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Question 7

The extraordinary and original Sunday Times bestseller

door Richard Flanagan ...

****THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize**From one kiss comes a chain reaction – a masterpiece of memoir from the winner of the Baillie Gifford and the Booker prize‘Extraordinary’ Sarah Perry‘Masterpiece’ Colm Tóibín‘Wholly original. I absolutely loved it’ David Nicholls‘A brilliant, brilliant book’ James Rebanks**By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West’s affair, ... Meer lezen

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****THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize**From one kiss comes a chain reaction – a masterpiece of memoir from the winner of the Baillie Gifford and the Booker prize‘Extraordinary’ Sarah Perry‘Masterpiece’ Colm Tóibín‘Wholly original. I absolutely loved it’ David Nicholls‘A brilliant, brilliant book’ James Rebanks**By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West’s affair,
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Nuclear War

The bestselling non-fiction thriller, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize

door Annie Jacobsen ...

The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat exploration of what would happen in the event of nuclear war, perfect for readers of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.Nuclear war begins with a blip on a radar screen.This is a minute-by-minute account of what comes next.It has to be read to be believed.'A stomach-clenching, multi-perspective, ticking-clock, ... Meer lezen

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The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat exploration of what would happen in the event of nuclear war, perfect for readers of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.Nuclear war begins with a blip on a radar screen.This is a minute-by-minute account of what comes next.It has to be read to be believed.'A stomach-clenching, multi-perspective, ticking-clock,
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If Russia Wins

'My book of the year' Alastair Campbell (The Rest is Politics)

door Carlo Masala ...

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**A New Statesman Book of the Year**A Le Monde Best Book of 2025'Amazing ... My book of the year' Alastair Campbell, The Rest Is Politics**'So compelling ... So plausible' New Statesman'Chilling' Financial Times'Blistering' Economist**'A cracking book ... Reads like a thriller' Matt... ... Meer lezen

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**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**A New Statesman Book of the Year**A Le Monde Best Book of 2025'Amazing ... My book of the year' Alastair Campbell, The Rest Is Politics**'So compelling ... So plausible' New Statesman'Chilling' Financial Times'Blistering' Economist**'A cracking book ... Reads like a thriller' Matt...
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Hiroshima

door John Hersey ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city."The perspective [Hiroshima] ... Meer lezen

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city."The perspective [Hiroshima]
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb

door Richard Rhodes ...

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award****The definitive history of nuclear weapons—**from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the people, and the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb.This sweeping ... Meer lezen

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**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award****The definitive history of nuclear weapons—**from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the people, and the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb.This sweeping
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Guerre nucléaire. Un scénario

door Annie Jacobsen ...

Vertaald door Karine Lalechère ...

"Le Pentagone, un bâtiment qui compte cinq façades et cinq niveaux au-dessus du sol, explose avec tout ce qu’il contient, six cent mille mètres carrés de bureaux réduits en poussière ardente par le flash lumineux et thermique initial. L’arrivée quasi simultanée de l’onde de choc fracasse les murs. Les vingt-sept mille employés périssent sur le coup." Un État voyou lance un missile nucléaire sur le ... Meer lezen

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"Le Pentagone, un bâtiment qui compte cinq façades et cinq niveaux au-dessus du sol, explose avec tout ce qu’il contient, six cent mille mètres carrés de bureaux réduits en poussière ardente par le flash lumineux et thermique initial. L’arrivée quasi simultanée de l’onde de choc fracasse les murs. Les vingt-sept mille employés périssent sur le coup." Un État voyou lance un missile nucléaire sur le
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The Dead Hand (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy

door David Hoffman ...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this riveting narrative history sheds new light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified ... Meer lezen

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this riveting narrative history sheds new light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified
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De afgrond

door Max Hastings ...

Vertaald door Wilma Paalman, Willem van Paassen ...

