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1946
- The Making of the Modern World
- By: Victor Sebestyen
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 104
In 1946, Victor Sebestyen creates a taut, panoramic narrative and takes us to meetings that changed the world: to Berlin in July 1945, when Truman tells Stalin that we have successfully tested the bomb; to Ye'nan, China, in January 1946, when General George Marshall tells the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong that Americans won't send troops to China, assuring that the Communists will attain power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An education. Somber, detailed, many-faceted
- By Philo on 08-20-16
- 1946
- The Making of the Modern World
- By: Victor Sebestyen
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Definitely Listen
Reviewed: 10-07-24
Fantastic, although does not go super deep but hits all the points for the novice. America really was at her best and absolutely unstoppable in the years following the war. Incredible how bad the rot has become, i don’t know to either laugh or cry with Biden likening himself to FDR. Truman, also, great statesman.
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The Last 100 Days
- The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 27 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 843
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 760
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 763
A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich. To reconstruct the tumultuous hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, John Toland traveled more than 100,000 miles in twenty-one countries and interviewed more than six hundred people - from Hitler's personal chauffeur to Generals von Manteuffel, Wenck, and Heinrici.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More the sum of the parts
- By Mike From Mesa on 08-27-15
- The Last 100 Days
- The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Perfection
Reviewed: 10-03-24
October 2024. Funny thing, Churchill was correct in his assessment then, and 80 or so years later still correct. The Allies should’ve kept marching east from Berlin. Everybody was there already. Would have saved us all a lot of treasure and death.
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- By: Tony Judt
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 43 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,338
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,091
Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world’s most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through 34 nations and 60 years of political and cultural change—all in one integrated, enthralling narrative.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but not terrific listening
- By History on 10-18-11
- Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- By: Tony Judt
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Top 5
Reviewed: 08-15-24
just might be one of the best books i have ever read/listened to in my time here on earth. Just finished my third listen. very in depth and never once was i bored. you will not be disappointed
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Dark Music
- A Novel
- By: David Lagercrantz, Ian Giles - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4 out of 5 stars 88
Professor Hans Rekke is a world authority on interrogation techniques, capable of dizzying feats of logic and observation. He was born into wealth and power and has a picture-perfect wife and daughter. But he also has a fragile psyche that falls apart under pressure. Micaela Vargas is a street-smart police officer, the daughter of Chilean political refugees, who grew up in the projects on the outskirts of Stockholm and has two brothers on the wrong side of the law. She is tenacious and uncompromising, and desperate to prove herself to her fellow cops.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unimpressed
- By Candice U on 09-05-22
- Dark Music
- A Novel
- By: David Lagercrantz, Ian Giles - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Unimpressed
Reviewed: 09-05-22
I downloaded this after reading the WSJ review with high expectations. But I found the writer struggled to write a female lead (despite his earlier work). It might have been less obvious on the page, but the narrator made it so much worse by over emoting all of her feelings and expressions in comparison to the male characters, so she sounds like a stereotype of over-emotional females without the depth needed for a main character. The male cops weren't much better, very stereotypical tunnel vision police officers, but as side characters its less bothersome to the storyline. I returned after a few hours of listening.
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