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- De: Cathal J. Nolan
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 25 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 153
History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered "decisive". Cannae, Konigsberg, Austerlitz, Midway, Agincourt - all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide-turning. But these legendary battles may or may not have determined the final outcome of the wars in which they were fought. Cathal J. Nolan's The Allure of Battle systematically and engrossingly examines the great battles, tracing what he calls "short-war thinking".
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2 out of 5 stars
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Missing important facts and not well researched
- De Andrew en 02-24-18
De: Cathal J. Nolan
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The Enemy at the Gate
- Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
- De: Andrew Wheatcroft
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 75
The Great Siege of Vienna is the centerpiece for historian Andrew Wheatcroft's richly drawn portrait of the centuries-long rivalry between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires for control of the European continent. A gripping work by a master historian, The Enemy at the Gate offers a timely examination of an epic clash of civilizations.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Look elsewhere
- De Ben H. en 09-20-21
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Moment of Battle
- The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World
- De: James Lacey, Williamson Murray
- Narrado por: Kevin Foley
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
From the great clashes of antiquity to the high-tech wars of the twenty-first century, here are the stories of the twenty most consequential battles ever fought, including Marathon, where Greece's "greatest generation" repelled Persian forces three times their numbers-and saved Western civilization in its infancy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In Depth
- De L. Sands en 09-26-16
De: James Lacey, y otros
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The Accursed Tower
- The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades
- De: Roger Crowley
- Narrado por: Matt Kugler
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 143
In The Accursed Tower, Roger Crowley delivers a lively narrative of the lead-up to the siege and a vivid, blow-by-blow account of the climactic battle. Drawing on extant Arabic sources as well as untranslated Latin documents, he argues that Acre is notable for technical advances in military planning and siege warfare, and extraordinary for its individual heroism and savage slaughter. A gripping depiction of the crusader era told through its dramatic last moments, The Accursed Tower offers an essential new view on a crucial turning point in world history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great book by Roger Crowley
- De tp en 03-13-20
De: Roger Crowley
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The American Heritage History of World War I
- De: S. L. A. Marshall
- Narrado por: Bernard Mayes
- Duración: 19 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57
Drawing on a lifetime of military experience, Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall, "one of our most distinguished military writers" ( New York Times), delivers this unflinching history of the war that was supposed to end all wars. From the perspective of more than half a century, Marshall examines the blunders and complacency that turned what everyone thought would be a brief campaign and an easy victory into a relentless four-year slaughter that left 10 million dead and 20 million wounded.
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4 out of 5 stars
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WW1 from American point of view
- De Jean en 10-19-12
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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- De: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 20 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 318
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 284
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 283
Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times - from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes' conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive - Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world. Looking beyond popular explanations such as geography or superior technology, Hanson argues that it is in fact Western culture and values which have consistently produced superior arms and soldiers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! This truly is a great book. A rarity!
- De GEJ en 11-12-19
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The Hundred Years War
- The English in France 1337-1453
- De: Desmond Seward
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 178
From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "100 years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. Desmond Seward's critically acclaimed account of the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb narrator and fascintating history
- De Julie Seavello en 05-30-21
De: Desmond Seward
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Masters of Command
- Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
- De: Barry Strauss
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 11 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 124
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar: Each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine how to bring stability to the lands he conquered. Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar had to be not only generals but statesmen. And yet each was a battlefield commander, a strategist, a leader of men - in short, a warrior.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too much jumping around
- De Nick en 03-12-17
De: Barry Strauss
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The Cambridge History of Warfare
- De: Geoffrey Parker
- Narrado por: Andrew Cullum
- Duración: 21 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare, written and updated by a team of eight distinguished military historians, examines how war was waged by Western powers across a sweeping timeframe beginning with classical Greece and Rome, moving through the Middle Ages and the early modern period, down to the wars of the 21st century in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too anglocentric
- De A. Siegel en 10-27-22
De: Geoffrey Parker
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The Making of Oliver Cromwell
- De: Ronald Hutton
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) - the only English commoner to become the overall head of state - is one of the great figures of history, but his character was very complex. He was at once courageous and devout, devious and self-serving; as a parliamentarian, he was devoted to his cause; as a soldier, he was ruthless. Cromwell's speeches and writings surpass in quantity those of any other ruler of England before Victoria, and, for those seeking to understand him, he has usually been taken at his word. In this remarkable new work, Ronald Hutton untangles the facts from the fiction.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very specialized
- De Draperbart en 04-23-22
De: Ronald Hutton
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- De: G. J. Meyer
- Narrado por: Robin Sachs
- Duración: 27 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 222
On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book!
- De Jodi Bernard en 07-11-23
De: G. J. Meyer
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- De: Martin Gilbert
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 33 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 480
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 422
It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended: Many of the horrors we live with today are rooted in the First World War. The Great War left millions of civilians and soldiers maimed or dead. It also saw the creation of new technologies of destruction: tanks, planes, and submarines; machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unbiased true facts of the first world war
- De troy a myers en 07-27-20
De: Martin Gilbert
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The First World War: A Captivating Guide to World War 1, the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of Somme
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Desmond Manny, Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 15
If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of World War 1, then pay attention...Three captivating manuscripts are included in this audiobook: World War 1: A Captivating Guide to the First World War; The Battle of Verdun: A Captivating Guide to the Longest and Largest Battle of World War 1; and The Battle of the Somme: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Devastating Events of the First World War.
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1 out of 5 stars
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No, Gavrilo Princip was NOT lynched!
- De Magnus Almgren en 12-31-19
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Caesar's Legion
- The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome
- De: Stephen Dando-Collins
- Narrado por: Stuart Langton
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,614
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,265
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,260
Stephen Dando-Collins paints a vivid and definitive portrait of daily life in the Tenth Legion as he follows Caesar and his men along the blood-soaked fringes of the Empire. This unprecedented regimental history reveals countless previously unknown details about Roman military practices, Caesar's conduct as a commander and his relationships with officers and legionnaires, and the daily routine and discipline of the Legion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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You should really be interested in the topic first
- De A reader en 05-05-06
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Afghanistan
- A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban
- De: Stephen Tanner
- Narrado por: Raymond Todd
- Duración: 14 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 198
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 89
For more than 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads not only for armies but also for clashes between civilizations. As a result of the United States' engaging in armed conflict with the Afghan regime, an understanding of the military history of that blood-soaked land has become essential to every American.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Overview
- De Colin en 10-16-08
De: Stephen Tanner
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre 50 Battles That Changed the World
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- Nick
- 10-28-21
Not complete and needs serious revision.
A mediocre coverage of decisive battles, it is not all encompassing and even some of the battles do not rate being decisive. It is a fairly tolerable listen, but soon any history buff will start to wonder where this author got his info from.
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