Bestsellers
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 111
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly effective in its goal
- By Anon on 2024-04-09
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Churchill's Shadow Raiders
- The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon
- Written by: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In the winter of 1941, as Britain faced defeat on all fronts, an RAF reconnaissance pilot photographed an alien-looking object on the French coast near Le Havre....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant writing
- By Terri M on 2022-07-28
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Written by: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story5 out of 5 stars 104
Here for the first time, in rich human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A classic book with a weak narrator
- By Locutus on 2018-09-19
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Raven Rock
- The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself - While the Rest of Us Die
- Written by: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
A fresh window on American history: the eye-opening truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil, even if the rest of us die....
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5 out of 5 stars
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war never changes
- By Zork13 on 2022-06-21
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- Written by: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration's unprecedented arms buildup in the early 1980s....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Richard Rhodes does it again!
- By HittsMcGee on 2019-04-18
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51....
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5 out of 5 stars
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another great listen from Annie Jacobson
- By TyCB on 2020-07-21
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 111
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly effective in its goal
- By Anon on 2024-04-09
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Churchill's Shadow Raiders
- The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon
- Written by: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In the winter of 1941, as Britain faced defeat on all fronts, an RAF reconnaissance pilot photographed an alien-looking object on the French coast near Le Havre....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant writing
- By Terri M on 2022-07-28
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Written by: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story5 out of 5 stars 104
Here for the first time, in rich human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A classic book with a weak narrator
- By Locutus on 2018-09-19
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Raven Rock
- The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself - While the Rest of Us Die
- Written by: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
A fresh window on American history: the eye-opening truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil, even if the rest of us die....
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5 out of 5 stars
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war never changes
- By Zork13 on 2022-06-21
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- Written by: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration's unprecedented arms buildup in the early 1980s....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Richard Rhodes does it again!
- By HittsMcGee on 2019-04-18
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51....
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5 out of 5 stars
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another great listen from Annie Jacobson
- By TyCB on 2020-07-21
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Dark Sun
- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- Written by: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 28 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War.
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- Written by: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
From best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be read in school!
- By Anonymous User on 2024-09-30
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White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- Written by: Susan Williams
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
A revelatory history of how postcolonial African Independence movements were systematically undermined by one nation above all: the US....
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The Demon in the Freezer
- A True Story
- Written by: Richard Preston
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
The first major bioterror event in the United States - the anthrax attacks in October 2001 - was a clarion call for scientists who work with "hot" agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great read
- By Chris McDonell on 2019-05-25
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- Written by: John Hussey
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages....
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Chernobyl
- The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
- Written by: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story5 out of 5 stars 32
From a preeminent historian of Eastern Europe, the definitive history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book!
- By Sschonwa on 2023-06-23
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The Atomic Bazaar
- The Rise of the Nuclear Poor
- Written by: William Langewiesche
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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In his shocking and revelatory new work, celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning threat of nuclear-weapons production....
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Thirteen Days
- A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Written by: Robert F. Kennedy
- Narrated by: Kurt Elftmann
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In October 1962, when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy....
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- Written by: Kim Zetter
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story5 out of 5 stars 45
The virus now known as Stuxnet was unlike any other piece of malware built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it proved that a piece of code could escape the digital realm and wreak actual, physical destruction....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting, technical but easy enough to understand.
- By Jon on 2023-12-07
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Hegemony or Survival
- America's Quest for Global Dominance
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones, Noam Chomsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
For more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well researched and high yield
- By Galadriel on 2021-04-24
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UAPs and the Nuclear Puzzle
- Visitations, National Security, and the Need for Transparency
- Written by: Robert Salas, Leslie Kean - foreword, Stanton T. Friedman - foreword
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In 1969 the US Air Force issued a statement that read‚ "No UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force was ever an indication of threat to our national security." This statement has been proven untrue....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very sensible
- By Sunny on 2024-06-04
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- Written by: Eric Schlosser
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story5 out of 5 stars 86
Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By grant on 2020-11-27
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Road to Surrender
- Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
- Written by: Evan Thomas
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America’s decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan’s decision to surrender....
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The Fires of Babylon
- Eagle Troop and the Battle of 73 Easting
- Written by: Mike Guardia
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
On the morning of August 2, 1990, Iraqi armored divisions invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait....
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Mosquito Mayhem
- de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII
- Written by: Martin W. Bowman
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
The Mosquito was probably World War II's most versatile combat aircraft. This book contains hundreds of firsthand accounts from many of the two-man crews who flew in them; pilots and navigators....
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Unit X
- How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
- Written by: Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Authors Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff take a riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X—whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge technology to America’s military.
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Kaiten
- Japan's Secret Manned Suicide Submarine and the First American Ship It Sank in WWII
- Written by: Michael Mair, Joy Waldron
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa erupted in a ball of flames....
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Robert Oppenheimer
- A Life Inside the Center
- Written by: Ray Monk
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 35 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men....
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Countdown 1945
- The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
- Written by: Chris Wallace, Mitch Weiss
- Narrated by: Chris Wallace
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story5 out of 5 stars 14
From Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday comes a behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the American attack on Hiroshima....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story
- By wind_stopper on 2021-06-12
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7 Seconds to Die
- A Military Analysis of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Future of Warfighting
- Written by: John Antal, Alexander Kott - foreword
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
The second Nagorno-Karabakh war—fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan between September 24 and November 10, 2020—was the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems. This forty-four-day war resulted in a decisive military victory for Azerbaijan....
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- Written by: David E. Hoffman
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
The Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union—a dangerous legacy that haunts us even today....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Exactly as described.
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-01-14
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The Doomsday Machine
- Written by: Daniel Ellsberg
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story5 out of 5 stars 30
The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most important book you'll ever read
- By Daniel Lipworth on 2021-04-09
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Bomb Power
- The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
- Written by: Garry Wills
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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In Bomb Power, Garry Wills reveals how the atomic bomb transformed our nation down to its deepest constitutional roots....
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Dark Sun
- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- Written by: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Richard Rhodes
- Length: 6 hrs
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
The author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb lays bare the secret heart of the Cold War....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous, but sadly, VERY ABRIDGED
- By Robert on 2018-09-11