Bestsellers
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51....
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Scientia Est Potentia/Knowledge is Power
- De Cynthia en 10-08-15
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Unit X
- How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
- De: Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Narrado por: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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Authors Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff take a riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X—whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge technology to America’s military.
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- De Phil Boltinghouse en 07-28-24
De: Raj M. Shah, y otros
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- De: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 20 h y 33 m
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This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century....
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- De Gerry en 11-11-23
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The Bastard Brigade
- The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
- De: Sam Kean
- Narrado por: Ben Sullivan
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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From New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb....
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Awesome
- De Solar red en 07-12-19
De: Sam Kean
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- De: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post-World War II world....
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Important History
- De J. B. Evans en 06-12-21
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Robert Oppenheimer
- A Life Inside the Center
- De: Ray Monk
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
- Duración: 35 h y 17 m
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Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men....
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A comprehensive biography
- De Jean en 10-17-14
De: Ray Monk
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51....
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Scientia Est Potentia/Knowledge is Power
- De Cynthia en 10-08-15
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Unit X
- How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
- De: Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Narrado por: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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Authors Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff take a riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X—whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge technology to America’s military.
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Want next?
- De Phil Boltinghouse en 07-28-24
De: Raj M. Shah, y otros
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- De: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 20 h y 33 m
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This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century....
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Interesting listen
- De Gerry en 11-11-23
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The Bastard Brigade
- The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
- De: Sam Kean
- Narrado por: Ben Sullivan
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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From New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb....
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Awesome
- De Solar red en 07-12-19
De: Sam Kean
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- De: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post-World War II world....
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Important History
- De J. B. Evans en 06-12-21
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Robert Oppenheimer
- A Life Inside the Center
- De: Ray Monk
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
- Duración: 35 h y 17 m
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Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men....
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A comprehensive biography
- De Jean en 10-17-14
De: Ray Monk
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- De: Kim Zetter
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
- Duración: 13 h
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The virus now known as Stuxnet was unlike any other piece of malware built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it proved that a piece of code could escape the digital realm and wreak actual, physical destruction....
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Amazingly detailed, sober and above all, damning
- De Greg en 11-22-14
De: Kim Zetter
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Achtung Panzer!
- De: Heinz Guderian
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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This is one of the most significant military books of the 20th century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible for German armoured supremacy in the early years of the Second World War....
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Genius!
- De Parker Rydbom en 02-07-21
De: Heinz Guderian
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- De: Richard Rhodes
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
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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....
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overall outstanding
- De Thomas en 06-25-09
De: Richard Rhodes
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Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945
- Red Steamroller
- De: Robert A. Forczyk
- Narrado por: P.J. Ochlan
- Duración: 14 h y 42 m
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The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II....
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Excellent account
- De E. Ronakov en 07-15-24
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American Gun
- The True Story of the AR-15 Rifle
- De: Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 14 h y 46 m
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In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II....
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Don't Look Away
- De Mike en 10-31-23
De: Cameron McWhirter, y otros
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Hitler's Rockets
- The Story of the V-2s
- De: Norman Longmate
- Narrado por: Steve West
- Duración: 16 h y 16 m
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Britain was the first country to ever suffer a ballistic missile attack from beyond its borders. This book tells the story of that attack....
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Excellent history of the V-2
- De Michael J Canning en 07-22-14
De: Norman Longmate
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The Guns of John Moses Browning
- The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World
- De: Nathan Gorenstein
- Narrado por: Michael David Axtell
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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Few people are aware that John Moses Browning - a tall, humble, cerebral man born in 1855 and raised as a Mormon in the American West - was the mind behind many of the world-changing firearms that dominated more than a century of conflict....
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Fascinating Story
- De tb en 07-02-21
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The Bomb
- Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
- De: Fred Kaplan
- Narrado por: Edward Bauer
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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From the author the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war - and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises - from Truman to Trump....
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Excellent, important book, bad narration.
- De Richard L. Hubbell en 02-06-20
De: Fred Kaplan
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Kill Chain
- The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
- De: Andrew Cockburn
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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This essential, pause-resister narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged....
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Introduction
- De Batman en 03-24-15
De: Andrew Cockburn
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Charlie Wilson's War
- The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
- De: George Crile
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
- Versión resumida
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This New York Times best-seller delivers the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War....
