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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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Project Maven

A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare

by Katrina Manson ...

Narrated by Katrina Manson ...

Unabridged

13 hours 30 min

The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare.In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the Project Maven team raced to send AI ... Read more

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The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare.In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the Project Maven team raced to send AI
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Bytes and Bullets

Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare

by Steve Feldstein ...

Narrated by Patrick Cavanaugh ...

Unabridged

12 hours 11 min

New tech is changing the contours of geopolitical stability—America must act now, or risk losing its global standing forever.Technology has always driven political competition. For decades, the US set the international rules on innovation, standards, and export regulations, using soft power and federal funding to both develop cutting edge tech and prevent its rivals from acquiring it. But in the ... Read more

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New tech is changing the contours of geopolitical stability—America must act now, or risk losing its global standing forever.Technology has always driven political competition. For decades, the US set the international rules on innovation, standards, and export regulations, using soft power and federal funding to both develop cutting edge tech and prevent its rivals from acquiring it. But in the
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Tuntematon tulevaisuus

by Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Markko Taina ...

Narrated by Pertti Huuskonen ...

Unabridged

13 hours 57 min

Euroopan turvallisuuden yhdestoista hetki.Tutkija Charly Salonius-Pasternak kartoittaa kansainvälistä turvallisuustilannetta huippuasiantuntijoiden kanssa. Kuinka suurvallat tekevät turvallisuuspoliittisia päätöksiä, mikä on Suomen asema muuttuvassa maailmassa, mitä Trumpin Yhdysvallat tahtoo ja miten se vaikuttaa Suomeen ja Eurooppaan?Mitä voi oppia ihmisiltä, jotka ovat olleet päättämässä ... Read more

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Euroopan turvallisuuden yhdestoista hetki.Tutkija Charly Salonius-Pasternak kartoittaa kansainvälistä turvallisuustilannetta huippuasiantuntijoiden kanssa. Kuinka suurvallat tekevät turvallisuuspoliittisia päätöksiä, mikä on Suomen asema muuttuvassa maailmassa, mitä Trumpin Yhdysvallat tahtoo ja miten se vaikuttaa Suomeen ja Eurooppaan?Mitä voi oppia ihmisiltä, jotka ovat olleet päättämässä
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Six Minutes to Winter

Nuclear War and How to Avoid It

by Mark Lynas ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Unabridged

10 hours 21 min

Bloomsbury presents Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It by Mark Lynas read by Tom Lawrence‘Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed’ - George Monbiot'Urgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call’ - David Wallace-Wells‘Powerful and insightful. Although many have forgotten about nuclear weapons, we shouldn't’<b... ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It by Mark Lynas read by Tom Lawrence‘Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed’ - George Monbiot'Urgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call’ - David Wallace-Wells‘Powerful and insightful. Although many have forgotten about nuclear weapons, we shouldn't’<b...
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Almighty

Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age

by Dan Zak ...

Narrated by Michael Quinlan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 49 min

On a tranquil summer night in July 2012, a trio of peace activists infiltrated the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Nicknamed the “Fort Knox of Uranium,” Y-12 was reputedly one of the most secure nuclear weapons facilities in the world, a bastion of warhead parts that harbored hundreds of metric tons of highly-enriched uranium—enough to power thousands of nuclear bombs.The ... Read more

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On a tranquil summer night in July 2012, a trio of peace activists infiltrated the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Nicknamed the “Fort Knox of Uranium,” Y-12 was reputedly one of the most secure nuclear weapons facilities in the world, a bastion of warhead parts that harbored hundreds of metric tons of highly-enriched uranium—enough to power thousands of nuclear bombs.The
... Read more
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Ricochet

Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence

by Mike McIntire ...

Narrated by Alan Carlson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

Three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Mike McIntire delivers the definitive story of the forces that shape gun culture and the American way of violence.Not too long ago, you could still envision a future for America not marked by gun idolatry, blood-stained classrooms, and empty offers of thoughts and prayers. Yet a witches’ brew of politics, money, and ideology has warped gun culture in the ... Read more

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Three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Mike McIntire delivers the definitive story of the forces that shape gun culture and the American way of violence.Not too long ago, you could still envision a future for America not marked by gun idolatry, blood-stained classrooms, and empty offers of thoughts and prayers. Yet a witches’ brew of politics, money, and ideology has warped gun culture in the
... Read more
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The Bomb

Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

by Fred Kaplan ...

