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Hope M. Harrison
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The Berlin Wall is perhaps modern history’s most infamous edifice.
For 28 years, it divided postwar Germany into communist-controlled east and democratic west. Then, in 1989, it collapsed - transforming a symbol of communist oppression into a potent emblem of freedom.
Why, and how, was the Berlin Wall constructed? How did Germans adapt to its presence or try to escape it? What political and social forces were responsible for its destruction? What still remains of the Berlin Wall, and how do today’s Germans grapple with its legacy?
The Berlin Wall: A World Divided is more than just the story of brick, concrete, and barbed wire. It’s the story of a city, a country, and a world - all of them divided. To hear how the Berlin Wall exemplified this division is to gain insights into a central tension of world history: between the human drive for freedom and the political will that would control and repress that drive. Drawing on years of research using former top-secret communist archives, Hope M. Harrison has crafted a riveting Audible Original that brings to life the political, social, and cultural history of the Berlin Wall. She shares the story of the millions of people who lived in its real shadow - and still live in its figurative one.
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- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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In 10 Big Questions of the American Civil War, join noted author and Civil War historian Dr. Caroline E. Janney, a professor at the University of Virginia, for a pointed examination of some of the most intriguing, provocative, and enduring questions about the Civil War era. The aim of these 10 eye-opening lectures is to separate myth from memory.
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Rockyp
- By Robert Palomino on 12-11-19
By: Caroline Janney, and others
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Writing the Bible: Origins of the Old Testament
- By: Martien Halvorson-Taylor, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Martien Halvorson-Taylor
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Who wrote Great Expectations? That’s easy: Charles Dickens. Who’s the author of Beloved? Toni Morrison, of course. Now how about the Old Testament? You’d think for a book as widely known, studied, and distributed as the Bible, the question of authorship would have been sorted out by now. But the question is more complex (and fascinating) than it seems. Why? Because asking it is to challenge everything we might assume about the Bible’s identity as a book, about what “writing” and “authorship” really mean, and about how a written text could become sacred.
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What a Great Courses Book Is Meant to Be
- By Gilbert M. Stack on 12-16-21
By: Martien Halvorson-Taylor, and others
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The History and Future of the HBCU
- By: Crystal R Sanders, Reginald Ellis, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Crystal R Sanders, Reginald Ellis
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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In The History and Future of HBCUs, Professor Crystal R. Sanders and Professor Reginald Ellis take you back to the pre-Civil War origins of some of the earliest HBCUs and walk you through the complex history of these institutions. As you witness their growth - and the power struggles that often came with the fraught political and racial landscape of the US in the 19th and 20th centuries - you will meet some of the great minds they produced. Uncover the indelible mark they have left on American education, the fight for Black liberation, and the Civil Rights movement.
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A lecture series
- By G. Hunter on 02-04-22
By: Crystal R Sanders, and others
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The Life and Legacy of Muhammad
- By: Maria Dakake, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Maria Dakake
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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New religious movements aren’t earthquakes - they’re not generated by blind natural forces, and they’re not inevitable. Social and spiritual change requires a catalyst to set it in motion. And in the case of Islam, that catalyst has a name: Muhammad. He was a charismatic individual, born of the existing culture of sixth-century Arabia and yet somehow alienated from it. He drew on existing religious ideas in radically new ways that would change his world - and ours - forever. Join Maria Dakake of George Mason University for a riveting exploration of Islam’s founding prophet.
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A Lot of Detail Enriches this Book
- By Gilbert M. Stack on 03-29-22
By: Maria Dakake, and others
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Decoding Dogs: Inside the Canine Mind
- By: Ellen Furlong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ellen Furlong
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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They might be our best friends, but we often have no idea what they are thinking. Peer inside the fascinating world of the mind of the dog with associate professor of psychology Ellen Furlong of Illinois Wesleyan University. Ever wonder how the same nose that always manages to find the worst-smelling place in the park to roll around can also be trained to sniff out cancer, bombs, and even endangered plants and animals? As you embark on a penetrating look at the canine brain, you’ll break down the unique ways dogs think and feel.
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Dogs!
- By Anonymous User on 08-19-20
By: Ellen Furlong, and others
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Rise and Fall of the Borgias
- By: William Landon, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: William Landon
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Since its rise to the highest ranks of power in Renaissance Europe, the Borgia family has developed a scandalous reputation. While they were indeed ostentatious, calculating, worldly, cruel - and even, occasionally, murderous - you may be surprised to find that the Borgias were not terribly different from other powerful and ambitious families of their day. So why has history set them apart as one of the most corrupt and reviled families in history?
