Wendy Solovy
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War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500-2000
- De: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
- Duración: 18 h y 41 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 579
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 513
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 512
For much of the past five centuries, the history of the European continent has been a history of chaos, its civilization thrown into turmoil by ferocious wars or bitter religious conflicts - sometimes in combination - that have made and remade borders, created and eliminated entire nations, and left a legacy that is still influencing our world.This 36-lecture series from an award-winning teacher and honored scholar pursues an explanation for this chaos that goes beyond the obvious ones of political ambition, religious intolerance, the pursuit of state power, or the fear of another state's aspirations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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500 Years That Shook the World
- De Jeff en 10-08-14
expert presentation
Revisado: 03-09-16
Professor Liulevicius presented the material in a factual and egaging way, No bias or personal agenda vomes through. Refreshing
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The Venona Secrets
- Exposing Soviet Espionage and America's Traitors
- De: Herbert Romerstein, Eric Breindel
- Narrado por: Jim McCance
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
The Venona Files are several intercepted communiques between the Soviet Union and American Communists following WWII. Some historians and journalists are starting to regard the Cold-War-era American Communist Party as nothing more than a quaint club of polite if misguided ideologues. In The Venona Secrets, Herbert Romerstein and Eric Breindel intend to create a new impression of treacherous Americans "who willfully gave their primary allegiance to a foreign power, the USSR."
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Stalin Burreau in America
- De Doug en 07-09-13
- The Venona Secrets
- Exposing Soviet Espionage and America's Traitors
- De: Herbert Romerstein, Eric Breindel
- Narrado por: Jim McCance
should be required reading for every high school s
Revisado: 09-09-15
Most Americans are ignorant to the extent of the Communist influences in our soviety today. This confirms that HUAC was spot on.
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From Colony to Superpower
- US Foreign Relations Since 1776
- De: George C. Herring
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 40 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 333
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 278
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 276
This prize-winning and critically acclaimed history uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's dramatic rise from 13 disparate colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sweeping, Masterful, and Magisterial
- De Theo Horesh en 02-27-13
- From Colony to Superpower
- US Foreign Relations Since 1776
- De: George C. Herring
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
major disappointment
Revisado: 06-27-15
What would have made From Colony to Superpower better?
It was a very good read, er, listen right up to FDR. Then all of a sudden style changed. Went from telling facts about past Presidents to sickly defending FDR, trashing Truman and others. Could not even finish it. If he would have stuck to reporting events as he did in all the previous chapters without interjecting his personal opinion and compulsive need to defend FDR I might have been able to finish it. Glossed over the Depression, etc.
What could George C. Herring have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Kept his personal defense of FDR out of it. He should have continued his style of reportingnot defending. Another FDR aapologist.
Which scene was your favorite?
Describing the Republican expansion of the land mass from the point of the different time periods and world events that gave rise to unique opportunities to expand the nation.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Awestruck for what early administrations went through, disappointed with his reporting of the early to mid 20th Century.
Any additional comments?
Don't waste you money on this one.
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FDR's Folly
- How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression
- De: Jim Powell
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 502
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 323
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 324
In the minds of historians and the American public alike, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of our greatest presidents, not least because he supposedly saved America from the Great Depression. But as historian Jim Powell reveals in this groundbreaking book, Roosevelt's New Deal policies actually prolonged and exacerbated the economic disaster.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Scones for the Tea Party
- De Chiefkent en 06-11-12
- FDR's Folly
- How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression
- De: Jim Powell
- Narrado por: William Hughes
The Complete Picture of FDR's Communist Philosophy
Revisado: 01-23-15
A great documentation of FDR's Progressive Policies and his attempts at manipulating the Constitution to implement his love of Socialism. This should be a mandatory read in High School.
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