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Tens of millions died during World War II as the warring powers raced to create the best fighter planes, tanks, and guns, and eventually that race extended to bombs which carried enough power to destroy civilization itself. While the war raged in Europe and the Pacific, a dream team was working on the Manhattan Project in America, a program kept so secret that Vice President Harry Truman didn’t know about it until he took the presidency after FDR’s death in April 1945. During this time, J. Robert Oppenheimer emerged as an extraordinary scientific mind in the United States.

If you are a fan of video games or action movies, you would probably marvel about snipers and think they possess an unreal ability. What makes your thoughts toward snipers more amazing is that there have been snipers who have done extraordinary things in service of their nation. If you have done your research on the Vietnam War, you may be familiar with the individual that is about to be looked at.

This audiobook traces the evolution of the Browning Automatic Rifle from the Model of 1918, first to face combat in World War I, through its various configurations in all arenas of combat all the way to the present-day1918 A3 SLR developed and manufactured by Ohio Ordnance Works. Used sparingly during World War I because of the United States’ late entry into the war, it played a major role during World War II and the Korean Conflict, offering a very reliable combination of rapid fire and penetration.

At 8:15 a.m. on 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the temperature at its core rose to millions of degrees. Sixty-thousand buildings were obliterated. A third of the city’s population died, by heat, by the blast and by a terrible new weapon in the history of warfare: radiation.

Estamos en el año 47 a. C.: la guerra civil está llegando a su fin y la República romana se está desmoronando. Quintilio, un agrimensor civil experto en cartografía, participa en una peligrosa expedición que lo lleva más allá de los límites de la República y del Danubio, hasta el remoto Reino del Bósforo, la actual Crimea, para estudiar una nueva ruta terrestre que permita a las legiones romanas llegar hasta allí. Este reino lejano, convertido en un estado vasallo de Roma tras las campañas de Pompeyo, busca recuperar su independencia en esos años. Entre los expedicionarios se ...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Global Discontents by Noam Chomsky, read by Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian. Global Discontents is an essential guide to geopolitics and how to fight back, from the world's leading public intellectual. What kind of world are we leaving to our grandchildren? How are the discontents kindled today likely to blaze and explode tomorrow?

Pocas actividades vinculadas al poder se hallan tan sometidas a controversia como la energía nuclear. Este libro brinda datos contrastados sobre uno de los programas de investigación más ambiciosos de cuantos se han realizado en España.

Nuclear Russia probes the juncture of history of science and technology, political and cultural history, and environmental history. It considers the atom in Russian society as a reflection of Leninist technological utopianism, Cold War imperatives, scientific hubris, public acceptance, and a state desire to conquer nature. Furthermore the audiobook examines the vital – and perhaps unexpected – significance of ethnicity and gender in nuclear history by looking at how Kazakhs and Nenets lost their homelands and their health in Russia in the wake of nuclear testing.

Describes the ambivalence of observers that the Civil War was won by automation and mechanization, not heroism and gallantry. Discusses many of the same issues many people have with internet efficiencies conquering many fields and delivering outsized profits with employees being unimportant to the success, profits, and growth of these companies.

Prepare for the unthinkable with "Nuclear Crash Survival" by Dr. James J. Archer. This ultimate guide equips you with essential survival skills and knowledge to not only survive but thrive amidst nuclear disasters and other 21st-century catastrophes. From understanding the mechanics of nuclear explosions to implementing comprehensive preparation plans, this indispensable manual provides vital information for navigating the aftermath of an atomic bomb or nuclear attack.

Aulo Suetonio es un entregado médico que en el año 106 d.C. sirve en la XXII Legión, acuartelada en Alejandría. Debido a desavenencias irreconciliables con los oficiales de la corte del Prefecto, se ve obligado a aceptar un traslado a la guarnición de Tebas, en el lejano Alto Egipto. Le acompaña su ayudante Honoracio, un joven egipcio en perpetua búsqueda de una ocupación acorde con su difícil carácter. La somnolienta ciudad de Tebas parece alejada de las guerras que asolan el imperio y de las conspiraciones palaciegas de la corte alejandrina: para el médico, podría ser el lugar...

