Best Sellers
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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
- By Anon on 2024-04-09
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- Written by: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 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!
- By Knowhere on 2022-12-10
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Written by: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post-World War II world....
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- Written by: Eric Schlosser
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story5 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
- By grant on 2020-11-27
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Written by: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Story5 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
- By Locutus on 2018-09-19
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 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
- By TyCB on 2020-07-21
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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
- By Anon on 2024-04-09
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- Written by: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 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!
- By Knowhere on 2022-12-10
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Written by: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post-World War II world....
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- Written by: Eric Schlosser
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story5 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
- By grant on 2020-11-27
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Written by: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Story5 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
- By Locutus on 2018-09-19
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 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
- By TyCB on 2020-07-21
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The Long Reckoning
- A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam
- Written by: George Black
- Narrated by: Elyse Dinh
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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The American war in Vietnam has left many long-lasting scars that have not yet been sufficiently examined. The worst of them were inflicted in a tiny area bounded by the demilitarized zone between North and South and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in neighboring Laos....
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- Written by: Paul Lockhart
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 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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Robert Oppenheimer
- A Life Inside the Center
- Written by: Ray Monk
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 35 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men....
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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
- Written by: Thomas Hager
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story5 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
- By Jaguar on 2021-12-05
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- Written by: David E. Hoffman
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 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.
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-01-14
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The Doomsday Machine
- Written by: Daniel Ellsberg
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story5 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
- By Daniel Lipworth on 2021-04-09
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Churchill's American Arsenal
- The Partnership Behind the Innovations That Won World War Two
- Written by: Larrie D. Ferreiro
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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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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Raven Rock
- The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself - While the Rest of Us Die
- Written by: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 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
- By Zork13 on 2022-06-21
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American Gun
- A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
- Written by: Chris Kyle, William Doyle
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 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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Empires of the Sea
- The Contest for the Center of the World
- Written by: Roger Crowley
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 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!
- By Matt on 2018-10-07
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Chernobyl
- The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
- Written by: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 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!
- By Sschonwa on 2023-06-23
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UAPs and the Nuclear Puzzle
- Visitations, National Security, and the Need for Transparency
- Written by: Robert Salas, Leslie Kean - foreword, Stanton T. Friedman - foreword
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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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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A History of Air Warfare
- Written by: John Andreas Olsen
- Narrated by: Steve Van Doren
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Conversations with Major Dick Winters
- Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers
- Written by: Cole C. Kingseed
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story5 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
- By Client d'Amazon on 2023-09-19
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White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- Written by: Susan Williams
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 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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Mosquito Mayhem
- de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII
- Written by: Martin W. Bowman
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 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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Hegemony or Survival
- America's Quest for Global Dominance
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones, Noam Chomsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 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
- By Ahmad Hamdi Alkhatib on 2021-04-24
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- Written by: Kim Zetter
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story5 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.
- By Jon on 2023-12-07
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The Bastard Brigade
- The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
- Written by: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story5 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
- By Richard Morrison on 2019-08-10
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- Written by: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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!
- By HittsMcGee on 2019-04-18
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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
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 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....
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Night Hunters: The AC-130s and Their Role in US Airpower
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series
- Written by: William Pace Head
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Road to Surrender
- Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
- Written by: Evan Thomas
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 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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Atoms and Ashes
- A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
- Written by: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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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....