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Bestsellers
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Conflict
- The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
- By: David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: David Petraeus, Robert Fass
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945....
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Outstanding!
- By Jennifer Katz on 02-04-24
By: David Petraeus, and others
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The Dragons and the Snakes
- How the Rest Learned to Fight the West
- By: David Kilcullen
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Dragons and the Snakes, the eminent soldier-scholar David Kilcullen asks how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict....
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Horrible narrator
- By Paul on 12-21-23
By: David Kilcullen
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
- The Cyberweapons Arms Race
- By: Nicole Perlroth
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected....
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Decent story, cringeworthy narration and editing
- By since1968 on 02-13-21
By: Nicole Perlroth
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The Doomsday Machine
- By: Daniel Ellsberg
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Fascinating Insider Story
- By Terry Masters on 12-07-17
By: Daniel Ellsberg
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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
- Unabridged
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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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A High Price
- The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
- By: Daniel Byman
- Narrated by: Luke Truan
- Length: 20 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups....
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The worst production/narrator ever
- By Eric on 06-11-14
By: Daniel Byman
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Conflict
- The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
- By: David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: David Petraeus, Robert Fass
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945....
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Outstanding!
- By Jennifer Katz on 02-04-24
By: David Petraeus, and others
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The Dragons and the Snakes
- How the Rest Learned to Fight the West
- By: David Kilcullen
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In The Dragons and the Snakes, the eminent soldier-scholar David Kilcullen asks how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict....
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Horrible narrator
- By Paul on 12-21-23
By: David Kilcullen
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
- The Cyberweapons Arms Race
- By: Nicole Perlroth
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected....
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Decent story, cringeworthy narration and editing
- By since1968 on 02-13-21
By: Nicole Perlroth
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The Doomsday Machine
- By: Daniel Ellsberg
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Fascinating Insider Story
- By Terry Masters on 12-07-17
By: Daniel Ellsberg
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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
- Unabridged
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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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A High Price
- The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
- By: Daniel Byman
- Narrated by: Luke Truan
- Length: 20 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups....
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The worst production/narrator ever
- By Eric on 06-11-14
By: Daniel Byman
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The CIA as Organized Crime
- How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World
- By: Douglas Valentine
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Douglas Valentine began his research into the agency's activities when CIA director William Colby gave him free access to interview agency officials....
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The CIA as Organized Crime: A personal perspective
- By Ray Robles on 09-13-17
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Has China Won?
- The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
- By: Kishore Mahbubani
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The defining geopolitical contest of the 21st century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome already inevitable....
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Outstanding, timely, and prescient
- By William J Brown on 04-19-20
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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
- Unabridged
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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
By: Fred Kaplan
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Command
- The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine
- By: Lawrence Freedman
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Using examples from a wide variety of conflicts, Lawrence Freedman shows that successful military command depends on the ability not only to use armed forces effectively, but also to understand the political context in which they are operating....
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LF remains dependable for scholarship and presentation quality
- By ronald waters on 01-15-23
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The Burden-Sharing Dilemma
- Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
- By: Brian D. Blankenship
- Narrated by: Ray Montecalvo
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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The Burden-Sharing Dilemma examines the conditions under which the United States is willing and able to pressure its allies to assume more responsibility for their own defense....
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The Twilight of the Bombs
- Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post-Cold War age. The past 20 years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically....
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Definitive Series ends with warnings but also Hope
- By Richard on 10-21-10
By: Richard Rhodes
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Blood Gun Money
- How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
- By: Ioan Grillo
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The gun control debate is revived with every mass shooting. But far more people die from gun deaths on the street corners of inner city America and across the border as Mexico’s powerful cartels battle to control the drug trade....
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Another great book by Ioan Grillo.
- By Cody Bad on 03-01-21
By: Ioan Grillo
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How Wars End
- Why We Always Fight the Last Battle
- By: Gideon Rose
- Narrated by: Gideon Rose
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1991, the United States Army trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil....
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Excellent book
- By Luis on 11-04-10
By: Gideon Rose
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The Modern Mercenary
- Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order
- By: Sean McFate
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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It was 2004, and Sean McFate had a mission in Burundi: to keep the president alive and prevent the country from spiraling into genocide....
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More of a political treatise than insight ...
- By Clayton on 05-07-15
By: Sean McFate
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Containing History
- How Cold War History Explains US-Russia Relations
- By: Stephen P. Friot
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with US and Russia relations approaching a breaking point, this book provides a key to understanding how we got here....
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An closer look at the History of the Cold War
- By Kristjan Larson on 11-10-23
By: Stephen P. Friot
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1983
- Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink
- By: Taylor Downing
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983 - the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon. The year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one - more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis....
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Great story, poor narration choices.
- By John Gray on 02-11-19
By: Taylor Downing
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Nuclear Statecraft
- History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age
- By: Francis Gavin
- Narrated by: Bob Goding
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Gavin reassesses the strategy of flexible response, the influence of nuclear weapons during the Berlin Crisis....
