Nuclear History

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    • A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
    • Auteur(s): Serhii Plokhy
    • Narrateur(s): Leighton Pugh
    • Durée: 12 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-05-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 2 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • 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....

    Prix courant: 22,90$ ou 1 crédit

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    • An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
    • Auteur(s): Annie Jacobsen
    • Narrateur(s): Annie Jacobsen
    • Durée: 16 h et 11 min
    • Date de publication: 2011-05-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 138 évaluations
    • It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere s75 miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the US government - but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades....

    Prix courant: 39,38$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • Auteur(s): Joseph M. Siracusa
    • Narrateur(s): Shawn Compton
    • Durée: 4 h et 29 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-12-02
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • This Very Short Introduction looks at the science of nuclear weapons and how they differ from conventional weapons....

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    • Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
    • Auteur(s): Dan Carlin
    • Narrateur(s): Dan Carlin
    • Durée: 7 h et 55 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-10-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 917 évaluations
    • In The End Is Always Near, Dan Carlin looks at questions and historical events that force us to consider what sounds like fantasy; that we might suffer the same fate that all previous eras did....

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    • A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
    • Auteur(s): Jennet Conant
    • Narrateur(s): John Kroft
    • Durée: 13 h et 40 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-09-25
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 1 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • This is the untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history....

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    • Conscience and Complicity at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age
    • Auteur(s): James L. Nolan Jr.
    • Narrateur(s): Adam Lofbomm
    • Durée: 9 h et 9 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-10-20
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of information about his grandfather's role as a doctor in the Manhattan Project....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Christopher Gainor
    • Narrateur(s): Tom Perkins
    • Durée: 8 h et 11 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-10-18
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. Christopher Gainor explores the US Air Force's decision to build the Atlas, America's first ICBM....

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    • Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
    • Auteur(s): Fred Kaplan
    • Narrateur(s): Edward Bauer
    • Durée: 11 h et 14 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-01-28
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 évaluations
    • From the author the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war - and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises - from Truman to Trump....

    Prix courant: 34,20$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate
    • Auteur(s): James Calvert
    • Narrateur(s): Tom Perkins
    • Durée: 7 h et 31 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-02-25
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Under the guidance of James Calvert this nuclear submarine had navigated through polar ice packs, braved atrociously cold conditions, and broken through layers of thick ice to arrive at their destination; the northernmost point of the world....

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    • A Brief History of Hype and Failure
    • Auteur(s): Vaclav Smil
    • Narrateur(s): Tim Fannon
    • Durée: 7 h et 56 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-07-11
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • From the New York Times-bestselling author comes a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts....

    Prix courant: 26,00$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Daniel Ellsberg
    • Narrateur(s): Steven Cooper
    • Durée: 14 h et 34 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-12-05
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 31 évaluations
    • The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization....

    Prix courant: 27,21$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
    • Auteur(s): Rear Adm. Dave Oliver USN - Ret.
    • Narrateur(s): Joel Richards
    • Durée: 6 h et 15 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-02-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • The driving force behind America's nuclear submarine navy, Rickover revolutionized naval warfare while concurrently proving to be a wellspring of innovation that drove American technology in the latter half of the 20th-century....

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    • 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
    • Date de publication: 2009-10-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 évaluations
    • 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....

    Prix courant: 32,05$ ou 1 crédit

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    • 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
    • Date de publication: 2017-05-02
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 évaluations
    • 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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    • A Life Inside the Center
    • Auteur(s): Ray Monk
    • Narrateur(s): Michael Goldstrom
    • Durée: 35 h et 17 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-05-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men....

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    • 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
    • Date de publication: 2019-07-09
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 16 évaluations
    • 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....

    Prix courant: 32,31$ ou 1 crédit

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    • From Hunter-Gatherers to Nuclear Superpowers—A Retelling for Our Times
    • Auteur(s): Gwynne Dyer
    • Narrateur(s): Gareth Richards
    • Durée: 6 h et 29 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-09-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • War has always been a defining feature of human society. This new addition to the Shortest History series explains why we do it—and how we can stop....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
    • Auteur(s): Max Hastings
    • Narrateur(s): John Hopkins
    • Durée: 19 h et 12 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-09-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 évaluations
    • The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation....

    Prix courant: 41,27$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
    • Auteur(s): Robert F. Kennedy
    • Narrateur(s): Kurt Elftmann
    • Durée: 4 h et 24 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-06-11
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • 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....

    Prix courant: 19,78$ ou 1 crédit

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