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The Shadow War
- Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America
- Narrated by: Jim Sciutto
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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Publisher's summary
CNN’s chief national security correspondent reveals the invisible fronts of 21st-century warfare and identifies the ongoing battles being waged - often without the public’s full knowledge - from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry.
The United States is currently under attack from multiple adversaries - yet most Americans have no idea of the dangers threatening us. In this eye-opening audiobook, military and intelligence expert and seasoned reporter Jim Sciutto traces the expanding web of attacks that together amount to an undeclared but deeply dangerous war on America.
With in-depth reporting from Ukraine to the South China Sea, Cuba to the earth’s atmosphere, unprecedented access to America’s Space Command, and new information from inside the intelligence agencies tracking election interference, Sciutto draws on his deep knowledge, high-level contacts, and personal experience as a journalist and diplomat to paint the most comprehensive and vivid picture of a nation targeted by a new and disturbing brand of warfare.
America is engaged in a shadow war on multiple fronts, with multiple enemies. The practitioners include America’s most familiar adversaries: Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. But unlike conventional warfare, these conflicts are conducted in the shadows, with no formal declaration, and often use multiple sources, from influential businessmen and lawyers to hackers. And it is happening today.
But America is adapting and fighting back. In The Shadow War, Sciutto introduces the dizzying array of soldiers, sailors, submariners and their commanders, space engineers, computer scientists, and civilians who are on the front lines of this new kind of forever war. Intensive and disturbing, this invaluable and important work opens our eyes and makes clear that future war is here.
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By: Alfred W. McCoy
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1983
- Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink
- By: Taylor Downing
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983 - the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon. The year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one - more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the United States, President Reagan vastly increased defense spending, described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," and launched the "Star Wars" Strategic Defense Initiative to shield the country from incoming missiles.
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Great story, poor narration choices.
- By John Gray on 02-11-19
By: Taylor Downing
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The Bomb
- Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
- By: Fred Kaplan
- Narrated by: Edward Bauer
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Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,” takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s “Tank” in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to bring us the untold stories - based on exclusive interviews and previously classified documents - of how America’s presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today.
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Excellent, important book, bad narration.
- By Richard L. Hubbell on 02-06-20
By: Fred Kaplan
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Crouching Tiger
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- By: Peter Navarro
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
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Will there be war with China? This book provides the most complete and accurate assessment of the probability of conflict between the United States and the rising Asian superpower. Equally important, it lays out an in-depth analysis of the possible pathways to peace. Written like a geopolitical detective story, the narrative encourages listener interaction by starting each chapter with an intriguing question that often challenges conventional wisdom.
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Interesting policy book ???
- By Tom on 12-14-16
By: Peter Navarro
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Fascinating Insider Story
- By Terry Masters on 12-07-17
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mix of information and propaganda
- By Inthego on 06-14-19
By: David E. Sanger
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My Journey at the Nuclear Brink
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His journey has just begun
- By Amazon Customer on 04-18-17
By: William Perry
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Failures of Imagination
- The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland - and How to Thwart Them
- By: Michael McCaul
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
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Congressman and Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Michael McCaul, has spent years in Washington watching the administration turn a blind eye to the most pressing possible threats to the country. Now, in Failures of Imagination, McCaul turns away from the over-sensationalized, unrealistic fears circulated through the media in order to expose the most legitimate and looming national security threats, which have long been swept under the rug by the administration.
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Spot on.
- By Prince Parker on 02-27-16
By: Michael McCaul
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Twilight Warriors
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- By: James Kitfield
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In Twilight Warriors, award-winning foreign correspondent James Kitfield introduces us to the tight-knit brotherhood that strives to keep the United States safe from the dimly understood threats it now faces. Together these men have broken down the boundaries between their respective agencies to engineer a network-centric way of fighting using a seamless web of intelligence analysts, information networks, FBI forensics experts, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before.
