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Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East
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Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East distills eleven years of expert reporting for the New York Times, Reuters, and The Atlantic into a clarion call for change. Here Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Rohde exposes how a dysfunctional Washington squandered billions on contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, neglected its true allies in the war on terror and failed to employ its most potent nonmilitary weapons: American consumerism, technology, and investment. The author then surveys post-Arab Spring Tunisia, Turkey, and Egypt, and finds a yearning for American technology, trade, and education. He argues that only Muslim moderates, not Americans, can eradicate militancy. An incisive look at the evolving nature of war, Beyond War shows how the failed American effort to back moderate Muslims since 9/11 can be salvaged.
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A Very Long NPR-like Interview and History Lesson
- De Harry Zimmer en 04-23-12
De: Ahmed Rashid
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The New Tsar
- The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin
- De: Steven Lee Myers
- Narrado por: René Ruiz
- Duración: 22 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,056
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,797
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,780
The epic tale of the rise to power of Russia's current president—the only complete biography in English–that fully captures his emergence from shrouded obscurity and deprivation to become one of the most consequential and complicated leaders in modern history, by the former New York Times Moscow bureau chief.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A retelling of facts without much added info
- De A. M. en 03-07-16
De: Steven Lee Myers
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The Profiteers
- Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World
- De: Sally Denton
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 302
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 256
The tale of the Bechtel family dynasty is a classic American business story. It begins with Warren A. "Dad" Bechtel, who led a consortium that constructed the Hoover Dam. From that auspicious start, the family and its eponymous company would go on to build the world, from the construction of airports in Hong Kong and Doha to pipelines and tunnels in Alaska and Europe to mining and energy operations around the globe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Your Liberal Bias is showing
- De Anonymous User en 03-29-18
De: Sally Denton
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Hard Choices
- De: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrado por: Kathleen Chalfant, Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Duración: 26 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,466
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,265
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,260
Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. In the aftermath of her 2008 presidential run, she expected to return to representing New York in the United States Senate. To her surprise, her former rival for the Democratic Party nomination, newly elected President Barack Obama, asked her to serve in his administration as Secretary of State. This memoir is the story of the four extraordinary and historic years that followed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Senior Stateswoman in need of Editor
- De Cynthia en 07-20-14
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Your Government Failed You
- Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters
- De: Richard A. Clarke
- Narrado por: Richard A. Clarke
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In Your Government Failed You, Clarke looks at why failures have continued and how America and the world can succeed against the terrorists. But Clarke goes beyond terrorism to examine the recurring U.S. government disasters. Despite the lessons of Vietnam, we've gotten involved in Iraq. Drawing on his 30 years in the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and Intelligence Community, Clarke discovers patterns in the failure and suggests ways to stop the cycle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stellar Criticism
- De Tim en 04-01-09
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Confront and Conceal
- Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power
- De: David E. Sanger
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 15 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 181
Three and a half years ago, David Sanger’s book The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power described how a new American president came to office with the world on fire. Now, just as the 2012 presidential election battle begins, Sanger follows up with an eye-opening, news-packed account of how Obama has dealt with those challenges, relying on innovative weapons and reconfigured tools of American power to try to manage a series of new threats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sobering reminder on what the presidency requires
- De Marilyn en 09-03-12
De: David E. Sanger
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The Shock Doctrine
- The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
- De: Naomi Klein
- Narrado por: Jennifer Wiltsie
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,060
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,433
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,428
In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment," losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers. The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If It's Bad for Humanity, It's Good for Business
- De Nelson Alexander en 09-29-07
De: Naomi Klein
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Ghost Wars
- The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
- De: Steve Coll
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 26 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,280
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,963
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,955
The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan. With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret efforts by CIA officers and their agents to capture or kill Bin Laden in Afghanistan after 1998.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Exceptional Accomplishment
- De Joe en 11-08-13
De: Steve Coll
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Directorate S
- The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- De: Steve Coll
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 28 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,295
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,147
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,137
Resuming the narrative of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, best-selling author Steve Coll tells for the first time the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Slow At Times But Always Horrifying And Engaging
- De Gillian en 02-20-18
De: Steve Coll
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Bibi
- De: Anshel Pfeffer
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 18 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Benjamin Netanyahu is embroiled in numerous scandals, all of his own making, and may soon be ousted from the office he has held longer than any prior Israeli prime minister outside of David Ben Gurion. But Bibi, as he is known by friend and foe alike, is no stranger to controversy. For many in Israel and elsewhere, he is an embarrassment, a threat to democracy, even a precursor to Donald Trump. He nevertheless continues to dominate Israeli public life - and he may yet survive his current crises, the most challenging of his career.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very biased.