Zonder enige twijfel is de Cubacrisis in 1962 het meest beangstigende internationale conflict uit de moderne geschiedenis, toen een nucleaire oorlog dreigde tussen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet-Unie. Wekenlang keek de mensheid in de afgrond van de totale vernietiging. Op indrukwekkende en meeslepende wijze beschrijft bestsellerauteur Max Hastings deze bloedstollende periode.Hastings briljante ... Meer lezen

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Zonder enige twijfel is de Cubacrisis in 1962 het meest beangstigende internationale conflict uit de moderne geschiedenis, toen een nucleaire oorlog dreigde tussen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet-Unie. Wekenlang keek de mensheid in de afgrond van de totale vernietiging. Op indrukwekkende en meeslepende wijze beschrijft bestsellerauteur Max Hastings deze bloedstollende periode.Hastings briljante
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De Koersk

Poetins eerste crisis: de dramatische ramp met een kernonderzeeër

door Robert Moore ...

De Koersk Poetins eerste crisis: de dramatische ramp met een kernonderzeeër Op de ochtend van zaterdag 12 augustus 2000 brengen twee enorme explosies het ijskoude oppervlak van de Barentszzee in heftige beroering. De Koersk, een onderzeeër die de trots is van de Russische Noordelijke vloot, tuimelt naar de bodem van de oceaan. De meeste van de 118 bemanningsleden zijn op slag dood, maar 23 mannen ... Meer lezen

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De Koersk Poetins eerste crisis: de dramatische ramp met een kernonderzeeër Op de ochtend van zaterdag 12 augustus 2000 brengen twee enorme explosies het ijskoude oppervlak van de Barentszzee in heftige beroering. De Koersk, een onderzeeër die de trots is van de Russische Noordelijke vloot, tuimelt naar de bodem van de oceaan. De meeste van de 118 bemanningsleden zijn op slag dood, maar 23 mannen
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De oorlog van morgen

Wat de conflicten van nu ons leren over toekomstige dreigingen

door Martijn Kitzen, Tim Sweijs ...

'Hoe bereid je je voor op de oorlog van morgen? Door in ieder geval dit boek te lezen!' - Beatrice de Graaf Oorlog komt steeds dichterbij. Ook voor Nederland is de dreiging van een gewapend conflict niet langer ondenkbaar. Maar hoe ziet zo'n moderne oorlog eruit en, belangrijker nog, hoe kunnen we onszelf daartegen beschermen? Experts Martijn Kitzen en Tim Sweijs laten zien hoe oorlogvoering zich ... Meer lezen

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'Hoe bereid je je voor op de oorlog van morgen? Door in ieder geval dit boek te lezen!' - Beatrice de Graaf Oorlog komt steeds dichterbij. Ook voor Nederland is de dreiging van een gewapend conflict niet langer ondenkbaar. Maar hoe ziet zo'n moderne oorlog eruit en, belangrijker nog, hoe kunnen we onszelf daartegen beschermen? Experts Martijn Kitzen en Tim Sweijs laten zien hoe oorlogvoering zich
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Hiroshima

De atoombom die het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog inluidde

door John Hersey ...

‘Buitengewoon aangrijpende verhalen van zes mensen die de atoombomaanslag overleefden.’ The GuardianOp 6 augustus 1945 om kwart over acht ’s ochtends viel een atoombom op Hiroshima, waarmee een aanzet werd gegeven tot een versneld einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Al dagen daarvoor was er de dreiging van luchtaanvallen, hoewel het alles-is-veiligsein had geklonken. Toch was daar plots de flits ... Meer lezen

11,99 €

‘Buitengewoon aangrijpende verhalen van zes mensen die de atoombomaanslag overleefden.’ The GuardianOp 6 augustus 1945 om kwart over acht ’s ochtends viel een atoombom op Hiroshima, waarmee een aanzet werd gegeven tot een versneld einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Al dagen daarvoor was er de dreiging van luchtaanvallen, hoewel het alles-is-veiligsein had geklonken. Toch was daar plots de flits
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NUKED: I Was A Guinea Pig For The U.S. Army

door Michael Harris ...

