John Wayne Mortimer II
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Iron and Blood
- A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500
- By: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 34 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
German military history is typically viewed as an inexorable march to the rise of Prussia and the two world wars, the road paved by militarism and the result a specifically German way of war. Peter Wilson challenges this narrative. Looking beyond Prussia to German-speaking Europe across the last five centuries, Wilson finds little unique or preordained in German militarism or warfighting. Iron and Blood takes as its starting point the consolidation of the Holy Roman Empire, which created new mechanisms for raising troops but also for resolving disputes diplomatically.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- By Will Georgiadis on 04-11-23
- Iron and Blood
- A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500
- By: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
Learned a lot
Reviewed: 10-10-23
Top shelf documentary. Enjoyed the narration and learned quite a bit. It’s nice to hear so much about the 17th and 18th centuries
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World War I: The Great War
- By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,595
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,311
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,296
Touched off by a terrorist act in Bosnia and spreading all too quickly beyond the expectations of those who were involved, World War I was an unprecedented catastrophe with a ghastly cost. After this first "total war"-the first conflict involving entire societies mobilized to wage unrestrained war, devoting all their wealth, industries, institutions, and the lives of their citizens to win victory at any price - the world itself would never be the same.
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5 out of 5 stars
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EXCELLENT SURVEY COURSE THAT NEEDS MORE CHRONOLOGY
- By Ark1836 on 06-08-15
Excellent
Reviewed: 04-08-22
Great course! Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge. I think these lectures provide a great overview of the war from the build up all the way to the end and beyond. I believe these lectures are worth a listen by most anyone looking for a history of the whole period.
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Free Speech
- A History from Socrates to Social Media
- By: Jacob Mchangama
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story5 out of 5 stars 62
Hailed as the “first freedom”, free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat. In Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of this idea.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great review of free speech and history
- By Anonymous User on 02-22-22
- Free Speech
- A History from Socrates to Social Media
- By: Jacob Mchangama
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
Great book - boring narration
Reviewed: 03-12-22
Loved the book, but I really wish Jacob had narrated it for us. The narrator is clear and understandable. My only issue was that his narration as a bit monotone and slow. I listened at 1.4x just to stay awake.
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Super Thinking
- The Big Book of Mental Models
- By: Gabriel Weinberg, Lauren McCann
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 540
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 455
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 452
The world"s greatest problem-solvers, forecasters, and decision-makers all rely on a set of frameworks and shortcuts that help them cut through complexity and separate good ideas from bad ones. They"re called mental models, and you can find them in dense textbooks on psychology, physics, economics, and more. Or, you can just listen to Super Thinking, a fun, illustrated guide to every mental model you could possibly need.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Author falls in the same mental traps he talks...
- By gimenez on 08-04-19
- Super Thinking
- The Big Book of Mental Models
- By: Gabriel Weinberg, Lauren McCann
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
Could be more concise
Reviewed: 01-01-22
I liked the book overall, but the authors spend too much time using textbook definitions and examples for a lot of the concepts. One could skip all the lessons on economics and basic physics concepts and still completely understand the topics. It’s easy to get lost in the explanations of the tragedy of the commons or the definition of inertia and forget what the book is actually about.
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