The World Crisis, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World Crisis, Volume 1, credited to Winston S. Churchill, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The World Crisis, Volume 1 by Winston S. Churchill. Read in English by Ty Lasky. An inside view of the critical years leading up to World War I, as well as the first few key months. Told by (at the time) Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty, and one of the main players. Churchill is a master of words, and this is an eloquent presentation of a key period of history, a behind the scenes look at preparing for and executing battles and war, and a cautionary tale. It's also a direct view into the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest statesmen. (Summary by Ty Lasky)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World Crisis, Volume 1
• Author credits: Winston S. Churchill
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 40
• Listed recording duration: 23:26:52

Catalogue topics

• World War I
• diplomacy
• Churchill

Opening tracks: first 24 of 40

1. 00 - Preface — 9:00
2. 01 - The Vials of Wrath 1870-1904 — 38:14
3. 02 - Milestones to Armageddon 1905-1910 — 40:39
4. 03 - Crisis of Agadir 1911 — 33:06
5. 04 - Crisis of Agadir 1911 — 36:08
6. 05 - Admirals All — 30:53
7. 06 - Admirals All — 31:23
8. 07 - The German Navy Law 1912 — 42:40
9. 08 - The German Navy Law 1912 — 37:28
10. 09 - The Romance of Design — 32:47
11. 10 - The Romance of Design — 30:25
12. 11 - The North Sea Front — 42:55
13. 12 - The North Sea Front — 40:42
14. 13 - Ireland and the European Balance — 28:57
15. 14 - Ireland and the European Balance — 35:56
16. 15 - The Crisis July 24-July 30 — 33:25
17. 16 - The Crisis July 24-July 30 — 29:18
18. 17 - The Mobilisation of the Navy July 31-August 4 — 47:01
19. 18 - War: The Passage of the Army August 4-August 22 1914 — 48:17
20. 19 - War: The Passage of the Army August 4-August 22 1914 — 38:56
21. 20 - The Battle in France August 20-September 6. 1914 — 31:47
22. 21 - The Battle in France August 20-September 6. 1914 — 30:53
23. 22 - On the Oceans — 35:21
24. 23 - On the Oceans — 30:33

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