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Nuclear War

A Scenario

par Annie Jacobsen ...

Lu par Annie Jacobsen ...

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11 heure 19 min

The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif... ... En savoir plus

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The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif...
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One Minute to Midnight

Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

par Michael Dobbs ...

Lu par Bob Walter ...

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16 heure 25 min

In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored over previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. In his hour-by-hour ... En savoir plus

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In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored over previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. In his hour-by-hour
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Blown To Hell

America's Deadly Betrayal of the Marshall Islanders

par Walter Pincus ...

Lu par Chris Abernathy ...

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12 heure 53 min

The most important place in American nuclear history are the Marshall Islands—an idyllic Pacific paradise that served as the staging ground for over sixty US nuclear tests. It was here, from 1946 to 1958, that America perfected the weapon that preserved the peace of the post-war years. It was here—with the 1954 Castle Bravo test over Bikini Atoll—that America executed its largest nuclear ... En savoir plus

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The most important place in American nuclear history are the Marshall Islands—an idyllic Pacific paradise that served as the staging ground for over sixty US nuclear tests. It was here, from 1946 to 1958, that America perfected the weapon that preserved the peace of the post-war years. It was here—with the 1954 Castle Bravo test over Bikini Atoll—that America executed its largest nuclear
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Making of the Atomic Bomb

25th Anniversary Edition

par Richard Rhodes ...

Lu par Holter Graham ...

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37 heure 16 min

**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 ... En savoir plus

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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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Command and Control

Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

par Eric Schlosser ...

Lu par Scott Brick ...

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20 heure 37 min

A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons.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 ... En savoir plus

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A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons.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
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Hiroshima

par John Hersey ...

Lu par George Guidall ...

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5 heure 23 min

**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] ... En savoir plus

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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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Ghosts of Hiroshima

par Charles Pellegrino ...

Lu par Martin Sheen ...

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8 heure 59 min

A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERSOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM ACADEMY AWARD–WINNING FILMMAKER JAMES CAMERON“Not since Titanic have I found a powerful, heartbreaking, and inspiring real-life story as found in Ghosts of Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino. This is an amazing book and a film I am excited to direct.”—James CameronFrom the acclaimed New York T... ... En savoir plus

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A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERSOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM ACADEMY AWARD–WINNING FILMMAKER JAMES CAMERON“Not since Titanic have I found a powerful, heartbreaking, and inspiring real-life story as found in Ghosts of Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino. This is an amazing book and a film I am excited to direct.”—James CameronFrom the acclaimed New York T...
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Road to Surrender

Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

par Evan Thomas ...

Lu par Robert Fass ...

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7 heure 51 min

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan—a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history—with you-are-there immediacy by the New York Times bestselling author of Ike’s Bluff and Sea of Thunder.“As Christopher Nolan’s movie Oppenheimer shows, the shockwaves reverberate still. The veteran biographer Evan Thomas now enters the ... En savoir plus

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A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan—a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history—with you-are-there immediacy by the New York Times bestselling author of Ike’s Bluff and Sea of Thunder.“As Christopher Nolan’s movie Oppenheimer shows, the shockwaves reverberate still. The veteran biographer Evan Thomas now enters the
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Voices From Chernobyl

The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

par Svetlana Alexievich ...

Lu par The Voice Clan ...

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9 heure 8 min

An account of the worst nuclear reactor accident in history from the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardA journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book, presents personal accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus after the nuclear reactor ... En savoir plus

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An account of the worst nuclear reactor accident in history from the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardA journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book, presents personal accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus after the nuclear reactor
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Песнь Нагасаки. История Такаси Нагаи, пережившего атомную бомбардировку

par Пол Глинн ...

Lu par Алексей Ерохин ...

Collections series Выбирая жизнь. Книги о силе духа.
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9 heure 11 min

Даже в пепле можно найти смысл. История жизни врача-рентгенолога Такаси Нагаи, пережившего атомную бомбардировку Нагасаки 9 августа 1945 года Когда на Нагасаки упала атомная бомба, Такаси Нагаи потерял все — здоровье, любимую жену, дом. Но он не проклинал судьбу, не отчаивался, а всю оставшуюся жизнь помогал пострадавшим не только как врач, но и как автор книг, которые нашли глубокий отклик в ... En savoir plus

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Даже в пепле можно найти смысл. История жизни врача-рентгенолога Такаси Нагаи, пережившего атомную бомбардировку Нагасаки 9 августа 1945 года Когда на Нагасаки упала атомная бомба, Такаси Нагаи потерял все — здоровье, любимую жену, дом. Но он не проклинал судьбу, не отчаивался, а всю оставшуюся жизнь помогал пострадавшим не только как врач, но и как автор книг, которые нашли глубокий отклик в
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Plutopia

Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

par Kate Brown ...

