Nuclear Weapons

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Joseph M. Siracusa
    • Narrated by: Shawn Compton
    • Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • This Very Short Introduction looks at the science of nuclear weapons and how they differ from conventional weapons....

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    • By: Kevin Ruane
    • Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
    • Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 08-09-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War explores a still neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career: his relationship with and thinking on nuclear weapons....

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    • A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power
    • By: James Mahaffey
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 24-09-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 227 ratings
    • The American public's introduction to nuclear technology was manifested in destruction and death, with Hiroshima and the Cold War still ringing in our ears....

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    • A Scenario
    • By: Annie Jacobsen
    • Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
    • Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 28-03-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 754 ratings
    • There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And it could start in as little as 26 minutes and 40 seconds from now....

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    • Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
    • By: Martin J. Sherwin
    • Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
    • Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 13-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • 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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    • 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: 13-10-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 198 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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    • A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
    • By: Serhii Plokhy
    • Narrated by: Roger Davis
    • Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 13-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • The definitive new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize....

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    • The Last Train from Hiroshima
    • By: Charles Pellegrino
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 21-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • 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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    • The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
    • By: William J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina
    • Narrated by: John Pruden
    • Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 25-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • Written in an accessible and authoritative voice, The Button reveals the shocking tales and sobering facts of nuclear executive authority throughout the atomic age, delivering a powerful condemnation against ever leaving explosive power this devastating under one person's thumb....

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    • By: Eric Schlosser
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 20 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 17-09-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 800 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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    • 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: 25-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • 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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    • 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: 04-11-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 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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    • A Pocket-Sized Survival Bible for Surviving Nuclear Fallout, Nuclear Attack and EMPs
    • By: Kyle Donovan
    • Narrated by: Mike Steele
    • Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 06-03-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • 2023 revealed the stark reality: the threat of nuclear war is not just possible, it's imminent. "Nuclear War Survival Skills 2024" is your essential guide to not just survive but thrive in the face of this looming danger.

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    • The Complete Apocalyptic Survival Thriller Series
    • By: Kyla Stone
    • Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
    • Series: Nuclear Dawn, Book 1-5
    • Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 24-11-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 175 ratings
    • Tough-as-nails Dakota Sloane has spent her life running from the past. A man haunted by secrets, Logan Garcia has only one goal: to drink himself into oblivion. When a bomb detonates over Miami, utter anarchy erupts....

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    • By: Kate Davies
    • Narrated by: Olivia Darnley
    • Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 15-02-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • When Lena buys DNA testing kits for her father Tom and her twin sister Alison, she thinks they’ll enjoy finding out where their ancestors come from, and what percentage Neanderthal they are. She has no idea the gift will blow her family apart....

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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: 06-04-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 81 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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    • 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: 02-05-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 39 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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