En el año 47 a.C., mientras la República de Roma trata de salir de la guerra civil entre César y Pompeyo, el joven agrimensor Quintilio está enfrascado con una unidad de ingenieros del ejército en la reordenación de terrenos agrícolas al sur de Eporedia. Por fortuna para él, unos oficiales de alto rango de la facción de César le libran de su aburrimiento y le involucran en una insólita investigación que pretende esclarecer el repentino y sospechoso enriquecimiento, y de origen desconocido, por parte de algunos generales destinados en la provincia de Macedonia. La investigación ...

Discover resilience, unity, and the power of alliance in a world drastically transformed with "Allied Strength." If you've ever wondered about the role of alliances in a post-apocalyptic world, how to build trust with potential allies, or balance autonomy with community, then this book is designed for you. Dive deep into the dynamics and complexities of alliances, exploring topics from identification of potential allies, negotiation of alliance terms to securing a sustainable partnership. Understand how to tap into the strength of unity, and navigate the murky waters of trust-building. "...

Jeremy Black addresses not only firepower, but also power projection and technologies of logistics, command, and control. Examining military technologies in their historical context and the present centered on the revolution in Military Affairs and Military Transformation, Black then forecasts possible future trends.

Estados Unidos, 1861. La apacible existencia de Brianna Fallon en Boston cambia cuando se ve obligada a aceptar un empleo en el hogar de Wyatt Miller, el dueño de una de las plantaciones de algodón más importantes de Atlanta. Un hombre oscuro, atractivo y enigmático que despierta en ella emociones que no creía poseer, hasta el punto de poner a prueba su juramento más sagrado. Para Wyatt, la presencia de Brianna supone encarar un pasado que intenta olvidar para enfrentarse a sus propias emociones y a una mujer llena de secretos que no puede manejar, pero que debe desentrañar para ...

In Leveraging Latency, Tristan A. Volpe argues that having greater capacity to build weaponry doesn't translate to greater coercive advantage. Volpe finds that there is a trade-off between threatening proliferation and promising nuclear restraint. States need just enough bomb-making capacity to threaten proliferation, but not so much that it becomes too difficult for them to offer nonproliferation assurances. The boundaries of this sweet spot align with the capacity to produce the fissile material at the heart of an atomic weapon.

Twenty Incredible Military Aviation Stories. There I was as my arm jerked forward, and a new sensation filled my mind—panic. Thoughts filled my head quickly: today I'm going to die, this is it, this airplane is going to blow up any second, we are sitting on thousands of pounds of fuel (55,000 to be exact), GET OUT! Imagine flying 500 knots just above the trees when the left engine fire light suddenly comes on. Pilots of Valor takes you inside the cockpit of a high-performance military aircraft when everything starts to go wrong, seriously wrong. We invite you inside the world of a ...

Sadako Teiko Okuda was living in Osaki-shimo, an island off the mainland of Japan, when the bomb hit Hiroshima on the 6th of August 1945. Even sixty kilometers from the city, it was clear something horrific had happened. There was a blinding flash and the window next to Sadako smashed, a shard of glass leaving a painful burn on her neck. Soon, news came that her niece and nephew who lived in Hiroshima were missing. There was only one thing she could do—leave the relative safety of the island and set off into the city to find them.

अविनाश धर्माधिकारी यांचे गाजलेले व्याख्यान "जय भारत जय जगत भाग २ - अण्वस्त्र अणुविज्ञान"

El Zanj eran esclavos africanos obligados trabajar en el claro de las tierras en el sur de Irak. Cuando se alzaron, fueron juntados por los esclavos de las ciudades y pueblos vecinos. Trabajaban en extensos grupos, sin recibir un salario regular, y su ración alimentaria diaria sólo se componía de harina, dátiles y harina. Su jefe, nombrado Alī ibn Moverḥammad, era un hombre que tomó conciencia de su miseria y ellos prometidos de las tierras y riquezas. Presentándose como un profeta, o mahdī, llegó a congregarlos y a implicarlos en una insurrección en 869. Consigue apoderarse de ...