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This comprehensive and authoritative history of the War of 1812, thoroughly revised for the 200th anniversary of the historic conflict, is a myth-shattering study that will inform and entertain students, historians, and general listeners alike. Donald R. Hickey explores the military, diplomatic, and domestic history of our second war with Great Britain, bringing the study up to date with recent scholarship on all aspects of the war, from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.
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The War of 1812 fascinating listening
- De Ira S. Saposnik en 05-28-17
De: Donald R Hickey
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Turncoat
- Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty
- De: Stephen Brumwell
- Narrado por: Andrew Sellon
- Duración: 17 h y 10 m
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General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt to betray the fortress of West Point to the British in 1780 stands as one of the most infamous episodes in American history. In the light of a shining record of bravery and unquestioned commitment to the Revolution, Arnold's defection came as an appalling shock. Contemporaries believed he had been corrupted by greed; historians have theorized that he had come to resent the lack of recognition for his merits and sacrifices. In this provocative book, Stephen Brumwell challenges such interpretations and draws on unexplored archives to reveal other crucial factors that illuminate Arnold's abandonment of the revolutionary cause he once championed.
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Uniquely Informative
- De Brenda McAteer en 07-31-18
De: Stephen Brumwell
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George Washington’s Military Genius
- De: Dave R. Palmer
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
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George Washington’s military strategy has been called bumbling at worst and brilliant at best. So which is it? Was George Washington a strategic genius or just lucky? So asks Dave R. Palmer in George Washington’s Military Genius. An updated edition of Palmer’s earlier work, The Way of the Fox, George Washington’s Military Genius breaks down the American Revolution into four phases and analyzes Washington’s strategy during each.
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Genius
- De John en 08-08-22
De: Dave R. Palmer
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Struggle for Sea Power
- A Naval History of the American Revolution
- De: Sam Willis
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
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The American Revolution was a naval war of immense scope and variety, including no less than 22 navies fighting on five oceans - to say nothing of rivers and lakes. In no other war were so many large-scale fleet battles fought, one of which was the most strategically significant naval battle in all of British, French, and American history.
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Fantastic perspective on American Revolution
- De J. Mar en 04-20-21
De: Sam Willis
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The Age of Revolution
- A History of the English Speaking Peoples, Volume III
- De: Sir Winston Churchill
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
- Duración: 12 h y 42 m
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This is the third volume in Churchill's famous account. During the long period of 1688 to 1815, three revolutions took place, and all led to war between the British and the French.
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Historical Overview of Britain
- De Lois en 01-30-12
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
- De: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 26 h y 56 m
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The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.
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Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- De John en 10-06-11
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
- The Forgotten War That Changed American History
- De: Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
- Narrado por: Brian Kilmeade
- Duración: 4 h y 52 m
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When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new country could afford.
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Interesting history - terrible narrator
- De CJF en 12-08-15
De: Brian Kilmeade, y otros
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Washington's Revolution
- The Making of America's First Leader
- De: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 13 h y 46 m
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George Washington was famously unknowable, but Robert Middlekauff penetrates the mystique to reveal the fears, values, and passions that drove him. Rich in psychological details regarding Washington's temperament, idiosyncrasies, and experiences, this audiobook shows us a self-conscious Washington who grew in confidence and experience as a young soldier, businessman, and Virginian gentleman; and was transformed into an American patriot by the revolutionary ferment of the 1760s and 70s.
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Fresh Look at Leader of American Revolution
- De Sean Lannan en 09-02-15
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1777
- The Year of the Hangman
- De: John S. Pancake
- Narrado por: Robert Thaler
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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A revisionist view of the Revolution's most crucial year...it explodes many of the myths surrounding Burgoyne's Canadian expedition and Howe's Pennsylvania campaign. There is a wealth of fascinating detail in this book, including information on arms and supplies, rations for women camp followers, and even the numbers of carts (30-odd) carrying Burgoyne's luggage.
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Very Good
- De William en 08-22-16
De: John S. Pancake
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Six Frigates
- De: Ian W. Toll
- Narrado por: Stephen Lang
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
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Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce against the Mediterranean pirates, or drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? The founders, particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams, debated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once.
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BE ADVISED THIS BOOK IS ABRIDGED
- De George Carpenter III en 09-11-08
De: Ian W. Toll
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The Zimmermann Telegram
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In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war. But President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted by the crack team of British decoders, the Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret message from Berlin inviting Mexico to join Japan in an invasion of the United States.
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Bible and Sword
- England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize - winning historian Barbara Tuchman explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state - and to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today.
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Excellent book, but not quite objective
- De Kellie en 04-25-11
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Practicing History
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Master historian Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. This accessible introduction to the subject of history offers striking insights into America's past and present, trenchant observations on the international scene, and thoughtful pieces on the historian's role. Here is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent "practicing history".
