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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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Area 51
- An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,634
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,855
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,845
It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere s75 miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the US government - but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades. Annie Jacobsen had exclusive access to 19 men who served the base proudly and secretly for decades and are now aged 75-92, and unprecedented access to 55 additional military and intelligence personnel, scientists, pilots, and engineers linked to the secret base, 32 of whom lived and worked there for extended periods.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Mike From Mesa en 06-06-11
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Phenomena
- The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,160
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,041
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,034
For more than 40 years, the US government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the navy, air force, and army - and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, for the first time, New York Times best-selling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenally mediocre narration of a good book
- De philip en 05-18-17
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Wired for War
- The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
- De: P. W. Singer
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 20 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 403
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 325
A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield, changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself. Singer’s previous books foretold the rise of private military contractors and the advent of child soldiers - predictions that have proved all too accurate. Now he explores the greatest revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: robotic warfare. We are now seeing a massive shift in military technology....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good book of fact sprinkled with left-wing opinion
- De Jeffrey en 04-13-13
De: P. W. Singer
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The Weapon Wizards
- How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower
- De: Yaakov Katz, Amir Bohbot
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 111
From drones to satellites, missile defense systems to cyber warfare, Israel is leading the world when it comes to new technology being deployed on the modern battlefield. The Weapon Wizards shows how this tiny nation of 8,000,000 learned to adapt to the changes in warfare and in the defense industry and become the new prototype of a 21st century superpower, not in size, but rather in innovation and efficiency - and as a result of its long war experience.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Overview, May Overstate Level of Innovation
- De JBF en 06-15-17
De: Yaakov Katz, y otros
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- De: David E. Hoffman
- Narrado por: Bob Walter
- Duración: 20 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,517
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,309
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,298
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.The Cold War was an epoch of massive overkill.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- De Brian en 11-16-10
De: David E. Hoffman
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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
- De: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 18 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,236
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,109
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,099
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 - a road map that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Read!!
- De Brewer Richardson en 05-05-17
De: Garrett M. Graff
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A Pretext for War
- 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies
- De: James Bamford
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
This book says outright what many have merely hinted at: that President George W. Bush knowingly misused the findings of the erroneous and incompetent U.S. intelligence community to provide a pretext for war with Iraq. The author hones in on the systematic weaknesses of the intelligence agencies that caused them to ignore the crucial signs leading up to the attacks of 9/11.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read before you vote
- De FGP en 09-30-04
De: James Bamford
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A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
- Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon
- De: Neil Sheehan
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 19 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 83
From Neil Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic A Bright Shining Lie, comes this long-awaited, magnificent epic. Here is the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that changed history - and of the visionary American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever, who led the high-stakes effort. A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is a masterly work about Schriever’s quests to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, to penetrate and exploit space for America, and to build the first weapons meant to deter an atomic holocaust.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Schriever rhymes with beaver.
- De John Gardner en 11-13-09
De: Neil Sheehan
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Manhunt
- The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden - from 9-11 to Abbottabad
- De: Peter L. Bergen
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 507
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 434
From the author of the New York Times best-selling Holy War, Inc., this is the definitive account of the decade-long manhunt for the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden. Al Qaeda expert and CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen paints a multidimensional picture of the hunt for bin Laden over the past decade, including the operation that killed him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!
- De Betty en 05-04-12
De: Peter L. Bergen
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Code Warriors
- NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union
- De: Stephen Budiansky
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 14 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 197
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 176
The National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory. In the postwar years, as the United States developed a new enemy in the Soviet Union, our intelligence community found itself targeting not soldiers on the battlefield, but suspected spies, foreign leaders, and even American citizens.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Did Vladimir Putin Steal the American Election?
- De Cynthia en 12-01-16
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The Watchers
- The Rise of America's Surveillance State
- De: Shane Harris
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 15 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Our surveillance state was born in the brain of Admiral John Poindexter in 1983. Poindexter, President Ronald Reagan's national security adviser, realized that the United States might have prevented the terrorist massacre of 241 Marines in Beirut if only intelligence agencies had been able to analyze in real time data they had on the attackers. Poindexter poured government know-how and funds into his dream---a system that would sift reams of data for signs of terrorist activity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important context for privacy debate
- De Keefer en 09-17-11
De: Shane Harris
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Failures of Imagination
- The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland - and How to Thwart Them
- De: Michael McCaul
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
Congressman and Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Michael McCaul, has spent years in Washington watching the administration turn a blind eye to the most pressing possible threats to the country. Now, in Failures of Imagination, McCaul turns away from the over-sensationalized, unrealistic fears circulated through the media in order to expose the most legitimate and looming national security threats, which have long been swept under the rug by the administration.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spot on.
