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The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- Written by: John Toland
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 41 hrs and 9 mins
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."
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very well done
- By Frank on 2022-06-10
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The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 41 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2014-06-27
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Japan
- Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
- Written by: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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With intelligence and wit, author Jonathan Clements blends documentary and storytelling styles to connect the past, present, and future of Japan, and in broad yet detailed strokes reveals a country of paradoxes: a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an emperor as head of state; a famously safe society built on 108 volcanoes resting on the world's most active earthquake zone; a fast-paced urban and technologically advanced country whose land consists predominantly of mountains and forests.
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History need not be dry.
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-04-03
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A Brief History of Japan
- Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-22
- Language: English
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The Art of War
- Written by: Sun Tzu
- Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.
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interesting
- By Anonymous User on 2018-09-20
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The Art of War
- Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-31
- Language: English
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The Rise of Modern Japan
- Written by: Mark J. Ravina, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Mark J. Ravina
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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Noted Japan expert Professor Mark J. Ravina of the University of Texas at Austin covers the politics, economics, and culture of the island nation since World War II - a conflict that saw the end of Japan’s dream of regional conquest, which Professor Ravina calls Empire 1.0. The country’s postwar leaders radically changed course, renouncing a strong military to pursue Empire 2.0 - Japan as an economic colossus.
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Great listen!
- By Brandon on 2022-11-13
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The Rise of Modern Japan
- Narrated by: Mark J. Ravina
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-05
- Language: English
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The Conquering Tide
- War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
- Written by: Ian W. Toll
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins
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The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island. This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War - the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944 - when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide", concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas.
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Good book, brutal narration
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-10-14
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The Conquering Tide
- War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Series: The Pacific War Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2015-09-21
- Language: English
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We Few
- US Special Forces in Vietnam
- Written by: Nick Brokhausen
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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A Green Beret's gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
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Incredible book
- By Jonny on 2020-07-03
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We Few
- US Special Forces in Vietnam
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-30
- Language: English
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The Rape of Nanking
- Written by: Iris Chang
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the story of this atrocity- one of the worst in world history- continues to be denied by the Japanese government.
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Eye opening
- By Kooky Canuck on 2019-08-02
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The Rape of Nanking
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2001-02-05
- Language: English
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
- Written by: Ezra F. Vogel
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 33 hrs and 48 mins
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Once described by Mao Zedong as a "needle inside a ball of cotton", Deng was the pragmatic yet disciplined driving force behind China's radical transformation in the late 20th century. He confronted the damage wrought by the Cultural Revolution, dissolved Mao's cult of personality, and loosened the policies that had stunted China's growth. Obsessed with modernization, Deng opened trade relations with the West, which lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty. Yet he also answered to his authoritarian roots, most notably when he ordered the crackdown in 1989 at Tiananmen Square.
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Must read/listen!
- By Andrew on 2022-10-16
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 33 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-23
- Language: English
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Charlie Wilson's War
- The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
- Written by: George Crile
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
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Charlie Wilson's War is the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam. George Crile tells how Charlie Wilson, a maverick congressman from east Texas, conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the biggest, meanest, and most successful covert operation in the agency's history.
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Charlie Wilson's War
- The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2004-06-23
- Language: English
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Written by: Stephen R. Platt
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
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As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to "open" China even as China's imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country's decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China's advantage.
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Well written but not the story I was hoping for
- By Simon on 2022-02-03
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2018-05-15
- Language: English
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Whispers in the Tall Grass
- Written by: Nick Brokhausen
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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On his second combat tour, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group), or Studies and Observations Group as it was innocuously called. The small recon companies that were the center of its activities conducted some of the most dangerous missions of the war, infiltrating areas controlled by the North Vietnamese in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The companies never exceeded more than 30 Americans, yet they were the best source for the enemy's disposition.
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This book is just as good as the first one!
