The Irony of American History
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Narrated by:
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Robert Blumenfeld
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Written by:
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Reinhold Niebuhr
About this listen
Forged during the tumultuous but triumphant postwar years when America came of age as a world power, The Irony of American History is more relevant now than ever before. Cited by politicians as diverse as Hillary Clinton and John McCain, Niebuhr's masterpiece on the incongruity between personal ideals and political reality is both an indictment of American moral complacency and a warning against the arrogance of virtue.
Impassioned, eloquent, and deeply perceptive, Niebuhr's wisdom will cause listeners to rethink their assumptions about right and wrong, war and peace.
©2008 Reinhold Niebuhr (P)2009 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about The Irony of American History
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- Peter
- 2022-10-04
Great Listen
Great overall narration! I listened at double speed and followed along in the book, it was an enjoyable experience.
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- Parvus
- 2019-03-25
Avoid this one
Niebuhr is great, but the narration here is *awful.* The main problem is that the narrator reads at breakneck speed. Now that may not be a problem in a novel, but when it comes to philosophy or any type of involved, intricate argument, reading this fast is absolutely deadly. It's simply impossible to process the ideas at that rate. So unless you have an exceptional ability to process information, I strongly recommend buying the book instead. A shame because I was really looking forward to this.
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