- De Prince Parker en 02-27-16
De: Michael McCaul
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- De: Richard Rhodes
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 37 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,963
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,550
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,528
Here for the first time, in rich human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Few great discoveries have evolved so swiftly - or have been so misunderstood. From the theoretical discussions of nuclear energy to the bright glare of Trinity, there was a span of hardly more than 25 years.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Beware limitations of the reader
- De JFanson en 01-01-19
De: Richard Rhodes
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The Finish
- The Killing of Osama bin Laden
- De: Mark Bowden
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 484
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 415
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 416
From Mark Bowden, internationally best-selling and acclaimed author of Black Hawk Down and the preeminent chronicler of the actions of our military and special forces writing today, comes an intensely gripping account of the hunt for and elimination of Osama bin Laden. With unprecedented access to key sources and his great gift for storytelling, Bowden takes us inside the rooms where decisions were made and on the ground where the action unfolded.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Listen to No Easy Day...much better
- De JMM en 10-20-12
De: Mark Bowden
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Dark Sun
- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- De: Richard Rhodes
- Narrado por: Richard Rhodes
- Duración: 6 h
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 460
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 393
Richard Rhodes' landmark history of the atomic bomb won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Now, in this majestic new masterpiece of history, science, and politics, he tells for the first time the secret story of how and why the hydrogen bomb was made, and traces the path by which this supreme artifact of 20th-century technology became the defining issue of the Cold War.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Abridged??
- De Delano en 04-17-13
De: Richard Rhodes
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Twilight Warriors
- The Soldiers, Spies, and Special Agents Who Are Revolutionizing the American Way of War
- De: James Kitfield
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
In Twilight Warriors, award-winning foreign correspondent James Kitfield introduces us to the tight-knit brotherhood that strives to keep the United States safe from the dimly understood threats it now faces. Together these men have broken down the boundaries between their respective agencies to engineer a network-centric way of fighting using a seamless web of intelligence analysts, information networks, FBI forensics experts, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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South African Perspectives
- De Bernard Remacle en 03-22-17
De: James Kitfield
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Phenomena
- The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,160
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,041
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,034
For more than 40 years, the US government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the navy, air force, and army - and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, for the first time, New York Times best-selling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenally mediocre narration of a good book
- De philip en 05-18-17
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Area 51
- An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,634
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,855
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,845
It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere s75 miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the US government - but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades. Annie Jacobsen had exclusive access to 19 men who served the base proudly and secretly for decades and are now aged 75-92, and unprecedented access to 55 additional military and intelligence personnel, scientists, pilots, and engineers linked to the secret base, 32 of whom lived and worked there for extended periods.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Mike From Mesa en 06-06-11
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Surprise, Kill, Vanish
- The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 19 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,685
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,095
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4,079
From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lots of facts, offset by too much fiction
- De Steve M en 05-24-19
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Operation Paperclip
- The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 19 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,710
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,353
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,344
In the chaos following World War II, the US government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project to bring Hitler's scientists and their families to the United States. Many of these men were accused of war crimes, and others had stood trial at Nuremberg; one was convicted of mass murder and slavery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Osenberg list
- De Jean en 08-07-14
De: Annie Jacobsen
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First Platoon
- A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 465
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 410
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 411
This is a story that starts off close and goes very big. The initial part of the story might sound familiar at first: it is about a platoon of mostly 19-year-old boys sent to Afghanistan, and an experience that ends abruptly in catastrophe. Their part of the story folds into the next: inexorably linked to those soldiers and never comprehensively reported before is the US Department of Defense’s quest to build the world’s most powerful biometrics database, with the ability to identify, monitor, catalog, and police people all over the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An eye opener
- De Amazon Customer en 01-19-21
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 806
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 778
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 778
Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nuclear missile will beget one in return, and where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds’ notice with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We have taken our eye off the ball
- De TJBuford en 03-28-24
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Phenomena
- The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,160
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,041
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,034
For more than 40 years, the US government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the navy, air force, and army - and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, for the first time, New York Times best-selling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenally mediocre narration of a good book
- De philip en 05-18-17
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Area 51
- An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,634
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,855
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,845