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Great Read
- De Kindle Customer en 05-15-08
De: George Crile
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Gunpowder
- The History and Legacy of the Explosive that Modernized Warfare
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 50 m
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Gunpowder: The History and Legacy of the Explosive that Modernized Warfare examines the origins of the chemical explosive, and its long, winding history across the world. You will learn about gunpowder like never before....
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Informative and interesting
- De Anonymous User en 02-12-24
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Now It Can Be Told
- The Story of the Manhattan Project
- De: Leslie R. Groves
- Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
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General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name The Manhattan Project. Edward Teller assesses General Groves' contributions—and Oppenheimer's—while reflecting on the awesome legacy of their work.
De: Leslie R. Groves
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Glock
- The Rise of America's Gun
- De: Paul M. Barrett
- Narrado por: Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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Based on 15 years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as America’s gun....
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Interesting story. Could have done w/o anti gun rhetoric
- De jcgeesling en 02-24-19
De: Paul M. Barrett
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Dawn of the Code War
- America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat
- De: John P. Carlin, Garrett M. Graff
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 16 h y 59 m
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The inside story of how America's enemies launched a cyberwar against us - and how we've learned to fight back....
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Exhausting
- De Raz en 01-08-19
De: John P. Carlin, y otros
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13 Cent Killers
- The 5th Marine Snipers in Vietnam
- De: John J. Culbertson
- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
- Duración: 2 h y 23 m
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In 1967, a bullet cost 13 cents, and no one gave Uncle Sam a bigger bang for his buck than the Fifth Marine Regiment Sniper Platoon...
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Very Interesting
- De Evad en 01-13-10
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Revolver
- Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America
- De: Jim Rasenberger
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 16 h y 49 m
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A sweeping, definitive biography of Samuel Colt - the inventor of the legendary Colt revolver (aka six-shooter), which changed the US forever, triggering the industrial revolution and the settlement of the American West....
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Sam Colt, but not the Revolver
- De Eggleston en 08-01-20
De: Jim Rasenberger
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American Rifle
- A Biography
- De: Alexander Rose
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 16 h y 5 m
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George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one....
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A Nation of Riflemen
- De T. Patterson en 12-17-13
De: Alexander Rose
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The Other Side of the Mountain
- Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War
- De: Ali Ahmad Jalali, Lester W Grau
- Narrado por: Luis Ayala
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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This audiobook is the story of combat from the guerrilla’s perspective and surviving against the overwhelming firepower and technology of a superpower....
De: Ali Ahmad Jalali, y otros
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Nuclear Crash Survival: Mastery of Thriving in 21st-Century Catastrophes
- A Guided Approach of Mastering Essential Survival Skills and Comprehensive Preparation Plans for Success Amidst Catastrophe
- De: James J. Archer
- Narrado por: Rick Bender
- Duración: 2 h y 10 m
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Prepare for the unthinkable with "Nuclear Crash Survival" by Dr. James J. Archer. This ultimate guide equips you with essential survival skills and knowledge to not only survive but thrive amidst nuclear disasters and other 21st-century catastrophes.
De: James J. Archer
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Leadership and Training for the Fight
- A Few Thoughts on Leadership and Training from a Former Special Operations Soldier
- De: Paul R. Howe
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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Tested and effective leadership and teaching advice based on riveting combat stories from a Special Operations veteran....
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Congratulations on your assignment, SWAT Team Ldr
- De J en 03-03-17
De: Paul R. Howe
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Wings of Fire
- A Combat History of the F-15
- De: Mike Guardia
- Narrado por: Damian Salandy
- Duración: 4 h y 21 m
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From Israel to Afghanistan. The definitive combat history of the F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle...as told by the pilots who flew them....
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The Narrator makes this a tough listen.
- De RD en 02-19-21
De: Mike Guardia
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- De: Paul Lockhart
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 21 h y 4 m
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In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare, but also the very structure of power in the West....
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Needs More Guns Less Political Opinion
- De Jeb en 10-20-22
De: Paul Lockhart
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We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age
- De: Laurie Calhoun
- Narrado por: Laurie Calhoun
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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Last resort has become first resort. Courage has become cowardice. Black ops have become standard operating procedure. An intelligence agency is now a killing machine....
De: Laurie Calhoun
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The Manhattan Project
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- De: Al Cimino
- Narrado por: Eric Meyers
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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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!
