Cold War
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Racing for the Bomb
- The True Story of General Leslie R. Groves, the Man Behind the Birth of the Atomic Age
- By: Robert S. Norris
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
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Revealed for the first time in Racing for the Bomb, Groves played a crucial and decisive role in the planning, timing, and targeting of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions....
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Fascinating
- By Jean on 04-22-15
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Racing for the Bomb
- The True Story of General Leslie R. Groves, the Man Behind the Birth of the Atomic Age
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-04-14
- Language: English
- Revealed for the first time in Racing for the Bomb, Groves played a crucial and decisive role in the planning, timing, and targeting of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions....
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The Post-War Division of Germany and the Construction of the Berlin Wall
- The History of the Cold War Split Between East and West
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Though it never got "hot", the Cold War was a tense era until the dissolution of the USSR. And nothing symbolized the split more than the Berlin Wall, which literally divided the city....
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I wanted to strangle the narrator!
- By Mik0Sp on 06-27-18
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The Post-War Division of Germany and the Construction of the Berlin Wall
- The History of the Cold War Split Between East and West
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Release date: 05-06-15
- Language: English
- Though it never got "hot", the Cold War was a tense era until the dissolution of the USSR. And nothing symbolized the split more than the Berlin Wall, which literally divided the city....
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I Always Wanted to Fly
- America's Cold War Airmen
- By: Colonel Wolfgang W.E. Samuel
- Narrated by: Jim Seitz
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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This was the first book to cover all of Cold War air combat in the words of the men who waged it....
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Great Book.
- By Philip Mattison on 12-16-20
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I Always Wanted to Fly
- America's Cold War Airmen
- Narrated by: Jim Seitz
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 12-30-13
- Language: English
- This was the first book to cover all of Cold War air combat in the words of the men who waged it....
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The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution
- Power Politics in the Atomic Age (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
- By: Keir A. Lieber, Daryl G. Press
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. But why do international relations in the nuclear age remain so competitive? Indeed, why are today's major geopolitical rivalries intensifying....
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One word...Excellent!
- By Anthony J Cesaroni on 06-24-21
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The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution
- Power Politics in the Atomic Age (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 04-07-20
- Language: English
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Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. But why do international relations in the nuclear age remain so competitive? Indeed, why are today's major geopolitical rivalries intensifying....
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History of France
- An Enthralling Overview of Major Events and Figures (Europe)
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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France is a land absolutely steeped in history. It has always been a leading nation of Western Europe, and in many ways, one could say France is Western Europe....
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History of France
- An Enthralling Overview of Major Events and Figures (Europe)
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Series: Europe, Book 3
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-04-23
- Language: English
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France is a land absolutely steeped in history. It has always been a leading nation of Western Europe, and in many ways, one could say France is Western Europe....
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America's Youngest Ambassador
- The Cold War Story of Samantha Smith’s Lasting Message of Peace
- By: Lena Nelson
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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In 1982, amid the nuclear paranoia that engulfed the US and the Soviet Union, Samantha Smith, a fifth grader from Manchester, Maine, wrote a letter to the Kremlin asking the Soviet leader if he was going to start a war....
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A beautiful story told with astonishing depth and detail
- By Treva on 03-01-24
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America's Youngest Ambassador
- The Cold War Story of Samantha Smith’s Lasting Message of Peace
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-01-23
- Language: English
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In 1982, amid the nuclear paranoia that engulfed the US and the Soviet Union, Samantha Smith, a fifth grader from Manchester, Maine, wrote a letter to the Kremlin asking the Soviet leader if he was going to start a war....
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Freedom to Win
- A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People—and Olympic Gold
- By: Ethan Scheiner
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
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During the height of the Cold War, a group of small-town young men would lead their underdog hockey team from the little country of Czechoslovakia against the Soviet Union, the juggernaut in their sport....
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A great book, sub-par narration
- By Pavel B. on 12-09-23
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Freedom to Win
- A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People—and Olympic Gold
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-12-23
- Language: English
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During the height of the Cold War, a group of small-town young men would lead their underdog hockey team from the little country of Czechoslovakia against the Soviet Union, the juggernaut in their sport....
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The Vietnam War: History in an Hour
- By: Neil Smith
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of the Vietnam War in just one hour....
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Garbage
- By Michael on 08-06-12
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The Vietnam War: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-02-12
- Language: English
- History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of the Vietnam War in just one hour....
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The End of Victory
- Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age
- By: Edward Kaplan
- Narrated by: Scott Carrico
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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The End of Victory recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC)....
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Dry yet Terrifying
- By A W on 04-03-23
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The End of Victory
- Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age
- Narrated by: Scott Carrico
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 12-13-22
- Language: English
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The End of Victory recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC)....
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The Ideal Man
- The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War
- By: Joshua Kurlantzick
- Narrated by: Josh Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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How the West's greatest spy in Asia tried to stop the new American way of war - and the steep price he paid for failing....
