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Napoleon: Man of the World
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Available on: Audio Download
Part 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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The Assassination of Julius Caesar
by Jacob Abbott
Available on: Audio Download
Julius Caesar was a Roman military and political leader. He played an important part in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
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Andrew Jackson
by H.W. Brands
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Though a military hero, Andrew Jackson had a checkered reputation.
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Napoleon and Europe
by William Kristol
Available on: Online Video
The End of the Old Order: Napoleon and Europe, 1801-1805.
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The WASPs
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download
In the early 1940s, the US Airforce faced a dilemma...
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General Wesley Clark at the Oxonian Society
by Wesley Clark
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
General Wesley Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO who liberated Kosovo, returns to address The Oxonian Society.
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A Conversation with Gen. Colin Powell
by Jim Lehrer
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Jim Lehrer interviews General Colin Powell at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.<P>Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place…
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