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The American Way of Killing

The Invention of an Epidemic

by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

Malcolm Gladwell’s most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence.The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world’s poorest countries.Drawing ... Read more

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Malcolm Gladwell’s most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence.The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world’s poorest countries.Drawing
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Conflict

The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

by David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts ...

Narrated by David Petraeus, Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

18 hours 27 min

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past—and anticipate in the future—in order to navigate an ... Read more

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Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past—and anticipate in the future—in order to navigate an
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A Gun of Her Own

The Everyday Lives of Women Who Shoot

by Margaret S. Kelley ...

Narrated by Rebecca Kaser ...

Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

Exploring the growing phenomenon of women gun owners in middle America, this book challenges the conventional narratives that often dominate discussions of gun culture.By applying a feminist and critical cultural framework, A Gun of Her Own: The Everyday Lives of Women Who Shoot argues that, for many women, guns are not merely tools for protection but powerful symbols of agency and autonomy. This ... Read more

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Exploring the growing phenomenon of women gun owners in middle America, this book challenges the conventional narratives that often dominate discussions of gun culture.By applying a feminist and critical cultural framework, A Gun of Her Own: The Everyday Lives of Women Who Shoot argues that, for many women, guns are not merely tools for protection but powerful symbols of agency and autonomy. This
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Guns on the Internet

Online Gun Communities, First Amendment Protections, and the Search for Common Ground on Gun Control

by Connie Hassett-Walker ...

Narrated by Kelly Burke ...

Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

Gun rights and control are well-trodden subjects, with prior work supporting the right of citizens to own firearms, discussing the failure of gun control efforts, or warning about or exhorting citizen gun ownership, among other things. Although social media in their many forms have only come to dominate modern U.S. life during the past decade, there has been little academic exploration of gun ... Read more

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Gun rights and control are well-trodden subjects, with prior work supporting the right of citizens to own firearms, discussing the failure of gun control efforts, or warning about or exhorting citizen gun ownership, among other things. Although social media in their many forms have only come to dominate modern U.S. life during the past decade, there has been little academic exploration of gun
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Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy

by Ray Acheson ...

Narrated by Roxanne Black ...

Unabridged

13 hours 21 min

With so much at stake, from climate change and reproductive rights to threats from weapons of mass destruction and police brutality, the last decade has seen ordinary people take to the streets to challenge and change the way our governments and institutions legislate our future. Movements like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo have had an incredible impact on public understandings and political ... Read more

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With so much at stake, from climate change and reproductive rights to threats from weapons of mass destruction and police brutality, the last decade has seen ordinary people take to the streets to challenge and change the way our governments and institutions legislate our future. Movements like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo have had an incredible impact on public understandings and political
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Crippled America

How to Make America Great Again

by Donald J. Trump ...

Narrated by Jeremy Lowell ...

Unabridged

4 hours 29 min

In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its ... Read more

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In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its
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Great Again

How to Fix Our Crippled America

by Donald J. Trump ...

Narrated by Jeremy Lowell ...

Unabridged

4 hours 27 min

In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its ... Read more

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In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its
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Nuclear Age History: From Atomic Discoveries to the Cold War, Disarmament, and Today’s High-Stakes Nuclear World

by Martin Kessler ...

Narrated by Martin Kessler ...

Unabridged

2 hours 3 min

Discover how abstract physics birthed a global arms race that pushed humanity to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Perfect for your morning commute, this gripping historical narrative plunges you into the tense laboratories and classified war rooms of the twentieth century. Experience the psychological weight of the Cold War as scientific breakthroughs transform into weapons of unimaginable ... Read more

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Discover how abstract physics birthed a global arms race that pushed humanity to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Perfect for your morning commute, this gripping historical narrative plunges you into the tense laboratories and classified war rooms of the twentieth century. Experience the psychological weight of the Cold War as scientific breakthroughs transform into weapons of unimaginable
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Complex Battlespaces

The Law of Armed Conflict and the Dynamics of Modern Warfare

by Winston S. Williams, Christopher M. Ford ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

20 hours 21 min

The conduct of warfare is constantly shaped by new forces that create complexities in the battlespace for military operations. As the nature of how and where wars are fought changes, new challenges to the application of the extant body of international law that regulates armed conflicts arise.This inaugural volume of the Lieber Studies series seeks to address several issues in the confluence of ... Read more

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The conduct of warfare is constantly shaped by new forces that create complexities in the battlespace for military operations. As the nature of how and where wars are fought changes, new challenges to the application of the extant body of international law that regulates armed conflicts arise.This inaugural volume of the Lieber Studies series seeks to address several issues in the confluence of
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Guerra biológica: La aterradora idea de convertir la peste en un arma

by Rafael Herrero ...