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Praise for Gavin
- By Jessie M Beals on 01-14-21
By: Francis Gavin
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Dangerous Ground
- America's Failed Arms Control Policy from FDR to Obama
- By: Scott Ritter
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In Dangerous Ground, Scott Ritter tells a bold and revisionist account of the inseparable histories of the post-World War II American presidency and nuclear weapons....
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Great book, very insightful
- By Jalal on 03-31-23
By: Scott Ritter
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The Small Arms Trade
- By: Matt Schroeder, Colonel Dan Smith, Rachel Stohl
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons is one of the most pressing security threats of the 21st century....
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Yawn.
- By ArmyVet64 on 02-16-16
By: Matt Schroeder, and others
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Above and Beyond
- By: Casey Sherman
- Narrated by: Maxwell Hamilton
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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From the authors of the best-selling The Finest Hours comes the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile Crisis....
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Narrator’s mispronunciations detracted from the story
- By Stephen E. Smith on 08-01-18
By: Casey Sherman
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The Atomic Bazaar
- The Rise of the Nuclear Poor
- By: William Langewiesche
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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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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A Review
- By Mitch Emswiller on 05-31-08
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Hyperwar
- Conflict and Competition in the AI Century
- By: Amir Husain, John Allen, Robert Work, and others
- Narrated by: Slade Hovick
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The fusion of distributed artificial intelligence with highly autonomous military systems ushers in a type of lightning-quick conflict that has never been seen before. Yet this is more than a revolution in military affairs.
By: Amir Husain, and others
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A Nuclear Family Vacation
- Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry
- By: Nathan Hodge, Sharon Weinberger
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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In A Nuclear Family Vacation, husband-and-wife journalists Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger hit the road to explore the secretive world of nuclear weaponry....
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Nuclear weapons discussed by June Cleaver
- By NoOne on 09-22-13
By: Nathan Hodge, and others
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An Enemy We Created
- The Myth of the Taliban-Al Qaeda Merger in Afghanistan
- By: Alex Strick van Linschoten, Felix Kuehn
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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An Enemy We Created is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand what's really happening in Afghanistan....
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A wealth of information
- By Ruplinger on 11-11-21
By: Alex Strick van Linschoten, and others
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My Journey at the Nuclear Brink
- By: William Perry
- Narrated by: Kevin F Spalding
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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My Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe....
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His journey has just begun
- By Amazon Customer on 04-18-17
By: William Perry
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Reagan's Secret War
- The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
- By: Martin Anderson, Annelise Anderson
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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What emerges from this treasure trove of material is irrefutable evidence that Reagan intended from his first days in office to bring down the Soviet Union....
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IMPORTANT HISTORICAL INFORMATION
- By Byron on 06-19-12
By: Martin Anderson, and others
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A Nation Forsaken
- EMP: The Escalating Threat of an American Catastrophe
- By: F. Michael Maloof
- Narrated by: Mike Ortego
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The United States is more vulnerable than ever to an EMP attack that could shut down the country overnight, resulting in tens of millions of deaths and a 19th-century lifestyle for Americans for the foreseeable future....
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Excellent information and well written book.
- By Alan on 05-18-14
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The Persian Night
- Iran from Khomeini to Ahmadinejad
- By: Amir Taheri
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
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Three decades after Khomeinist thugs raided the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Westerners are puzzled by Iran. As a nation, Iranians still like the United States....
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a disappointing book
- By Biljana on 04-11-11
By: Amir Taheri
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The Rise of Nuclear Iran
- How Tehran Defies the West
- By: Dore Gold
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Rise of Nuclear Iran, Gold traces past failures and explains why diplomacy will continue to backfire, no matter who is president or which party is in power....
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The Rise of Nuclear Iran
- By Shawn on 07-05-10
By: Dore Gold
New releases
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The Gates of Rea Sea
- A War History of Yemen
- By: Mark K. Abramović
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into the heart of the Middle East's enigmatic history with "The Gate of the Red Sea." A spellbinding tale unfolds, weaving together the threads of geopolitics, external intrigues, and the rise of extremist forces in the ancient land of Yemen. Brace yourself for an enthralling journey through the labyrinth of power plays as mighty nations vie for supremacy, their moves echoing through time, shaping the destiny of a nation caught in the crossfire. In the shadow of Yemen's strategic importance, external forces play a dangerous game that transforms the region into a geopolitical ...
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75 Years' War on Israel
- History of Palestine and Israel
- By: Mark K. Abramović
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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This Book recounts history like a story. Step into a world where geopolitics collides with history, where the fate of nations hangs in the balance, and where one small strip of land becomes the epicenter of a monumental struggle. In "75 Years' War on Israel," prepare to embark on an enthralling journey through the tumultuous annals of the Middle East, as we unravel the gripping narrative of a nation born amidst chaos and conflict. Within these pages lies a captivating chronicle, meticulously crafted from the rich tapestry of events that have defined Israel's turbulent existence. From the ...
