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James R. Holmes
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A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy is a deliberately compact introductory work aimed at junior seafarers, those who make decisions affecting the sea services, and those who educate seafarers and decision-makers. It introduces listeners to the main theoretical ideas that shape how statesmen and commanders make and execute maritime strategy in times of peace and war. Following in the spirit of Bernard Brodie's Layman's Guide to Naval Strategy, a World War II-era book whose title makes its purpose plain, it will be a companion volume to such works as Geoffrey Till's Seapower and Wayne Hughes's Fleet Tactics and Coastal Combat, the classic treatise that explains how to handle navies in fleet actions. It takes the mystery out of maritime strategy, which should not be an arcane art for practitioners or policy-makers, and will help the next generation think about strategy.
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From the time of the Greeks and the Persians clashing in the Mediterranean, sea power has determined world power. To an extent that is often underappreciated, it still does. No one understands this better than Admiral Jim Stavridis. In Sea Power, Admiral Stavridis takes us with him on a tour of the world's oceans from the admiral's chair, showing us how the geography of the oceans has shaped the destinies of nations and how naval power has in a real sense made the world we live in today and will shape the world we live in tomorrow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly Recommend. Brilliant, engaging & thoughtful
- De Francis Claro en 06-22-17
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The Pursuit of Power
- Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
- De: William H. McNeill
- Narrado por: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Duración: 15 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves with equal mastery from the crossbow - banned by the Church in 1139 as too lethal for Christians to use against one another - to the nuclear missile, from the sociological consequences of drill in the 17th century to the emergence of the military-industrial complex in the 20th.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant, lucid history
- De Ariel en 07-04-22
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Empires of the Weak
- The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World
- De: J. C. Sharman
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war from 1500 onward. Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans had no general military superiority in the early modern era. Sharman shows instead that European expansion is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy earned by default.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dull Revisionism
- De Alan Kane en 08-20-24
De: J. C. Sharman
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Asia's Cauldron
- The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
- De: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 386
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 383
Over the last decade, the center of world power has been quietly shifting from Europe to Asia. With oil reserves of several billion barrels, an estimated 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and several centuries' worth of competing territorial claims, the South China Sea in particular is a simmering pot of potential conflict. The underreported military buildup in the area where the Western Pacific meets the Indian Ocean means that it will likely be a hinge point for global war and peace for the foreseeable future.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pending problems
- De Jean en 08-19-14
De: Robert D. Kaplan
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The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
- De: John J. Mearsheimer
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 16 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 326
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 261
A decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which democracy and open trade would herald the "end of history." The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sadly shattered these idyllic illusions, and John Mearsheimer's masterful new book explains why these harmonious visions remain utopian.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional
- De Logical Paradox en 08-19-14
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Seapower States
- Maritime Culture, Continental Empires, and the Conflict That Made the Modern World
- De: Andrew Lambert
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 13 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge - winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal - turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as "seapowers" informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Lambert demonstrates how creating maritime identities made these states more dynamic, open, and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline.
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1 out of 5 stars
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only got 1 hour or so through
- De fm2 en 01-14-19
De: Andrew Lambert
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Reconsidering the American Way of War
- US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan
- De: Antulio Joseph Echevarria
- Narrado por: James Killavey
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
This audiobook challenges several longstanding notions about the American way of war. It examines US military practice (strategic and operational) from the War of Independence to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan to determine what patterns, if any, existed in the way Americans have used military force. Echevarria surveys all major US wars and most every small conflict in the country's military history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of complex subject
- De Joe en 11-25-14
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Losing Military Supremacy
- The Myopia of American Strategic Planning
- De: Andrei Martyanov
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 215
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 192
This book explores the dramatic difference between the Russian and US approach to warfare, which manifests itself across the whole spectrum of activities from art and the economy to the respective national cultures; illustrates the fact that Russian economic, military, and cultural realities and power are no longer what American "elites" think they are by addressing Russia's new and elevated capacities in the areas of traditional warfare, as well as cyberwarfare and space; and studies several ways in-depth in which the US can simply stumble into conflict with Russia and what must be done to avoid it.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Mixes Truth with Propoganda
- De Gavin en 02-08-21
De: Andrei Martyanov
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Everything Under the Heavens
- How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power
