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1. | | Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Abridged Edition Available on: Audio Download | Audio CassetteAnne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the 20th century... |
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2. | | Sir Winston Churchill: His Finest Hour by Winston Churchill Available on: Audio Download ($9.95) | Audio CD ($12.76) | Audio Cassette ($9.86)Features the highlights of major speeches given during World War II. |
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3. | | The Art of War by Sun Tzu Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)Written by Sun Tzu in the 6th Century BC, the Art of War now stands as a definitive distillation of ancient military Strategy. |
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4. | | Cold War Documentaries - "Atomic City: USA" by Various Available on: Audio DownloadFears of a cold war turning hot were rampant from the late 1940’s to the 1980’s and no fear was greater than the fear of a nuclear war and whether or not we were prepared for one. |
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5. | | FDR: Nothing to Fear by Franklin D. Roosevelt Available on: Audio Download ($9.95) | Audio CD ($12.76)This historical compilation includes highlights of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's key speeches during one of the most historical era's the modern world has known. |
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6. | | Europe and the World: Wars, Empires, Nations 1648-1914 Podcast by David Wetzel Available on: PodcastThis upper division course surveys the rise and fall of the European Powers in the period of war and revolution preceding the downfall of Napoleon to the outbreak of World War I. |
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7. | | Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence Available on: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($18.38) | Audio CassetteAlthough Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work... |
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8. | | The Incredible Century Available on: Audio Download ($19.95)Collects great historical speeches from 1900 to 1999. |
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9. | | Napoleon: Man of the World by Ralph Waldo Emerson Available on: Audio DownloadPart of a larger series of essays in which Emerson examined various historical figures, "Napoleon: Man of the World" is an invaluable study of one of history's great leaders. |
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10. | | Causes of the Civil War by Jay Winik Available on: Audio DownloadIn this introductory lecture, Professor Jay Winik traces what led America into the grip of Civil War, and begins a series on how the nation survived. |
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11. | | Hiroshima and the Origins of the Cold War by David Painter Available on: Audio DownloadIn this lecture professor David Painter discusses the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 during World War II. |
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12. | | The History Network Podcast Available on: PodcastEssays in military history |
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13. | | Military History Podcast by George Hageman Available on: PodcastBringing you the strangest anecdotes, innovative technology, and most significant events in Military History. |
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14. | | D-Day Pre-invasion Address to Soldiers by Dwight D. Eisenhower Available on: Audio Download"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months." |
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15. | | The Incredible Century, Vol. II Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1953 to 1969. |
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16. | | The Incredible Century, Vol. III Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1970 to 1999. |
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17. | | Brotherhood of the Revolution by Joseph J. Ellis Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)This is the story of the American Revolution, the men who made it and who then secured it. It is the story of an improbable victory by a provincial collection of loosely knit colonies over the dominant military and political power in the world. |
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18. | | Mao Zedong by Sherwin T. Wine Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)Still revered in Communist China, Mao was the most powerful ‘emperor’ that China ever knew. |
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19. | | The Persian War from The Histories by Herodotus Available on: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($22.98) | Audio CassetteIn this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia... |
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20. | | The Incredible Century, Vol. I Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1900 to 1953. |
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21. | | Sir Winston Churchill: "The War Years" by Winston Churchill Available on: Audio Download ($9.95) | Audio CDFeaturing highlights of 10 major speeches given by the British Prime Minister. |
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22. | | In the Ruins of Empire by Ronald H. Spector Available on: Audio Download ($17.50) | Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49)Americans are accustomed to thinking that World War II ended on August 14, 1945, when the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. Yet on the mainland of Asia, in the vast arc stretching from Manchuria to Burma, peace was a brief, fretful interlude. |
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23. | | The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Available on: Audio DownloadThe History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens) in the 5th Century BC. |
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24. | | Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose Available on: Audio Download ($13.24) | Audio CD | Audio CassetteIn the summer of 1942, a band of citizen soldiers were brought together by the desire to be better than the other guy... |
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25. | | Cold War by David Painter Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)The devastating US atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only brought World War II to an end, but effectively gave birth to the Cold War. |