Narrated by Edward Bauer ...

Unabridged

11 hours 14 min

From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war—and several presidents’ actions in nuclear crises—from Truman to Trump.Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,” takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of ... Read more

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From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war—and several presidents’ actions in nuclear crises—from Truman to Trump.Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,” takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of
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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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Nuclear Weapons History: From the First Chain Reaction to the Brink of Doomsday and the Future of Deterrence

by Thomas Gallagher ...

Narrated by Thomas Gallagher ...

Unabridged

2 hours 8 min

Uncover the tense military history of the atomic age, where abstract physics ignited a chilling Cold War arms race. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this gripping narrative reveals how humanity built weapons capable of ending civilization. You will journey from secretive crash programs of the Second World War to the uneasy balance of global deterrence.Settle in for an immersive listen that ... Read more

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Uncover the tense military history of the atomic age, where abstract physics ignited a chilling Cold War arms race. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this gripping narrative reveals how humanity built weapons capable of ending civilization. You will journey from secretive crash programs of the Second World War to the uneasy balance of global deterrence.Settle in for an immersive listen that
... Read more
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Operation Shakespeare

The True Story of an Elite International Sting

by John Shiffman ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces a high-risk undercover operation launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons—from wireless IEDs to nuclear ... Read more

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In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces a high-risk undercover operation launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons—from wireless IEDs to nuclear
... Read more
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Biological Warfare: The Terrifying Idea of Turning Plague Into a Weapon

by Robert Kellner ...

Narrated by Robert Kellner ...

Unabridged

1 hour 57 min

Uncover the chilling military history of biological warfare, where invisible infectious diseases become deadly weapons. Perfect for a gripping daily commute or a tense, deep-focus listening session, this sobering exploration traces humanity's dark obsession with weaponizing nature. Journey from crude ancient plague tactics to the sophisticated bioterrorism programs of the twentieth century.Go ... Read more

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Uncover the chilling military history of biological warfare, where invisible infectious diseases become deadly weapons. Perfect for a gripping daily commute or a tense, deep-focus listening session, this sobering exploration traces humanity's dark obsession with weaponizing nature. Journey from crude ancient plague tactics to the sophisticated bioterrorism programs of the twentieth century.Go
... Read more
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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
... Read more
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The Lands in Between

Russia vs. the West and the New Politics of Hybrid War

by Mitchell A. Orenstein ...

Narrated by Bob Johnson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

Russia's stealth invasion of Ukraine and its assault on the US elections in 2016 forced a reluctant West to grapple with the effects of hybrid war. While most citizens in the West are new to the problems of election hacking, state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, influence operations by foreign security services, and frozen conflicts, citizens of the frontline states between Russia and the ... Read more

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Russia's stealth invasion of Ukraine and its assault on the US elections in 2016 forced a reluctant West to grapple with the effects of hybrid war. While most citizens in the West are new to the problems of election hacking, state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, influence operations by foreign security services, and frozen conflicts, citizens of the frontline states between Russia and the
... Read more
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One Minute to Midnight

Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

by Michael Dobbs ...

Narrated by Bob Walter ...

Unabridged

16 hours 25 min

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 over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored over previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. In his hour-by-hour ... Read more

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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 over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored over previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. In his hour-by-hour
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The NRA

The Unauthorized History

by Frank Smyth ...

Narrated by Frank Smyth ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

For the first time, the definitive account of America’s most powerful, most secretive, and most controversial nonprofit, and how far it has strayed from its origins.The National Rifle Association is unique in American life. Few other civic organizations are as old or as large. None is as controversial. It is largely due to the NRA that the U.S. gun policy differs so extremely — some would say so ... Read more

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For the first time, the definitive account of America’s most powerful, most secretive, and most controversial nonprofit, and how far it has strayed from its origins.The National Rifle Association is unique in American life. Few other civic organizations are as old or as large. None is as controversial. It is largely due to the NRA that the U.S. gun policy differs so extremely — some would say so
... Read more
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An old master, and Other Political Essays

by Woodrow Wilson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 57 min

Welcome to the insightful world of Woodrow Wilson's "An Old Master, and Other Political Essays", where the complexities of political thought and the intricacies of governance are explored through the eloquent prose of one of America's most distinguished statesmen.Immerse yourself in this collection of essays as Wilson, with his keen intellect and profound understanding of political theory, delves ... Read more

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Welcome to the insightful world of Woodrow Wilson's "An Old Master, and Other Political Essays", where the complexities of political thought and the intricacies of governance are explored through the eloquent prose of one of America's most distinguished statesmen.Immerse yourself in this collection of essays as Wilson, with his keen intellect and profound understanding of political theory, delves
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Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic

Ending Violence, Rebuilding Communities, and a Trauma Surgeon's Vision for Restoring Hope

by Selwyn O. Rogers ...

