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The Secret World of Espionage
- De: Alma Katsu, Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Lynne Olson, y otros
- Narrado por: Alma Katsu, Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Lynne Olson, y otros
- Duración: 4 h y 22 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
The world of espionage is shrouded in mystery—even to those in it—but so much of what we think we know about spy craft is rooted in pop culture. Even though the true nature of espionage is quite different, that doesn’t mean history’s real spies are any less heroic, or less fascinating. In these nine episodes, go behind the shadows with a distinguished panel of historians—including a former intelligence case officer—in search of the secret meeting places, complex codes, stealth observations, and cutting-edge technologies spies have used throughout history.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This mess does not belong in the Great Courses
- De Keith E. Robison en 06-03-22
Not worthy of “The Great Courses” name
Revisado: 09-27-22
Clearly, this course was a change in direction for The Great Courses. Let me delineate my disappointments:
1) This is AUDIBLE and audio rules the day. So, when random voices pop-up without introduction and without qualification, it immediately disorients you from the subject matter. Perhaps, in video, a graphic with their name and position might have popped up, but in audio it’s just a random set of people talking. To this day, I have no clue who any presenter was and why they should be in the course. It’s like reading a textbook of random quotes without attribution.
2) The approach was elementary and not up to the more rigorous academic standards of the dozens of other TGCs I have bought. This felt like a bad Discovery Channel “documentary.” The producer of this course clearly has no regard for the intellectual maturity of their listener. I half-way expected the big haired UFO idiot to be one of the many unidentified voices in this course.
3) The coverage of the cyber realm was tertiary and dated. But, given the reasons above, I shouldn’t have expected better by the time they slam cyber security issues into the shortest episode at the end of the series.
Seriously, I have never written a review for Audible, but I was so absolutely incensed by this poor course. I ended up “hate-listening” to this disaster, which is the only palatable manner to digest this mess.
Save your money or credits. I’m asking for a refund.
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