Meilleures ventes
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- Auteur(s): Annie Jacobsen
- Narrateur(s): Annie Jacobsen
- Durée: 11 h et 19 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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
- Écrit par Anon le 2024-04-09
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Churchill's American Arsenal
- The Partnership Behind the Innovations That Won World War Two
- Auteur(s): Larrie D. Ferreiro
- Narrateur(s): Keith Sellon-Wright
- Durée: 13 h et 59 min
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Many weapons and inventions were credited with winning World War II, most famously in the assertion that the atomic bomb "ended the war, but radar won the war." What is less well known is that both airborne radar and the atomic bomb were invented in Britain, but built by Americans....
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- Auteur(s): Paul Lockhart
- Narrateur(s): Brian Nishii
- Durée: 21 h et 4 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 4
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 3
In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare, but also the very structure of power in the West....
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- Auteur(s): John U. Bacon
- Narrateur(s): Johnny Heller
- Durée: 10 h et 38 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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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So good!
- Écrit par Knowhere le 2022-12-10
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- Auteur(s): David E. Hoffman
- Narrateur(s): Bob Walter
- Durée: 20 h et 46 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Histoire4.5 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.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-01-14
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- Auteur(s): Annie Jacobsen
- Narrateur(s): Annie Jacobsen
- Durée: 18 h et 22 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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
- Écrit par TyCB le 2020-07-21
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- Auteur(s): Annie Jacobsen
- Narrateur(s): Annie Jacobsen
- Durée: 11 h et 19 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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
- Écrit par Anon le 2024-04-09
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Churchill's American Arsenal
- The Partnership Behind the Innovations That Won World War Two
- Auteur(s): Larrie D. Ferreiro
- Narrateur(s): Keith Sellon-Wright
- Durée: 13 h et 59 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Histoire0 out of 5 stars 0
Many weapons and inventions were credited with winning World War II, most famously in the assertion that the atomic bomb "ended the war, but radar won the war." What is less well known is that both airborne radar and the atomic bomb were invented in Britain, but built by Americans....
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- Auteur(s): Paul Lockhart
- Narrateur(s): Brian Nishii
- Durée: 21 h et 4 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 3
In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare, but also the very structure of power in the West....
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- Auteur(s): John U. Bacon
- Narrateur(s): Johnny Heller
- Durée: 10 h et 38 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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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So good!
- Écrit par Knowhere le 2022-12-10
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- Auteur(s): David E. Hoffman
- Narrateur(s): Bob Walter
- Durée: 20 h et 46 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Histoire4.5 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.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-01-14
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- Auteur(s): Annie Jacobsen
- Narrateur(s): Annie Jacobsen
- Durée: 18 h et 22 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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
- Écrit par TyCB le 2020-07-21
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The Alchemy of Air
- A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
- Auteur(s): Thomas Hager
- Narrateur(s): Adam Verner
- Durée: 10 h et 47 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 21
A sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the discovery that changed billions of lives - including your own....
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5 out of 5 stars
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one important book
- Écrit par Jaguar le 2021-12-05
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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
- Auteur(s): Garrett M. Graff
- Narrateur(s): Jacques Roy
- Durée: 18 h et 4 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Histoire4.5 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
- Écrit par Zork13 le 2022-06-21
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American Gun
- A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
- Auteur(s): Chris Kyle, William Doyle
- Narrateur(s): John Pruden
- Durée: 6 h et 56 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 3
At the time of his tragic death in February 2013, former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, was finishing a book that retold American history through the lens of a hand-selected list of firearms....
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The Doomsday Machine
- Auteur(s): Daniel Ellsberg
- Narrateur(s): Steven Cooper
- Durée: 14 h et 34 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 29
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
- Écrit par Daniel Lipworth le 2021-04-09
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Auteur(s): Richard Rhodes
- Narrateur(s): Holter Graham
- Durée: 37 h et 16 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 103
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
- Écrit par Locutus le 2018-09-19
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Robert Oppenheimer
- A Life Inside the Center
- Auteur(s): Ray Monk
- Narrateur(s): Michael Goldstrom
- Durée: 35 h et 17 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men....