In 1956, the United States detonated 17 H-bombs in the South Pacific, including the two deadliest explosions ever to occur anywhere on our planet—before or since.The 1,612 soldiers stationed at the headquarters island (including me, a draftee) were sent there to “observe” this nuclear test series, named Operation Redwing. Wearing only T-shirts and shorts and without Radsuits, high density goggles ... Meer lezen

2,67 €

In 1956, the United States detonated 17 H-bombs in the South Pacific, including the two deadliest explosions ever to occur anywhere on our planet—before or since.The 1,612 soldiers stationed at the headquarters island (including me, a draftee) were sent there to “observe” this nuclear test series, named Operation Redwing. Wearing only T-shirts and shorts and without Radsuits, high density goggles
... Meer lezen
Command and Control

door Eric Schlosser ...

From famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, comes Command and Control a ground-breaking account of the management of nuclear weaponsA 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 ... Meer lezen

10,99 €

From famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, comes Command and Control a ground-breaking account of the management of nuclear weaponsA 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
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The Precipice

‘A book that seems made for the present moment’ New Yorker

door Toby Ord ...

What existential threats does humanity face? And how can we secure our future?'The Precipice is a powerful book . . . Ord's love for humanity and hope for its future is infectious' Spectator'Ord's analysis of the science is exemplary . . . Thrillingly written' Sunday TimesWe live during the most important era of human history. In the twentieth century, we d... ... Meer lezen

11,44 €

What existential threats does humanity face? And how can we secure our future?'The Precipice is a powerful book . . . Ord's love for humanity and hope for its future is infectious' Spectator'Ord's analysis of the science is exemplary . . . Thrillingly written' Sunday TimesWe live during the most important era of human history. In the twentieth century, we d...
... Meer lezen
Outlaw Platoon

Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

door Sean Parnell, John Bruning ...

Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly Hindu Kesh, Outlaw Platoon is a Band of Brothers or We Were Soldiers Once and Young for the early 21st century—a riveting, action-packed, highly emotional war memoir and true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery.At twenty-four years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell ... Meer lezen

10,99 €

Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly Hindu Kesh, Outlaw Platoon is a Band of Brothers or We Were Soldiers Once and Young for the early 21st century—a riveting, action-packed, highly emotional war memoir and true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery.At twenty-four years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell
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Ultimatum

The explosive thriller from the No. 1 bestseller

door Frank Gardner ...

Serie Boek 2 - A Luke Carlton Thriller
‘It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader’ DAILY MAIL‘Outstanding’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Breathless action’ THE TIMESHidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . .They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform t... ... Meer lezen

8,99 €

‘It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader’ DAILY MAIL‘Outstanding’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Breathless action’ THE TIMESHidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . .They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform t...
... Meer lezen
Gideon's Corpse

A Gideon Crew Novel

door Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child ...

Serie series GIDEON CREW
Join Gideon Crew in his second adventure in this high-octane new thriller series from the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors.A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff.A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.Sifting ... Meer lezen

3,99 €

Join Gideon Crew in his second adventure in this high-octane new thriller series from the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors.A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff.A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.Sifting
... Meer lezen
Because We Say So

door Noam Chomsky ...

Because We Say So is Noam Chomsky's essential counter punch to American hegemony.In 1962, the eminent statesman Dean Acheson enunciated a principle that has dominated global politics ever since: that no legal issue arises when the United States responds to a challenge to its 'power, position, and prestige'. In short, whatever the world may think, U.S. actions are legitimate because they say so ... Meer lezen

9,49 €

Because We Say So is Noam Chomsky's essential counter punch to American hegemony.In 1962, the eminent statesman Dean Acheson enunciated a principle that has dominated global politics ever since: that no legal issue arises when the United States responds to a challenge to its 'power, position, and prestige'. In short, whatever the world may think, U.S. actions are legitimate because they say so
... Meer lezen
CODENAME CHEROKEE

An excerpt from the bestselling memoir, THE ATOMIC TIMES

door Michael Harris ...

