Asia Politics
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Without Fear
- The Life and Trial of Bhagat Singh
- Auteur(s): Kuldip Nayar
- Narrateur(s): Yohan Chacko
- Durée: 8 h et 54 min
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When Bhagat Singh was executed by the British after a sham trial for his involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy Case at the age of 23, he was glorified by the Indians as a martyr for his youth, his defiance and his reckless bravery. It was only many years later, after Independence in 1947, that his writings came to light. Today, it is these that set Bhagat Singh apart and reveal him as not just a hot-headed revolutionary who believed in the cult of the bomb but a widely-read intellectual inspired by the writings of Marx and Lenin.
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Without Fear
- The Life and Trial of Bhagat Singh
- Narrateur(s): Yohan Chacko
- Durée: 8 h et 54 min
- Date de publication: 2020-10-21
- Langue: Anglais
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When Bhagat Singh was executed by the British after a sham trial for his involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy Case at the age of 23, he was glorified by the Indians as a martyr. It was only many years later, after Independence in 1947, that his writings came to light....
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The Art of War
- Inspirational Classic
- Auteur(s): Sun Tzu
- Narrateur(s): Dan Strutzel
- Durée: 1 h et 38 min
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This all-time classic is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it has been by military leaders since ancient times. As a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict, The Art of War applies to competition and conflict in general, on every level from the interpersonal to the international. Its aim is invincibility, victory without battle, and unassailable strength through understanding the physics, politics, and psychology of conflict.
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The Art of War
- Inspirational Classic
- Narrateur(s): Dan Strutzel
- Série: Nightingale-Conant: Personal Development
- Durée: 1 h et 38 min
- Date de publication: 2021-04-28
- Langue: Anglais
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This all-time classic is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it has been by military leaders since ancient times....
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The Snakehead
- An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- Auteur(s): Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrateur(s): Patrick Radden Keefe
- Durée: 4 h et 54 min
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The Snakehead is a panoramic tale of international intrigue and a dramatic portrait of the underground economy in which America's 12 million illegal immigrants live. Based on hundreds of interviews, Patrick Radden Keefe's sweeping narrative tells the story not only of Sister Ping, but of the gangland gunslingers who worked for her, the immigration and law enforcement officials who pursued her, and the generation of penniless immigrants who risked death and braved a 17,000 mile odyssey so that they could realize their own version of the American dream.
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The Snakehead
- An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- Narrateur(s): Patrick Radden Keefe
- Durée: 4 h et 54 min
- Date de publication: 2009-07-21
- Langue: Anglais
- The Snakehead offers an intimate tour of life on the mean streets of Chinatown, a vivid blueprint of organized crime in an age of globalization and a exploration of how illegal immigration affects us all....
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Emperor of Japan
- Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
- Auteur(s): Donald Keene
- Narrateur(s): Eric Jason Martin
- Durée: 38 h et 13 min
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Little has been written about the strangely obscured figure of Meiji himself, the first Japanese emperor ever to meet a European. But now, Donald Keene sifts the available evidence to present a rich portrait not only of Meiji but also of rapid and sometimes violent change during this pivotal period in Japan's history. Emperor of Japan conveys in sparkling prose the complexity of the man and offers an unrivaled portrait of Japan in a period of unique interest.
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Emperor of Japan
- Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
- Narrateur(s): Eric Jason Martin
- Durée: 38 h et 13 min
- Date de publication: 2022-10-11
- Langue: Anglais
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Little has been written about the strangely obscured figure of Meiji himself, the first Japanese emperor ever to meet a European. But now, Donald Keene sifts the available evidence to present a rich portrait not only of Meiji but also of change during this period in Japan's history....
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See You Again in Pyongyang
- Auteur(s): Travis Jeppesen
- Narrateur(s): Will Collyer
- Durée: 12 h et 2 min
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From terrifying missile tests, its unmissable Olympic cheering squad, and the war of words between President Trump and Kim Jong Un - not to mention stranger-than-fiction stories of purges and assassinations - news from North Korea has dominated global headlines. But what is life there actually like? In See You Again in Pyongyang, Travis Jeppesen, the first American to complete a university program in North Korea, culls from his experiences living, traveling, and studying in the country to create a multifaceted portrait of the country and its idiosyncratic capital city.
