Bestsellers
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Road to Disaster
- A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
- De: Brian VanDeMark
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 23 h y 12 m
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Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite many words of analysis and reflection, no historian has been able to explain why such decent and previously successful men stumbled so badly...
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Vietnam Veteran
- De Jim Rollins en 04-02-19
De: Brian VanDeMark
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Dereliction of Duty
- Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
- De: H. R. McMaster
- Narrado por: H. R. McMaster
- Duración: 15 h y 58 m
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A riveting narrative, Dereliction of Duty focuses on a fascinating cast of characters: President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, and other aides who deliberately deceived the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the US Congress, and the American public....
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Rough narration
- De AC Griffin en 12-04-19
De: H. R. McMaster
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The Vietnam War
- An Intimate History
- De: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders, Ken Burns, Brian Corrigan
- Duración: 31 h y 15 m
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A vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart....
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The usual Vietnam info delivered in the old prose
- De Kevin Warren en 10-26-17
De: Geoffrey C. Ward, y otros
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Skies of Thunder
- The Deadly World War II Mission over the Roof of the World
- De: Caroline Alexander
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 14 h y 5 m
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NYT bestselling author Caroline Alexander provides a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II....
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The Challenges of Human and Political Folly
- De Curious en 05-22-24
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Vietnam
- An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Max Hastings, Peter Noble
- Duración: 33 h y 33 m
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Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle....
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A more nuanced view than Ken Burns' companion book
- De Vu en 10-21-18
De: Max Hastings
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Some People Need Killing
- A Memoir of Murder in My Country
- De: Patricia Evangelista
- Narrado por: Patricia Evangelista
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte.
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A courageous mission
- De Karen Campbell en 05-12-24
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Road to Disaster
- A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
- De: Brian VanDeMark
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 23 h y 12 m
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Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite many words of analysis and reflection, no historian has been able to explain why such decent and previously successful men stumbled so badly...
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Vietnam Veteran
- De Jim Rollins en 04-02-19
De: Brian VanDeMark
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Dereliction of Duty
- Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
- De: H. R. McMaster
- Narrado por: H. R. McMaster
- Duración: 15 h y 58 m
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A riveting narrative, Dereliction of Duty focuses on a fascinating cast of characters: President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, and other aides who deliberately deceived the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the US Congress, and the American public....
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Rough narration
- De AC Griffin en 12-04-19
De: H. R. McMaster
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The Vietnam War
- An Intimate History
- De: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders, Ken Burns, Brian Corrigan
- Duración: 31 h y 15 m
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A vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart....
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The usual Vietnam info delivered in the old prose
- De Kevin Warren en 10-26-17
De: Geoffrey C. Ward, y otros
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Skies of Thunder
- The Deadly World War II Mission over the Roof of the World
- De: Caroline Alexander
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 14 h y 5 m
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NYT bestselling author Caroline Alexander provides a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II....
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The Challenges of Human and Political Folly
- De Curious en 05-22-24
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Vietnam
- An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Max Hastings, Peter Noble
- Duración: 33 h y 33 m
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Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle....
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A more nuanced view than Ken Burns' companion book
- De Vu en 10-21-18
De: Max Hastings
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Some People Need Killing
- A Memoir of Murder in My Country
- De: Patricia Evangelista
- Narrado por: Patricia Evangelista
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte.
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A courageous mission
- De Karen Campbell en 05-12-24
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The Jakarta Method
- Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
- De: Vincent Bevins
- Narrado por: Tim Paige
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the 20th century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the USSR and inspiring copycat terror programs....
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Great book, but the narration has serious flaws
- De Prof. Neil Larsen en 08-03-20
De: Vincent Bevins
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Dispatches
- De: Michael Herr
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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From its terrifying opening to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone....
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All of the reviews are correct.
- De Mark Thoreson en 01-18-22
De: Michael Herr
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Hue 1968
- A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
- De: Mark Bowden
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 18 h y 45 m
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Huế 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam....
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I KNEW This Book Would Sting Me . . . .
- De Rum Runner en 07-28-17
De: Mark Bowden
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Embers of War
- The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
- De: Fredrik Logevall
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 32 h y 15 m
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An epic story of wasted opportunities and deadly miscalculations, Embers of War delves deep into the historical record to provide hard answers to the unanswered questions surrounding the demise of one Western power in Vietnam and the arrival of another....
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Understanding Why We failed the People of Vietnam
- De VA en 03-22-21
De: Fredrik Logevall
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Fire in the Lake
- De: Frances FitzGerald
- Narrado por: Jeff Bottoms
- Duración: 22 h y 31 m
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This magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the history of Vietnam - the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages, the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists....
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American Hubris; Vietnamese Misery
- De gunnerThrax en 01-24-21
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Lee Kuan Yew
- The Grand Master’s Insights on China, United States, and the World
- De: Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne
- Narrado por: Michael McConnohie, Francis Chau
- Duración: 4 h y 41 m
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Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage....
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Thought-provoking
- De Jean en 12-11-14
De: Graham Allison, y otros
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The League of Wives
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home
- De: Heath Hardage Lee
- Narrado por: Heath Hardage Lee
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam....
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Wow
- De Jen Kerstiens en 02-24-23
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Krakatoa
- The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa - the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster - was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people....
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Great subject, great writing, great voice
- De rwise en 01-26-04
De: Simon Winchester
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Bait
- The Battle of Kham Duc
- De: Gregory W. Sanders, James D. McLeroy
- Narrado por: James D. McLeroy
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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An account of the battle of Kham Duc, one of the least known and most misunderstood battles in the American Phase of the Second Indochina War (1959 to 1975)....
