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The Twilight of the Bombs
- Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post-Cold War age. The past 20 years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically....
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Definitive Series ends with warnings but also Hope
- By Richard on 10-21-10
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41. The Twilight of the Bombs
- Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Series: Richard Rhodes' Nuclear Histories
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-24-10
- Language: English
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The Apocalypse Factory
- Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
- By: Steve Olson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. In a matter of months, the Hanford nuclear facility was built to produce and weaponize the enigmatic and deadly new material that would fuel atomic bombs....
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Lacking in many aspects
- By ATM on 08-27-20
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42. The Apocalypse Factory
- Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-04-20
- Language: English
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Bridge of Spies
- A True Story of the Cold War
- By: Giles Whittell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Who were the three men the American and Soviet superpowers exchanged at Berlin’s Glienicke Bridge and Checkpoint Charlie in the first prisoner exchange of the nuclear age? Bridge of Spies vividly traces their paths to that electrifying moment on February 10, 1962....
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Bridge of Spies
- By BookReader on 09-28-15
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43. Bridge of Spies
- A True Story of the Cold War
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-04-15
- Language: English
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Nuclear Weapons
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Joseph M. Siracusa
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Solid, brief primer in nuclear weapons
- By Joe on 06-22-24
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44. 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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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....
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Skip the 30min intro.
- By EErele on 05-09-15
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45. 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
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Bomb Power
- The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
- By: Garry Wills
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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In Bomb Power, Garry Wills reveals how the atomic bomb transformed our nation down to its deepest constitutional roots....
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Excellent book.
- By Sageeve Prabhakaran on 12-13-10
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46. Bomb Power
- The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-22-10
- Language: English
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A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
- Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon
- By: Neil Sheehan
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
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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....
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Schriever rhymes with beaver.
- By John Gardner on 11-13-09
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47. A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
- Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 09-22-09
- Language: English
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The Manhattan Project
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- By: Al Cimino
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are with us to this day. The atomic bombs that came out of it brought an end to the war in the Pacific, but at a heavy loss of life in Japan and the opening of a Pandora's box that has tested international relations....
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Very informative!
- By JavierMiguel78 on 08-08-23
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48. The Manhattan Project
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-28-22
- Language: English
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Reagan's Secret War
- The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
- By: Martin Anderson, Annelise Anderson
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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What emerges from this treasure trove of material is irrefutable evidence that Reagan intended from his first days in office to bring down the Soviet Union....
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IMPORTANT HISTORICAL INFORMATION
- By Byron on 06-19-12
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49. Reagan's Secret War
- The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 06-02-09
- Language: English
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Shadow Strike
- Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power
- By: Yaakov Katz
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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The never-before-told inside story of how Israel stopped Syria from becoming a global nuclear nightmare - and its far-reaching implications....
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Important Book!
- By Gerald J. Vogt on 05-10-19
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50. Shadow Strike
- Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 05-07-19
- Language: English
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51. The Cold War: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 02-02-12
- Language: English
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: A History From Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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The Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union lasted for more than 40 years. In general, this was a war of spies and subterfuge, of covert action and espionage. There was always a danger, however, that an error of judgment could suddenly cause the Cold War to turn red-hot....
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Excellent Book
- By Demarcus brooks on 04-17-20
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52. The Cuban Missile Crisis: A History From Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-08-18
- Language: English
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Under Pressure
- Living Life and Avoiding Death on a Nuclear Submarine
- By: Richard Humphreys
- Narrated by: Richard Humphreys
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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What’s it like to spend three months without sunlight, sharing what little space you have with over 100 fellow crewmen and more firepower than all the bombs dropped in World War II? This memoir reveals the funny, challenging, one-of-a-kind experience that is life on a nuclear submarine....
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Not for me
- By GEORGE on 10-18-20
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53. Under Pressure
- Living Life and Avoiding Death on a Nuclear Submarine
- Narrated by: Richard Humphreys
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 06-02-20
- Language: English
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Titan II
- A History of a Cold War Missile
- By: David Stumpf
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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A comprehensive study of the missile system that formed a critical component of the United States' nuclear arsenal....
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Abort the launch!!!!! This book is a no-go!
- By Jeeper on 12-04-14
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54. Titan II
- A History of a Cold War Missile
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 09-05-14
- Language: English
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The Fall of Japan
- By: William Craig
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Told from both Japanese and American perspectives, this thrilling account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific has been heralded as "virtually faultless"....
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Superbly written history
- By Saman on 01-22-16
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55. The Fall of Japan
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 11-13-15
- Language: English
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Nagasaki
- Life After Nuclear War
- By: Susan Southard
- Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Published on the 70th anniversary of the bombing, Nagasaki takes listeners from the morning of the bombing to the city today, telling the firsthand experiences of five survivors....
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Truly, A Heartrending Horrorshow
- By Gillian on 12-21-17
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56. Nagasaki
- Life After Nuclear War
- Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-28-15
- Language: English
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Yellow Dirt
- An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed
- By: Judy Pasternak
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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From the 1930s to the 1960s, the United States knowingly used and discarded an entire tribe of people....
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Dirty little secret of nuclear development
- By Buretto on 08-13-20
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57. Yellow Dirt
- An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-21-10
- Language: English
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Hitler's Atomic Bomb
- History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima
- By: Mark Walker
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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Examining the global influence of the German uranium project and postwar reactions to the scientists involved, Mark Walker explores the narratives surrounding 'Hitler's bomb'.
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58. Hitler's Atomic Bomb
- History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-01-24
- Language: English
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Nuclear Statecraft
- History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age
- By: Francis Gavin
- Narrated by: Bob Goding
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Gavin reassesses the strategy of flexible response, the influence of nuclear weapons during the Berlin Crisis....
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Praise for Gavin
- By Jessie M Beals on 01-14-21
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59. Nuclear Statecraft
- History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age
- Narrated by: Bob Goding
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 03-02-16
- Language: English
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Trinity
- The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History
- By: Frank Close
- Narrated by: Anthony Howell
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Trinity by Frank Close....
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Amazing
- By marc edge on 09-29-23
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60. Trinity
- The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History
- Narrated by: Anthony Howell
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-29-19
- Language: English
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