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Bestsellers
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At War with Ourselves
- My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House
- By: H. R. McMaster
- Narrated by: H. R. McMaster
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirteen months in the Trump White House.
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Duped
- By Sam on 08-28-24
By: H. R. McMaster
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The Kill Chain
- Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
- By: Christian Brose
- Narrated by: Christian Brose
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain, an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might....
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important message but repetitive
- By Tomas Singliar on 06-06-20
By: Christian Brose
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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
- Unabridged
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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
By: Eric Schlosser
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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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UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record
- By: Leslie Kean
- Narrated by: Heather Henderson
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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An Air Force major is ordered to approach a brilliant UFO in his Phantom jet over Tehran....
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One of the Best Books on UFOs That Is Out There
- By Nils J. Rasmussen on 08-19-14
By: Leslie Kean
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American Mercenary
- The Riveting, High-Risk World of an Elite SEAL Team Operator Turned Hired Gun
- By: Daniel Corbett
- Narrated by: Daniel Corbett
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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An elite Navy SEAL Team 6 operator trained to kill the United States’ most dangerous enemies takes listeners inside the unadulterated, morally complicated and riveting post-military adventures of a lethal American mercenary.
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What a wild ride!
- By Curtis B. on 11-13-24
By: Daniel Corbett
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At War with Ourselves
- My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House
- By: H. R. McMaster
- Narrated by: H. R. McMaster
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirteen months in the Trump White House.
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Duped
- By Sam on 08-28-24
By: H. R. McMaster
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The Kill Chain
- Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
- By: Christian Brose
- Narrated by: Christian Brose
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain, an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might....
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important message but repetitive
- By Tomas Singliar on 06-06-20
By: Christian Brose
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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
- Unabridged
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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
By: Eric Schlosser
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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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UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record
- By: Leslie Kean
- Narrated by: Heather Henderson
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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An Air Force major is ordered to approach a brilliant UFO in his Phantom jet over Tehran....
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One of the Best Books on UFOs That Is Out There
- By Nils J. Rasmussen on 08-19-14
By: Leslie Kean
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American Mercenary
- The Riveting, High-Risk World of an Elite SEAL Team Operator Turned Hired Gun
- By: Daniel Corbett
- Narrated by: Daniel Corbett
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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An elite Navy SEAL Team 6 operator trained to kill the United States’ most dangerous enemies takes listeners inside the unadulterated, morally complicated and riveting post-military adventures of a lethal American mercenary.
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What a wild ride!
- By Curtis B. on 11-13-24
By: Daniel Corbett
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The Palestine Laboratory
- How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
- By: Antony Loewenstein
- Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein, author of Disaster Capitalism, uncovers a largely hidden world in a global investigation with secret documents, revealing interviews and on-the-ground reporting.
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Very informative
- By Ayat Kamel on 12-02-24
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Drift
- The Unmooring of American Military Power
- By: Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Rachel Maddow
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift argues that we've drifted away from America's original ideals and become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war, with all the financial and human costs that entails....
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Half the National Debt?
- By Dolf Beil on 04-07-12
By: Rachel Maddow
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A Bright Shining Lie
- John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
- By: Neil Sheehan
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 35 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most acclaimed books of our time - the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award....
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Deeply profound and insightful
- By Linda Berlin on 03-10-13
By: Neil Sheehan
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The General vs. the President
- MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
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The riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II....
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A Vivid Dramatic Accounting
- By Jean on 11-11-16
By: H. W. Brands
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Armies of Sand
- The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
- By: Kenneth M. Pollack
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments....
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A Very Worthwhile Listen
- By Michael on 08-28-19
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Fiasco
- The American Military Adventure in Iraq
- By: Thomas E. Ricks
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Fiasco is a masterful and explosive reckoning with the planning and execution of the American military invasion and occupation of Iraq, based on the unprecedented candor of key participants....
