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Gettysburg and Vicksburg: The Civil War Turning Points of 1863

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

3 hours 44 min

Without question, the most famous battle of the American Civil War took place outside of the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which happened to be a transportation hub, serving as the center of a wheel with several roads leading out to other Pennsylvanian towns. From July 1-3, Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia tried everything in its power to decisively defeat George ... Read more

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Without question, the most famous battle of the American Civil War took place outside of the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which happened to be a transportation hub, serving as the center of a wheel with several roads leading out to other Pennsylvanian towns. From July 1-3, Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia tried everything in its power to decisively defeat George
... Read more
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Reaching the Moon: The History of the NASA Programs that Led to the Successful Apollo Missions

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

6 hours 5 min

The Apollo Program is the most famous and celebrated in American history, but the first successful landing of men on the Moon during Apollo 11 had complicated roots dating back over a decade, and it also involved one of NASA’s most infamous tragedies. From 1959-1963, the United States worked toward putting satellites and humans into orbit via the Mercury program, but Eisenhower’s administration ... Read more

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The Apollo Program is the most famous and celebrated in American history, but the first successful landing of men on the Moon during Apollo 11 had complicated roots dating back over a decade, and it also involved one of NASA’s most infamous tragedies. From 1959-1963, the United States worked toward putting satellites and humans into orbit via the Mercury program, but Eisenhower’s administration
... Read more
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My Lai Massacre and Operation Speedy Express, The: The History of the U.S. Army’s Most Controversial Operations during the Vietnam War

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

2 hours 3 min

The Vietnam War could have been called a comedy of errors if the consequences weren’t so deadly and tragic. In 1951, while war was raging in Korea, the United States began signing defense pacts with nations in the Pacific, intending to create alliances that would contain the spread of Communism. As the Korean War was winding down, America joined the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, pledging to ... Read more

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The Vietnam War could have been called a comedy of errors if the consequences weren’t so deadly and tragic. In 1951, while war was raging in Korea, the United States began signing defense pacts with nations in the Pacific, intending to create alliances that would contain the spread of Communism. As the Korean War was winding down, America joined the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, pledging to
... Read more
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Whigs and the Know Nothings, The

The History of the Influential Political Parties that Collapsed Before the Civil War

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

2 hours 30 min

It was in the wake of the election of Andrew Jackson that the Whigs emerged as opponents to the Jacksonian Democrats during a period of American history known as the Second Party System (1828-1854). Initially, the conflict was rooted not only in different visions for the United States – the Whigs believed in a strong central bank and federally funded infrastructure projects (known as “internal ... Read more

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It was in the wake of the election of Andrew Jackson that the Whigs emerged as opponents to the Jacksonian Democrats during a period of American history known as the Second Party System (1828-1854). Initially, the conflict was rooted not only in different visions for the United States – the Whigs believed in a strong central bank and federally funded infrastructure projects (known as “internal
... Read more
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World War II in the Arctic: The History of the Aleutian Islands Campaign and Nazi Germany’s Arctic Invasion of the Soviet Union

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

3 hours 3 min

Today, everyone remembers the most famous consequences of Hitler’s choice, particularly the fighting at Leningrad and Stalingrad, but the invasion was so comprehensive that it also involved fighting in the barren lands near the Arctic Circle, bringing fierce combat to the taiga and tundra. In fact, Arctic combat occurred in both the Pacific and European theaters of the war, and in both cases the ... Read more

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Today, everyone remembers the most famous consequences of Hitler’s choice, particularly the fighting at Leningrad and Stalingrad, but the invasion was so comprehensive that it also involved fighting in the barren lands near the Arctic Circle, bringing fierce combat to the taiga and tundra. In fact, Arctic combat occurred in both the Pacific and European theaters of the war, and in both cases the
... Read more
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Native American Resistance in the Midwest: The History and Legacy of the Wars that Pushed Indigenous Groups Out of the Region

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

5 hours 17 min

Throughout history, there have been men of war and men of peace, but few have actually had a war named after them. One of them was Pontiac, also known as Obwandiyag, an Odawa chief who left his mark on history by continuing the battle against the British after their official triumph during the French and Indian War. While modern historians question how important Pontiac’s role was in shaping ... Read more

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Throughout history, there have been men of war and men of peace, but few have actually had a war named after them. One of them was Pontiac, also known as Obwandiyag, an Odawa chief who left his mark on history by continuing the battle against the British after their official triumph during the French and Indian War. While modern historians question how important Pontiac’s role was in shaping
... Read more
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Sandinistas and the Shining Path, The: The History of Latin America’s Notorious Communist Revolutionaries

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

2 hours 57 min

For much of the 20th century, Latin American governments in large part lived under a system of military junta governments. The mixture of indigenous peoples, foreign settlers and European colonial superpowers produced cultural and social imbalances into which military forces intervened as a stabilizing influence. The proactive personalities of military heads and the rigid structures of such a ... Read more

