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Bestsellers
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
- The Cyberweapons Arms Race
- By: Nicole Perlroth
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected....
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Decent story, cringeworthy narration and editing
- By since1968 on 02-13-21
By: Nicole Perlroth
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- The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
- By: David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: David Petraeus, Robert Fass
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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The Story of My Life
- By Nice guy on 03-06-24
By: David Petraeus, and others
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The Doomsday Machine
- By: Daniel Ellsberg
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization....
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Fascinating Insider Story
- By Terry Masters on 12-07-17
By: Daniel Ellsberg
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- By: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 20 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century....
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Interesting listen
- By Gerry on 11-11-23
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The Dragons and the Snakes
- How the Rest Learned to Fight the West
- By: David Kilcullen
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Dragons and the Snakes, the eminent soldier-scholar David Kilcullen asks how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict....
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Horrible narrator
- By Paul on 12-21-23
By: David Kilcullen
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The CIA as Organized Crime
- How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World
- By: Douglas Valentine
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Douglas Valentine began his research into the agency's activities when CIA director William Colby gave him free access to interview agency officials....
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The CIA as Organized Crime: A personal perspective
- By Ray Robles on 09-13-17
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
- The Cyberweapons Arms Race
- By: Nicole Perlroth
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected....
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Decent story, cringeworthy narration and editing
- By since1968 on 02-13-21
By: Nicole Perlroth
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Conflict
- The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
- By: David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: David Petraeus, Robert Fass
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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The Story of My Life
- By Nice guy on 03-06-24
By: David Petraeus, and others
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The Doomsday Machine
- By: Daniel Ellsberg
- Narrated by: Steven Cooper
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization....
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Fascinating Insider Story
- By Terry Masters on 12-07-17
By: Daniel Ellsberg
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- By: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 20 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century....
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Interesting listen
- By Gerry on 11-11-23
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The Dragons and the Snakes
- How the Rest Learned to Fight the West
- By: David Kilcullen
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Dragons and the Snakes, the eminent soldier-scholar David Kilcullen asks how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict....
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Horrible narrator
- By Paul on 12-21-23
By: David Kilcullen
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The CIA as Organized Crime
- How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World
- By: Douglas Valentine
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Douglas Valentine began his research into the agency's activities when CIA director William Colby gave him free access to interview agency officials....
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The CIA as Organized Crime: A personal perspective
- By Ray Robles on 09-13-17
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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
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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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 20 years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically....
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Definitive Series ends with warnings but also Hope
- By Richard on 10-21-10
By: Richard Rhodes
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The Withdrawal
- Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of US Power
- By: Vijay Prashad, Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan....
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There is nothing better than a Chomsky book.
- By Eric Andrade on 10-06-22
By: Vijay Prashad, and others
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War Dogs
- How Three Stoners From Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History
- By: Guy Lawson
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The pause-resister inside account of how two kids from Florida became big-time weapons traders - and how the US government turned on them....
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What is with those accents?
- By Reader808 on 08-22-16
By: Guy Lawson
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Blood Gun Money
- How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
- By: Ioan Grillo
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The gun control debate is revived with every mass shooting. But far more people die from gun deaths on the street corners of inner city America and across the border as Mexico’s powerful cartels battle to control the drug trade....
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Another great book by Ioan Grillo.
- By Cody Bad on 03-01-21
By: Ioan Grillo
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The Bomb
- Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
- By: Fred Kaplan
- Narrated by: Edward Bauer
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Excellent, important book, bad narration.
- By Richard L. Hubbell on 02-06-20
By: Fred Kaplan
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Above and Beyond
- By: Casey Sherman
- Narrated by: Maxwell Hamilton
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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From the authors of the best-selling The Finest Hours comes the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile Crisis....
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Narrator’s mispronunciations detracted from the story
- By Stephen E. Smith on 08-01-18
By: Casey Sherman
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1983
- Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink
- By: Taylor Downing
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983 - the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon. The year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one - more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis....
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Great story, poor narration choices.
- By John Gray on 02-11-19
By: Taylor Downing
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Has China Won?
- The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
- By: Kishore Mahbubani
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The defining geopolitical contest of the 21st century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome already inevitable....
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Outstanding, timely, and prescient
- By William J Brown on 04-19-20
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Command
- The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine
- By: Lawrence Freedman
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Using examples from a wide variety of conflicts, Lawrence Freedman shows that successful military command depends on the ability not only to use armed forces effectively, but also to understand the political context in which they are operating....
