Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear Weapons
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Joseph M. Siracusa
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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This Very Short Introduction looks at the science of nuclear weapons and how they differ from conventional weapons. Tracing the story of the nuclear bomb, Joseph Siracusa chronicles the race to acquire the H-bomb, a thermonuclear weapon with revolutionary implications; and the history of early arms control, nuclear deterrence, and nonproliferation. He also tracks the development of nuclear weapons from the origins of the Cold War in 1945 to the end of Moscow-dominated Communism in 1991, and examines the promise and prospect of missile defense.
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Great introduction
- By MGGGK9 on 03-05-24
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Nuclear Weapons
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-02-20
- Language: English
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This Very Short Introduction looks at the science of nuclear weapons and how they differ from conventional weapons....
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The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States
- By: Jeffrey Lewis
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States is an exciting piece of "speculative fiction." The novel posits that there was a nuclear attack against the US on March 21, 2020 by North Korea, and that a national bipartisan commission was created to investigate what and how it happened. It's pretty scary stuff.
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Speculation, but, well done.
- By brian on 10-16-18
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The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 10-16-18
- Language: English
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The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States is an exciting piece of "speculative fiction." The novel posits that there was a nuclear attack against the US on March 21, 2020 by North Korea....
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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, 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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Fascinating Insider Story
- By Terry Masters on 12-07-17
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The Doomsday Machine
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-05-17
- Language: English
- 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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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- By: David E. Hoffman
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
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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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Eye opening
- By Brian on 11-16-10
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 10-13-09
- Language: English
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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....
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UAPs and the Nuclear Puzzle
- Visitations, National Security, and the Need for Transparency
- By: Robert Salas, Leslie Kean - foreword, Stanton T. Friedman - foreword
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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In 1969 the US Air Force issued a statement that read‚ "No UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force was ever an indication of threat to our national security." This statement has been proven untrue by the testimony of many military officers and airmen and documentation of incidents involving UFOs and nuclear weapons, testimonies of which the US Air Force was fully aware. UAPs and the Nuclear Puzzle details many of these testimonies, some for the first time.
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SOMETHING EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW
- By Kindle Customer on 12-10-23
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UAPs and the Nuclear Puzzle
- Visitations, National Security, and the Need for Transparency
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 11-06-23
- Language: English
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In 1969 the US Air Force issued a statement that read‚ "No UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force was ever an indication of threat to our national security." This statement has been proven untrue....
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Plutopia
- Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
- By: Kate Brown
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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To contain secrets, American and Soviet leaders created plutopias - communities of nuclear families living in highly subsidized, limited-access atomic cities. Fully employed and medically monitored, the residents of Richland and Ozersk enjoyed all the pleasures of consumer society while nearby, migrants, prisoners, and soldiers were banned from plutopia - they lived in temporary "staging grounds" and often performed the most dangerous work at the plant.
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Mourning an Eternity of Radioactive Pollution
- By Will Szal on 01-01-19
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Plutopia
- Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 12-19-17
- Language: English
- Kate Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington, and Ozersk, Russia - the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium....
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Prompt and Utter Destruction
- Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan, Third Edition
- By: J. Samuel Walker
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the options available for ending the war with Japan. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade of new research - mostly from Japanese archives only recently made available - that provides fresh insight on the strategic considerations that led to dropping the bomb.
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Bullshit woke end
- By Fav on 12-19-23
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Prompt and Utter Destruction
- Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan, Third Edition
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 05-14-19
- Language: English
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In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade of new research, mostly from Japanese archives only recently made available....
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- By: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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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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We have taken our eye off the ball
- By TJBuford on 03-28-24
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Nuclear War
- A Scenario
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 03-26-24
- Language: English
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There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States.
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The Button
- The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
- By: William J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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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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Garbage political tripe
- By Bryan Beaty on 03-15-21
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The Button
- The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-25-20
- Language: English
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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 one person's thumb....
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Hiroshima Diary
- The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
- By: Michihiko Hachiya MD
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. Dr. Hachiya's compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Skip the 30min intro.
- By EErele on 05-09-15
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Hiroshima Diary
- The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-26-14
- Language: English
- The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city....
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The Bomb and America's Missile Age
- By: Christopher Gainor
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), designed to quickly deliver thermonuclear weapons to distant targets, was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. More than a generation later, we are still living with the political, technological, and scientific effects of the space race, while nuclear-armed ICBMs remain on alert and in the headlines around the world. Christopher Gainor explores the US Air Force's decision, in March 1954, to build the Atlas, America's first ICBM.
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a bit dry even for the topic
- By Milford Cubicle on 02-25-22
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The Bomb and America's Missile Age
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-18-18
- Language: English
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The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. Christopher Gainor explores the US Air Force's decision to build the Atlas, America's first ICBM....
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The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy
- New, Updated and Completely Revised
- By: Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels
- Narrated by: Richard Elwood
- Length: 24 hrs and 45 mins
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First published in 1981, Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. It has now been completely rewritten, drawing on a wide range of new research, and updated to take account of the period following the end of the cold war, covering all nuclear powers.