- De JavierMiguel78 en 08-08-23
De: Al Cimino
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Now It Can Be Told
- The Story of the Manhattan Project
- De: Leslie R. Groves
- Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
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General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name The Manhattan Project. As the ranking military officer in charge of marshalling men and material for what was to be the most ambitious, expensive engineering feat in history, it was General Groves who hired Oppenheimer (with knowledge of his left-wing past), planned facilities that would extract the necessary enriched uranium, and saw to it that nothing interfered with the accelerated research and swift assembly of the weapon.
De: Leslie R. Groves
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Spitfire
- Portrait of a Legend
- De: Leo McKinstry
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 19 h y 48 m
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The gripping saga of the plane that carried Britain through the Second World War. In June 1940, the German army had brought the rest of Europe to its knees. 'Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world will move forward into broad, sunlit uplands,' said Churchill. The future of Europe depended on Britain.
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Fills in the gaps.
- De Glenn en 10-22-18
De: Leo McKinstry
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The Assassination Complex
- Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program
- De: Jeremy Scahill, The Staff of The Intercept, Edward Snowden - foreword, y otros
- Narrado por: George Newbern, Jeremy Scahill - introduction, Glenn Greenwald - afterword
- Duración: 5 h y 13 m
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Major revelations about the US government's drone program - best-selling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative website The Intercept expose stunning new details about America's secret assassination policy.
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well put together
- De TibHip en 05-11-16
De: Jeremy Scahill, y otros
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The Irredecent Dragon
- De: Nikki Hughey
- Narrado por: John Carrick
- Duración: 39 m
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The Iridecent Dragon is a history book. It is about the weapons used in Japan. It focuses on the weapons used in the martial arts.
De: Nikki Hughey
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Military-Industrial Complex
- The Pentagon Goes to War
- De: David Alexander
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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The military-industrial complex (MIC) consists of government defense agencies, government policy agencies, government oversight agencies, their counterparts in the armed services, a nationwide network of academic and military defense labs, the US Congress, and defense contractors large and small, domestic and international. Military-Industrial Complex is an in-depth narrative of the origins and history of the MIC, and a cogent analysis of its past, present and future. From the close of WW II, to the perilous zenith of Cold War superpower confrontation across nuclear battle lines, to the ...
De: David Alexander
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The Gun
- De: C. J. Chivers
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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It is the world's most widely recognized weapon, the most profuse tool for killing ever made. More than fifty national armies carry the automatic Kalashnikov, as do an array of police, intelligence, and security agencies all over the world. In this tour de force, prizewinning New York Times reporter C. J. Chivers traces the invention of the assault rifle.
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A compelling book about much more than guns!
- De Edward en 10-26-10
De: C. J. Chivers
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Now It Can Be Told
- The Story of the Manhattan Project
- De: Leslie R. Groves
- Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
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General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name The Manhattan Project. As the ranking military officer in charge of marshalling men and material for what was to be the most ambitious, expensive engineering feat in history, it was General Groves who hired Oppenheimer (with knowledge of his left-wing past), planned facilities that would extract the necessary enriched uranium, and saw to it that nothing interfered with the accelerated research and swift assembly of the weapon.
De: Leslie R. Groves
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Spitfire
- Portrait of a Legend
- De: Leo McKinstry
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 19 h y 48 m
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The gripping saga of the plane that carried Britain through the Second World War. In June 1940, the German army had brought the rest of Europe to its knees. 'Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world will move forward into broad, sunlit uplands,' said Churchill. The future of Europe depended on Britain.
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Fills in the gaps.
- De Glenn en 10-22-18
De: Leo McKinstry
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The Assassination Complex
- Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program
- De: Jeremy Scahill, The Staff of The Intercept, Edward Snowden - foreword, y otros
- Narrado por: George Newbern, Jeremy Scahill - introduction, Glenn Greenwald - afterword
- Duración: 5 h y 13 m
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Major revelations about the US government's drone program - best-selling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative website The Intercept expose stunning new details about America's secret assassination policy.
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well put together
- De TibHip en 05-11-16
De: Jeremy Scahill, y otros
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The Irredecent Dragon
- De: Nikki Hughey
- Narrado por: John Carrick
- Duración: 39 m
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The Iridecent Dragon is a history book. It is about the weapons used in Japan. It focuses on the weapons used in the martial arts.
