Meilleures ventes
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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 155
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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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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 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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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White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- Auteur(s): Susan Williams
- Narrateur(s): Chanté McCormick
- Durée: 21 h et 14 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 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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Dark Sun
- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- Auteur(s): Richard Rhodes
- Narrateur(s): Jacques Roy
- Durée: 28 h et 40 min
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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 Manhattan Project
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- Auteur(s): Al Cimino
- Narrateur(s): Eric Meyers
- Durée: 5 h et 22 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
The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are with us to this day. The atomic bombs that came out of it brought an end to the war in the Pacific, but at a heavy loss of life in Japan and the opening of a Pandora's box that has tested international relations....
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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 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Histoire4.5 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!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2024-09-30
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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 155
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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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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
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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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White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- Auteur(s): Susan Williams
- Narrateur(s): Chanté McCormick
- Durée: 21 h et 14 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 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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Dark Sun
- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- Auteur(s): Richard Rhodes
- Narrateur(s): Jacques Roy
- Durée: 28 h et 40 min
- Version intégrale
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Histoire0 out of 5 stars 0
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 Manhattan Project
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- Auteur(s): Al Cimino
- Narrateur(s): Eric Meyers
- Durée: 5 h et 22 min
- Version intégrale
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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
The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are with us to this day. The atomic bombs that came out of it brought an end to the war in the Pacific, but at a heavy loss of life in Japan and the opening of a Pandora's box that has tested international relations....
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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 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Histoire4.5 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!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2024-09-30
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The Demon in the Freezer
- A True Story
- Auteur(s): Richard Preston
- Narrateur(s): Paul Boehmer
- Durée: 8 h et 53 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Histoire4.5 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
- Écrit par Chris McDonell le 2019-05-25
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
- Auteur(s): Neal Bascomb
- Narrateur(s): Chris Sorensen
- Durée: 14 h et 7 min
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Au global3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Histoire3.5 out of 5 stars 8
It's 1942 and the Nazis are racing to be the first to build a weapon unlike any known before. They have the physicists, they have the uranium, and now all their plans depend on amassing a single ingredient....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Rambling
- Écrit par JAB le 2023-09-19
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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 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 24
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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simply fascinating
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2024-12-03
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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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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 124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Histoire5 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
- Écrit par Locutus le 2018-09-19
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Bridge of Spies
- A True Story of the Cold War
- Auteur(s): Giles Whittell
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Keeble
- Durée: 10 h et 55 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Who were the three men the American and Soviet superpowers exchanged at Berlin’s Glienicke Bridge and Checkpoint Charlie in the first prisoner exchange of the nuclear age? Bridge of Spies vividly traces their paths to that electrifying moment on February 10, 1962....
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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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Dark Sun
- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- Auteur(s): Richard Rhodes
- Narrateur(s): Richard Rhodes
- Durée: 6 h
- Version abrégée
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire5 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
- Écrit par Robert le 2018-09-11
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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 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 15
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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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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The Taking of K-129
- How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History
- Auteur(s): Josh Dean
- Narrateur(s): Neil Hellegers
- Durée: 15 h et 47 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 14
In the early hours of February 25, 1968, a Russian submarine armed with three nuclear ballistic missiles set sail from its base in Siberia on a routine combat patrol to Hawaii. Then it vanished....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating story
- Écrit par David LaPointe le 2023-09-17
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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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Hitler's Atomic Bomb
- History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima
- Auteur(s): Mark Walker
- Narrateur(s): George Newbern
- Durée: 12 h et 32 min
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Examining the global influence of the German uranium project and postwar reactions to the scientists involved, Mark Walker explores the narratives surrounding 'Hitler's bomb'.
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Shadow Strike
- Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power
- Auteur(s): Yaakov Katz
- Narrateur(s): Christopher Lane
- Durée: 8 h et 2 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 9
The never-before-told inside story of how Israel stopped Syria from becoming a global nuclear nightmare - and its far-reaching implications....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Learned allot
- Écrit par Dad account le 2021-08-30
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To Build a Better World
- Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth
- Auteur(s): Philip Zelikow, Condoleezza Rice
- Narrateur(s): Arthur Morey
- Durée: 17 h et 12 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 1
Two of America's leading scholar-diplomats, Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice, have combed sources in several languages, interviewed leading figures, and drawn on their own firsthand experience to bring to life the choices that molded the contemporary world....
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Achtung Panzer!
- Auteur(s): Heinz Guderian
- Narrateur(s): Roger Davis
- Durée: 10 h et 46 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 4
This is one of the most significant military books of the 20th century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible for German armoured supremacy in the early years of the Second World War....
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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 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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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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 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Histoire5 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
- Écrit par Daniel Lipworth le 2021-04-09
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs
- Auteur(s): Adrienne Mayor
- Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
- Durée: 8 h et 57 min
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Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease...are these terrifying agents and implements of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot....
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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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The Gun
- Auteur(s): C. J. Chivers
- Narrateur(s): Michael Prichard
- Durée: 18 h et 50 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 3
It is the world's most widely recognized weapon, the most profuse tool for killing ever made....
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Mind Wars
- Brain Science and the Military in the 21st Century
- Auteur(s): Jonathan Moreno
- Narrateur(s): James Lurie
- Durée: 9 h et 34 min
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The first audiobook of its kind, Mind Wars covers the ethical dilemmas and bizarre history of cutting-edge technology and neuroscience developed for military applications....
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V-Bombers
- Britain’s Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War
- Auteur(s): Dr. Tony Redding
- Narrateur(s): Michael Langan
- Durée: 19 h et 59 min
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This is the story of a British deterrent. Much has been written about the V-bombers—the Valiant, Victor, and Vulcan—but virtually nothing has been said about their strategic nuclear strike role.
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Red Star Rogue
- Auteur(s): Kenneth Sewell, Clint Richmond
- Narrateur(s): Brian Emerson
- Durée: 12 h et 15 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 15
One of the great secrets of the Cold War, hidden for decades, is revealed at last....
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1 out of 5 stars
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I wish I listened to other reviews.
- Écrit par Amazons Customers le 2021-08-21