14 Results for : dallek
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Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 344min
He was the plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president, yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century. In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. Many believed he would be overmatched by the job, but Harry S. Truman would surprise them all. Few chief executives have had so lasting an impact. Truman ushered America into the nuclear age, established the alliances and principles that would define the cold war and the national-security state, started the nation on the road to civil rights, and won the most dramatic election of the 20th century - his 1948 "whistlestop campaign" against Thomas E. Dewey. Robert Dallek, the best-selling biographer of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, shows how this unassuming yet supremely confident man rose to the occasion. Truman clashed with Southerners over civil rights, with organized labor over the right to strike, and with General Douglas MacArthur over the conduct of the Korean War. He personified Thomas Jefferson's observation that the presidency is a "splendid misery", but it was during his tenure that the United States truly came of age. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Dufris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/000828/bk_aren_000828_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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JFK: A Vision for America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 755min
Published in commemoration of the centennial of President John F. Kennedy's birth, here is the definitive compendium of JFK's most important and brilliant speeches, accompanied by a commentary and reflections by leading American and internationals figures - including Senator Elizabeth Warren, David McCullough, Kofi Annan, and the Dalai Lama. Here is JFK at his best - thought provoking, inspiring, eloquent, and wise - on a number of wide-ranging topics, including civil rights, the race to the moon, the environment, immigration, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and much more. Featuring archival audio from Kennedy's speeches, JFK demonstrates the deep relevance of his words today and his lasting power and influence as an outstanding American leader and orator. The august list of contributors includes: President Barack Obama, President George Bush, Secretary John Kerry, Ambassador Samantha Power, Congressman John Lewis, Senator John McCain, Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Dalai Lama, Robert Redford, Conan O'Brien, David McCullough, Fareed Zakaria, George Packer, Colum McCann, Michael Beschloss, Robert Dallek, David Kennedy, Ted Widmer, Henry Lewis Gates, Drew Faust, Tariq Ramadan, Pastor Rick Warren, Jonathan Alter, E. J. Dionne, Ron Suskind, Paul Krugman, Kofi Anann, Governor Jerry Brown, Paul Farmer, Paul Theroux, and Jorge Dominguez, among others. They cover topics from civil rights to the race to the moon to the environment to immigration to the Cuban Missile Crisis to poetry, humor, and much more. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Michael, Kirsten Potter, Jim Meskimen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006019/bk_harp_006019_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Democrat and Diplomat: The Life of William E. Dodd , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 768min
Robert Dallek, a luminary in the field of political biography - author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Nixon and Kissinger and the New York Times best-selling biography of John F. Kennedy - offers here a look at the life of William Dodd, an American diplomat stationed in Nazi Germany. An insightful historical account, Democrat and Diplomat exposes the dark underbelly of 1930s Germany and explores the terrible burden of those who realized the horror that was to come. Dodd was the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1933 to 1937, arriving in Berlin with his wife and daughter just as Hitler assumed the chancellorship. An unlikely candidate for the job - and not President Roosevelt's first choice - Dodd quickly came to realize that the situation in Germany was far grimmer than was understood in America. His early optimism was soon replaced by dire reports on the treatment of Jewish citizens and his pessimism about the future of Germany and Europe. Finding unwilling listeners back in the U.S., Dodd clashed repeatedly with the State Department, as well as the Nazi government, during his time as ambassador. He eventually resigned and returned to America, despairing and in ill-health. Dodd's story was brought into public prominence last year by Erik Larsen's New York Times best-seller The Garden of Beasts. Dallek's biography, first published in 1968 and now in paperback for the first time, tells the full story of the man and his doomed years in the darkness of pre-War Berlin. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ken Maxon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014012/bk_adbl_014012_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Kennedy Years (eBook, ePUB)
"A deeply illuminating, journalistic romp through Camelot from the eyes and minds of the great New York Times reporters of that era and beyond." -Douglas Brinkley, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Decades after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he still ranks as one of the top five presidents in every major annual survey. To commemorate the man and his time in office, theNew York Timeshas authorized a book, edited by Richard Reeves, based on its unsurpassed coverage of the tumultuous Kennedy era. The Civil Rights Movement, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, the space program, the Berlin Wall-all are covered in articles by the era's top reporters, among them David Halberstam, Russell Baker, and James Reston. Also included are new essays by leading historians such as Robert Dallek and Terry Golway, and byTimesjournalists, including Sam Tanenhaus, Scott Shane, Alessandra Stanley, and Roger Cohen. With more than 125 color and black-and-white photos, thisisthe ultimate volume on one of history's most fascinating figures. "This book is both fascinating and poignant. It brings us back into the Kennedy years while also allowing us to reflect on what made them so emotional. I found myself totally immersed." -Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times-bestselling author "Provides much more than a riveting first draft of history. Here we also witness the birth of modern America." -Cokie Roberts, former political commentator and #1 New York Times-bestselling author "A terrific introduction to the Kennedy presidency for those who did not live through it, and a startling reminder for those who did of how much happened in those 1,000 days." -David Nasaw, New York Times-bestselling author- Shop: buecher
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