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A remarkable history of a maligned family
- By Happy Customer on 12-03-19
By: William Landon, and others
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10 Big Questions of the American Civil War
- By: Caroline Janney, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Caroline Janney
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In 10 Big Questions of the American Civil War, join noted author and Civil War historian Dr. Caroline E. Janney, a professor at the University of Virginia, for a pointed examination of some of the most intriguing, provocative, and enduring questions about the Civil War era. The aim of these 10 eye-opening lectures is to separate myth from memory.
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Rockyp
- By Robert Palomino on 12-11-19
By: Caroline Janney, and others
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Writing the Bible: Origins of the Old Testament
- By: Martien Halvorson-Taylor, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Martien Halvorson-Taylor
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Who wrote Great Expectations? That’s easy: Charles Dickens. Who’s the author of Beloved? Toni Morrison, of course. Now how about the Old Testament? You’d think for a book as widely known, studied, and distributed as the Bible, the question of authorship would have been sorted out by now. But the question is more complex (and fascinating) than it seems. Why? Because asking it is to challenge everything we might assume about the Bible’s identity as a book, about what “writing” and “authorship” really mean, and about how a written text could become sacred.
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What a Great Courses Book Is Meant to Be
- By Gilbert M. Stack on 12-16-21
By: Martien Halvorson-Taylor, and others
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The History and Future of the HBCU
- By: Crystal R Sanders, Reginald Ellis, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Crystal R Sanders, Reginald Ellis
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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In The History and Future of HBCUs, Professor Crystal R. Sanders and Professor Reginald Ellis take you back to the pre-Civil War origins of some of the earliest HBCUs and walk you through the complex history of these institutions. As you witness their growth - and the power struggles that often came with the fraught political and racial landscape of the US in the 19th and 20th centuries - you will meet some of the great minds they produced. Uncover the indelible mark they have left on American education, the fight for Black liberation, and the Civil Rights movement.
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A lecture series
- By G. Hunter on 02-04-22
By: Crystal R Sanders, and others
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The Life and Legacy of Muhammad
- By: Maria Dakake, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Maria Dakake
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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New religious movements aren’t earthquakes - they’re not generated by blind natural forces, and they’re not inevitable. Social and spiritual change requires a catalyst to set it in motion. And in the case of Islam, that catalyst has a name: Muhammad. He was a charismatic individual, born of the existing culture of sixth-century Arabia and yet somehow alienated from it. He drew on existing religious ideas in radically new ways that would change his world - and ours - forever. Join Maria Dakake of George Mason University for a riveting exploration of Islam’s founding prophet.
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A Lot of Detail Enriches this Book
- By Gilbert M. Stack on 03-29-22
By: Maria Dakake, and others
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Decoding Dogs: Inside the Canine Mind
- By: Ellen Furlong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ellen Furlong
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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They might be our best friends, but we often have no idea what they are thinking. Peer inside the fascinating world of the mind of the dog with associate professor of psychology Ellen Furlong of Illinois Wesleyan University. Ever wonder how the same nose that always manages to find the worst-smelling place in the park to roll around can also be trained to sniff out cancer, bombs, and even endangered plants and animals? As you embark on a penetrating look at the canine brain, you’ll break down the unique ways dogs think and feel.
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Dogs!
- By Anonymous User on 08-19-20
By: Ellen Furlong, and others
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Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Horror
- By: Mark Canada, The Great Courses
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- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Through these 10 lectures, you will delve into the darkness of Poe’s most nightmarish stories, including “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. You’ll also learn how he invented the detective story and explored themes of love and loss in such poems as “Ulalume” and “Annabel Lee”. And you’ll discover how Poe employed symbolism, imagery, rhythm and rhyme, irony and paradox, repetition, simile, and foreshadowing to create a unique body of work.
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Interesting but not what I was expecting
- By Red-Haired Ash on 03-24-21
By: Mark Canada, and others
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The Big Mysteries of Human Evolution
- By: Dr. Elen Feuerriegel, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Dr. Elen Feurriegel
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In 10 riveting episodes, paleoanthropologist Elen Feuerriegel takes you on an unrivaled tour of the human fossil record in search of the biological and behavioral underpinnings of our very “humanness”.
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Fascinating lecture
- By M Hester on 04-15-22
By: Dr. Elen Feuerriegel, and others
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How 1954 Changed History
- By: Michael Flamm, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael Flamm
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
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Every year has its share of notable events, but some years seem to capture the essence of a decade in a handful of months. The year 1954 is one such year. It began in January with a celebrity marriage heard round the world and then progressed through a series of major political, social, and cultural milestones that would echo through the next several decades. The years following World War II were a time of increased wealth and confidence, years that saw the rise of a solid, increasingly powerful middle class in America.