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See You Again in Pyongyang
- Narrateur(s): Will Collyer
- Durée: 12 h et 2 min
- Date de publication: 2018-05-29
- Langue: Anglais
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Travis Jeppesen goes beyond the cliches of "taboo tourism" and the "good versus evil" tenor of politicians and media reports. See You Again in Pyongyang is an essential addition to the literature about one of the world's most fascinating and mysterious places....
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Everybody Loves a Good Drought
- Stories from India’s Poorest Districts
- Auteur(s): P. Sainath
- Narrateur(s): Gaurav Marwa
- Durée: 14 h et 36 min
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Everybody Loves a Good Drought is the established classic on rural poverty in India. Twenty years after publication, it remains unsurpassed in the scope and depth of reportage, providing an intimate view of the daily struggles of the poor and the efforts, often ludicrous, made to uplift them. An illuminating introduction accompanying this 20-anniversary edition reveals, alarmingly, how a large section of India continues to suffer in the name of development so that a small percentage may prosper.
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A sad commentary on CORRUPTION in India.
- Écrit par McAvoy K le 2019-12-21
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Everybody Loves a Good Drought
- Stories from India’s Poorest Districts
- Narrateur(s): Gaurav Marwa
- Durée: 14 h et 36 min
- Date de publication: 2019-11-19
- Langue: Anglais
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Everybody Loves a Good Drought is the established classic on rural poverty in India. Twenty years after publication, it remains unsurpassed in the scope and depth of reportage....
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The Last Manchu
- The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China
- Auteur(s): Paul Kramer, Henry Pu Yi
- Narrateur(s): Gildart Jackson
- Durée: 11 h et 18 min
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In 1908, at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for 13 years in Peking’s Forbidden City, but with none of the power his birth afforded him. The remainder of Pu Yi’s life was lived out in a topsy-turvy fashion: fleeing from a Chinese warlord, becoming head of a Japanese puppet state, being confined to a Russian prison in Siberia, and enduring taxing labor.
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The Last Manchu
- The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China
- Narrateur(s): Gildart Jackson
- Durée: 11 h et 18 min
- Date de publication: 2013-01-27
- Langue: Anglais
- In 1908, at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty....
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The Shortest History of China
- From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower: A Retelling for Our Times
- Auteur(s): Linda Jaivin
- Narrateur(s): Nancy Wu
- Durée: 7 h et 13 min
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From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics, and philosophy across the world for thousands of years. Chinese history is nothing if not messy. Heroes are also villains; prosperity mingles with violence; cultural vibrancy coexists with censorship and repression. Modern China is seen variously as an economic powerhouse, an icon of urbanization, a propaganda state, and an aggressive superpower seeking world domination.
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The Shortest History of China
- From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower: A Retelling for Our Times
- Narrateur(s): Nancy Wu
- Durée: 7 h et 13 min
- Date de publication: 2021-11-30
- Langue: Anglais
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From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics, and philosophy across the world for thousands of years....
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The Great Successor
- The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
- Auteur(s): Anna Fifield
- Narrateur(s): Olivia Mackenzie-Smith
- Durée: 11 h et 37 min
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Anna Fifield reconstructs Kim's past and present with exclusive access to sources near him and brings her unique understanding to explain the dynastic mission of the Kim family in North Korea. The archaic notion of despotic family rule matches the almost medieval hardship the country has suffered under the Kims. Few people thought that a young, untested, unhealthy, Swiss-educated basketball fanatic could hold together a country that should have fallen apart years ago. But Kim Jong Un has not just survived, he has thrived.
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Seemingly comprehensive look at Kim Jong Um
- Écrit par Tyson Breuer le 2023-01-16
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The Great Successor
- The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
- Narrateur(s): Olivia Mackenzie-Smith
- Durée: 11 h et 37 min
- Date de publication: 2019-06-20
- Langue: Anglais
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The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea....