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LF remains dependable for scholarship and presentation quality
- By ronald waters on 01-15-23
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Unraveling the Complex Web of Power
- Media, Manipulation, and the Military-Industrial Complex
- By: J.N. Maverick
- Narrated by: Steve Olsen
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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"Unraveling the Complex Web of Power: Media, Manipulation, and the Military-Industrial Complex" offers a profound exploration of the intricate and often concealed interactions between media, propaganda, and the potent machinery of the military-industrial complex.
By: J.N. Maverick
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Nuclear Statecraft
- History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age
- By: Francis Gavin
- Narrated by: Bob Goding
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Gavin reassesses the strategy of flexible response, the influence of nuclear weapons during the Berlin Crisis....
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Praise for Gavin
- By Jessie M Beals on 01-14-21
By: Francis Gavin
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How Wars End
- Why We Always Fight the Last Battle
- By: Gideon Rose
- Narrated by: Gideon Rose
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1991, the United States Army trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil....
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Excellent book
- By Luis on 11-04-10
By: Gideon Rose
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The Persian Night
- Iran from Khomeini to Ahmadinejad
- By: Amir Taheri
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Three decades after Khomeinist thugs raided the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Westerners are puzzled by Iran. As a nation, Iranians still like the United States....
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a disappointing book
- By Biljana on 04-11-11
By: Amir Taheri
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The Hawk and the Dove
- Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War
- By: Nicholas Thompson
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War; ironically, they were the chief advocates for the opposing strategies for winning---and surviving---that harrowing conflict....
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Two outstanding people in the US Government
- By Nina Donnard on 11-05-09
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My Journey at the Nuclear Brink
- By: William Perry
- Narrated by: Kevin F Spalding
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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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....
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His journey has just begun
- By Amazon Customer on 04-18-17
By: William Perry
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Operation Shakespeare
- The True Story of an Elite International Sting
- By: John Shiffman
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The U.S. agents must outwit not only enemy brokers but also American manufacturers and global bankers who are too willing to put profit over national security....
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under our noses
- By Andy on 08-20-14
By: John Shiffman
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Dangerous Ground
- America's Failed Arms Control Policy from FDR to Obama
- By: Scott Ritter
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In Dangerous Ground, Scott Ritter tells a bold and revisionist account of the inseparable histories of the post-World War II American presidency and nuclear weapons....
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Great book, very insightful
- By Jalal on 03-31-23
By: Scott Ritter
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A Seat at the Table
- Women, Diplomacy, and Lessons for the World
- By: Susan Sloan
- Narrated by: Susan Sloan
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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Many countries face challenges of migration, terrorism, climate change, and the spread of fast-paced technology. Those who are sitting around the table will change the course of history and redefine how we solve critical problems....
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Beautifully written and beautifully read
- By John J. on 03-20-21
By: Susan Sloan
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The Shortest History of War
- From Hunter-Gatherers to Nuclear Superpowers—A Retelling for Our Times
- By: Gwynne Dyer
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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War has always been a defining feature of human society. This new addition to the Shortest History series explains why we do it—and how we can stop....
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War has always been with us
- By Amazon Customer on 10-22-24
By: Gwynne Dyer
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A High Price
- The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
- By: Daniel Byman
- Narrated by: Luke Truan
- Length: 20 hrs and 19 mins
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The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups....
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The worst production/narrator ever
- By Eric on 06-11-14
By: Daniel Byman
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Reagan's Secret War
- The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
- By: Martin Anderson, Annelise Anderson
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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What emerges from this treasure trove of material is irrefutable evidence that Reagan intended from his first days in office to bring down the Soviet Union....
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IMPORTANT HISTORICAL INFORMATION
- By Byron on 06-19-12
By: Martin Anderson, and others
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Losing an Enemy
- Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy
- By: Trita Parsi
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
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This timely book focuses on President Obama's deeply considered strategy toward Iran's nuclear program....
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required reading
- By Seth K on 07-18-19
By: Trita Parsi
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A Nuclear Family Vacation
- Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry
- By: Nathan Hodge, Sharon Weinberger
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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In A Nuclear Family Vacation, husband-and-wife journalists Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger hit the road to explore the secretive world of nuclear weaponry....
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Nuclear weapons discussed by June Cleaver
- By NoOne on 09-22-13
By: Nathan Hodge, and others
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Hacking the Bomb
- Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons
- By: Andrew Futter
- Narrated by: Martyn Swain
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Are nuclear arsenals safe from cyberattack? Could terrorists launch a nuclear weapon through hacking? These are among the many pressing security questions addressed in Andrew Futter's groundbreaking study of the cyber threat to nuclear weapons....
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concepts to inspire thought
- By J M on 05-13-21
By: Andrew Futter