It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere s75 miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the US government - but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades. Annie Jacobsen had exclusive access to 19 men who served the base proudly and secretly for decades and are now aged 75-92, and unprecedented access to 55 additional military and intelligence personnel, scientists, pilots, and engineers linked to the secret base, 32 of whom lived and worked there for extended periods.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Mike From Mesa en 06-06-11
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Surprise, Kill, Vanish
- The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 19 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,685
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,095
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4,079
From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lots of facts, offset by too much fiction
- De Steve M en 05-24-19
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Operation Paperclip
- The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 19 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,710
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,353
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,344
In the chaos following World War II, the US government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project to bring Hitler's scientists and their families to the United States. Many of these men were accused of war crimes, and others had stood trial at Nuremberg; one was convicted of mass murder and slavery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Osenberg list
- De Jean en 08-07-14
De: Annie Jacobsen
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First Platoon
- A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 465
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 410
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 411
This is a story that starts off close and goes very big. The initial part of the story might sound familiar at first: it is about a platoon of mostly 19-year-old boys sent to Afghanistan, and an experience that ends abruptly in catastrophe. Their part of the story folds into the next: inexorably linked to those soldiers and never comprehensively reported before is the US Department of Defense’s quest to build the world’s most powerful biometrics database, with the ability to identify, monitor, catalog, and police people all over the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An eye opener
- De Amazon Customer en 01-19-21
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 806
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 778
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 778
Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nuclear missile will beget one in return, and where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds’ notice with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We have taken our eye off the ball
- De TJBuford en 03-28-24
De: Annie Jacobsen
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The Department of Mad Scientists
- Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of
- De: Michael Belfiore
- Narrado por: Michael Belfiore
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 169
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
The first-ever inside look at DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - the maverick and controversial group whose futuristic work has had amazing civilian and military applications, from the Internet to GPS to driverless cars
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2 out of 5 stars
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meh
- De Patrick en 12-22-09
De: Michael Belfiore
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The Imagineers of War
- The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
- De: Sharon Weinberger
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 16 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 118
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 105
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 104
The definitive history of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon agency that has quietly shaped war and technology for nearly 60 years. Founded in 1958 in response to the launch of Sputnik, the agency's original mission was to create "the unimagined weapons of the future". Over the decades, DARPA has been responsible for countless inventions and technologies that extend well beyond military technology.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Blandly written story about DARPA politics
- De Syed en 04-18-17
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 138
This essential, pause-resister narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Introduction
- De Batman en 03-24-15
De: Andrew Cockburn
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Project MK-Ultra
- The History of the CIA’s Controversial Human Experimentation Program
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 31 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 14
Since the early days of human warfare, which may date back to the Stone Age, combatants have sought to gain an advantage through the acquisition of secret information. With the growth of technology, a parallel advantage was sought through the application of numerous types of torture. In the 19th century, the concept of manipulation was added to military tactics, an attempt to influence the minds of assassins, double agents, and world leaders alike to act against their natures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved It!
- De Amazon Customer en 12-07-22
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Hunting the Jackal
- A Special Forces and CIA Soldier's Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against Terrorism
- De: Billy Waugh, Tim Keown
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,662
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,460
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,450
For more than half a century, Special Forces and CIA legend Billy Waugh dedicated his life to tracking down and eliminating America's most virulent enemies. Operating from the darkest shadows and most desolate corners of the world, he made his mark in many of the most important operations in the annals of US Spec Ops. He spent seven and a half years behind enemy lines in Vietnam as a member of a covert group of elite commandos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hunting the Jackal - epic accounting of SOF/SOG and CIA IV
- De Eric en 01-08-18
De: Billy Waugh, y otros
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- De: Eric Schlosser
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 20 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,815
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,805
Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: How do you deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved - and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A miracle that we escaped the Cold War alive....
- De A reader en 02-16-14
De: Eric Schlosser
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The Devil's Chessboard
- Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
- De: David Talbot
- Narrado por: Peter Altschuler
- Duración: 25 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,051
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,801
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful - and secretive - colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times best seller Brothers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Disturbing. Makes you question the company line.
- De KTS en 02-06-16
De: David Talbot
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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
- De: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 18 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,236
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,099
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 - a road map that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Read!!
