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A review by melindamoor
The Decisive Battles of World History by Gregory S. Aldrete
5.0
I am neither a history buff, nor very keen on wars, but I have to say I was totally taken with these series of lectures by [a:Gregory S. Aldrete|206998|Gregory S. Aldrete|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and I tore through pretty quickly of more than 18 hours of listening.
Aldrete is a talented speaker/narrator who captures your attention and manages to hold it throughout by painting a vivid and intriguing picture abot the battles he chose with human, political, technological, strategic geographic and all kinds of factors and his enthusiam is very catchy.
I have not enough historical ken to decide whether the battles he talks about were really the turning point for an event in history, but he sounds very convincing.
Also, I liked the wide variety of battles he presented and that he went absolutely beyond a "European/US" point of view and talked about battles in Ancient Egypt and China, the battles for/against Islam as well as Aztecs and Inca versus conquistadors, later battles in Japan and China, etc.
Each lecture is approx. 30 minuntes long and well worth listening to.
Aldrete is a talented speaker/narrator who captures your attention and manages to hold it throughout by painting a vivid and intriguing picture abot the battles he chose with human, political, technological, strategic geographic and all kinds of factors and his enthusiam is very catchy.
I have not enough historical ken to decide whether the battles he talks about were really the turning point for an event in history, but he sounds very convincing.
Also, I liked the wide variety of battles he presented and that he went absolutely beyond a "European/US" point of view and talked about battles in Ancient Egypt and China, the battles for/against Islam as well as Aztecs and Inca versus conquistadors, later battles in Japan and China, etc.
Each lecture is approx. 30 minuntes long and well worth listening to.