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USA Vietnam Army Veteran
- By William B Brierly Jr on 01-11-22
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The Ideal Man
- The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War
- Narrated by: Josh Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-01-12
- Language: English
- How the West's greatest spy in Asia tried to stop the new American way of war - and the steep price he paid for failing....
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Near and Distant Neighbors
- A New History of Soviet Intelligence
- By: Jonathan Haslam
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
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Previous histories have focused on the KGB, leaving military intelligence and the special service - which specialized in codes and ciphers - lurking in the shadows....
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Narration Makes This Book Hard Work
- By Andy from SoCal on 01-06-16
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Near and Distant Neighbors
- A New History of Soviet Intelligence
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-30-15
- Language: English
- Previous histories have focused on the KGB, leaving military intelligence and the special service - which specialized in codes and ciphers - lurking in the shadows....
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Turning the Tide
- U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace
- By: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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Noam Chomsky addresses relations throughout Central America and relates these to superpower conflicts and the overall impact of the Cold War on international relations....
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turning the tide audible
- By CJ on 10-04-17
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Turning the Tide
- U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 07-28-15
- Language: English
- Noam Chomsky addresses relations throughout Central America and relates these to superpower conflicts and the overall impact of the Cold War on international relations....
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Unwanted Visionaries
- The Soviet Failure in Asia at the End of the Cold War
- By: Sergey Radchenko
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
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The failure of Gorbachev's Asian initiatives has had dramatic consequences, by the late 1980s, the Soviet Union was in full retreat from Asia....
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Everything is great. But somehow it is not.
- By ar on 04-02-14
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Unwanted Visionaries
- The Soviet Failure in Asia at the End of the Cold War
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-26-14
- Language: English
- The failure of Gorbachev's Asian initiatives has had dramatic consequences, by the late 1980s, the Soviet Union was in full retreat from Asia....
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Ike and Dick
- Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
- By: Jeffrey Frank
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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Richard Nixon was a young Navy officer when he first saw Dwight D. Eisenhower through a storm of tickertape as Manhattan celebrated the end of the war in Europe....
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He's against NIxon
- By James A. Bretney on 01-20-14
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Ike and Dick
- Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 02-05-13
- Language: English
- Richard Nixon was a young Navy officer when he first saw Dwight D. Eisenhower through a storm of tickertape as Manhattan celebrated the end of the war in Europe....
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Light and Shadow
- Memoirs of a Spy's Son
- By: Mark Colvin
- Narrated by: Mark Colvin
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Mark Colvin is a broadcasting legend. He is the voice of ABC Radio’s leading current affairs program PM; he was a founding broadcaster for the groundbreaking youth station Double J....
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Probably of most interest to Australian readers
- By Robyn on 04-12-17
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Light and Shadow
- Memoirs of a Spy's Son
- Narrated by: Mark Colvin
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 12-22-16
- Language: English
- Mark Colvin is a broadcasting legend. He is the voice of ABC Radio’s leading current affairs program PM; he was a founding broadcaster for the groundbreaking youth station Double J....
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The Jet Sex: Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon
- By: Victoria Vantoch
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 9 hrs
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In the years after World War II, the airline stewardess became one of the most celebrated symbols of American womanhood....
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Not what I expected
- By Anonymous User on 03-18-21
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The Jet Sex: Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 11-01-13
- Language: English
- In the years after World War II, the airline stewardess became one of the most celebrated symbols of American womanhood....
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We Sell Drugs
- The Alchemy of the U.S. Empire
- By: Suzanna Reiss
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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We Sell Drugs is a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market....
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Exactly what we need to know
- By Chris M. White on 12-26-14
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We Sell Drugs
- The Alchemy of the U.S. Empire
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 12-12-14
- Language: English
- We Sell Drugs is a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market....
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Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers
- Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945
- By: David E. Johnson
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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The US Army entered World War II unprepared. Lacking Germany's blitzkrieg approach of coordinated armor and air power, the army was organized to fight two wars: one on the ground, one in the air....
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Good overview of key Tech and war
- By TPS Eck! on 12-12-22
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Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers
- Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 10-24-17
- Language: English
- The US Army entered World War II unprepared. Lacking Germany's blitzkrieg approach of coordinated armor and air power, the army was organized to fight two wars: one on the ground, one in the air....
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Plowing the Dark
- By: Richard Powers
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett, Michael Braun
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
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In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral....
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Not quite sure how to take this one...
- By Matthew on 05-14-20
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Plowing the Dark
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett, Michael Braun
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-04-19
- Language: English
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In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral....
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Decision Making in a Nuclear Middle East
- Lessons from the Cold War
- By: Ozzie Paez
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Decision Making in a Nuclear Middle East analyzes the implications of a nuclear Iran by applying lessons from the Cold War....
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Repeat old history.
- By George on 01-14-24
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Decision Making in a Nuclear Middle East
- Lessons from the Cold War
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 03-03-16
- Language: English
- Decision Making in a Nuclear Middle East analyzes the implications of a nuclear Iran by applying lessons from the Cold War....
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