De: Nikki Hughey
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Military-Industrial Complex
- The Pentagon Goes to War
- De: David Alexander
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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The military-industrial complex (MIC) consists of government defense agencies, government policy agencies, government oversight agencies, their counterparts in the armed services, a nationwide network of academic and military defense labs, the US Congress, and defense contractors large and small, domestic and international. Military-Industrial Complex is an in-depth narrative of the origins and history of the MIC, and a cogent analysis of its past, present and future. From the close of WW II, to the perilous zenith of Cold War superpower confrontation across nuclear battle lines, to the ...
De: David Alexander
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The Gun
- De: C. J. Chivers
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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It is the world's most widely recognized weapon, the most profuse tool for killing ever made. More than fifty national armies carry the automatic Kalashnikov, as do an array of police, intelligence, and security agencies all over the world. In this tour de force, prizewinning New York Times reporter C. J. Chivers traces the invention of the assault rifle.
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A compelling book about much more than guns!
- De Edward en 10-26-10
De: C. J. Chivers
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How Carriers Fought
- Carrier Operations in WWII
- De: Lars Celander
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
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In November 1921, the first purpose-built aircraft carrier was launched by the Japanese, followed a year later by the launch of the British Hermes. The conversion of battle cruisers into aircraft carriers after World War I required the consideration of issues including handling aircraft on the flight deck and the techniques of attacking enemy ships, and the evolution of carrier operations was ongoing when World War II broke out.
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Interesting but not mandatory
- De Thor Olson en 08-29-19
De: Lars Celander
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We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age
- De: Laurie Calhoun
- Narrado por: Laurie Calhoun
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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In We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age, Laurie Calhoun examines the 21st-century practice of remote-control killing of suspects located in third-world countries and challenges listeners to reflect upon the long-range implications - moral, political, psychological, and cultural - of this new form of “warfare”. Through the use of provocative analogies and examples, We Kill Because We Can clarifies and criticizes targeted killing as incompatible with the values and principles of modern Western democratic societies.
De: Laurie Calhoun
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Churchill's American Arsenal
- The Partnership Behind the Innovations That Won World War Two
- De: Larrie D. Ferreiro
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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Many weapons and inventions were credited with winning World War II, most famously in the assertion that the atomic bomb "ended the war, but radar won the war." What is less well known is that both airborne radar and the atomic bomb were invented in British laboratories, but built by Americans. The same holds true for many other American weapons credited with the Allied victory: the P-51 Mustang fighter, the Liberty ship, the proximity fuze, the Sherman tank, and even penicillin all began with British scientists and planners.
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Titan II
- A History of a Cold War Missile
- De: David Stumpf
- Narrado por: Douglas R. Pratt
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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A comprehensive study of the missile system that formed a critical component of the United States' nuclear arsenal. The Titan II ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) program was developed by the United States military to bolster the size, strength, and speed of the nation's strategic weapons arsenal in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Abort the launch!!!!! This book is a no-go!
- De Jeeper en 12-04-14
De: David Stumpf
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Uncle Matty Comes Home
- De: James Farrell
- Narrado por: Fortunato Seveninni
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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On Saint Patrick’s Day 2016, Jim Farrell received a surprising email: an M-1 rifle engraved with the name M. Teahanhad been discovered in Normandy 72 years after its owner, Martin (Matty) Teahan, Jim’s uncle, had been killed in the June 1944 D-Day invasion of France. A young private in the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Matty had been laid to rest beside his fellow heroes in the Normandy American Cemetery, but now French Army General Patrick Collet was writing to inform the family that Matty’s rifle had been recovered and was safe in his possession.
De: James Farrell
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Browning Automatic Rifle
- De: Paul Ruffin, Bob Conroy
- Narrado por: Douglas R Pratt
- Duración: 1 h y 58 m
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This audiobook traces the evolution of the Browning Automatic Rifle from the Model of 1918, first to face combat in World War I, through its various configurations in all arenas of combat all the way to the present-day1918 A3 SLR developed and manufactured by Ohio Ordnance Works. Used sparingly during World War I because of the United States’ late entry into the war, it played a major role during World War II and the Korean Conflict, offering a very reliable combination of rapid fire and penetration.
