Bestsellers
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- De: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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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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Important History
- De J. B. Evans en 06-12-21
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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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
- De Cynthia en 10-08-15
De: Annie Jacobsen
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- De: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 20 h y 33 m
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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
- De Gerry en 11-11-23
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- De: Paul Lockhart
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 21 h y 4 m
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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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Needs More Guns Less Political Opinion
- De Jeb en 10-20-22
De: Paul Lockhart
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- De: Kim Zetter
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
- Duración: 13 h
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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
- De Greg en 11-22-14
De: Kim Zetter
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Leadership and Training for the Fight
- A Few Thoughts on Leadership and Training from a Former Special Operations Soldier
- De: Paul R. Howe
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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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
- De J en 03-03-17
De: Paul R. Howe
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- De: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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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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Important History
- De J. B. Evans en 06-12-21
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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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
- De Cynthia en 10-08-15
De: Annie Jacobsen
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- De: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 20 h y 33 m
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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
- De Gerry en 11-11-23
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- De: Paul Lockhart
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 21 h y 4 m
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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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Needs More Guns Less Political Opinion
- De Jeb en 10-20-22
De: Paul Lockhart
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- De: Kim Zetter
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
- Duración: 13 h
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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
- De Greg en 11-22-14
De: Kim Zetter
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Leadership and Training for the Fight
- A Few Thoughts on Leadership and Training from a Former Special Operations Soldier
- De: Paul R. Howe
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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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
- De J en 03-03-17
De: Paul R. Howe
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The Bastard Brigade
- The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
- De: Sam Kean
- Narrado por: Ben Sullivan
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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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
- De Solar red en 07-12-19
De: Sam Kean
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American Gun
- The True Story of the AR-15 Rifle
- De: Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 14 h y 46 m
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In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II....
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Don't Look Away
- De Mike en 10-31-23
De: Cameron McWhirter, y otros
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13 Cent Killers
- The 5th Marine Snipers in Vietnam
- De: John J. Culbertson
- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
- Duración: 2 h y 23 m
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In 1967, a bullet cost 13 cents, and no one gave Uncle Sam a bigger bang for his buck than the Fifth Marine Regiment Sniper Platoon...
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Very Interesting
- De Evad en 01-13-10
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Glock
- The Rise of America's Gun
- De: Paul M. Barrett
- Narrado por: Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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Based on 15 years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as America’s gun....
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Interesting story. Could have done w/o anti gun rhetoric
- De jcgeesling en 02-24-19
De: Paul M. Barrett
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Deborah and the War of the Tanks 1917
- De: John A. Taylor
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 17 h y 27 m
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Deborah is a British First World War tank that rose from the grave after taking part in one of the most momentous battles in history. In November 1917, she played a leading role in the first successful massed tank attack at Cambrai....
De: John A. Taylor
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Revolver
- Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America
- De: Jim Rasenberger
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 16 h y 49 m
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A sweeping, definitive biography of Samuel Colt - the inventor of the legendary Colt revolver (aka six-shooter), which changed the US forever, triggering the industrial revolution and the settlement of the American West....
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Sam Colt, but not the Revolver
- De Eggleston en 08-01-20
De: Jim Rasenberger
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Enigma
- The Battle for the Code
- De: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
- Duración: 10 h
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Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is another aspect of the story which it is only now possible to tell....
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The Guns of John Moses Browning
- The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World
- De: Nathan Gorenstein
- Narrado por: Michael David Axtell
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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Few people are aware that John Moses Browning - a tall, humble, cerebral man born in 1855 and raised as a Mormon in the American West - was the mind behind many of the world-changing firearms that dominated more than a century of conflict....
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Fascinating Story
- De tb en 07-02-21
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The Assassination Complex
- Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program
- De: Jeremy Scahill, The Staff of The Intercept, Edward Snowden - foreword, y otros
- Narrado por: George Newbern, Jeremy Scahill - introduction, Glenn Greenwald - afterword
- Duración: 5 h y 13 m
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Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative website The Intercept expose stunning new details about America's secret assassination policy....