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Fascinating history
- By TPM on 04-19-20
By: Michael Flamm, and others
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Understanding Ulysses S. Grant: Portrait of a Warrior
- By: Elizabeth D. Samet, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth D. Samet
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By the time of his death on July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant was an icon in the historical memory of the United States. Just a few decades later, however, constant criticism of his military and political leadership had tarnished his reputation. Today’s historians have a far more balanced assessment of Grant as a Union Army general and an American president—and that appraisal is at the heart of Understanding Ulysses S. Grant: Portrait of a Warrior.
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Not a Great Course
- By Jose on 12-12-22
By: Elizabeth D. Samet, and others
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How Luck Changes the Way We View the World
- By: Daniel Breyer, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Daniel Breyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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If you believe in luck — or if you absolutely do not believe in luck, join Associate Professor of Philosophy Daniel Breyer as he makes the case for the essential role that luck plays in our lives — and has played throughout human history. In this 10-part overview, he will give you a completely new appreciation for the surprising interplay between luck, responsibility, and free will.
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The dumbest topic ever
- By Flying Girl on 12-18-21
By: Daniel Breyer, and others
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No Calculator? No Problem!
- Mastering Mental Math
- By: Art Benjamin, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Art Benjamin
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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No Calculator? No Problem! Mastering Mental Math , award-winning professor of mathematics and celebrated “mathemagician” Arthur T. Benjamin delivers 10 fun-filled lessons on how to do math in your head with confidence, accuracy, and speed - sometimes faster than a calculator. By the end of Professor Benjamin’s lessons, you’ll be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers faster than ever before. And with your newfound skills, you’ll soon find yourself amazing other people and, perhaps more important, yourself.
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Excellent but need PDF
- By Majeed on 10-15-19
By: Art Benjamin, and others
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The Best and Worst Presidential Cabinets in U.S. History
- By: Lindsay M. Chervinsky, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Lindsay M. Chervinsky
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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The political, and very human, dynamics behind presidential cabinets, from George Washington to Joe Biden, come to life in The Best and Worst Presidential Cabinets in U.S. History. What Lindsay M. Chervinsky offers in this eye-opening Audible Original is an investigation of the good, the bad, and the ugly of presidential cabinets. Covering more than two centuries of history, it’s a fascinating tour of scandals, colorful personalities, big events, and triumphs of diversity and bipartisanship. Not to mention jobs with a very high turnover rate.
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Biased unreflective presidential history
- By thequickbrownfox on 10-28-21
By: Lindsay M. Chervinsky, and others
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The History of Sugar
- By: Kelley Fanto Deetz, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Kelley Fanto Deetz
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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Whatever the form, whatever the treat - sugar drives us wild like nothing else. It’s lingered on our tongues for millennia and found its way into almost every household in the world. Alas, the history of sugar is far from sweet. Long before it was linked to America’s obesity epidemic, sugar was fueling the dark forces of exploitation, colonization, conquest, and slavery. More than just candy and cake, sugar has drastically altered the diets, cultures, and economies of the modern world. How can we love sugar while having a healthy relationship with its bittersweet history?
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Story of sugar plantation life, not sugar itself
- By Yvette D Skinner on 10-19-21
By: Kelley Fanto Deetz, and others
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The Science of Love
- By: Wind Goodfriend, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Wind Goodfriend
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
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What is love? It's more scientific than you think. Through 10 lectures, Dr. Wind Goodfriend surveys the biology of interpersonal attraction, sexual preference and desire, and conflict resolution. You'll look at a variety of romantic notions, common myths, and love stereotypes through the lens of science in order to break them down and better set expectations when it comes to keeping a long-term relationship happy and healthy. You'll apply biology, psychology, and anthropology to that "spark" we feel when we are attracted to someone, to better understand what that feeling is.
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what a fun science lecture!
- By Ginger Johnson on 02-22-21
By: Wind Goodfriend, and others
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Generals and Geniuses: A History of the Manhattan Project
- By: Edward G. Lengel, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Edward G. Lengel
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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In 10 riveting episodes that feel like a fast-paced thriller, acclaimed World War II historian Edward G. Lengel’s Generals and Geniuses: A History of the Manhattan Project brings the origin of the atomic bomb - and the scientific minds behind it - to vivid life. Did the Manhattan Project, and the remarkable weapon it produced, save millions of lives at the expense of the tens of thousands who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? And was there any way to prevent this technology from unleashing the horrors that still hang over us today?
