For future generations who love audio books: Ch. 4 starts - 2:07:13 Ch. 5 starts - 2:57:40 Ch. 6 starts - 3:53:19 Ch.7 starts - 4:35:36 Ch. 8 starts - 5:26:01 I'll come back and find the first 3 and the next parts.
@@bookhome975 I like history in general. This was really interesting to me because I lived through it but was completely unaware of the bigger picture of what was happening, WHILE it was happening. And PS, the BLACK SCREEN is really good for saving phone battery.
@@bookhome975 Novels, good, depending on author. Philosophy, good, as long as it's not Western straight everything-is-so-terrible-poor-me philosophy. I like authors like Kafka, who is a Western philosophy/novel crossover but I am burnt out on other crossovers like the Russians' "War and Peace" and "Crime and Punishment." I also like Henry James and F. Scott Fitzgerald, but I also like political novels like "The Quiet American" and "The Mandarins."
Speaking of Henry James, it would be amazing (or hilarious) to listen to a narrator try to take on some of those notoriously long sentences in "The Golden Bowl." 😉
I was surprised just how Short, this Short History turned out to be, I'd be more than interested in something similar with flesh on the bones of each aspect touched upon in this excellent, concise read. 👍
Not a word about US wartime rationing, which was 3 gallons of gasoline per week for families not employed in specific exempted occupations. Or food rationing, which was serious enough that 40% of the nation's vegetable output was grown in backyard gardens in 1943. Or housing shortages, which had war industry factory workers in San Diego living in tent cities until the government put up hasty temporary housing. Yes other countries had it worse. Yes the United States emerged from the war with a strengthened economy. Yet this "short introduction" glosses over significant facts to the point of misleading its audience.
Why in the world is 1940s rationing relevant to a Cold War discussion A summary doesn’t need information about lifestyle deprivations that didn’t bear on the most important political decisions
For future generations who love audio books:
Ch. 4 starts - 2:07:13
Ch. 5 starts - 2:57:40
Ch. 6 starts - 3:53:19
Ch.7 starts - 4:35:36
Ch. 8 starts - 5:26:01
I'll come back and find the first 3 and the next parts.
And just when we needed him most he vanished
@@dareloh8578 college is beating me up right now, but I'll try : )
Good information and analysis of a very interesting period of recent history.
Thanks for posting with BLACK SCREEN!
You are welcome. What is your taste?
@@bookhome975 I like history in general. This was really interesting to me because I lived through it but was completely unaware of the bigger picture of what was happening, WHILE it was happening. And PS, the BLACK SCREEN is really good for saving phone battery.
You can share your favorite history books with me. Why history is important to you? Why not novels and philosophy?
@@bookhome975 Novels, good, depending on author. Philosophy, good, as long as it's not Western straight everything-is-so-terrible-poor-me philosophy.
I like authors like Kafka, who is a Western philosophy/novel crossover but I am burnt out on other crossovers like the Russians' "War and Peace" and "Crime and Punishment."
I also like Henry James and F. Scott Fitzgerald, but I also like political novels like "The Quiet American" and "The Mandarins."
Speaking of Henry James, it would be amazing (or hilarious) to listen to a narrator try to take on some of those notoriously long sentences in "The Golden Bowl." 😉
This is great!
Well written, well-read, and thought-provoking!
About 48:00 is when chapter 2 starts
When does it end?
Many thanks and please share more if possible 📚
I was surprised just how Short, this Short History turned out to be, I'd be more than interested in something similar with flesh on the bones of each aspect touched upon in this excellent, concise read. 👍
Wonder if narrator can get any closer to mic without choking on it.
Can you do “the Tudors- a very short introduction”? Would be extremely appreciated!
Need help with finding when chapters end and start
Thanks
It's ironic that anyone could accuse Churchill of appeasement.
1:23:23
Not a word about US wartime rationing, which was 3 gallons of gasoline per week for families not employed in specific exempted occupations. Or food rationing, which was serious enough that 40% of the nation's vegetable output was grown in backyard gardens in 1943. Or housing shortages, which had war industry factory workers in San Diego living in tent cities until the government put up hasty temporary housing.
Yes other countries had it worse. Yes the United States emerged from the war with a strengthened economy. Yet this "short introduction" glosses over significant facts to the point of misleading its audience.
Shut up
Why in the world is 1940s rationing relevant to a Cold War discussion
A summary doesn’t need information about lifestyle deprivations that didn’t bear on the most important political decisions
@@katelynholmes9504 Did you listen to the whole book? It's relevant because it does talk about that very period.
That's hot war time....
Not cold war...
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