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For much of the 20th century, Latin American governments in large part lived under a system of military junta governments. The mixture of indigenous peoples, foreign settlers and European colonial superpowers produced cultural and social imbalances into which military forces intervened as a stabilizing influence. The proactive personalities of military heads and the rigid structures of such a
... Read more
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Sam Houston and Santa Anna: The Controversial History of the Texas Revolution’s Leaders

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

3 hours 28 min

More than most men in history, Sam Houston was a contradictory individual. He was born in the United States while George Washington was in office, and in an era when the native people who were gradually being subjugated were considered savages, he called them friends and even lived among them. He was abandoned by his first wife and, after suffering the sting of divorce, married again in the manner ... Read more

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More than most men in history, Sam Houston was a contradictory individual. He was born in the United States while George Washington was in office, and in an era when the native people who were gradually being subjugated were considered savages, he called them friends and even lived among them. He was abandoned by his first wife and, after suffering the sting of divorce, married again in the manner
... Read more
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Albert Fish and the Son of Sam: The Lives and Crimes of New York City’s Most Notorious Serial Killers

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

2 hours 13 min

Albert Fish did not look like a monster. That was what people remembered after the newspapers had printed every sensationalized story, his trial had ended, and Americans were left with trying to understand who Albert Fish was. Pictures showed him with a slight frame, white hair, and mild blue eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses. Those who actually knew him recalled the way he spoke to children, mixing ... Read more

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Albert Fish did not look like a monster. That was what people remembered after the newspapers had printed every sensationalized story, his trial had ended, and Americans were left with trying to understand who Albert Fish was. Pictures showed him with a slight frame, white hair, and mild blue eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses. Those who actually knew him recalled the way he spoke to children, mixing
... Read more
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Mystics with the Queen’s Ear, The: The Mysterious Lives of Rasputin and John Dee

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

2 hours 4 min

With the golden glow of the candlelight kissing his cheeks, he hovered over a spirit mirror, a flat, exquisitely lustrous “shew-stone” fashioned out of raven-black obsidian. Gazing intently upon his reflection in the dark volcanic glass, he chanted in hushed tones as he ran his fingers across the engravings on the oat-colored wax wheel next to him, the Sigilla iEmeth, which featured a septogram ... Read more

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With the golden glow of the candlelight kissing his cheeks, he hovered over a spirit mirror, a flat, exquisitely lustrous “shew-stone” fashioned out of raven-black obsidian. Gazing intently upon his reflection in the dark volcanic glass, he chanted in hushed tones as he ran his fingers across the engravings on the oat-colored wax wheel next to him, the Sigilla iEmeth, which featured a septogram
... Read more
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Hirohito and MacArthur: The History of the Unlikely Partnership that Reformed Japan after World War II

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

2 hours 10 min

The American occupation of Japan holds a singular and problematic place in the histories both of Japan and of American foreign policy. For the Japanese, the occupation marked the transition from war to peace, from authoritarianism to democracy, and from privation to plenty, making it a passage from one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history to one of the brightest. Nevertheless, the ... Read more

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The American occupation of Japan holds a singular and problematic place in the histories both of Japan and of American foreign policy. For the Japanese, the occupation marked the transition from war to peace, from authoritarianism to democracy, and from privation to plenty, making it a passage from one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history to one of the brightest. Nevertheless, the
... Read more
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Start of the Crusades, The: The Origins of the World’s Most Famous Religious Wars

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

3 hours 59 min

Though it went largely unremarked in the Islamic world at the time, the First Crusade has since become a contentious symbol of European imperialism in the Middle East. Debate over whether the Crusades can truly be perceived as an early example of European colonialism continues in medieval historiography, though the evidence for this is thin. The territory taken by the Franks from the Turks had ... Read more

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Though it went largely unremarked in the Islamic world at the time, the First Crusade has since become a contentious symbol of European imperialism in the Middle East. Debate over whether the Crusades can truly be perceived as an early example of European colonialism continues in medieval historiography, though the evidence for this is thin. The territory taken by the Franks from the Turks had
... Read more

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Gettysburg and Vicksburg: The Civil War Turning Points of 1863

Reaching the Moon: The History of the NASA Programs that Led to the Successful Apollo Missions

My Lai Massacre and Operation Speedy Express, The: The History of the U.S. Army’s Most Controversial Operations during the Vietnam War

Whigs and the Know Nothings, The

World War II in the Arctic: The History of the Aleutian Islands Campaign and Nazi Germany’s Arctic Invasion of the Soviet Union

Native American Resistance in the Midwest: The History and Legacy of the Wars that Pushed Indigenous Groups Out of the Region

Sandinistas and the Shining Path, The: The History of Latin America’s Notorious Communist Revolutionaries

Sam Houston and Santa Anna: The Controversial History of the Texas Revolution’s Leaders

Albert Fish and the Son of Sam: The Lives and Crimes of New York City’s Most Notorious Serial Killers

Mystics with the Queen’s Ear, The: The Mysterious Lives of Rasputin and John Dee

Hirohito and MacArthur: The History of the Unlikely Partnership that Reformed Japan after World War II

Start of the Crusades, The: The Origins of the World’s Most Famous Religious Wars

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