CODENAME CHEROKEE(A 1500 word excerpt from THE ATOMIC TIMES: My H-Bomb Year at the Pacific Proving Ground)Cherokee was the second of 17 nuclear blasts in the 1956 United States H-bomb test series, Operation Redwing. Cherokee was typical of what happened in the South Pacific when over 1600 men (including me) became guinea pigs for the Department of Defense. The unstated motto at the Pentagon was: ... Meer lezen

0,99 €

CODENAME CHEROKEE(A 1500 word excerpt from THE ATOMIC TIMES: My H-Bomb Year at the Pacific Proving Ground)Cherokee was the second of 17 nuclear blasts in the 1956 United States H-bomb test series, Operation Redwing. Cherokee was typical of what happened in the South Pacific when over 1600 men (including me) became guinea pigs for the Department of Defense. The unstated motto at the Pentagon was:
... Meer lezen
The Doomsday Machine

Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

door Daniel Ellsberg ...

Shortlisted for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-FictionFrom the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider exposé of the awful dangers of America's hidden, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that is chillingly still extantAt the same time former presidential advisor Daniel Ellsberg famously took the top-secret Pentagon Papers, he also took with ... Meer lezen

13,93 €

Shortlisted for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-FictionFrom the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider exposé of the awful dangers of America's hidden, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that is chillingly still extantAt the same time former presidential advisor Daniel Ellsberg famously took the top-secret Pentagon Papers, he also took with
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Licence Renewed

A James Bond thriller

door John Gardner ...

Serie Boek 16 - James Bond
'History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts' Ian FlemingIan Fleming's 007 returns in an original, authorised Bond thriller with a new introduction from Sunday Times bestselling author M J ArlidgeBond has been assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been meeting with a terrorist known as ... Meer lezen

2,99 €

'History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts' Ian FlemingIan Fleming's 007 returns in an original, authorised Bond thriller with a new introduction from Sunday Times bestselling author M J ArlidgeBond has been assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been meeting with a terrorist known as
... Meer lezen
The Nuclear Age

An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival

door Serhii Plokhy ...

'Few historians write with Serhii Plokhy’s authority, clarity or global vision... Essential reading, and a marvellous book' Peter FrankopanFrom the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to todayOn 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert ... Meer lezen

10,99 €

'Few historians write with Serhii Plokhy’s authority, clarity or global vision... Essential reading, and a marvellous book' Peter FrankopanFrom the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to todayOn 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert
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Dark Sun

The Making Of The Hydrogen Bomb

door Richard Rhodes ...

Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War.Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this monumental work of history discloses how and ... Meer lezen

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Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War.Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this monumental work of history discloses how and
... Meer lezen
Nemesis

The Battle for Japan, 1944–45

door Max Hastings ...

A companion volume to his bestselling ‘Armageddon’, Max Hastings’ account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history.Featuring the most remarkable cast of commanders the world has ever seen, the dramatic battle for Japan of 1944–45 was acted out across the vast stage of Asia: Imphal and Kohima, Leyte Gulf and Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the Soviet assault on Manchuria.In this gripping ... Meer lezen

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A companion volume to his bestselling ‘Armageddon’, Max Hastings’ account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history.Featuring the most remarkable cast of commanders the world has ever seen, the dramatic battle for Japan of 1944–45 was acted out across the vast stage of Asia: Imphal and Kohima, Leyte Gulf and Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the Soviet assault on Manchuria.In this gripping
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eBooks in de categorie Nucleaire oorlogsvoering

Question 7

Nuclear War

If Russia Wins

Hiroshima

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Guerre nucléaire. Un scénario

The Dead Hand (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

De afgrond

De Koersk

De oorlog van morgen

Hiroshima

NUKED: I Was A Guinea Pig For The U.S. Army

Command and Control

The Precipice

Outlaw Platoon

Ultimatum

Gideon's Corpse

Because We Say So

CODENAME CHEROKEE

The Doomsday Machine

Licence Renewed

The Nuclear Age

Dark Sun

Nemesis