Narrated by Rafael Herrero ...

Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

El bioterrorismo convierte a los patógenos en una amenaza invisible que redefine la geopolítica y la salud global. Ideal para mantenerte informado durante tu trayecto diario, este audiolibro desentraña con un tono sereno y riguroso el oscuro abismo del armamento microbiológico.Al explorar los límites de la ética científica, sentirás una tensión cautivadora al comprender por qué manipular ... Read more

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El bioterrorismo convierte a los patógenos en una amenaza invisible que redefine la geopolítica y la salud global. Ideal para mantenerte informado durante tu trayecto diario, este audiolibro desentraña con un tono sereno y riguroso el oscuro abismo del armamento microbiológico.Al explorar los límites de la ética científica, sentirás una tensión cautivadora al comprender por qué manipular
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Brief History of Nuclear Weapons, A: The Bombs That Changed the World

by Stephen Adler ...

Narrated by Stephen Adler ...

Unabridged

1 hour 56 min

Discover the gripping military history and scientific breakthroughs that birthed the world's most destructive weapons. Perfect for a focused commute or an educational deep dive, this tense chronological journey explores the secret race to split the atom. You will navigate the harrowing geopolitical landscapes of a world constantly teetering on the brink of disaster.From the clandestine ... Read more

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Discover the gripping military history and scientific breakthroughs that birthed the world's most destructive weapons. Perfect for a focused commute or an educational deep dive, this tense chronological journey explores the secret race to split the atom. You will navigate the harrowing geopolitical landscapes of a world constantly teetering on the brink of disaster.From the clandestine
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Hell Bomb, The

by William L. Laurence ...

Narrated by Nathan Edwards ...

Unabridged

3 hours 46 min

The Hell Bomb by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist William L. Laurence is a sobering, meticulously detailed account of the dawn of the hydrogen bomb era. Written in the early 1950s, this scientific and political examination offers a front-row perspective on one of the most terrifying technological advancements in human history. Drawing on firsthand experiences from his time at Los Alamos and ... Read more

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The Hell Bomb by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist William L. Laurence is a sobering, meticulously detailed account of the dawn of the hydrogen bomb era. Written in the early 1950s, this scientific and political examination offers a front-row perspective on one of the most terrifying technological advancements in human history. Drawing on firsthand experiences from his time at Los Alamos and
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The Twilight of the Bombs

Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons

by Richard Rhodes ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

13 hours 43 min

The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age.The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia, ... Read more

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The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age.The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia,
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Kuuban ohjuskriisi: 13 kohtalon päivää

by Orage ...

Narrated by Tapio Rauvala ...

Series series Historia
Unabridged

16 min

1962 maailma sai pidättää henkeään kolmentoista päivän ajan, kun kylmä sota uhkasi kärjistyä ydinaseiden käyttöön. Kriisin puhjetessa kylmää sotaa oli takana jo 20 vuotta. Kahden maailmanmahdin, Yhdysvaltojen ja Neuvostoliiton, ideologiset erot ja vaikutuspyrkimykset olivat johtaneet maailmanpoliittisen tilanteen kärjistymiseen pian toisen maailmansodan jälkeen.Kuuban kriisin taustalla vaikuttivat ... Read more

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1962 maailma sai pidättää henkeään kolmentoista päivän ajan, kun kylmä sota uhkasi kärjistyä ydinaseiden käyttöön. Kriisin puhjetessa kylmää sotaa oli takana jo 20 vuotta. Kahden maailmanmahdin, Yhdysvaltojen ja Neuvostoliiton, ideologiset erot ja vaikutuspyrkimykset olivat johtaneet maailmanpoliittisen tilanteen kärjistymiseen pian toisen maailmansodan jälkeen.Kuuban kriisin taustalla vaikuttivat
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Fallout

The Inside Story of America's Failure to Disarm North Korea

by Joel S. Wit ...

