Nuclear War History

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    • Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
    • By: Fred Kaplan
    • Narrated by: Edward Bauer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 28-01-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • 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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    • The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
    • By: Alex Wellerstein
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 26-10-2021
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Drawing on troves of declassified files, 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....

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    • The Last Train from Hiroshima
    • By: Charles Pellegrino
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 21-07-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • To Hell and Back offers listeners a stunning "you are there" time capsule, wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino's scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written....

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    • A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
    • By: Jennet Conant
    • Narrated by: John Kroft
    • Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 25-09-2018
    • Language: English
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    • This is the untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history....

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    • True Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century
    • By: Mary Nida Smith
    • Narrated by: Paul Christy
    • Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 20-01-2016
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • The unbelievable stories of the heroic men who sailed under the sea....

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    • 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
    • Release date: 04-11-2014
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • 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 Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself - While the Rest of Us Die
    • By: Garrett M. Graff
    • Narrated by: Jacques Roy
    • Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-2017
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • A fresh window on American history: the eye-opening truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil, even if the rest of us die....

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    • MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
    • By: H. W. Brands
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-2016
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • The riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II....

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    • By: Eric Schlosser
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 20 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 17-09-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 117 ratings
    • Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Command and Control, a ground-breaking account of the management of nuclear weapons from Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation....

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    • Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
    • By: Michael Dobbs
    • Narrated by: Bob Walter
    • Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 29-08-2008
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • 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....

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    • The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
    • By: David E. Hoffman
    • Narrated by: Bob Walter
    • Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 13-10-2009
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • The Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union—a dangerous legacy that haunts us even today....

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    • The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union
    • By: Peter Sasgen
    • Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
    • Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 25-04-2017
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • Stalking the Red Bear, for the first time ever, describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a nuclear submarine during the Cold War....

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    • An Insider's Account of the NR-1, the Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub
    • By: Lee Vyborny, Don Davis
    • Narrated by: Braden Wright
    • Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 16-10-2018
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Dark Waters: An Insider's Account of the NR-1, the Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub is a thrilling audiobook of submarine adventure, imminent danger, bravery, technological wonder and historic discovery. It will be a great listen who love stories of the sea, history and intrigue....

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    • The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
    • By: Sam Kean
    • Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
    • Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 19-07-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean tells the incredible story of how a renegade group of spies kept Hitler from obtaining his ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb....

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    • The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate
    • By: James Calvert
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 25-02-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Under the guidance of James Calvert this nuclear submarine had navigated through polar ice packs, braved atrociously cold conditions, and broken through layers of thick ice to arrive at their destination; the northernmost point of the world....

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    • Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe
    • By: Benjamin Abelow
    • Narrated by: Larry Wayne
    • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
    • Release date: 14-11-2022
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • 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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    • By: William Craig
    • Narrated by: Mark Ashby
    • Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 13-11-2015
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Told from both Japanese and American perspectives, this thrilling account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific has been heralded as "virtually faultless"....

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    • Britain’s Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War
    • By: Dr. Tony Redding
    • Narrated by: Michael Langan
    • Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 25-06-2024
    • Language: English
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    • This is the story of a British deterrent. Much has been written about the V-bombers—the Valiant, Victor, and Vulcan—but virtually nothing has been said about their strategic nuclear strike role.

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    • How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War
    • By: Julie McDowall
    • Narrated by: Julie McDowall
    • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-2023
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • There have been many histories of the Cold War but Attack Warning Red! is the first book to tell the domestic story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front....

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