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Under Red Skies
- Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China
- Auteur(s): Karoline Kan
- Narrateur(s): Allison Hiroto
- Durée: 8 h et 42 min
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A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower.
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Under Red Skies
- Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China
- Narrateur(s): Allison Hiroto
- Durée: 8 h et 42 min
- Date de publication: 2019-03-12
- Langue: Anglais
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A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower....
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Lion City
- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
- Auteur(s): Jeevan Vasagar
- Narrateur(s): Hugh Kermode
- Durée: 9 h et 13 min
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Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and essential guide to the city and how its remarkable rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.
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Lion City
- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
- Narrateur(s): Hugh Kermode
- Durée: 9 h et 13 min
- Date de publication: 2021-09-02
- Langue: Anglais
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Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state....
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The Sister
- North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World
- Auteur(s): Sung-Yoon Lee
- Narrateur(s): Dexter Galang
- Durée: 6 h et 44 min
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The first woman ever to issue the threat of a nuclear weapons strike is not even officially a head of state. Kim Yo Jong is the sister of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and, as their murderous regime’s chief propagandist, internal administrator, and foreign policymaker, she is the most powerful woman in North Korean history. Cruel but charming, she threatens and insults foreign leaders with sardonic wit, issuing proclamations and denunciations in her own name, a first for any woman in the Korean royal family.
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The Sister
- North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World
- Narrateur(s): Dexter Galang
- Durée: 6 h et 44 min
- Date de publication: 2023-09-12
- Langue: Anglais
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This first book on Kim Jong Un’s increasingly powerful sister, tapped to be his successor, offers jaw-dropping insights into the latest generation of North Korea’s secretive and murderous dynasty....
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Asia's Reckoning
- China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century
- Auteur(s): Richard Mcgregor
- Narrateur(s): Steve West
- Durée: 16 h et 15 min
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Richard McGregor's Asia's Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished under an American security umbrella for more than half a century. The toxic rivalry between China and Japan, two Asian giants consumed with endless history wars and ruled by entrenched political dynasties, is threatening to upend the peace underwritten by Pax Americana since World War II.
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Marvellous
- Écrit par paul summerville le 2021-04-11
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Asia's Reckoning
- China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century
- Narrateur(s): Steve West
- Durée: 16 h et 15 min
- Date de publication: 2017-09-05
- Langue: Anglais
- A history of the combative military, diplomatic, and economic relations among China, Japan, and the United States since the 1970s - and the potential crisis that awaits them....
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Churchill's Secret War
- The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
- Auteur(s): Madhusree Mukarjee
- Narrateur(s): James Adams
- Durée: 12 h et 46 min
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In 1943 Winston Churchill and the British Empire needed millions of Indian troops, all of India's industrial output, and tons of Indian grain to support the Allied war effort. Such massive contributions were certain to trigger famine in India. Because Churchill believed that the fate of the British Empire hung in the balance, he proceeded, sacrificing millions of Indian lives in order to preserve what he held most dear. The result: the Bengal Famine of 1943-44, in which millions of villagers starved to death.
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Churchill's Secret War
- The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
- Narrateur(s): James Adams
- Durée: 12 h et 46 min
- Date de publication: 2010-09-27
- Langue: Anglais
- In the tradition of The Rape of Nanking and A Problem from Hell, this account will change the way we think of Churchill and World War II....
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The Great Convergence
- Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World
- Auteur(s): Kishore Mahbubani
- Narrateur(s): Wes Talbot
- Durée: 10 h et 55 min
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The 21st century has seen a rise in the global middle class that brings an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures and values. Kishore Mahbubani is optimistic. We are creating a new global civilization. Eighty-eight percent of the world's population outside the West is rising to Western living standards, and sharing Western aspirations. Yet Mahbubani, one of the most perceptive global commentators, also warns that a new global order needs new policies and attitudes.
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Great listen, couldn't stop once I started.