Narrated by Christopher Douyard ...

Unabridged

15 hours 23 min

For almost four decades, the United States has tried to stop North Korea's attempts to build nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. Joel S. Wit, a former State Department official, takes listeners to the front lines of nuclear negotiations and to fierce policy debates and secret diplomatic gambits, recounting how perilously close the United States and North Korea have come, on various ... Read more

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For almost four decades, the United States has tried to stop North Korea's attempts to build nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. Joel S. Wit, a former State Department official, takes listeners to the front lines of nuclear negotiations and to fierce policy debates and secret diplomatic gambits, recounting how perilously close the United States and North Korea have come, on various
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The Dead Hand

The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy

by David Hoffman ...

Narrated by Bob Walter ...

Abridged

9 hours 35 min

**“A tour de force of investigative history.” —Steve CollThe 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.**The Cold War was an epoch of massive overkill. In the last half of the ... Read more

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**“A tour de force of investigative history.” —Steve CollThe 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.**The Cold War was an epoch of massive overkill. In the last half of the
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Europas strategischer Irrtum

Warum die anti-russische Haltung selbstzerstörerisch ist

by Jeffrey Sachs ...

Narrated by Klaus B. Wolf ...

Unabridged

10 hours 22 min

Warum hat Europa wiederholt Verhandlungslösungen abgelehnt, die die Sicherheitsbedenken Russlands anerkannt hätten, ohne die Souveränität oder Werte Europas aufzugeben? Warum wurde ein Kompromiss mit Russland wiederholt als moralisch fragwürdig oder strategisch naiv behandelt, selbst wenn die Alternative ein katastrophaler Krieg gewesen wäre? Jeffrey Sachs argumentiert, dass die Russophobie ... Read more

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Warum hat Europa wiederholt Verhandlungslösungen abgelehnt, die die Sicherheitsbedenken Russlands anerkannt hätten, ohne die Souveränität oder Werte Europas aufzugeben? Warum wurde ein Kompromiss mit Russland wiederholt als moralisch fragwürdig oder strategisch naiv behandelt, selbst wenn die Alternative ein katastrophaler Krieg gewesen wäre? Jeffrey Sachs argumentiert, dass die Russophobie
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Will They Ever Trust Us Again?

Letters From the War Zone

by Michael Moore ...

Narrated by Multiple readers ...

Unabridged

5 hours 12 min

American soldiers serve willingly. They risk their lives so the rest of us can be safe. The one small thing they ask is that they not be sent into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. But after being lied to about weapons of mass destruction and about the connection between al Qaeda and Iraq; after being forced by stop-loss orders to extend their deployment; after being undertrained, ... Read more

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American soldiers serve willingly. They risk their lives so the rest of us can be safe. The one small thing they ask is that they not be sent into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. But after being lied to about weapons of mass destruction and about the connection between al Qaeda and Iraq; after being forced by stop-loss orders to extend their deployment; after being undertrained,
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Basic Pistol

Living and Dying by the Gun in America

by Harel Shapira ...

Narrated by Kaleo Griffith ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

**From an award-winning scholar of the political right comes an immersive and revelatory journey through the world of gun schools and the curriculum of fear they teach."Sobering."—New York Times Book Review“At once page-turning and deeply disquieting, Harel Shapira’s Basic Pistol is a must read."—Heather Ann Thompson, author of Fear and Fury and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Blood in the Water**To ... Read more

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**From an award-winning scholar of the political right comes an immersive and revelatory journey through the world of gun schools and the curriculum of fear they teach."Sobering."—New York Times Book Review“At once page-turning and deeply disquieting, Harel Shapira’s Basic Pistol is a must read."—Heather Ann Thompson, author of Fear and Fury and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Blood in the Water**To
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The Button

The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump

by William J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina ...

