Excellent..... EXCELLENT LISTEN!!!

For the science minded, those that worked as Cold War Worrier's, those who are interested in the Nuclear Age and how we got to where we are today....This is one book I'd certainly recommend.

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I listened only because it was briefly free

I'm a cold war historian to the depth of my being, it is--i s you not--the third thing I would say about me and human kind of goes without saying (I hope... maybe?) so second thing and, real spit I would only cop to number two around people I respect so! in an internet/dating/bs getting to know you jive that cold war bit would be #1. that said this book is long on science that I couldn't care less about, really they go boom huh? big boom? k, and short on social and political factors that are actually fascinating to me. so science people with mild historical concerns dive in, history buffs don't waste ya time...

I mean I'm sure dude knows what he's talking about and it's read well just wasn't for me.

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Great analysis of nuclear atmospheric and space testing

Really important work regarding nuclear testing and whispers of issues in the future. Really great information on an important subject.

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Extraordinary interesting history

For me as interested in history of science and history of atom bombs, and more this was just a gem.
Most of it I just did not know....
* Wide historical background given
* Very well read

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Liked it, and didn't

I really enjoyed the first couple chapters, about Christofilos, but then this book took a strange turn. Kind-of all-over-the-map, like a bunch of historical facts in search of a story-line requiring me to figure out what was important. By the end, felt like a sausage grinder loaded with facts.

Robot reading

Story was interesting but the reading by what seemed like a robot put me to sleep.

Amazing historical science

If you enjoy historical science and Cold War era secretive operations this is a must. I had never heard of these military operations. Amazing trails and tribulations of the success and failures of these operations will keep the listener engaged.

Great reader performance!

Very interesting, but not very entertaining

This was not a bad read. The story was very interesting and it is one that I had never heard before. I thought that the author was much like Stephen King, another author I like a lot, but who I think must get paid by the word. In other words, it might have been a better book overall if it had been about half as long. The narrator was not very interesting to listen to either. Not bad, but not great. But for the story alone, it's a good read.

Hard to listen to!

Story is very interesting. But the narrator’s staccato manner is horribly annoying! He sounds like a computer voice reading new words.

WONDERFUL DETAILS

THE DETAILS IN THIS BOOK WITH RESPECT TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE ARMS RACE IN NUCLEAR CAPABILITY TO THE SPACE RACE ARE SIMPLY OUTSTANDING. THE BOOK FLOWS METHODICALLY AND THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS THE ESSENCE OF ITS THEME IN A MOST ELOQUENT FASHION. IT IS READ IN A SUPERB FASHION. GREAT BOOK!