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Incredible Scope

Revisado: 04-28-25

I found this course fascinating. With a broad range of ancestry in Northern Europe it struck close to home. I look at the ancestry of my Danish grandfather in a whole new light.

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Wonderfully Informative

Revisado: 03-13-23

What a marvelous entity we are and hats off to all those responsible for incredible discoveries.

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A bit of a rant, but interesting none the less.

Revisado: 02-11-23

Overall this is worth a listen. It leans a bit to hard on the term "latte" and the person of David Brooks, but despite those issues it is inciteful in the victimization culture of right wing America. It is a good companion to "Strangers in their own land" by Arlie Russell Hochschild.

Written by a historian there could have been a better timeline of the Kansas statehood narrative. There certainly was a cross-border aspect to the free soil and proslavery fight, but Kansas settlers engaged in plenty of internecine warfare. As Shelby Foote said in Ken Burns classic "The Civil War" you cannot fully understand the history of the United States if you do not have a working knowledge of that tragedy.

I am not sure the Nebraska Kansas Act of 1954 is mentioned. If it is it is brief. It is this act that made the Missouri Compromise largely mute and gave the settlers the opportunity to vote on the slavery issue. The process of voting is mentioned and it was a slow rolling disaster. It wasn't until the secession of several Southern States that Kansas came into statehood on the Northern side. This timeline matters and should have received some mention.

David Brooks, like the author, has a tendency to lean on Democrats and Liberals as the key source of the derangement in a portion of American Christian faith. The lunacy that they lament of those that stormed the bastille on January 6th is, and should be, laid on the shoulders of criminals that defaced the seat of American government and to some degree the church leaders that inspired them. The most remarkable feat of the "Backlash" Christian is their unending capacity to absolve themselves responsibility for their actions. This is where the power of "Victimization" is seemingly a bottomless well.

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Sadly we've learned little about the Middle East

Revisado: 03-29-16

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

It is essential that we realize how we continue to repeat the same mistakes in the Middle East with the same violent consequences.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Fall of the Ottomans?

What can be learned about the Armenian genocide and those guilty of it.

Have you listened to any of Derek Perkins’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Misery in the Heart of Civilization

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We Have Learded Little In Our Time

Revisado: 02-16-14

What did you love best about Debt?

What an eye opener. We apparently reside within an historical cycle cash and credit with all it's benefits and injuries.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The conversation on what Money is is fascinating..

What about Grover Gardner’s performance did you like?

The narrator does a fantastic job.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

This book is an essential part in broadening your understanding of the historical world and why the international community finds itself in the throws of a financial system it cannot fully understand or control.

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