialist paradise, Craig McNamara’s blind spot about his place in life is as big as his fathers was without the world wide effects. Craig makes me understand why my kids roll their eyes and say “ok boomer”. However that being said I am encouraging my 21 year old son, a history major right now at Cal State to read it. I ca’t wait to hear his perspective.
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