Lu par Susan Ericksen ...

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18 heure 10 min

In Plutopia, 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. 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 ... En savoir plus

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In Plutopia, 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. 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
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Building and Stocking a Nuclear Bunker For Under $10,000

par Martin K. Ettington ...

Lu par Martin K. Ettington ...

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19 min

Building Shelters to protect individuals and their families from emergency situations has become extremely popular in the United States.I have my own experience of building a nuclear bomb shelter in 2002 and stocking it with supplies. I did it for less than $10,000 and thought you would all be interested in how I did it for so little money.I’m also a nuclear engineer and used my knowledge and some ... En savoir plus

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Building Shelters to protect individuals and their families from emergency situations has become extremely popular in the United States.I have my own experience of building a nuclear bomb shelter in 2002 and stocking it with supplies. I did it for less than $10,000 and thought you would all be interested in how I did it for so little money.I’m also a nuclear engineer and used my knowledge and some
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Emp Attack: How to Prepare for and Survive an Electromagnetic Pulse Attack (The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide on How to Survive a Deadly Emp Attack)

par Gerald Taylor ...

Lu par Digital Voice Mike G ...

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50 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The pentagon has also taken action to protect the electric grid from an emp attack as well, but nonetheless, experts on the subject and emp advocates continue to insist that we are woefully underprepared for an emp attack.Because the government is so underprepared for an emp attack and due to the fact that the government can do absolutely nothing to ... En savoir plus

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The pentagon has also taken action to protect the electric grid from an emp attack as well, but nonetheless, experts on the subject and emp advocates continue to insist that we are woefully underprepared for an emp attack.Because the government is so underprepared for an emp attack and due to the fact that the government can do absolutely nothing to
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Cold War: Series 1 and 2

Stories from the Big Freeze

par Bridget Kendall ...

Lu par Bridget Kendall ...

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6 heure 59 min

Bridget Kendall presents an oral history tracing decisive moments of the Cold War.The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It has shaped political relations to this day, drawing new physical and ideological boundaries between East and West ... En savoir plus

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Bridget Kendall presents an oral history tracing decisive moments of the Cold War.The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It has shaped political relations to this day, drawing new physical and ideological boundaries between East and West
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The Button

The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump

par William J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina ...

Lu par John Pruden ...

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8 heure 43 min

Since the Truman administration, America has been one "push of a button" away from nuclear war—a decision that rests solely in the hands of the president. Without waiting for approval from Congress or even the secretary of defense, the president can unleash America's entire nuclear arsenal.From authors William J. Perry, secretary of defense in the Clinton administration, and Tom Z. Collina, the ... En savoir plus

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Since the Truman administration, America has been one "push of a button" away from nuclear war—a decision that rests solely in the hands of the president. Without waiting for approval from Congress or even the secretary of defense, the president can unleash America's entire nuclear arsenal.From authors William J. Perry, secretary of defense in the Clinton administration, and Tom Z. Collina, the
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The Nuclear Jihadist

The True Story of the Man Who Sold the World's Most Dangerous Secrets...And How We Could Have Stopped Him

par Douglas Frantz, Catherine Collins ...

Lu par Bob Craig ...

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15 heure 28 min

Major investigative nonfiction on one of the most important stories of our time -- the spread of nuclear weapons -- written by two award-winning journalists who for years have followed the trail of the world's most notorious arms dealer.The world has entered a second nuclear age. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear annihilation is on the rise. Should such an ... En savoir plus

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Major investigative nonfiction on one of the most important stories of our time -- the spread of nuclear weapons -- written by two award-winning journalists who for years have followed the trail of the world's most notorious arms dealer.The world has entered a second nuclear age. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear annihilation is on the rise. Should such an
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War's End

An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission

par Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney ...

Lu par Eric Jason Martin ...

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9 heure 11 min

On August 9, 1945, on the tiny island of Tinian in the South Pacific, a twenty-five-year-old American Army Air Corps major named Charles W. Sweeney climbed aboard a B-29 Superfortress in command of his first combat mission, one devised specifically to bring a long and terrible war to a necessary conclusion . . .The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney ... En savoir plus

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On August 9, 1945, on the tiny island of Tinian in the South Pacific, a twenty-five-year-old American Army Air Corps major named Charles W. Sweeney climbed aboard a B-29 Superfortress in command of his first combat mission, one devised specifically to bring a long and terrible war to a necessary conclusion . . .The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney
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Robert Oppenheimer

A Life Inside the Center

par Ray Monk ...