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Hellfire Boys
- The Birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the Race for the World's Deadliest Weapons
- De: Theo Emery
- Narrado por: Allan Robertson
- Duración: 15 h y 59 m
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In 1915, when German forces executed the first successful gas attack of World War I, the world watched in horror as the boundaries of warfare were forever changed. Cries of barbarianism rang throughout Europe, yet Allied nations immediately jumped into the fray, kickstarting an arms race that would redefine a war already steeped in unimaginable horror. Largely forgotten in the confines of history, the development of the US Chemical Warfare Service in 1917 left an indelible imprint on World War I.
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An amazing story with an incredible narrator.
- De Blaine en 07-13-19
De: Theo Emery
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Deborah and the War of the Tanks 1917
- De: John A. Taylor
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 17 h y 27 m
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Deborah is a British First World War tank that rose from the grave after taking part in one of the most momentous battles in history. In November 1917, she played a leading role in the first successful massed tank attack at Cambrai. Eighty years later, in a remarkable feat of archaeology, the tank's buried remains were rediscovered and excavated, and are now preserved as a memorial to the battle and to the men who fought in it. John Taylor's book tells the tale of the tank and her crew and tracks down their descendants to uncover a human story every bit as compelling as the military one.
De: John A. Taylor
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Dam Busters
- The True Story of the Inventors and Airmen Who Led the Devastating Raid to Smash the German Dams in 1943
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 14 h y 9 m
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The night of 16 May, 1943: Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9000-lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich's war machine.
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A must for anyone interested in Air Warfare
- De Jim In Texas! en 03-24-14
De: James Holland
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Another Bloody Century
- De: Colin Gray
- Narrado por: David Shaw-Parker
- Duración: 19 h y 3 m
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Many nations, peoples and special interest groups believe that violence will advance their cause. Warfare has changed greatly since the Second World War; it continued to change during the late 20th century, and this process is still accelerating. Political, technological, social and religious forces are shaping the future of warfare, but most Western armed forces have yet to evolve significantly from the Cold War era when they trained to resist a conventional invasion by the Warsaw Pact.
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a must read for those who study warfare
- De Austin en 01-21-24
De: Colin Gray
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Kill Chain
- The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
- De: Andrew Cockburn
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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This essential, pause-resister narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing.
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- De Batman en 03-24-15
De: Andrew Cockburn
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First Freedom
- De: David Harsanyi
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
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For America, the gun is a story of innovation, power, violence, character, and freedom. From the founding of the nation to the pioneering of the West, from the freeing of the slaves to the urbanization of the 20th century, our country has had a complex and lasting relationship with firearms. Now, in First Freedom, nationally syndicated columnist and veteran writer David Harsanyi explores the ways in which firearms have helped preserve our religious, economic, and cultural institutions for more than two centuries.
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A Must-Read/Must-Listen
- De Nathan en 01-22-19
De: David Harsanyi
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Blitzkrieg
- From the Ground Up
- De: Niklas Zetterling
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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The successes of the German Blitzkrieg in 1939-41 were as surprising as they were swift. Allied decision-makers wanted to discover the secret to German success quickly, even though only partial, incomplete information was available to them. The false conclusions drawn became myths about the Blitzkrieg that have lingered for decades.
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An interesting perspective
- De OCreviewer en 09-11-19
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A History of Warfare
- De: John Keegan
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 19 h y 12 m
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Starting with the premise that all civilizations owe their origins to warmaking, Keegan probes the meanings, motivations, and methods underlying war in different societies over the course of more than two thousand years. Following the progress of human aggression in its full historical sweep, from the strangely ritualistic combat of Stone Age peoples to the warfare of mass destruction in the present age, his illuminating and lively narrative gives us all the world's great warrior cultures.
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Not what I expected
- De Mark en 12-05-06
De: John Keegan
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The Civil War and the Machine
- De: Deaver Brown
- Narrado por: Deaver Brown
- Duración: 3 h y 22 m
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Describes the ambivalence of observers that the Civil War was won by automation and mechanization, not heroism and gallantry. Discusses many of the same issues many people have with internet efficiencies conquering many fields and delivering outsized profits with employees being unimportant to the success, profits, and growth of these companies.
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Top 20 Nazi War Secrets
- De: Terrence Godfrey
- Narrado por: Charles Washington, OH Krill, Steven Woodsford
- Duración: 1 h y 2 m
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Adolf Hitler changed the world. He was a messiah to his people and the Antichrist to the rest of the world. Responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the globe, he is the greatest war criminal in history. The Nazi's rose to power possessing the most advanced technology on earth, decades ahead of other nations, and years before being exhibited publicly by military and private sectors. From flying wings, super tanks, suicidal rocket bombs to huge orbital solar mirrors and flying saucers, explore the bizarre super weapons and prophecy of the Third Reich.