- By Dylan on 2022-01-18
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Whispers in the Tall Grass
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2019-12-19
- Language: English
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SOG Medic
- Stories from Vietnam and Over the Fence
- Written by: Joe Parnar, Robert Dumont
- Narrated by: Arthur Flavell
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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In the years since the Vietnam War, the elite unit known as SOG has spawned many myths, legends, and war stories. Special Forces medic Joe Parnar served with SOG during 1968 in FOB2/CCC near the tri-border area that gave them access to the forbidden areas of Laos and Cambodia. Parnar recounts his time with the recon men of this highly classified unit, as his job involved a unique combination of soldiering and lifesaving.
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one of the best SOG experiences ever
- By Anonymous User on 2023-03-22
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SOG Medic
- Stories from Vietnam and Over the Fence
- Narrated by: Arthur Flavell
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-30
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Battle
- Okinawa 1945: The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
- Written by: Bill Sloan
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the largest land-sea-air battle ever waged by the United States, a battle whose staggering casualties and take-no-prisoners ferocity led Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. From April through June 1945, more than 250,000 American and Japanese lives were lost, including those of nearly 150,000 civilians who either committed suicide or were caught in the crossfire. This book tells a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death.
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OKINAWA Battle
- By Brian Hogan on 2022-05-03
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The Ultimate Battle
- Okinawa 1945: The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2007-11-07
- Language: English
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Shattered Sword
- The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
- Written by: Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
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Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's best-selling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese primary sources. It also corrects the many errors of Mitsuo Fuchida's Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan It thus forces a major, potentially controversial reevaluation of the great battle.
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Excellent book
- By Eric Reynard on 2023-02-02
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Shattered Sword
- The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2019-04-16
- Language: English
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Destined for War
- Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
- Written by: Graham Allison
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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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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Most important books of this decade
- By Customer Who Cares on 2024-05-10
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Destined for War
- Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-30
- Language: English
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The Mongol Empire
- Written by: Craig Benjamin, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Craig Benjamin
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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The Mongol Empire was the largest empire the world has ever seen, forged by conquests across Eurasia in the 13th and 14th centuries. Yet despite the unparalleled brutality of the Mongols, they played a key role in launching civilization’s evolution into the modern world. In 24 half-hour lectures delivered by award-winning teacher and historian Craig Benjamin of Grand Valley State University, explore the paradox of the Mongols’ extreme barbarity combined with their enlightened religious attitudes and respect for high civilization, in The Mongol Empire.
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Very good introduction to the Mongols
- By presterjohn1 on 2023-07-25
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The Mongol Empire
- Narrated by: Professor Craig Benjamin
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2020-06-19
- Language: English
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Iran
- A Modern History
- Written by: Abbas Amanat
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
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This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic.
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Excellent history of Iran from Safavid era to near present.
- By Jason Gacek on 2020-04-19
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Iran
- A Modern History
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-07
- Language: English
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Revolusi
- Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
- Written by: David Van Reybrouck
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
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In August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and announced the birth of a new nation. With the fourth largest population in the world, inhabiting islands that span an eighth of the globe, Indonesia became the first country to rid itself of colonial rule after WWII.
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Revolusi
- Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2024-04-09
- Language: English
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Vietnam
- A History
- Written by: Stanley Karnow
- Narrated by: Edward Holland
- Length: 27 hrs and 42 mins
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In this comprehensive history, Stanley Karnow demystifies the tragic ordeal of America's war in Vietnam. The book's central theme is that America's leaders, prompted as much by domestic politics as by global ambitions, carried the United States into Southeast Asia with little regard for the realities of the region. Karnow elucidates the decision-making process in Washington and Asia and recounts the political and military events that occurred after the Americans arrived in Vietnam.
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Required reading
- By William Lane on 2019-08-23
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Vietnam
- A History
- Narrated by: Edward Holland
- Length: 27 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2006-11-29
- Language: English
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Empires of the Steppes
- Written by: Kenneth Harl
- Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
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The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world’s greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. Their deeds still resonate today. Indeed, these nomads built long-lasting empires, facilitated the first global trade of the Silk Road and disseminated religions, technology, knowledge and goods of every description that enriched and changed the lives of so many across Europe, China and the Middle East.
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Empires of the Steppes
- Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2023-08-01
- Language: English
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