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South African Perspectives
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After he was selected to be NATO's 16th Supreme Allied Commander, the New York Times described Jim Stavridis as a "Renaissance admiral." A US Naval Academy graduate with a master's degree and doctorate from Tufts University, conversant in both French and Spanish, this author of numerous books and articles impressed the Navy's leaders and senior Pentagon civilians. The Accidental Admiral offers an intimate look at the challenges of directing NATO operations in Afghanistan, military intervention in Libya, and preparation for possible war in Syria.
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Insider View on Complexity in Nato
- By Theo Horesh on 05-16-22
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- Robert
- 05-21-19
succinct
Not too political and very succinct in its telling. Gives some good information I wasn't aware of before. He does a very good job with his first hand accounts and walks through some of the backgrounds that lead up to current events you might not have put together before.
The best part it is not full of Nepostism of the US being helpless but instead provides hope that if we pay attention, we very well can be the country that continues to steer world policy. And thank God for that.
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- white-cats
- 11-03-19
Fascinating & Terrifying
Binged in one evening. Very eye-opening. Our country is in trouble . idk how our generals sleep
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- Greg
- 05-29-19
Open your mind to America's true battlefronts.
America's battlefront is not internal blue versus red. It is protecting itself defending itself from agressor's that want to destroy us.
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- Michael C
- 06-26-19
Frightening
Amazing insight into the current and future course of the world's balance of power. I'm not a big reader but it was hard to put it down.
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- Yanchovich
- 07-22-21
ESSENTIAL Read
This book dives into the reality of where America stands on Cyber Defense (Spoiler piss poor!) and where our biggest adversary’s stand (spoiler - they knew this was the future and invested big time knowing this was the best way to take us down). It also goes into the intricacies of our relationships with China + Russia and why they approach situations the way they do. This is one of the scariest books you’ll read. And the sad thing Is, you can assume how it will all end. In typical American fashion we will not do shit or take it serious to the extent that we need to until the shit absolutely hits the fan. And when everyone finally looks up and starts saying “okay we really really need to do something about this” you can have the awesome feeling of knowing it’s too late! All you have to do is read this book! Lastly I’d like to say is this. If you read this book and get overwhelmed with fear, you can find solace in knowing that yeah this sucks, and yeah you and I Litterally can’t do anything about it, but this isn’t the only thing that America has detrimentally fucked up! That panic that will ensue upon our society - 1000x’s worse than the original covid panic) once everybody actually understands what’s going on isn’t only applicable to cyber security and the possible civil war that most likly will ensue because of other global powers + our domestic billionaires consantly bombarding social media with fake information and since we’ve defunded schools to the extent that we have in the name of the military budget - which you will see was actually obsolete to the insane extent America has taken it all along, IF u decide to read this book - and also thanks to the Daughters of the Confederacy we can watch not only America but the World burn because 85% of the nation is too fucking stupid to realize the difference between weather and climate. That’s right. This book shouldn’t really concern you because the world is already dead thanks to climate change. We’re just sticking around as long as we possibly can just to watch it rot. Anyways yeah pretty good book, 4 out of 5.
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- JBF
- 07-24-19
Timely and Important
This book succinctly articulates arguably the most important challenge facing the U.S. and NATO in the next decade. The author also outlines a few practical steps the U.S. and NATO should take in response to non-kenetic threats posed by adversaries. If anyone in the U.S. still doubts that Russia and China are the main geopolitical foes of the U.S., this book should erase that doubt.
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- M. Farmer
- 07-10-21
Real time and current
Real time and current l though CNN ties are suspect overall good book and informative
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- cecily fung
- 01-08-20
Must read
In this age of disinformation, we all owe Jim a huge thanks for putting together such a comprehensive book. Thank you!
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- Ian
- 04-27-22
Deadpan comedy at its finest!
Haven't laughed so hard in years. The author perfectly parodies a tone-deaf, technically and ethically illiterate cold war-era catspaw of the military industrial complex. Just the sort of character that would have played a supporting villain in a 90s film.
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- 05-18-24
Scary stuff/ world
Everyone should listen to better understand how dangerous Russia and China are to our safety and prosperity.
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