Narrated by John Pruden ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Since the Truman administration, America has been one "push of a button" away from nuclear war—a decision that rests solely in the hands of the president. Without waiting for approval from Congress or even the secretary of defense, the president can unleash America's entire nuclear arsenal.From authors William J. Perry, secretary of defense in the Clinton administration, and Tom Z. Collina, the ... Read more

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Since the Truman administration, America has been one "push of a button" away from nuclear war—a decision that rests solely in the hands of the president. Without waiting for approval from Congress or even the secretary of defense, the president can unleash America's entire nuclear arsenal.From authors William J. Perry, secretary of defense in the Clinton administration, and Tom Z. Collina, the
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The Age of Deception

Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times

by Mohamed ElBaradei ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

Unabridged

13 hours 24 min

For the past two decades, Mohamed ElBaradei has played a key role in the most high-stakes conflicts of our time. Unique in maintaining credibility in the Arab world and the West alike, ElBaradei has emerged as a singularly independent, uncompromised voice. As the director of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, he has contended with the Bush administration's assault on Iraq, the nuclear ... Read more

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For the past two decades, Mohamed ElBaradei has played a key role in the most high-stakes conflicts of our time. Unique in maintaining credibility in the Arab world and the West alike, ElBaradei has emerged as a singularly independent, uncompromised voice. As the director of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, he has contended with the Bush administration's assault on Iraq, the nuclear
... Read more
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J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Life and Legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Inside the Secret Race for the Atomic Bomb, the Brilliant Minds behind It, History’s Darkest)

by Walter Brown ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Matt G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 36 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist best known for his role as the scientific leader of the Manhattan project, the secret program that developed the first atomic bombs during World War II. A highly intellectual and complex figure, Oppenheimer combined deep knowledge of physics with strong philosophical curiosity. Under his leadership at Los ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist best known for his role as the scientific leader of the Manhattan project, the secret program that developed the first atomic bombs during World War II. A highly intellectual and complex figure, Oppenheimer combined deep knowledge of physics with strong philosophical curiosity. Under his leadership at Los
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核兵器：人類はいかにして自らを滅ぼす力を生み出したのか

by 菅井修 ...

Narrated by 菅井修 ...

Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

純粋な科学の探求はいかにして人類を破滅に導く究極の大量破壊兵器へと変貌したのか、その歴史の転換点と科学者たちの苦悩を追体験する没入型ノンフィクション。静かな夜の深い思索や、毎日の通勤時間を充実させる知的な時間に最適な本作は、世界の運命を左右した緊迫のドラマを耳から脳へと直接届けます。国家の存亡が懸かる極限のプレッシャーの中で、なぜ優秀な頭脳たちは悪魔の力に手を染めたのか。冷戦期の果てしない軍拡競争や、単なるヒューマンエラーが引き起こしかけた核戦争の危機など、背筋の凍るような史実を日常的な比喩を用いて鮮やかに描き出します。リスナーの知的好奇心を強く刺激するとともに、私たちが直面する未来への選択を突きつける、警告と啓発に満ちた重厚なリスニング体験を提供します。本書で見つかること:基礎物理学の無垢な発見が、国家の軍事システムへと組み込まれていく恐るべきプロセス ... Read more

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純粋な科学の探求はいかにして人類を破滅に導く究極の大量破壊兵器へと変貌したのか、その歴史の転換点と科学者たちの苦悩を追体験する没入型ノンフィクション。静かな夜の深い思索や、毎日の通勤時間を充実させる知的な時間に最適な本作は、世界の運命を左右した緊迫のドラマを耳から脳へと直接届けます。国家の存亡が懸かる極限のプレッシャーの中で、なぜ優秀な頭脳たちは悪魔の力に手を染めたのか。冷戦期の果てしない軍拡競争や、単なるヒューマンエラーが引き起こしかけた核戦争の危機など、背筋の凍るような史実を日常的な比喩を用いて鮮やかに描き出します。リスナーの知的好奇心を強く刺激するとともに、私たちが直面する未来への選択を突きつける、警告と啓発に満ちた重厚なリスニング体験を提供します。本書で見つかること:基礎物理学の無垢な発見が、国家の軍事システムへと組み込まれていく恐るべきプロセス
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The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

New, Updated and Completely Revised

by Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels ...

Narrated by Richard Elwood ...

Unabridged

24 hours 45 min

First published in 1981, Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. It has now been completely rewritten, drawing on a wide range of new research, and updated to take account of the period following the end of the cold war, ... Read more

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First published in 1981, Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. It has now been completely rewritten, drawing on a wide range of new research, and updated to take account of the period following the end of the cold war,
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