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The Button
- The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
- De: William J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 47
Written in an accessible and authoritative voice, The Button reveals the shocking tales and sobering facts of nuclear executive authority throughout the atomic age, delivering a powerful condemnation against ever leaving explosive power this devastating under any one person's thumb.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Garbage political tripe
- De Bryan Beaty en 03-15-21
De: William J. Perry, y otros
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The Folly and the Glory
- America, Russia, and Political Warfare: 1945-2020
- De: Tim Weiner
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 83
From Tim Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, an urgent and gripping account of the 75-year battle between the US and Russia that led to the election and impeachment of an American president.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worst Narration Ever
- De Amy en 02-15-21
De: Tim Weiner
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Before the First Shots Are Fired
- How America Can Win or Lose Off the Battlefield
- De: Tony Koltz, Tony Zinni
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
For the better part of the last half century, the United States has been the world's police, claiming to defend ideologies, allies, and our national security through brute force. But is military action always the most appropriate response? Drawing on his vast experience, retired four-star general Tony Zinni argues that we have a lot of work to do to make the process of going to war-or not-more clear-eyed and ultimately successful.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for leaders
- De Ted en 06-17-22
De: Tony Koltz, y otros
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Kissinger's Shadow
- The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman
- De: Greg Grandin
- Narrado por: Brian O'Neill
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stance. In his fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary America - its never-ending wars abroad and political polarization at home - we have to understand Henry Kissinger.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Rehash of Rehashes...nothing new
- De A. M. en 10-06-19
De: Greg Grandin
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JFK's War with the National Security Establishment: Why Kennedy Was Assassinated
- De: Douglas Horne
- Narrado por: Larry Wayne
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 70
Ever since researchers and commentators began questioning the conclusions of the Warren Report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the response has been: Why would the US national-security establishment - that is, the military and the CIA - kill Kennedy? As Douglas P. Horne details in this audiobook, JFK's War with the National Security Establishment: Why Kennedy Was Assassinated, the answer is because Kennedy's ideas about foreign policy collided with those of the US national-security establishment during the height of the Cold War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FINALLY THE TRUTH!
- De Helen Williamson en 05-28-16
De: Douglas Horne
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The Russia Trap
- How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear Catastrophe
- De: George Beebe
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 7 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Every American president since the end of the Cold War has called for better relations with Russia. But each has seen relations get worse by the time he left office. Now, the two countries are facing off in a virtual war being fought without clear goals or boundaries. Why? George Beebe argues that new game-changing technologies, disappearing rules of the game, and distorted perceptions on both sides are combining to lock Washington and Moscow into an escalatory spiral that they do not recognize.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too soft on Russia
- De Jennifer en 06-28-20
De: George Beebe
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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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General4.5 out of 5 stars 319
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 282
Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,” takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s “Tank” in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to bring us the untold stories - based on exclusive interviews and previously classified documents - of how America’s presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, important book, bad narration.
- De Richard L. Hubbell en 02-06-20
De: Fred Kaplan
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Known and Unknown
- A Memoir
- De: Donald Rumsfeld
- Narrado por: Donald Rumsfeld
- Duración: 30 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 602
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 402
A powerful memoir from the late former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history. Both a fascinating narrative and an unprecedented glimpse into history, Known and Unknown captures the legacy of one of the most influential men in public service.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inside view of five decades in politics
- De Brooks en 02-19-11
De: Donald Rumsfeld
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To Start a War
- How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
- De: Robert Draper
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 15 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 141
Even now, after more than 15 years, it is hard to see the invasion of Iraq through the cool, considered gaze of history. For too many people, the damage is still too palpable, and still unfolding. Most of the major players in that decision are still with us, and few of them are not haunted by it, in one way or another. Perhaps it's that combination, the passage of the years and the still unresolved trauma, that explains why so many protagonists opened up so fully for the first time to Robert Draper.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If you’ve grown weary of the current GOP administration’s incompetence...
- De Marynelle en 09-04-20
De: Robert Draper
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The Iran Wars
- Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East
- De: Jay Solomon
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 280
The Iran Wars is an absorbing account of a battle waged on many levels - military, financial, and covert. Jay Solomon’s book is the product of extensive in-depth reporting and interviews with all the key players in the conflict - from high-ranking Iranian officials to Secretary of State John Kerry and his negotiating team. With a reporter’s masterly investigative eye and the narrative dexterity of a great historian, Solomon shows how Iran’s nuclear development went unnoticed for years by the international community only to become its top security concern.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Titled Towards Confrontation
- De Jim en 03-19-17
De: Jay Solomon
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Saving Freedom
- Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization
- De: Joe Scarborough
- Narrado por: Joe Scarborough
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 228
History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans and Democrats behind America’s most dramatic foreign policy shift since George Washington delivered his farewell address. How did one of the least prepared presidents to walk into the Oval Office become one of its most successful?
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5 out of 5 stars
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An engaging review of a remarkable president
- De Mark A en 11-29-20
De: Joe Scarborough
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How Wars End
- Why We Always Fight the Last Battle
- De: Gideon Rose
- Narrado por: Gideon Rose
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 70
In 1991, the United States Army trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil. Then in 2003 the United States did it again. How could this happen? How could the strongest power in modern history fight two wars against the same opponent in just over a decade, win lightning victories both times, and yet still be woefully unprepared for the aftermath? Because Americans always forget the political aspects of war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book
- De Luis en 11-04-10
De: Gideon Rose
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A World of Trouble
- The White House and the Middle East
- De: Patrick Tyler
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 27 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
The Middle East is the beginning and the end of U.S. foreign policy: events there influence our alliances, make or break presidencies, govern the price of oil, and draw us into war. But it was not always so - and as Patrick Tyler shows in this thrilling chronicle of American misadventures in the region, the story of American presidents' dealings there is one of mixed motives, skulduggery, deceit, and outright foolishness, as well as of policymaking and diplomacy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Does't deliver
- De Matthew en 02-10-09
De: Patrick Tyler
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When France Fell
- The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance
- De: Michael S. Neiberg
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
According to US Secretary of War Henry Stimson, the "most shocking single event" of World War II was not the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but rather the fall of France in spring 1940. Michael Neiberg offers a dramatic history of the American response - a policy marked by panic and moral ineptitude, which placed the United States in league with fascism and nearly ruined the alliance with Britain.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Proceeds from a faulty premise
- De Buretto en 12-11-21
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Surge
- My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War
- De: Peter R. Mansoor, General David Petraeus - foreword
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 17 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Surge is an insider's view of the most decisive phase of the Iraq War. Using newly declassified documents, unpublished manuscripts, interviews, author notes, and published sources, Surge explains how President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ambassador Crocker, General Petraeus, and other U.S. and Iraqi political and military leaders shaped the surge from the center of the maelstrom in Baghdad and Washington.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Helpful for the Army War College
- De BBP en 02-24-18
De: Peter R. Mansoor, y otros
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The Abyss
- Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Max Hastings, John Hopkins
- Duración: 19 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 127
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history—the Cuban Missile Crisis—providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each moment as it unfolded.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good book, but has some issues
- De Mike From Mesa en 11-10-22
De: Max Hastings