Lu par Michael Goldstrom ...

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35 heure 17 min

Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis in the race to develop the first atomic bomb—a breakthrough that was to have eternal ramifications for mankind and that made Oppenheimer the “Father of the Atomic Bomb.” But with his actions leading up to that great achievement, he also set ... En savoir plus

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Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis in the race to develop the first atomic bomb—a breakthrough that was to have eternal ramifications for mankind and that made Oppenheimer the “Father of the Atomic Bomb.” But with his actions leading up to that great achievement, he also set
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Three Days in Moscow

Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

par Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney ...

Lu par Bret Baier ...

Collections series Three Days Series
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12 heure 37 min

President Reagan's dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestselling author and award-winning anchor of the #1 rated Special Report with Bret Baier.""An instant classic, if not the finest book to date on Ronald Reagan.” — Jay WinikMoscow, 1988: 1,000 miles behind the Iron Curtain, Ronald Reagan stood for freedom and confronted the Soviet empire.In his acclaimed ... En savoir plus

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President Reagan's dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestselling author and award-winning anchor of the #1 rated Special Report with Bret Baier.""An instant classic, if not the finest book to date on Ronald Reagan.” — Jay WinikMoscow, 1988: 1,000 miles behind the Iron Curtain, Ronald Reagan stood for freedom and confronted the Soviet empire.In his acclaimed
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Jai Bharat Jai Jagat Bhag 2 - Anvastra, Anuvidnyan

par Avinash Dharmadhikari ...

Lu par Avinash Dharmadhikari ...

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1 heures 50 min

अविनाश धर्माधिकारी यांचे गाजलेले व्याख्यान "जय भारत जय जगत भाग २ - अण्वस्त्र अणुविज्ञान" ... En savoir plus

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अविनाश धर्माधिकारी यांचे गाजलेले व्याख्यान "जय भारत जय जगत भाग २ - अण्वस्त्र अणुविज्ञान"
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Race for Nuclear Weapons during World War II, The: The History and Legacy of Both Sides’ Efforts to Build an Atomic Bomb

par Charles River Editors ...

Lu par Bill Caufield ...

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3 heure 31 min

Before the Second World War, military conflicts were fought under orthodox conditions, usually termed “conventional warfare,” but several innovations had significantly changed combat, leading inextricably to the race for a nuclear weapon in the 1930s and 1940s. Conflicts had been fought by armies on horseback with guns of varying sophistication since the 16th century, but mechanized warfare and ... En savoir plus

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Before the Second World War, military conflicts were fought under orthodox conditions, usually termed “conventional warfare,” but several innovations had significantly changed combat, leading inextricably to the race for a nuclear weapon in the 1930s and 1940s. Conflicts had been fought by armies on horseback with guns of varying sophistication since the 16th century, but mechanized warfare and
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Dark Sun

The Making Of The Hydrogen Bomb

par Richard Rhodes ...

Lu par Jacques Roy ...

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29 heure

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 ... En savoir plus

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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
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Korea

War Without End

par Richard Dannatt, Robert Lyman ...

Lu par Mark Elstob ...

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14 heure 17 min

Bloomsbury presents Korea: War Without End by Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman, read by Mark ElstobA ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides.Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century. It provides a critical analysis of the lack of ... En savoir plus

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Bloomsbury presents Korea: War Without End by Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman, read by Mark ElstobA ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides.Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century. It provides a critical analysis of the lack of
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Countdown to Catastrophe

Imagining a Nuclear Conflict

par Nolan Blackwood ...

Lu par Digital Voice Alistair G ...

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46 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Countdown to Catastrophe: Imagining a Nuclear Conflict" by Nolan Blackwood delves into the chilling and complex world of nuclear conflict narratives, with a special focus on South Asia. Through an examination of fiction and non-fiction, Blackwood explores why this region is often the centerpiece of apocalyptic scenarios, despite broader global ... En savoir plus

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Countdown to Catastrophe: Imagining a Nuclear Conflict" by Nolan Blackwood delves into the chilling and complex world of nuclear conflict narratives, with a special focus on South Asia. Through an examination of fiction and non-fiction, Blackwood explores why this region is often the centerpiece of apocalyptic scenarios, despite broader global
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