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The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy
- New, Updated and Completely Revised
- Narrated by: Richard Elwood
- Length: 24 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 07-27-21
- Language: English
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First published in 1981, Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. It has now been completely rewritten....
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Nuclear Weapon Bunkers: Protecting Stockpiles of Deadly Weapons
- High Security
- By: Emily Hudd
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 5 mins
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Nuclear weapon bunkers keep the world's dangerous nuclear weapons safe. Guards, electronic security systems, and barriers protect the bunkers. Learn more about these high-security places!
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Nuclear Weapon Bunkers: Protecting Stockpiles of Deadly Weapons
- High Security
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 5 mins
- Release date: 04-24-24
- Language: English
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Nuclear weapon bunkers keep the world's dangerous nuclear weapons safe. Guards, electronic security systems, and barriers protect the bunkers.
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Atomic Awakening
- A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power
- By: James Mahaffey
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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The American public's introduction to nuclear technology was manifested in destruction and death. With Hiroshima and the Cold War still ringing in our ears, our perception of all things nuclear is seen through the lens of weapons development. Nuclear power is full of mind-bending theories, deep secrets, and the misdirection of public consciousness - some deliberate, some accidental. The result of this fixation on bombs and fallout is that the development of a non-polluting, renewable energy source stands frozen in time.
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Great book. Atrocious robot narration.
- By Ted on 07-11-19
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Atomic Awakening
- A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-24-13
- Language: English
- The American public's introduction to nuclear technology was manifested in destruction and death, with Hiroshima and the Cold War still ringing in our ears....
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KINGS OF THE APOCALYPSE
- THE KING FAMILY TRILOGY
- By: B. CAMP, MARIBETH WAGNER
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
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Kings of the Apocalypse: The King Family Trilogy and Adam II: A Post-Apocalyptic Trilogy are both stand-alone trilogies and can be read independently. However, the storylines are parallel narratives that are closely interconnected and are best understood and appreciated if the Adam II trilogy is read first. The King siblings are the products of illegal genetic engineering research that was intended to augment their abilities. Their whole world was the lab facility that they inhabited and the personnel who saw to their most basic needs. They were too young to know that they differed from ...
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How bad the AI reader was.
- By Robin P on 03-26-24
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KINGS OF THE APOCALYPSE
- THE KING FAMILY TRILOGY
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-17-24
- Language: English
- Kings of the Apocalypse: The King Family Trilogy and Adam II: A Post-Apocalyptic Trilogy are both stand-alone trilogies and can be read ...
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ADAM II
- EMERGENCE INTO A POST-APOCALYPTIC AMERICA
- By: B. CAMP
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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Dr. Adam Markham was diagnosed with an incurable cancer. He only had a few months to live when he was offered the opportunity to participate in a scientific study being conducted by a top research company. If the study was a success he would be cured of his cancer and his body would approach genetic perfection. If unsuccessful he would die. He felt it was worth the risk since he would die in a few months anyway. What he didn't expect is that the suspended animation would last for years. When he awakened he was cured of his cancer and thanks to genetic engineering had been gifted with ...
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ADAM II
- EMERGENCE INTO A POST-APOCALYPTIC AMERICA
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-17-24
- Language: English
- Dr. Adam Markham was diagnosed with an incurable cancer. He only had a few months to live when he was offered the opportunity to participate in a ...
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
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In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration's unprecedented arms buildup in the early 1980s, as well as the arms-reduction campaign that followed, and Reagan's famous 1986 summit meeting with Gorbachev. Rhodes' detailed exploration of events of this time constitutes a prehistory of the neoconservatives. The story is new, compelling, and continually surprising - a revelatory re-creation of a hugely important era of our recent history.
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overall outstanding
- By Thomas on 06-25-09
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Series: Richard Rhodes' Nuclear Histories
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-26-07
- Language: English
- In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration's unprecedented arms buildup in the early 1980s....
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Tuxedo Park
- A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
- By: Jennet Conant
- Narrated by: John Kroft
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
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In the late 1930s, legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the 20th century at his state-of-the-art laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York. He established a top-secret defense laboratory at MIT and personally bankrolled pioneering research into new, high-powered radar detection systems that helped defeat the German Air Force and U-boats. With Ernest Lawrence, he pushed Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fund research in nuclear fission, which led to the development of the atomic bomb.
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Fantastic book, weak technical execution
- By Paul on 10-13-18
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Tuxedo Park
- A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
- Narrated by: John Kroft
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 09-25-18
- Language: English
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This is the untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history....
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Red Star Rogue
- By: Kenneth Sewell, Clint Richmond
- Narrated by: Brian Emerson
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Early in 1968, a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine sank in the waters off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Compelling evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile.
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Twaddle. Just twaddle...
- By Scott on 10-13-14
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Red Star Rogue
- Narrated by: Brian Emerson
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 12-22-05
- Language: English
- One of the great secrets of the Cold War, hidden for decades, is revealed at last....
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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
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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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A miracle that we escaped the Cold War alive....
- By A reader on 02-16-14
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-17-13
- Language: English
- Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal....
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