Nuclear War History

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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 22 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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    • Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
    • By: Fred Kaplan
    • Narrated by: Edward Bauer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 28-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 50 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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    • 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 83 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 History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
    • By: Alex Wellerstein
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 26-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • 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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    • Britain’s Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War
    • By: Dr. Tony Redding
    • Narrated by: Michael Langan
    • Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 25-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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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    • 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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    • 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 802 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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    • 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 History of a Cold War Missile
    • By: David Stumpf
    • Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
    • Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 05-09-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • A comprehensive study of the missile system that formed a critical component of the United States' nuclear arsenal....

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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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    • True Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century
    • By: Mary Nida Smith
    • Narrated by: Paul Christy
    • Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 20-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 1 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The unbelievable stories of the heroic men who sailed under the sea....

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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: 11-10-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 21 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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    • 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: 29-08-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 181 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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    • 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 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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    • 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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    • 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: 14-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 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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    • A War Story
    • By: Serhii Plokhy
    • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Gripping and unforgettable, Chernobyl Roulette sounds the alarm about the dangers of nuclear sites in an unprecedented time, when plant workers are left to fight on their own while the world holds its breath.

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    • Countdown to Hiroshima
    • By: Stephen Walker
    • Narrated by: Colin Mace
    • Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 05-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • At 8:15 a.m. on 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the temperature at its core rose to millions of degrees....

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