- Écrit par Leslie James le 2021-06-19
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The Great Convergence
- Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World
- Narrateur(s): Wes Talbot
- Durée: 10 h et 55 min
- Date de publication: 2013-03-20
- Langue: Anglais
- The 21st century has seen a rise in the global middle class that brings an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures and values. Kishore Mahbubani is optimistic....
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My Seditious Heart
- Collected Nonfiction
- Auteur(s): Arundhati Roy
- Narrateur(s): Tania Rodrigues
- Durée: 36 h et 17 min
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My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the political essay as a way of opening up space for justice, rights, and freedoms in an increasingly hostile environment. Radical and superbly listenable, the essays speak in a voice of unique spirit, marked by compassion, clarity, and courage. Roy offers a powerful defense of the collective, of the individual, and of the land, in the face of the destructive logic of financial, social, religious, military, and governmental elites.
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My Seditious Heart
- Collected Nonfiction
- Narrateur(s): Tania Rodrigues
- Durée: 36 h et 17 min
- Date de publication: 2019-06-04
- Langue: Anglais
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My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the political essay as a way of opening up space for justice, rights, and freedoms in an increasingly hostile environment....
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Indelible City
- Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
- Auteur(s): Louisa Lim
- Narrateur(s): Louisa Lim
- Durée: 10 h et 37 min
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The story of Hong Kong has long been dominated by competing myths: to Britain, a “barren rock” with no appreciable history; to China, a part of Chinese soil from time immemorial, at last returned to the ancestral fold. For decades, Hong Kong’s history was simply not taught, especially to Hong Kongers, obscuring its origins as a place of refuge and rebellion.
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Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Hong Kong
- Écrit par Brendan Thompson le 2024-06-07
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Indelible City
- Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
- Narrateur(s): Louisa Lim
- Durée: 10 h et 37 min
- Date de publication: 2022-04-19
- Langue: Anglais
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The story of Hong Kong has long been dominated by competing myths: to Britain, a “barren rock” with no appreciable history; to China, a part of Chinese soil from time immemorial, at last returned to the ancestral fold....
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Capital
- The Eruption of Delhi
- Auteur(s): Rana Dasgupta
- Narrateur(s): Dana Hickox
- Durée: 15 h et 58 min
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In Capital, Commonwealth Prize-winning author Rana Dasgupta examines one of the great trends of our time: The expansion of the global elite. Capital is an intimate portrait of the city of Delhi, which bears witness to the extraordinary transmogrification of India's capital. But it also offers a glimpse of what capitalism will become in the coming, post-Western world. The story of Delhi is a parable for where we are all headed.
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Capital
- The Eruption of Delhi
- Narrateur(s): Dana Hickox
- Durée: 15 h et 58 min
- Date de publication: 2014-06-13
- Langue: Anglais
- In Capital, Commonwealth Prize-winning author Rana Dasgupta examines one of the great trends of our time: The expansion of the global elite....
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Dog Company
- A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
- Auteur(s): Roger Hill, Lynn Vincent
- Narrateur(s): Christopher Ryan Grant
- Durée: 14 h et 52 min
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The army does not want you to listen to this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk. It does not want to reveal the new lawyered-up Pentagon war ethic that prosecutes US soldiers and marines while setting free spies who kill Americans. This very system ambushed Captain Roger Hill and his men.
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Dog Company
- A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
- Narrateur(s): Christopher Ryan Grant
- Durée: 14 h et 52 min
- Date de publication: 2017-04-11
- Langue: Anglais
- The army does not want you to listen to this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk....
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Prompt and Utter Destruction
- Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan, Third Edition
- Auteur(s): J. Samuel Walker
- Narrateur(s): Eric Martin
- Durée: 4 h et 47 min
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In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the options available for ending the war with Japan. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade of new research - mostly from Japanese archives only recently made available - that provides fresh insight on the strategic considerations that led to dropping the bomb.
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Dry but interesting
- Écrit par Stromtrooper77 le 2021-10-28
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Prompt and Utter Destruction
- Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan, Third Edition
- Narrateur(s): Eric Martin
- Durée: 4 h et 47 min
- Date de publication: 2019-05-14
- Langue: Anglais
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In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade of new research, mostly from Japanese archives only recently made available....
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