By the turn of the twentieth century, the United States had evolved from a colony into an international power. As a result of the Spanish-American War, America acquired colonies in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. She also acquired a taste for international politics.
Then the First World War erupted. As it dragged on, Americans fiercely debated U.S. involvement; the nation had a deep tradition of avoiding foreign wars. But the Spanish-American War had challenged this tradition, and the First World War would shatter it.
The United States at War Series is a collection of presentations that review the political, economic, and social forces that have erupted in military conflict. They describe the historical context for each of the nine major U.S. wars and examine how a military conflict resolved, or failed to resolve, the forces that caused the war.
Benjamin Franklin
Peformed By : Grover Gardner
In Audio
Runtime : 5 hours 59 minutes
Categories : Autobiography Royalty and Heads of State American Biographical Pre 1900
$24.95 $14.50
The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman and diplomat and one of the founding fathers of America. More info...
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Laurence Bergreen
Peformed By : Laurence Bergreen
Harper Collins US
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Adventurers & Explorers Pre 1900
$29.95 $16.95
This is the first full account in nearly half a century of this voyage into history: a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance. More info...
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Wendy McElroy
Peformed By : Harry Reasoner, Peter Hackes, and Richard C. Hottelet
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient Pre 1900 20th Century Social & Economic Knowledge & Learning
$12.95
Germany is historically one of the most important of all nations. Since emerging from its days as a Roman province, Germany (including Prussia) has had a central role in European affairs. It has re... More info...
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David McCullough
Peformed By : Edward Herrmann
Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 10 hours
Categories : American Pre 1900 Social & Economic
$39.95 $21.95
At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a booming coal-and-steel town... More info...
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Simon Schama
Peformed By : Timothy West
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 10 hours 55 minutes
Categories : British History Pre 1900
$39.25
The second volume of Simon Schama's compelling chronicle of the British Isles. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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