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Barbara Tuchman fan faced with reality
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The First Salute
- A View of the American Revolution
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The prize-winning historian’s fresh look at the people and events that decided America’s struggle for independence. Its suspenseful climax is the 500-mile march undertaken by General Washington to surround Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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A different view of the American Revolution
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De: Barbara Tuchman
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous 14th Century
- De: Barbara Tuchman
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The Bubonic Plague of the 14th century killed one third of all human beings in Europe and Western Asia; many who survived the plague killed each other in the Hundred Years War that followed. What was it like to live in this calamitous century, when knighthood (and much more) died a violent death? Find out.
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A classic history
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The March of Folly
- From Troy to Vietnam
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
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In The March of Folly, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian Barbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly in government.
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Tuchman surprises me...
- De Plimtuna en 09-24-09
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The Zimmermann Telegram
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
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In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war. But President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted by the crack team of British decoders, the Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret message from Berlin inviting Mexico to join Japan in an invasion of the United States.
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US entry to World War I
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Bible and Sword
- England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize - winning historian Barbara Tuchman explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state - and to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today.
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Excellent book, but not quite objective
- De Kellie en 04-25-11
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Practicing History
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Master historian Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. This accessible introduction to the subject of history offers striking insights into America's past and present, trenchant observations on the international scene, and thoughtful pieces on the historian's role. Here is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent "practicing history".
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Barbara Tuchman fan faced with reality
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The First Salute
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A different view of the American Revolution
- De uriah1970 en 11-29-15
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous 14th Century
- De: Barbara Tuchman
- Narrado por: Aviva Skell
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The Bubonic Plague of the 14th century killed one third of all human beings in Europe and Western Asia; many who survived the plague killed each other in the Hundred Years War that followed. What was it like to live in this calamitous century, when knighthood (and much more) died a violent death? Find out.
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A classic history
- De Joshua en 01-19-14
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The March of Folly
- From Troy to Vietnam
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
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In The March of Folly, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian Barbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly in government.
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Tuchman surprises me...
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Notes From China
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Rita Knox
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Two hundred years ago China's imperial rulers sensed a threat to a past-oriented society in the dynamism of the West and tried to frustrate foreign entry.
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Great Historian
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The Proud Tower
- A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
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The fateful quarter-century leading up to World War I was a time when the world of privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of protest was heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate. The age was the climax of a century of the most accelerated rate of change in history, a cataclysmic shaping of destiny.
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Fascinating history
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
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The 14th century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and the exquisitely decorated Books of Hours; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague.
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And you thought the twentieth century was rough...
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Practicing History—Selected Essays
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The critically-acclaimed historian’s insights, sense of humor, and sharp pen take on everything from Vietnam, Israel, and the Great War to writing history and its meaning. Includes these essays: Why Policy-Makers Do Not Listen; When Does History Happen?; Is History a Guide to the Future?; America as an Idea; How We Entered World War I; and more
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Amazing!
- De Havi Wingfield en 06-13-17
De: Barbara Tuchman
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The Guns of August
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. This was the last gasp of the Gilded Age, of Kings and Kaisers and Czars, of pointed or plumed hats, colored uniforms, and all the pomp and romance that went along with war. How quickly it all changed...and how horrible it became.
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Wonderful
- De Mike From Mesa en 10-28-08
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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
- Duración: 29 h y 1 m
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In this Pulitzer Prize - winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China through the experiences of one of our men on the ground. In the cantankerous but level-headed "Vinegar Joe", Tuchman found a subject who allowed her to perform, in the words of the National Review, "one of the historian's most envied magic acts: conjoining a fine biography of a man with a fascinating epic story."
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A period that directly affected our world today
- De Charlotte en 08-29-12
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The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire
- The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
- De: Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 21 h y 5 m
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The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing audiobook makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve victory.
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It didn't lose me
- De Matt en 04-28-15
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The Birth of the Modern
- World Society 1815–1830
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This is an extraordinary chronicle of the fifteen years, 1815–1830, that laid the foundations of modern society. It is a history of people, ideas, politics, manners, morals, economics, art, science and technology, diplomacy, business and commerce, literature, and revolution.
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Surprised By a Negative Review
- De Doug Smith en 09-01-13
De: Paul Johnson
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The War That Made America
- A Short History of the French and Indian War
- De: Fred Anderson
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Apart from The Last of the Mohicans, most Americans know little of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War, and yet it remains one of the most fascinating periods in our history. In January 2006, PBS will air The War That Made America, a four-part documentary about this epic conflict. Fred Anderson, the award-winning and critically acclaimed historian, has written the official tie-in to this exciting television event.
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A thorough and absorbing history
- De Michael en 03-15-10
De: Fred Anderson
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The Face of Battle
- De: John Keegan
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In this major and wholly original contribution to military history, John Keegan reverses the usual convention of writing about war in terms of generals and nations in conflict, which tends to leave the common soldier as cipher. Instead, he focuses on what a set battle is like for the man in the thick of it.
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Amazing! But probably better in print.
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Twelve Who Ruled
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The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer's fascinating narrative follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively, recounting and assessing their tumultuous struggles in Paris and their repressive missions in the provinces.
