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The War of the World
- History's Age of Hatred
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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"Big, bold and brilliantly belligerent." ( The Sunday Telegraph
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- mr r d eggels
- 26-04-20
Ferguson is clearly the best!
Hugely engaging and thought provoking. Does a good job of making you reconcider the received wisdom of western historiography. Narrator is spot on too!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- TPB
- 06-02-09
Rethink history
This changed my perception of the history of the last century. I had had a conventional British Good Guys (apart from the opium wars and that was before my time) versus the Bad Guys (everyone else at different periods of time). By the end, I realised that, apart from the great dictators, we were all much the same in our intentions and morality. I suppose tha, from black-and-white I now see everything in different shades of grey. The style gripped me from the start - this is how history should be taught. I did feel that more could have been said on almost everything but I think this may have been an effect of the abridgement (who does decide that a book would be better abridged?). The reading was competent and clear but slightly too fast and would have benefited from a little more dramatic emphasis.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-02-20
Brilliant
Niall Ferguson has to be at the top of the list of my favourite historic/economic authors. The structure of this book is excellent, full of interesting facts and very vivid in describing the emotional aspects of the world wars. Narration is very goood. I have listened to it a couple of times and plan to return. Excellent
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- Niall
- 25-06-10
Brilliant and Eye Opening
I loved this and find myself repeat listening often.
Puts the events of the last century into perspective.
Find out what your grand father actually fought for, and what our children may face in the future.
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- Mark
- 15-01-15
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would never recommend this book to anyone who was not the biggest optimist
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
genocide is never enjoyable
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
no a daily portion on the way to work was enough
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If I didnt know there was goodness in the world I would not be able to listen to this bleak menu of suffering. I need to listen to something fun to get me back on track.
this is the first time I have had a book that I had to turn off because it was just to stressful. it is relentless.
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