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- De Cordell eddings en 10-13-07
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The Future of War
- A History
- De: Lawrence Freedman
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 12 h y 59 m
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The Future of War - which covers civil wars to as yet unknown nuclear conflicts, proxy wars (real) to the Cold War (not), fashionably small wars to the War to End All Wars (it didn't) - is filled with insight and fascinating nuggets of military history and culture from one of the most brilliant military and strategic historians of his generation.
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A good historical review of the progression of war
- De Ian R. Graham en 06-14-18
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
- A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917--2017
- De: Rashid Khalidi
- Narrado por: Fajer Al-Kaisi, Rashid Khalidi - introduction
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members - mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists - The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age.
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Thoroughly Researched and Evidence-Based, but...
- De K en 05-24-21
De: Rashid Khalidi
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In the Shadows of the American Century
- De: Alfred W. McCoy
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 12 h y 32 m
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In a completely original analysis, prizewinning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America's rise as a world power - from the 1890s through the Cold War - and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the 21st century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and military alliances. McCoy then analyzes the marquee instruments of US hegemony - covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and worldwide surveillance. Peeling back layers of secrecy, McCoy exposes a military and economic battle for global domination fought in the shadows.
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Covert war history, frameworks, tech, dark sides
- De Philo en 02-03-18
De: Alfred W. McCoy
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House of War
- The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
- De: James Carroll
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 26 h y 28 m
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This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America, the people who created it, and the pathologies it has spawned. Carroll proves a controversial thesis: The Pentagon has, since its founding, operated beyond the control of any force in government or society. It is the biggest, loosest cannon in American history, and no institution has changed this country more.
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A Biased Account
- De GoTravel1385a en 09-06-07
De: James Carroll
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The Biggest Prison on Earth
- A History of the Occupied Territories
- De: Ilan Pappe
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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Published on the 15th anniversary of the Six-Day War that culminated in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Pappe offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the world's most prolonged and tragic conflicts. Using recently declassified archival material, Pappe analyses the motivations and strategies of the generals and politicians-and the decision-making process itself - that laid the foundation of the occupation. Pappe paints a picture of what is to all intents and purposes the world's largest "open prison".
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crucial read on Palestine
- De Xjarn en 11-15-23
De: Ilan Pappe
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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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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.
- De Richard L. Hubbell en 02-06-20
De: Fred Kaplan
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- De: Richard Rhodes
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 37 h y 16 m
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Here for the first time, in rich human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Few great discoveries have evolved so swiftly - or have been so misunderstood. From the theoretical discussions of nuclear energy to the bright glare of Trinity, there was a span of hardly more than 25 years.
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Beware limitations of the reader
- De JFanson en 01-01-19
De: Richard Rhodes
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Restricted Data
- The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
- De: Alex Wellerstein
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 17 h y 24 m
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Drawing on troves of declassified files, including records released by the government for the first time through the author's efforts, Restricted Data traces the complex evolution of the US nuclear secrecy regime from the first whisper of the atomic bomb through the mounting tensions of the Cold War and into the early 21st century. A compelling history of powerful ideas at war, it tells a story that feels distinctly American: rich, sprawling, and built on the conflict between high-minded idealism and ugly, fearful power.
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Alright. Some interesting facts
- De Dustin C. en 07-28-24
De: Alex Wellerstein
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How the West Brought War to Ukraine
- Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe
- De: Benjamin Abelow
- Narrado por: Larry Wayne
- Duración: 1 h y 39 m
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According to the mainstream Western narrative, Vladimir Putin is an insatiable, Hitler-like expansionist who invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked land grab. That story is incorrect. In reality, the United States and NATO bear much of the responsibility for the Ukraine crisis.
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Russian (Soviet) Propaganda
- De John Williams en 12-11-22
De: Benjamin Abelow
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My Journey at the Nuclear Brink
- De: William Perry
- Narrado por: Kevin F Spalding
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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My Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe. It tells the story of his coming of age in the nuclear era, his role in trying to shape and contain it, and how his thinking has changed about the threat these weapons pose. In a remarkable career, Perry has dealt firsthand with the changing nuclear threat.
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His journey has just begun
- De Amazon Customer en 04-18-17
De: William Perry
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Diplomacy
- De: Henry Kissinger
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 37 h y 52 m
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Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America's approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations. Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, Diplomacy stands as the culmination of a lifetime of diplomatic service and scholarship. It is a must-listen for anyone concerned with the forces that have shaped our world today and will impact upon it tomorrow.
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Great foreign policy overview!
- De Mikhail en 02-02-20
De: Henry Kissinger
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JFK's War with the National Security Establishment: Why Kennedy Was Assassinated
- De: Douglas Horne
- Narrado por: Larry Wayne
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
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Ever since researchers and commentators began questioning the conclusions of the Warren Report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the response has been: Why would the US national-security establishment - that is, the military and the CIA - kill Kennedy? As Douglas P. Horne details in this audiobook, JFK's War with the National Security Establishment: Why Kennedy Was Assassinated, the answer is because Kennedy's ideas about foreign policy collided with those of the US national-security establishment during the height of the Cold War.
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FINALLY THE TRUTH!
- De Helen Williamson en 05-28-16
De: Douglas Horne
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Putin's World
- Russia Against the West and with the Rest
- De: Angela Stent
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 15 h y 32 m
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Putin's World examines the country's turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions—and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the USSR collapsed.
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More like The West against the world
- De Felis N en 01-18-20
De: Angela Stent
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program
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- N. Podolsky
- 08-11-22
Extremely short summary of events
Not worth your audio credit. Short and skimming the surface. Don’t recommend buying it. If getting it free, still not worth your time.
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- 10-02-19
Not much here.
It's a short book and after an hour I've heard as much about the author's silly ideas of the meaning of Marxism in the Soviet system as I have the Soviet nuclear program. Boring and disappointing, and nothing particularly insightful.
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