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A Warning
- De Josh Rowe en 03-20-21
De: R. R. Palmer, y otros
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The Napoleonic Wars
- De: Alexander Mikaberidze
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
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The Napoleonic Wars saw fighting on an unprecedented scale in Europe and the Americas. It took the wealth of the British Empire, combined with the might of the continental armies, almost two decades to bring down one of the world's greatest military leaders and the empire that he had created. Napoleon's ultimate defeat was to determine the history of Europe for almost 100 years. From the frozen wastelands of Russia, through the brutal fighting in the Peninsula to the blood-soaked battlefield of Waterloo, this book tells the story of the dramatic rise and fall of the Napoleonic Empire.
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No description of battles
- De John Gaston en 01-15-21
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- Christopher F. Wilson
- 04-08-22
Pulitzer Prize level history
World class discussion of diplomacy military & naval matters involving America, Holland, France & UK. Detailed but not dull. Excellent research and analysis. Holds its own against other more recent works, such as the Chernow biography of Washington, which is also excellent. BT earned her two Pulitzer Prizes. This work is of equal excellence. Like her ability to ferret out how one side achieved success and the other came to fail. Sorry to say most historians get more bogged down in facts without selecting and editing to focus on key details. Thankfully to narration is also excellent.
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- Don
- 06-21-09
Sometime the other view is what we need.
I really enjoyed this book and decided to write the review only after reading the criticisms. If you judge the book by the 1st negative review you will be missing a bright and insightful view of history. To most of the world our revolution was a little thing to be viewed with curiosity more then intrigue, I think one reason is that no one expected us to win. This is a good book worth of your time.
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- Jeffrey R. Bednar
- 04-27-22
TUCHMAN!
Tuchman delivers the goods in this excellent read. The cast of characters is worthy of study and no one ever did that better than Ms. Tuchman. The narration by Wanda McCaddon is spot on per the usual.
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- KnightT
- 10-25-20
The First Salute
Another great work by Tuchman with her insights and analysis of great events and people. Her humor and comments sometimes makes me smile at her American point of view. I would have liked her final chapter to be more upbeat about the U. S. This is a great story of how the Dutch and French helped a bunch of republic revolutionaries change the world.
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- Margaret Harley
- 08-30-21
Not your school-days re-telling of the Revolution
Anyone who has studied the revolutionary war will notice that there is little original material after Tuchman. Through courses taken, books read, documentaries viewed and lectures attended online and in person, I nevertheless failed to grasp the depth and breath of the complete story of American independence.
Tuchman approaches the War from a geopolitical perspective which confirms a few myths and shatters many, while never abandoning the drama of war on land, sea, and Solon, and enlivens all with well documented human drama.
Mc Caddon is Tuchman’s Audible alter ego. Her refined English accent, sounding ripened to maturity, evidencing a slight raspiness, comes through as both knowing , refined and sexy. She has the perfect voice to bring alive Tuchman’s wonderful prose.
If your looking for Revolution 101 and a freshening of your preconceived All American understanding of the American Revolution, don’t bother. But I strongly urge this book for those who enjoy both the beauty of art and language, and have an insatiable appetite for learning “The Rest of the Story” from one of the very best.
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- Bob Griffiths
- 10-31-21
Excellent in-depth and Unique View of Revolutionary War
Recommended for those looking at “behind the scenes” trials and tribulations of the Colonies in achieving independence, juxtaposed against the bickering of the other global powers. Wonderful story.
Only complaint is on the reading of the story - I do not understand the need to put in French, or German or any other non-English phrases - or worse, a foreign accent. It’s distracting, a bit patronizing and unnecessary.
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- Kristi R.
- 10-16-13
Not one of Tuchman's best.
What did you like best about The First Salute? What did you like least?
I enjoyed the history of the Netherlands in the Revolutionary War. I don't think that story has been told before.
I think the story dragged on for a long ways not seeming to get anywhere. When would the war start? etc.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The view of Europe on the British predicament was the best. What would Washington do was not that interesting.
Did Nadia May do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
She has a voice like Audrey Hepburn so if that matches your view of how George Washington talked than yes she did fine.
Did The First Salute inspire you to do anything?
Read more about the early years of our nation.
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- Scott
- 04-16-17
What you never knew about the Revolution
This excellent book contains hundreds of details and insights into the backstory of the American Revolution that I've never encountered in one volume. If you think the major battles were only those on American shores, you'll think differently after this book. It is heavily focused on the international political and military story that brought England to war with her colonies and how the European and Caribbean theaters influenced the ultimate outcome. Bringing so much desperate history into focus is no easy task but our writer does so deftly. Occasionally the book bogs into detail but not for long and it never over indulges in one specific area for too long. The narrator is excellent and obviously well acquainted with the rhythms of the author. Both highly rated.
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- Kurt H
- 01-24-19
Can’t play this audiobook
This is the only book I ever bought from Audible that I cannot play. Disappointed.
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-22-20
Alot of normally misc information brought together
Alot of normally misc information brought together. An interesting look @ the American Revolution from the European, especially Dutch, perspective. Alot more going on than we typically think of.
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