Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Drawing on new scholarship, clark offers a fresh look at world war i, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself, but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of wellmeaning leaders into brutal conflict. Librivox founded in 2005 is a community of volunteers from all over the world who record public domain texts. A history channel audiobook audiobook by the history channel. Listen to history audiobooks on your ipod, android, kindle or mp3 player. Before his death in 1995 he was a professor of history at acadia university in nova scotia, canada. Is there any good, fairly comprehensive history of ww1 floating around out there. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Not as good as a short history of world war ii but i think this was a much more confusing time than world war ii was. The results, as eminent historian norman stone describes in this authoritative history, were disastrous.
How europe went to war in 1914 is historian christopher clarks riveting account of the explosive beginnings of world war i. Fab stories of world war i warfare, published in 1916 in the midst of the war. World war one brought with it the world s first experience of total war, involving all of the world s great powers, polarized between the triple entente, led by britain, france and russia, and the central powers, dominated by germany, italy and austriahungary. Get your american history on with these ten audiobooks. If youre an avid history fan who finds it difficult to read printed books, this list of the best history audiobooks will make it easier for you to absorb information and learn at the same time. World war 1 somme battle stories by alec john dawson 1872 1951. Audiobooks are an invaluable way to increase your health, wealth, and wisdom. The best audiobooks for history buffs pan macmillan. A world war ii story of survival, resilience, and redemption. World war ii was the greatest conflict in human history, involving over 100 million people serving in the forces of the axis and the allies and resulting in 50 to 70 million deaths. Audio books online download, free unabridged audiobook.
As i added the girls of atomic city to my list of completed audiobooks a few weeks ago, i noticed a trend. Looking for the best history audiobooks that will blow your mind. Stokesbury is the author of a short history of world war i, a short history of world war ii, a short history of the korean war, and a short history of the american revolution. World war i, a short history is one book that certainly can be judged by its cover, it is a no frills statement of all facts concerning world war i from its causes to its consequences, it is accurate, detailed and has a refreshing lack of personal opinion.
So next ill continue down the list to determine my final selection. Download audible audiobooks featuring world history audio books including best sellers, new releases and customer picks. Listen to story of world war ii audiobook by donald l. Safe to get and share audio book here and downloading speed is great on audiobook bay abb. Free audio books in genre war stories that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Ive been getting really into history lately, and my audible credit just came up. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Alone captures the heroism of world war ii as movingly as any book in recent memory. This is a playlist of the second world war audiobook by winston churchill. Miller, henry steele commager, michael kramer, blackstone audio, inc audible audiobooks. Download audible audiobooks featuring second world war history audio books including best sellers, new releases and customer picks. Adolf hitler rode a tide of popular desperation and resentment to. In world war two, stone provides a remarkably concise account of the deadliest war of human history, showing how the conflict roared to life from the ashes of world war one.
This book covers war in europe, war in the pacific and war across a number of other fronts between 1939 and 1945. This might be because i tend to read more nonfiction in audio, but i think its. Listen to a concise history of world war one in just one hour. The ultimate list of 101 of the best audiobooks of all time. A short history of world war i is the first history of this war to be written in twenty years. Theres no better time to brush up on world history than on a long drive.
Download unabridged audiobook for free or share your audio books, safe, fast and high quality. Free audio books in genre history that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. A short history of world war 2 audiobook nigel cawthorne. A short history of world war ii audiobook on cd, 1991. Goodwin skillfully weaves the story of their marriage and partnership into the larger story of world war ii in this pulitzer prizewinning work. How the balkans decided history of the world war audiobook by good audio books. World war 1 somme battle stories by alec john dawson. Certainly, if you are looking for a single volume history of the war to end all wars, this book is a contender, despite the very few maps included.
Download history audiobooks featuring best sellers and toprated customer favorites. All librivox recordings are in the public domain in the usa and available as free downloads on. And should you choose to do so via this audiobook, youll get a whole lot more than you bargained for. Nelson runger written with sharp perception and great style, this chronicle of the second world war is sure to satisfy professional scholars, armchair historians, and interested students. Bill brysons bestselling book tackles nearly every one of the biggest, most farout questions humans have ever asked. The second world war audiobook by winston churchill youtube. When it comes to immersing yourself in the first world war by audio, however, youll need more than a short commute. At the same time he discusses the great political events that unfolded during the war, such as the russian revolution and the end of the hapsburg dynasty, putting the social and political side of the war into the context of modern european history. It is a history of the period from the end of the first world war to july 1945. From mary beard to ken follett, heres our list of the best historical fiction and nonfiction to listen to on the go, spanning everything from the romans to the russian revolution, and from tudor to american history. However, out of those top 10 the only one i havent readlistened to is the count of monte cristo. At the same time, i dont think ive picked up a single non audiobook about the war.