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well put together
- De TibHip en 05-11-16
De: Jeremy Scahill, y otros
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Instruments of Darkness
- The History of Electronic Warfare, 1939-1945
- De: Alfred Price
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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The rapid evolution of radio and radar systems for military use during WWII, and devices to counter them, led to a technological battle that neither the Axis nor the Allied powers could afford to lose....
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Fresh History
- De ArizonaKilroy en 05-21-24
De: Alfred Price
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Achtung Panzer!
- De: Heinz Guderian
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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This is one of the most significant military books of the 20th century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible for German armoured supremacy in the early years of the Second World War....
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Genius!
- De Parker Rydbom en 02-07-21
De: Heinz Guderian
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American Gun
- A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
- De: Chris Kyle, William Doyle
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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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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An Important Look at US History
- De harry en 06-24-13
De: Chris Kyle, y otros
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Robert Oppenheimer
- A Life Inside the Center
- De: Ray Monk
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
- Duración: 35 h y 17 m
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Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men....
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A comprehensive biography
- De Jean en 10-17-14
De: Ray Monk
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Dawn of the Code War
- America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat
- De: John P. Carlin, Garrett M. Graff
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 16 h y 59 m
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The inside story of how America's enemies launched a cyberwar against us - and how we've learned to fight back....
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Exhausting
- De Raz en 01-08-19
De: John P. Carlin, y otros
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The Manhattan Project
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- De: Al Cimino
- Narrado por: Eric Meyers
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are with us to this day. The atomic bombs that came out of it brought an end to the war in the Pacific, but at a heavy loss of life in Japan and the opening of a Pandora's box that has tested international relations....
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Very informative!
- De JavierMiguel78 en 08-08-23
De: Al Cimino
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- De: Richard Rhodes
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
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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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overall outstanding
- De Thomas en 06-25-09
De: Richard Rhodes
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A History of Air Warfare
- De: John Andreas Olsen
- Narrado por: Steve Van Doren
- Duración: 20 h y 25 m
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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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Fatally floored
- De Spiff en 12-07-12
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Unit X
- How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
- De: Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Narrado por: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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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: from the two men who launched the unit....
De: Raj M. Shah, y otros
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Kill Chain
- The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
- De: Andrew Cockburn
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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This essential, pause-resister narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged....
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Introduction
- De Batman en 03-24-15
De: Andrew Cockburn
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Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945
- Red Steamroller
- De: Robert A. Forczyk
- Narrado por: P.J. Ochlan
- Duración: 14 h y 42 m
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The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II....
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A great conclusion for the study
- De Anonymous User en 04-06-24
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Race, Rights, and Rifles
- The Origins of the NRA and Contemporary Gun Culture
- De: Alexandra Filindra
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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An eye-opening examination of the ties between American gun culture and white male supremacy from the American Revolution to today.
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Shots Fired in Anger
- A Rifleman's View of Battle of Guadalcanal
- De: John B. George
- Narrado por: John Riddle
- Duración: 17 h y 20 m
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"Shots Fired in Anger" by Lt. Col. John George is a compelling memoir and technical analysis from the front lines of the Burma campaign during World War II. George provides an insightful narrative that offers a detailed look at the challenges and realities of combat against the Japanese forces....
De: John B. George
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Titan II
- A History of a Cold War Missile
- De: David Stumpf
- Narrado por: Douglas R. Pratt
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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A comprehensive study of the missile system that formed a critical component of the United States' nuclear arsenal....
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Abort the launch!!!!! This book is a no-go!
- De Jeeper en 12-04-14
De: David Stumpf
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The Bomb
- Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
- De: Fred Kaplan
- Narrado por: Edward Bauer
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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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.
- De Richard L. Hubbell en 02-06-20
De: Fred Kaplan