- De: Howard W. French
- Narrado por: Nicholas Hormann
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained an attitude of false modesty about its ambitions. That role, reports Howard French, has been set aside. China has asserted its place among the global heavyweights, revealing its plans for pan-Asian dominance by building its navy, increasing territorial claims to areas like the South China Sea, and diplomatically bullying smaller players.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Unique Concept
- De John en 02-24-20
De: Howard W. French
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The Revenge of Geography
- What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
- De: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 13 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 758
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 657
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 656
In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the near and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world's hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled lands.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Painful to listen to
- De Bookworm en 12-27-13
De: Robert D. Kaplan
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Destined for War
- Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
- De: Graham Allison
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,092
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 943
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 937
War with China is much more likely than anyone thinks. When Athens went to war with Sparta some 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Thucydides identified one simple cause: A rising power threatened to displace a ruling one. As the eminent Harvard scholar Graham Allison explains, in the past 500 years, great powers have found themselves in "Thucydides's Trap" 16 times. In 12 of the 16, the results have been catastrophic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Balances, Counter-Balances and Traps
- De Joyce U. Olewe en 10-09-17
De: Graham Allison
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Another Bloody Century
- De: Colin Gray
- Narrado por: David Shaw-Parker
- Duración: 19 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Many nations, peoples and special interest groups believe that violence will advance their cause. Warfare has changed greatly since the Second World War; it continued to change during the late 20th century, and this process is still accelerating. Political, technological, social and religious forces are shaping the future of warfare, but most Western armed forces have yet to evolve significantly from the Cold War era when they trained to resist a conventional invasion by the Warsaw Pact.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a must read for those who study warfare
- De Austin en 01-21-24
De: Colin Gray
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The Future of War
- A History
- De: Lawrence Freedman
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 12 h y 59 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 115
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 101
The Future of War - which covers civil wars to as yet unknown nuclear conflicts, proxy wars (real) to the Cold War (not), fashionably small wars to the War to End All Wars (it didn't) - is filled with insight and fascinating nuggets of military history and culture from one of the most brilliant military and strategic historians of his generation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good historical review of the progression of war
- De Ian R. Graham en 06-14-18
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Disunited Nations
- The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World
- De: Peter Zeihan
- Narrado por: Peter Zeihan, Roy Worley
- Duración: 16 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,977
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,658
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,645
In Disunited Nations, geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan presents a series of counterintuitive arguments about the future of a world where trade agreements are coming apart and international institutions are losing their power. Germany will decline as the most powerful country in Europe, with France taking its place. Every country should prepare for the collapse of China, not North Korea. We are already seeing, as Zeihan predicts, a shift in outlook on the Middle East: it is no longer Iran that is the region’s most dangerous threat, but Saudi Arabia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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brilliant geopolitical primer re the future
- De Howard en 04-11-20
De: Peter Zeihan
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The Future of Geography
- How the Competition in Space Will Change Our World (Politics of Place)
- De: Tim Marshall
- Narrado por: Tim Marshall
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Humans are venturing up and out, and we’re taking our competitive spirit with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers, and seas have impacted civilizations around the world. It’s no coincidence that Russia, China, and the USA are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics and the world order as we know it. In this must-listen work, bestselling author Tim Marshall navigates the new astropolitical reality to show how we got here and where we’re heading.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Overview of Astro Politics
- De Gary en 04-18-24
De: Tim Marshall
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Victory at Sea
- Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
- De: Paul Kennedy, Ian Marshall - illustrator
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 20 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
In this engaging narrative, historian Paul Kennedy grapples with the rise and fall of the Great Powers during World War II. Tracking the movements of the six major navies of the Second World War—the allied navies of Britain, France, and the United States and the Axis navies of Germany, Italy, and Japan—Kennedy tells a story of naval battles, maritime campaigns, convoys, amphibious landings, and strikes from the sea.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No the defendant work on all navies fighting in World War II.
- De Kent Steen en 09-24-22
De: Paul Kennedy, y otros
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To Rule the Waves
- How Control of the World's Oceans Determines the Fate of the Superpowers
- De: Bruce Jones
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
For centuries, oceans were the chessboard on which empires battled for supremacy. But in the nuclear age, air power and missile systems dominated our worries about security, and for the United States, the economy was largely driven by domestic production, with trucking and railways that crisscrossed the continent serving as the primary modes of commercial transit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opener of how the seas impact today
- De Thomas VandeVanter en 03-11-23
De: Bruce Jones