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Weird Book - Propaganda in Disguise
- By Annie B. on 05-28-24
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Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Intelligence and Assessments
- By: Ann Taylor
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Britain was encouraged to participate in the second Gulf War by the publication of an intelligence report that suggested that Saddam Hussein could attack the UK with weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes. When the WMDs failed to materialise, the original report was questioned, it was suggested in parliament that it had been "sexed up" as a way to scare the UK into war. Ann Taylor (MP) led an investigation to determine if the the public had been misled, and this is what they found.
By: Ann Taylor
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COLOMBIA: Surviving the Long Conflict
- Implications for the Elite Theory
- By: Val Karanxha
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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War and conflict in Colombia, for almost four decades, have cost the country thousands of lives, communities ravaged by violence, indigenous population and small farmers expelled from their land, and a divided country by rogue politics and impunity. Civil war is the last resort to solving failed policies by using violence and revolutionary means. It inflicts pain and suffering on millions affected by it. The conflict in Colombia was a mere case of “bellum omnium contra omnes.” The state, the paramilitary, the drug cartels, and the left-wing guerrillas – were entangled in one of the ...
By: Val Karanxha
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The Middle East Nuclear Problem
- A Hypothetical Scenario
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 46 mins
- Unabridged
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US and Israeli intelligence detect a nuclear weapons shipment set to depart Pakistan for Saudi Arabia in several days. The nations of Iran and Iraq already possess nuclear weapons. The spread of nuclear weapons creates a greater chance that war could escalate to a level of destruction never before seen, through accidental launch or a regional conflict spiraling out of control. Logic suggests that more widespread possession of nuclear weapons increases the likelihood of their use. For this reason, efforts at non-proliferation by the international community are an important factor in ...
By: Ryan Webb
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The American Response to the Soviet Atomic Breakthrough
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged
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On September 23, 1949, President Harry S. Truman announced that an atomic explosion had occurred in the Soviet Union. Over the next few days, The New York Times and Washington Post ran articles discussing the timing of the explosion, its impact on military aid to Europe, and subsequent calls for international atomic control.
By: Ryan Webb
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The Gates of Rea Sea
- A War History of Yemen
- By: Mark K. Abramović
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into the heart of the Middle East's enigmatic history with "The Gate of the Red Sea." A spellbinding tale unfolds, weaving together the threads of geopolitics, external intrigues, and the rise of extremist forces in the ancient land of Yemen. Brace yourself for an enthralling journey through the labyrinth of power plays as mighty nations vie for supremacy, their moves echoing through time, shaping the destiny of a nation caught in the crossfire. In the shadow of Yemen's strategic importance, external forces play a dangerous game that transforms the region into a geopolitical ...
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75 Years' War on Israel
- History of Palestine and Israel
- By: Mark K. Abramović
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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This Book recounts history like a story. Step into a world where geopolitics collides with history, where the fate of nations hangs in the balance, and where one small strip of land becomes the epicenter of a monumental struggle. In "75 Years' War on Israel," prepare to embark on an enthralling journey through the tumultuous annals of the Middle East, as we unravel the gripping narrative of a nation born amidst chaos and conflict. Within these pages lies a captivating chronicle, meticulously crafted from the rich tapestry of events that have defined Israel's turbulent existence. From the ...
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Weird Book - Propaganda in Disguise
- By Annie B. on 05-28-24
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Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Intelligence and Assessments
- By: Ann Taylor
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Britain was encouraged to participate in the second Gulf War by the publication of an intelligence report that suggested that Saddam Hussein could attack the UK with weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes. When the WMDs failed to materialise, the original report was questioned, it was suggested in parliament that it had been "sexed up" as a way to scare the UK into war. Ann Taylor (MP) led an investigation to determine if the the public had been misled, and this is what they found.
By: Ann Taylor
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COLOMBIA: Surviving the Long Conflict
- Implications for the Elite Theory
- By: Val Karanxha
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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War and conflict in Colombia, for almost four decades, have cost the country thousands of lives, communities ravaged by violence, indigenous population and small farmers expelled from their land, and a divided country by rogue politics and impunity. Civil war is the last resort to solving failed policies by using violence and revolutionary means. It inflicts pain and suffering on millions affected by it. The conflict in Colombia was a mere case of “bellum omnium contra omnes.” The state, the paramilitary, the drug cartels, and the left-wing guerrillas – were entangled in one of the ...
By: Val Karanxha
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The Middle East Nuclear Problem
- A Hypothetical Scenario
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 46 mins
- Unabridged
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US and Israeli intelligence detect a nuclear weapons shipment set to depart Pakistan for Saudi Arabia in several days. The nations of Iran and Iraq already possess nuclear weapons. The spread of nuclear weapons creates a greater chance that war could escalate to a level of destruction never before seen, through accidental launch or a regional conflict spiraling out of control. Logic suggests that more widespread possession of nuclear weapons increases the likelihood of their use. For this reason, efforts at non-proliferation by the international community are an important factor in ...
By: Ryan Webb
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The American Response to the Soviet Atomic Breakthrough
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged
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On September 23, 1949, President Harry S. Truman announced that an atomic explosion had occurred in the Soviet Union. Over the next few days, The New York Times and Washington Post ran articles discussing the timing of the explosion, its impact on military aid to Europe, and subsequent calls for international atomic control.
By: Ryan Webb