- De Anonymous User en 10-14-22
De: Anshel Pfeffer
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The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom
- America and China, 1776 to the Present
- De: John Pomfret
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 30 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 157
Our relationship with China remains one of the most complex and rapidly evolving and is perhaps one of the most important to our nation's future. Here, John Pomfret, the author of the best-selling Chinese Lessons, takes us deep into these two countries' shared history and illuminates in vibrant, stunning detail every major event, relationship, and ongoing development that has affected diplomacy between these two booming, influential nations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Indispensable for understanding the US China relationship
- De D. Keith en 03-12-17
De: John Pomfret
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A Covert Action
- Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland
- De: Seth G. Jones
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In this gripping narrative history, Seth G. Jones reveals the CIA's involvement in a landmark victory for democracy during the Cold War. In 1983, while Soviet- backed Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski worked to crush a budding opposition movement through martial law, the CIA launched a sophisticated intelligence campaign supporting dissident groups. With President Ronald Reagan's support, American funds bankrolled clandestine newspapers, broadcasting, and information warfare. This initiative, code-named QRHELPFUL, proved vital in establishing a free and democratic Poland.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A passionate true story
- De Chris Cembrzynski en 02-15-19
De: Seth G. Jones
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In the Graveyard of Empires
- America’s War in Afghanistan
- De: Seth G. Jones
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 158
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 124
Following September 11, the United States successfully overthrew the Taliban regime. It established security throughout the country, and Afghanistan finally began to emerge from more than two decades of conflict. But Jones argues that, as early as 2001, planning for the Iraq War siphoned off resources and talented personnel, undermining the gains that had been made. After eight years, the United States had pushed al-Qaeda’s headquarters about one hundred miles across the border into Pakistan.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Book but- Worst Narrator Ever
- De Mark C en 01-08-11
De: Seth G. Jones
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Known and Unknown
- A Memoir
- De: Donald Rumsfeld
- Narrado por: Donald Rumsfeld
- Duración: 30 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 606
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 405
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 406
A powerful memoir from the late former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history. Both a fascinating narrative and an unprecedented glimpse into history, Known and Unknown captures the legacy of one of the most influential men in public service.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inside view of five decades in politics
- De Brooks en 02-19-11
De: Donald Rumsfeld
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Democracy
- Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
- De: Condoleezza Rice
- Narrado por: Grace Angela Henry
- Duración: 12 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 258
From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history. As a child, she was an eyewitness to a third awakening of freedom, when her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter of the civil rights movement for black Americans. In this book, Rice explains what these epochal events teach us about democracy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Case for Democracy
- De Jean en 05-18-17
De: Condoleezza Rice
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War on Peace
- The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
- De: Ronan Farrow
- Narrado por: Ronan Farrow
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,451
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,127
American diplomacy is under siege. Offices across the State Department sit empty while abroad, the military-industrial complex has assumed the work once undertaken by peacemakers. We're becoming a nation that shoots first and asks questions later. In an astonishing account ranging from Washington, DC, to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and North Korea in the years since 9/11, acclaimed journalist and former diplomat Ronan Farrow illuminates one of the most consequential and poorly understood changes in American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Timed and Authoritative:
- De JC en 04-24-18
De: Ronan Farrow