Narrated by Marco Pelaez ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

For readers seeking solutions to finally end the gun violence that kills tens of thousands of people each year in the United States— from a Harvard-trained trauma surgeon treating victims in ChicagoIf hope for ending gun violence can take hold in Chicago’s South Side, then it can take hold anywhere. The impoverished neighborhoods there are among the most dangerous in all of America—a nation in ... Read more

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For readers seeking solutions to finally end the gun violence that kills tens of thousands of people each year in the United States— from a Harvard-trained trauma surgeon treating victims in ChicagoIf hope for ending gun violence can take hold in Chicago’s South Side, then it can take hold anywhere. The impoverished neighborhoods there are among the most dangerous in all of America—a nation in
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1983

Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink

by Taylor Downing ...

Narrated by Ben Onwukwe ...

Unabridged

12 hours 32 min

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 ArmageddonThe year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one--more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the United States, President Reagan vastly increased defense spending, described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," ... Read more

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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 ArmageddonThe year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one--more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the United States, President Reagan vastly increased defense spending, described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire,"
... Read more
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End of Western Dominance, The

The Restructuring of the Multipolar World

by Hermann Selchow ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Abridged

6 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The end of Western dominance - the reorganization of the multipolar worldThe world is undergoing a historic upheaval. The centuries-long dominance of the West is crumbling, while new centers of power are rising and fundamentally changing the geopolitical order. China, Russia, the BRICS states and the Global South are challenging Western hegemony - ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The end of Western dominance - the reorganization of the multipolar worldThe world is undergoing a historic upheaval. The centuries-long dominance of the West is crumbling, while new centers of power are rising and fundamentally changing the geopolitical order. China, Russia, the BRICS states and the Global South are challenging Western hegemony -
... Read more
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The Greatest Threat

Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Growing Crisis of Global Security

by Richard Butler ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

Civilization may face no greater enemy than Saddam Hussein, and yet the major powers allowed Saddam to face them down. Here, Richard Butler tells the inside story of the UN’s failed attempt to stop Saddam and explains the terrible cost of that failure.As the head of UNSCOM, the special United Nations commission that was supposed to regularly inspect Iraq for weapons violations, Butler had the ... Read more

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Civilization may face no greater enemy than Saddam Hussein, and yet the major powers allowed Saddam to face them down. Here, Richard Butler tells the inside story of the UN’s failed attempt to stop Saddam and explains the terrible cost of that failure.As the head of UNSCOM, the special United Nations commission that was supposed to regularly inspect Iraq for weapons violations, Butler had the
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The Rise of Nuclear Iran

How Tehran Defies the West

by Dore Gold ...

Narrated by Tom Weiner ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

Former UN Ambassador Dore Gold shows why engaging Iran through diplomacy is not only futile but also could be deadly.In the West, liberal politicians and pundits are calling for renewed diplomatic engagement with Iran, convinced that Tehran will respond to reason and halt its nuclear weapons program. Yet, countries have repeatedly tried diplomatic talks and utterly failed. In The Rise of Nuclear ... Read more

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Former UN Ambassador Dore Gold shows why engaging Iran through diplomacy is not only futile but also could be deadly.In the West, liberal politicians and pundits are calling for renewed diplomatic engagement with Iran, convinced that Tehran will respond to reason and halt its nuclear weapons program. Yet, countries have repeatedly tried diplomatic talks and utterly failed. In The Rise of Nuclear
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The Atomic Bazaar

The Rise of the Nuclear Poor

by William Langewiesche ...

Narrated by Tom Weiner ...

Unabridged

5 hours 8 min

In his shocking and revelatory work, celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning threat of nuclear-weapons production and the inexorable drift of nuclear-weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor.As more unstable and undeveloped nations acquire the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening ... Read more

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In his shocking and revelatory work, celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning threat of nuclear-weapons production and the inexorable drift of nuclear-weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor.As more unstable and undeveloped nations acquire the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening
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