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Great Story of Bravery
- De Anonymous User en 04-26-24
De: Gregory W. Sanders, y otros
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Revolusi
- Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
- De: David Van Reybrouck
- Narrado por: Neil Gardner
- Duración: 22 h y 6 m
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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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Vietnam
- A History
- De: Stanley Karnow
- Narrado por: Edward Holland
- Duración: 27 h y 42 m
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In this comprehensive history, Stanley Karnow demystifies the tragic ordeal of America's war in Vietnam....
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As stunning as it was engaging
- De David Ewing en 08-06-07
De: Stanley Karnow
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Filipino Mythology Collection (Annotated) with a Historical Introduction
- Discover the mysterious folklore, folk tales, myths and legends of the Philippines as well as the rich history the Pinoy
- De: Clara Kern Bayliss, Mabel Cook Cole, John Maurice Miller
- Narrado por: Jim D. Johnston
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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Filipinos have very interesting creatures that lurk within their myths and legends. This great collection will dive into famous as well as lesser known tales. Enjoy....
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A Painful Listen
- De Limegreen en 04-02-24
De: Clara Kern Bayliss, y otros
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History of Thailand
- A Captivating Guide to the Thai People and Their History
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 3 h y 36 m
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This captivating guide to the Thai people and their history details the interesting events that led the country to where it is today....
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Informative
- De Poly en 05-08-22
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History of Southeast Asia
- A Captivating Guide to the History of a Vast Region Containing Countries Such as Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma, and More
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 3 h y 19 m
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This audiobook covers ancient Southeast Asia, the mid-period, colonialism, World War Two occupation by the Japanese, the aftermath of the war, and the subsequent revolutions. The history of this region is a riveting story full of all manner of plot twists and developments....
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not a history of Asia
- De Levinia en 08-04-21
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In Pharaoh's Army
- Memories of the Lost War
- De: Tobias Wolff
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 5 h y 32 m
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Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the theatrics of his fellow Americans, or the unraveling of his own illusions, Wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for detail, pitiless candor, and mordant wit that made This Boy's Life a modern classic....
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Boring Waste of Time
- De Ethan en 08-21-22
De: Tobias Wolff
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History of the Philippines
- A Captivating Guide to Philippine History
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 4 h y 5 m
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Discover the fascinating Philippines in this captivating audiobook on its history, from the origins of the archipelago’s first peoples until modern times. The Philippines is possibly the most intriguing nation of maritime Southeast Asia....
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Horrible—history from the perspective of colonizers
- De Ericka Black en 06-29-23
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History of Cambodia
- A Captivating Guide to Cambodian History, Including Events Such as the Rise and Decline of the Khmer Empire, Siege of Angkor, Cambodian-Vietnamese War, and Cambodian Civil War
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 3 h y 42 m
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If you want to discover the captivating history of Cambodia, then pay attention...Cambodia, or, as it was once known, Kampuchea, is a beautiful country, replete with an incredibly wondrous system of canals....
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A country with an extensive history of turmoil
- De Mark Laufenberg en 05-22-21
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
- Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
- De: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrado por: Christopher Ragland
- Duración: 17 h y 13 m
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The 'Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club' was the tongue-in-cheek nickname of the US Seventh Fleet that was stationed off the coast of Vietnam and this book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975....
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Tired drivel
- De Kevin Warren en 01-11-22
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Massacre in the Clouds
- An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History
- De: Kim A. Wagner
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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In March 1906, American soldiers on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines surrounded and killed 1000 local men, women, and children, known as Moros, on top of an extinct volcano....
De: Kim A. Wagner
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The Khmer Empire
- A Captivating Guide to the Merged Kingdoms of Cambodia That Became the Angkor Empire That Ruled over Most of Mainland Southeast Asia and Parts of Southern China
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 3 h y 1 m
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Did you know that at its peak, Angkor was the largest city in the world, almost the size of a modern metropolis, maybe even comparable to Los Angeles? Listen to find out more....
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Little-Known Khmer Empire Created Angkor Wat
- De JJares en 07-17-21
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The War of the Running Dogs
- How Malaya Defeated the Communist Guerillas 1948-1960
- De: Noel Barber
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
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Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs—their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British....
De: Noel Barber
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We Band of Angels
- The Untold Story of the American Women Trapped on Bataan
- De: Elizabeth M. Norman
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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We Band of Angels is the story of women searching for adventure, caught up in the drama and danger of war.
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A very moving tribute!
- De mark nelsen en 05-17-17
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Blood on the Risers
- An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-Five Months in Vietnam
- De: John Leppelman
- Narrado por: Scott Sowers
- Duración: 2 h y 1 m
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In three straight years he was a paratrooper, an army seaman, and a LRRP - and he lived to tell about it. As an FNG paratrooper in the 173d Airborne, John Leppelman made that unit's only combat jump in Vietnam. Then he spent months in fruitless search of the enemy....
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Missing Chapters
- De James S. en 07-28-18
De: John Leppelman
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Indonesia, Etc.
- Exploring the Improbable Nation
- De: Elizabeth Pisani
- Narrado por: Jan Cramer
- Duración: 13 h y 3 m
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An entertaining and thought-provoking portrait of Indonesia: a rich, dynamic, and often maddening nation awash with contradictions....
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Bill Bryson channels Margaret Mead
- De John S. en 09-01-14
De: Elizabeth Pisani