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Excellent lecture
- By AmazonTop on 09-28-20
By: Edward G. Lengel, and others
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The History of the Superhero
- By: Lan Dong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Lan Dong
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
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In Lan Dong’s Audible Original, The History of the Superhero, examine the roots of the superhero dynamic that’s overtaking popular culture. Encompassing both Marvel Comics’ and DC Comics’ pantheon of extraordinary heroes, these eight lectures explore how superhero comics came to be, how famous characters (and their exploits) evolved in response to social and cultural changes, how superhero cinematic universes have become an integral (and highly lucrative) part of film history, and why superheroes of all types are likely here to stay.
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Bland
- By Amazon Customer on 12-22-22
By: Lan Dong, and others
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How Superfoods Work
- By: Julia Nordgren, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Julia Nordgren
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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They’re not faster than a speeding bullet or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. But that doesn’t mean steel-cut oats, blackberries, ginger, and other foods can’t swoop in to save the day - or at least our diets. In How Superfoods Work, reevaluate the superfoods you are (or aren’t) eating and discover ways to make your life healthier - and more delicious.
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Excellent...
- By S. Graham on 02-16-21
By: Julia Nordgren, and others
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- terry
- 12-05-21
Educational
Got a good history of the wall and it’s events. Usually history is dry. This was not. I enjoyed it.
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- Linda
- 11-11-21
We'll worth the listen. Clear and precise account of all that the Berlin Wall was and stood for in the Cold War.
I really enjoyed this series of lectures on the Berlin wall and its role and what it symbolized during the years after WWII.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-22-21
An excellent course on German history
The title of this course is somewhat misleading, as it is so much more! This is a well structured, concise and captivating journey through the history of Germany, from the end of the second world war to the present.
As a German immigrant living in Berlin I find this very useful. It's given me colour to fill in all the lines around me.
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- Denis Guerra
- 11-06-22
comprehensive and direct
real stories and a streamlined story. this book gives you a good gaze into east and west Germany from its conception, through the wall building, life and fall.
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- Jinny C.
- 11-17-21
Worth audible subscription!
This audio alone satisfies this month's subscription to audible. I generally get bored with history, but this course is so intriguing and mesmerizing. I highly recommend it
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- Anonymous User
- 02-12-22
Learn history that’s relevant to today
I was a young adult when the Berlin Wall fell, and paid attention to events. Yet I learned a lot listening to Harrison’s well-researched and well-told chronology. The individual stories kept it engaging.
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- Tracy Nelson
- 11-16-21
Great Historical Summary About the Wall
There is so little offered by Audible about the old Warsaw Pact countries, and E Germany and the Stasi especially. I appreciated the personal stories intertwined with the historical narrative. My one criticism would be the closing the statements. The professor advocates open borders and the criticism of those opposed to open borders as racist or xenophobic. Comparing modern opposition to unlimited refugee admissions from the Middle East is not the same.
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- Anya N
- 11-28-22
I was alive when it fell but
I knew so very little about how, when and why it was built. this is all the more embarrassing where the cold war was central to my graduate studies. she argues in the last chapter that the Berlin wall has great relevance to us today. I quite agree. reading this book is a worthy undertaking well worth your time.
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- Scam victim
- 02-22-22
Great lecture series, terrible narration
The story told by this book was incredible. The history of the Berlin Wall is both intriguing and historically important.
The lectures themselves are fairly well written, and do a great job of censoring on specific topics.
the lecturer, however, has a dull, yet strangely affected voice, that takes some SERIOUS greeting used to. Even by the end of the book, it was not comfortable to listen to.
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- Gilbert M. Stack
- 04-04-22
A Great Overview
Harrison provides a quick overview of the Berlin Wall, starting with the political situation that led to its creation and ending with the aftermath of its demolition. The account is punctuated with both exciting and heart-wrenching tales of real people who risked (and often lost) everything in an attempt to move from east to west. Harrison provides a lot of details I didn’t know. Perhaps most striking was that the wall was initiated by the East Germans without the approval of the Soviet Union—that sort of independence is not something the stereotype of the Iron Curtain led me to expect. I was also surprised by just how much official transit went on between East and West through the wall and how dependent the East German government was on the revenue that they gained from taxing those they let visit from the west. I was also surprised to learn that West Germany was in the habit of “purchasing” the freedom of many East Germans convicted of trying to escape to the west. On this level, communist East Germany was actually quite capitalistic.
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