- De Brewer Richardson en 05-05-17
De: Garrett M. Graff
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The Doomsday Machine
- De: Daniel Ellsberg
- Narrado por: Steven Cooper
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,011
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 894
The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization, whose legacy - and renewal under the Obama administration - threatens the very survival of humanity. It is scarcely possible to estimate the true dangers of our present nuclear policies without penetrating the secret realities of the nuclear strategy of the late Eisenhower and early Kennedy years, when Ellsberg had high-level access to them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Insider Story
- De Terry Masters en 12-07-17
De: Daniel Ellsberg
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Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- De: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,013
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,774
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies. Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ben Rich's life story...but not in that order
- De Allstar en 11-05-16
De: Ben R. Rich, y otros
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The Pentagon
- A History
- De: Steve Vogel
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 19 h y 52 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 24
The creation of the Pentagon in 17 whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. The Pentagon's post-World War II history is told through its critical moments, including the troubled birth of the Department of Defense during the Cold War, the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the tumultuous 1967 protest against the Vietnam War. The pivotal attack on September 11 is related with chilling new detail, as is the race to rebuild....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Motivational and complete
- De Eric G. en 02-02-23
De: Steve Vogel
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F-35
- The Inside Story of the Lightning II
- De: Tom Burbage, Betsy Clark, Adrian Pitman, y otros
- Narrado por: Rob Reider
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
F-35 is the only inside look at the most advanced aircraft in the world and the historic project that built it, as told by those who were intimately involved in its design, testing, and production. Based on the authors' personal experience and over 100+ interviews, F-35 pulls back the curtain on one of the most heavily criticized government programs in history from start to finish.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring a story about process
- De BingoJones en 09-05-23
De: Tom Burbage, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Pentagon's Brain
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- cool
- 08-25-20
I still don't know Annie Jacobsen's politics
I still don't know Annie Jacobsen's politics, and I love it. She is what a journalist should be. I wish there were more like her. She is a wonderful writer, compelling, adroit, and intelligent.
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- Chris
- 08-13-19
Oscillating Objectivity
The author bounces between paranoia of the military industrial complex and objective needs for a strong military. Some good stories on technology maturation and policy pitfalls but then some serious skepticism on drone technology which boarders more on science fiction than sound AI reasoning.
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- Thomas R. Egan
- 10-21-19
a history of America's idea factory for military.
An important story told in good detail especially considering how much of DARPA is secret.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-21-18
Science, Bureaucracy and Politics
Exciting story of DARPA. Must read for history and technology books' readers, covering 1957 to 2014.
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- Avery J Gaddis
- 01-17-22
Very, Very Informative Book
Jacobsen does a masterful job breaking down the inner workings of DARPA. I found myself not wanting to stop listening. The author is very detailed and engaging, delivering information and concepts in a very digestible manner. Great Book!
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- Christopher F. Wilson
- 05-11-22
Helpful History of Military Tech projects
Eye opening history of US military sponsored R&D. Like the idea of making the work unclassified as much as possible. Sorry to say there have been egregious failures in not keeping us out of Vietnam Iraq and Afghanistan. Hopefully there will be adequate investments in history / anthropology and social sciences going forward to help prevent US soldier entrapment in future quagmire conflicts. Thankfully the civilian benefits of some DARPA projects have been huge.
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- Donald C. Wunsch II
- 03-11-18
Excellent, very minor quibbles
The book is a must-read. Whether close to or far from the field, you'll learn a lot. Those close to it will catch some mispronouncing that Audible should've avoided. But it's not too distracting and others won't notice. I will go back to the written version for quotes, but the audio version was well worth having. It was educational and entertaining.
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- Bret Spencer
- 03-16-16
Can you trust the author?
After the Area 51 book and the single sourced unverifiable alien BS I really wonder how much I can trust the information. It's a shame too because the Area 51 book would have been just as good without that story line. In my mind it calls into question the authenticity. This was a fascinating book. The author seems to always narrate her own books which is a little annoying. She's ok, but I think another narrator would be better.
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- Amy
- 07-04-16
Simply great
This book is packed with history, details of personal stories that bring the events to life, crammed with science fact, and concludes with astonishingly critical questions to ponder. I truly enjoyed every chapter.
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- West cactus
- 04-13-18
Great book!
Would you consider the audio edition of The Pentagon's Brain to be better than the print version?
Yes, makes stuck in traffic a learning experience!
What about Annie Jacobsen’s performance did you like?
The knowledge was great with good research. Almost wished it was longer!
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