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History not Politics
- By Scott on 08-10-06
By: Thomas E. Ricks
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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
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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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Alpha
- Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs
- By: David Philipps
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
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By official accounts, the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon returned as heroes after their 2017 deployment to Mosul, following a vicious, bloody, and successful campaign to drive ISIS from the city. But within the platoon a different war raged....
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This is a book from people who were proven to lie their asses off.
- By Travis Taylor on 08-25-21
By: David Philipps
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The Strategy of Denial
- American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- By: Elbridge A. Colby
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
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Why and how America's defense strategy must change in light of China's power and ambition....
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A Rational Liberalist Approach in a Realists World
- By Joshua Carroll on 06-23-23
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Controlling the Narrative
- The Definitive Guide to Psychological Operations, Perception Management, and Information Warfare
- By: Josh Luberisse
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
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Controlling the Narrative: The Definitive Guide to Psychological Operations, Perception Management, and Information Warfare is an essential ...
By: Josh Luberisse
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The Doomsday Machine
- By: Daniel Ellsberg
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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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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How to Write Your Own Successful VA Claim for Service-Connected Disability Compensation
- A VA Claim Guide For Veterans
- By: Nicasio Rios Jr.
- Narrated by: Dalan Decker
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
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Discover how to properly submit your VA claim to ensure it is received and acted upon.
By: Nicasio Rios Jr.
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Kabul
- The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End
- By: Jerry Dunleavy, James Hasson
- Narrated by: Maxwell Hamilton
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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This explosive national bestseller is the definitive account of the Biden administration's most disgraceful hour—and the chaos it unleashed in the world.
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A rare exposition of the truth
- By VStamper on 10-27-23
By: Jerry Dunleavy, and others
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Dog Company
- A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
- By: Roger Hill, Lynn Vincent
- Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The army does not want you to listen to this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk....
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Hard truth.
- By D on 04-17-17
By: Roger Hill, and others
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Arms and Influence
- By: Thomas C. Schelling, Anne-Marie Slaughter - introduction
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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Originally published more than fifty years ago, this landmark book explores the ways in which military capabilities—real or imagined—are used, skillfully or clumsily, as bargaining power....
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Excellent Narration of a classic tome
- By Alex DeVitry on 09-02-24
By: Thomas C. Schelling, and others
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Degrade and Destroy
- The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump
- By: Michael R. Gordon
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
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An essential account of the struggle against ISIS—and of how Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden have waged war....
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When will we learn…
- By Susan on 03-26-24
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The Weaponisation of Everything
- A Field Guide to the New Way of War
- By: Mark Galeotti
- Narrated by: Mark Galeotti
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged - and how to adapt to this new reality....
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Clear, concise, and thought provoking
- By Dad / Husband (who rarely reviews) on 03-08-22
By: Mark Galeotti
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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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After the Apocalypse
- America's Role in a World Transformed
- By: Andrew Bacevich
- Narrated by: Peter Coyote
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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A bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the 21st century, from Andrew J. Bacevich, the New York Times best-selling author of The Limits of Power and The Age of Illusions....
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Full of chronicled opportunities lost
- By marwalk on 05-23-22
By: Andrew Bacevich
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The Commanders
- The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel
- By: Lloyd Clark
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II....
By: Lloyd Clark
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All Hell Breaking Loose
- The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change
- By: Michael T. Klare
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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All Hell Breaking Loose is an eye-opening examination of climate change from the perspective of the US military....
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Our biggest danger
- By tess pechka on 11-19-19
By: Michael T. Klare
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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
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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 Big Stick
- The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force
- By: Eliot A. Cohen
- Narrated by: Bill Thatcher
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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"Speak softly and carry a big stick", Theodore Roosevelt famously said in 1901....
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Turn off the news, listen to this
- By Michael on 02-02-17
By: Eliot A. Cohen
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The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth
- By: Michael Mandelbaum
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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In the 25 years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. In The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established and then fell apart....
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Understanding the political issues of the world in our era
- By Luiz H.S.de Vasconcellos on 07-16-24