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UAPs and the Nuclear Puzzle
- Visitations, National Security, and the Need for Transparency
- Auteur(s): Robert Salas, Leslie Kean - foreword, Stanton T. Friedman - foreword
- Narrateur(s): Keith Sellon-Wright
- Durée: 6 h et 35 min
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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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Empires of the Sea
- The Contest for the Center of the World
- Auteur(s): Roger Crowley
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 11 h et 18 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Empires of the Sea tells the story of the 50-year world war between Islam and Christianity for the Mediterranean....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- Écrit par Matt le 2018-10-07
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Conversations with Major Dick Winters
- Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers
- Auteur(s): Cole C. Kingseed
- Narrateur(s): Tom Weiner
- Durée: 7 h et 38 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 38
On the hellish battlefields of World War II Europe, Major Dick Winters led his Easy Company from the confusion and chaos of the D-day invasion to the final capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truly a testament of a great man
- Écrit par Client d'Amazon le 2023-09-19
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- Auteur(s): Eric Schlosser
- Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
- Durée: 20 h et 34 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 86
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Histoire5 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
- Écrit par grant le 2020-11-27
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Chernobyl
- The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
- Auteur(s): Serhii Plokhy
- Narrateur(s): Ralph Lister
- Durée: 14 h et 52 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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!
- Écrit par Sschonwa le 2023-06-23
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A History of Air Warfare
- Auteur(s): John Andreas Olsen
- Narrateur(s): Steve Van Doren
- Durée: 20 h et 25 min
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This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century....
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- Auteur(s): Kim Zetter
- Narrateur(s): Joe Ochman
- Durée: 13 h
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Histoire5 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.
- Écrit par Jon le 2023-12-07
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Hegemony or Survival
- America's Quest for Global Dominance
- Auteur(s): Noam Chomsky
- Narrateur(s): Brian Jones, Noam Chomsky
- Durée: 7 h et 53 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Histoire5 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
- Écrit par Ahmad Hamdi Alkhatib le 2021-04-24
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Night Hunters: The AC-130s and Their Role in US Airpower
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series
- Auteur(s): William Pace Head
- Narrateur(s): Douglas R. Pratt
- Durée: 17 h et 14 min
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In Night Hunters, air power historian William P. Head provides the first detailed study of the development and deployment of the AC-130 gunship....
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Atoms and Ashes
- A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
- Auteur(s): Serhii Plokhy
- Narrateur(s): Leighton Pugh
- Durée: 12 h et 8 min
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Atoms and Ashes recounts the dramatic history of nuclear accidents that have dogged the industry in its military and civil incarnations since the 1950s. Through the stories of six terrifying major incidents, Cold War expert Serhii Plokhy explores the risks of nuclear power....
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Mosquito Mayhem
- de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII
- Auteur(s): Martin W. Bowman
- Narrateur(s): Nigel Patterson
- Durée: 12 h et 19 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Histoire4.5 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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White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- Auteur(s): Susan Williams
- Narrateur(s): Chanté McCormick
- Durée: 21 h et 14 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire4.5 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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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- Auteur(s): Richard Rhodes
- Narrateur(s): Robertson Dean
- Durée: 14 h et 12 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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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!
- Écrit par HittsMcGee le 2019-04-18
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The Bastard Brigade
- The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
- Auteur(s): Sam Kean
- Narrateur(s): Ben Sullivan
- Durée: 14 h et 37 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 14
From New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb....
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5 out of 5 stars
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At least 4-5 excellent movies here
- Écrit par Richard Morrison le 2019-08-10
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Road to Surrender
- Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
- Auteur(s): Evan Thomas
- Narrateur(s): Robert Fass
- Durée: 7 h et 51 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Histoire5 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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Dawn of the Code War
- America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat
- Auteur(s): John P. Carlin, Garrett M. Graff
- Narrateur(s): Kevin Stillwell
- Durée: 16 h et 59 min
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 8
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars 8
The inside story of how America's enemies launched a cyberwar against us - and how we've learned to fight back....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye-opening!
- Écrit par Bradley Banks le 2019-02-01
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Fallout
- The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
- Auteur(s): Lesley M.M. Blume
- Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
- Durée: 6 h et 52 min
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 3
New York Times best-selling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how one courageous American reporter uncovered one of the deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century - the true effects of the atom bomb - potentially saving millions of lives....
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Dam Busters
- The True Story of the Inventors and Airmen Who Led the Devastating Raid to Smash the German Dams in 1943
- Auteur(s): James Holland
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 14 h et 9 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 9
The night of 16 May, 1943: Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9000-lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it....