De: Terrence Godfrey
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- De: Kim Zetter
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
- Duración: 13 h
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The virus now known as Stuxnet was unlike any other piece of malware built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it proved that a piece of code could escape the digital realm and wreak actual, physical destruction—in this case, on an Iranian nuclear facility.
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Amazingly detailed, sober and above all, damning
- De Greg en 11-22-14
De: Kim Zetter
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Sniper
- American Single-Shot Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan
- De: Gina Cavallaro, Matt Larsen
- Narrado por: Jo Anna Perrin, Johnny Heller
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
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From Afghanistan's Hindu Kush peaks and sunbaked Helmand Valley to Baghdad, Mosul and Ramadi in Iraq, American snipers have braved heart-pounding situations to hit their human targets dead-on. Few military feats stir the imagination like the image of a pair of riflemen waiting quietly in a building, a bomb crater, or a mountain pass for a Taliban or Al Qaeda fighter to walk into their crosshairs. Sniper presents real-life tales from the military's frontline snipers---their hits and their misses, the anguish of loss, and the anxiety of the first kill.
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Possibly the worst narrarators on the site!
- De Igor en 06-26-12
De: Gina Cavallaro, y otros
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Misfire
- The Tragic Failure of the M16 in Vietnam
- De: Bob Orkand, Lyman Duryea
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
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The M16 rifle is one of the world’s most famous firearms, iconic as the American weapon of the Vietnam War and, indeed, as the US military’s standard service rifle until only a few years ago. But the story of the M16 in Vietnam is anything but a success story. In the early years of the war, the US military had a problem: Its primary infantry rifle, the M14, couldn’t stand up to the enemy’s AK-47s. The search was on for a replacement that was lighter in weight, more durable, and more lethal than the M14.
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I like the information provided.
- De Rhythmtech en 09-09-20
De: Bob Orkand, y otros
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American Rifle
- A Biography
- De: Alexander Rose
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 16 h y 5 m
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George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized. Now, in this first-of-its-kind audiobook, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle.
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A Nation of Riflemen
- De T. Patterson en 12-17-13
De: Alexander Rose
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The Use of Medieval Weaponry
- De: Eric Lowe
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
- Duración: 9 h
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This is a book about how medieval weapons were used, according to medieval people who used them. It discusses the use of eight weapons or weapon combinations from the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, selected with an eye toward their iconic status in popular culture, as well as five different combative contexts. The aim of this book is to familiarize the listener with the use of medieval weaponry in a general way. It is not a how-to book on martial arts, but the listener will come away with a fresh appreciation for the sophistication of medieval fencing.
De: Eric Lowe
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Truman and the Bomb
- The Untold Story
- De: D. M. Giangreco
- Narrado por: Mitch Crawford
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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Many myths have grown up around President Harry S. Truman's decision to use nuclear weapons against Imperial Japan. In destroying these myths, Truman and the Bomb will discomfort both Truman's critics and his supporters, and force historians to reexamine what they think they know about the end of the Pacific War. Using previously unpublished material, D. M. Giangreco busts myths and more. Truman and the Bomb will prove to be a classic for studying presidential politics and influence on atomic warfare and its military and diplomatic components.
De: D. M. Giangreco
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The Gunning of America
- Business and the Making of American Gun Culture
- De: Pamela Haag
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 16 h y 28 m
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Americans have always loved guns. This special bond was forged during the American Revolution and sanctified by the Second Amendment. It is because of this exceptional relationship that American civilians are more heavily armed than the citizens of any other nation. Or so we're told. In The Gunning of America, historian Pamela Haag overturns this conventional wisdom. American gun culture, she argues, developed not because the gun was exceptional but precisely because it was not.
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So much potential…wasted
- De Esteban en 07-01-23
De: Pamela Haag
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Gunpowder
- The History and Legacy of the Explosive that Modernized Warfare
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 50 m
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Gunpowder: The History and Legacy of the Explosive that Modernized Warfare examines the origins of the chemical explosive, and its long, winding history across the world. You will learn about gunpowder like never before.
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Informative and interesting
- De Anonymous User en 02-12-24