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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- By: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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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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Great book, but read waaayyy to slow.
- By Robert on 04-24-24
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1. Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 03-26-24
- Language: English
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Unit X
- How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
- By: Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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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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Poor Job Telling a Great Story
- By Andrew N Dobson on 10-31-24
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2. Unit X
- How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-09-24
- Language: English
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- By: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
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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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Scientia Est Potentia/Knowledge is Power
- By Cynthia on 10-08-15
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3. The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-22-15
- Language: English
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Dark Sun
- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 26 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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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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4. Dark Sun
- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 26 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 11-26-24
- Language: English
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
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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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Beware limitations of the reader
- By JFanson on 01-01-19
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5. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Series: Richard Rhodes' Nuclear Histories
- Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 02-09-16
- Language: English
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The Bastard Brigade
- The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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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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Awesome
- By Solar red on 07-12-19
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6. The Bastard Brigade
- The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-09-19
- Language: English
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- By: Kim Zetter
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 13 hrs
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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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Amazingly detailed, sober and above all, damning
- By Greg on 11-22-14
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7. Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 13 hrs
- Release date: 11-11-14
- Language: English
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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
- By: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
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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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Awesome Read!!
- By Brewer Richardson on 05-05-17
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8. Raven Rock
- The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself - While the Rest of Us Die
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 05-02-17
- Language: English
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Three Days in January
- Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
- By: Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney
- Narrated by: Bret Baier, Danny Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Brett Baier's Three Days in January illuminates how Eisenhower, an underappreciated giant of US history, still offers vital lessons for our own time....
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Gently In Manner, Strongly In Deed...
- By Gillian on 01-20-17
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9. Three Days in January
- Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
- Narrated by: Bret Baier, Danny Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-10-17
- Language: English
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- By: Eric Schlosser
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
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Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal....
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A miracle that we escaped the Cold War alive....
- By A reader on 02-16-14
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10. Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-17-13
- Language: English
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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
- By: Thomas Hager
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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A sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the discovery that changed billions of lives - including your own....
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Great Book Thoroughly Researched
- By Terry A. Gray on 10-21-11
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11. The Alchemy of Air
- A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 10-12-10
- Language: English
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- By: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 20 hrs and 33 mins
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This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century....
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Interesting listen
- By Gerry on 11-11-23
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12. The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 20 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 05-23-23
- Language: English
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The Demon in the Freezer
- A True Story
- By: Richard Preston
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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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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Pretty interesting listening in a horrific way
- By S A on 09-19-03
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13. The Demon in the Freezer
- A True Story
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-05-03
- Language: English
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Leadership and Training for the Fight
- A Few Thoughts on Leadership and Training from a Former Special Operations Soldier
- By: Paul R. Howe
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Tested and effective leadership and teaching advice based on riveting combat stories from a Special Operations veteran....
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Congratulations on your assignment, SWAT Team Ldr
- By J on 03-03-17
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14. Leadership and Training for the Fight
- A Few Thoughts on Leadership and Training from a Former Special Operations Soldier
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-20-13
- Language: English
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The Bomb
- Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
- By: Fred Kaplan
- Narrated by: Edward Bauer
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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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....
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Excellent, important book, bad narration.
- By Richard L. Hubbell on 02-06-20
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15. The Bomb
- Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
- Narrated by: Edward Bauer
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 01-28-20
- Language: English
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Three Days in Moscow
- Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire
- By: Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney
- Narrated by: Bret Baier
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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In Three Days in Moscow, Baier explores the dramatic endgame of America’s long struggle with the Soviet Union and President Ronald Reagan’s central role in shaping the world we live in today....
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Amazing!
- By Brian W. Barton on 05-20-18
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16. Three Days in Moscow
- Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire
- Narrated by: Bret Baier
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 05-15-18
- Language: English
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White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- By: Susan Williams
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
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A revelatory history of how postcolonial African Independence movements were systematically undermined by one nation above all: the US....
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A very good read.
- By Amazon Customer on 11-20-22
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17. White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-13-21
- Language: English
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Thirteen Days
- A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
- By: Robert F. Kennedy
- Narrated by: Kurt Elftmann
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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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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IF YOU LOVE HISTORY"""
- By Max & Lucy on 02-24-19
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18. Thirteen Days
- A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Narrated by: Kurt Elftmann
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 06-11-13
- Language: English
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Chernobyl
- The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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From a preeminent historian of Eastern Europe, the definitive history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster....
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Companions to Each Other
- By Tim on 06-04-19
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19. Chernobyl
- The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 05-15-18
- Language: English
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The Abyss
- Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Max Hastings, John Hopkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
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Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history—the Cuban Missile Crisis—providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct....
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Good book, but has some issues
- By Mike From Mesa on 11-10-22
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20. The Abyss
- Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
- Narrated by: Max Hastings, John Hopkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 10-18-22
- Language: English
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