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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

$24.99 USD

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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Stay vigilant! The new European war rhetoric

by Hermann Selchow ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Archie G ...

Abridged

3 hours 15 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Stay Vigilant! – The New War Rhetoric in EuropeHow Enemy Images Emerge, Who Benefits from Them – and How We Can Maintain the Path to PeaceIn a time of geopolitical tensions and ongoing media crises, a dangerous language dominates our political landscape: war rhetoric. But how do these narratives emerge? Who constructs enemy images – and for what ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Stay Vigilant! – The New War Rhetoric in EuropeHow Enemy Images Emerge, Who Benefits from Them – and How We Can Maintain the Path to PeaceIn a time of geopolitical tensions and ongoing media crises, a dangerous language dominates our political landscape: war rhetoric. But how do these narratives emerge? Who constructs enemy images – and for what
... Read more
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Warum die Welt keinen Frieden findet - Auf dem Punkt (Ungekürzt)

by Carlo Masala, Hannes Androsch ...

Narrated by Patrick Imhof ...

Unabridged

1 hour 49 min

Der Wunsch nach weltweitem Frieden ist ebenso redlich wie verständlich. Doch er führt auch dazu, dass uns aufflammende Konflikte und Kriege in Schrecken versetzen - ganz besonders, wenn sie in geografischer Nähe auftreten, wie es seit dem russischen Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine der Fall ist. Sehen wir also der Realität ins Auge, fordert der renommierte Militärexperte Carlo Masala: Wenn wir ... Read more

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Der Wunsch nach weltweitem Frieden ist ebenso redlich wie verständlich. Doch er führt auch dazu, dass uns aufflammende Konflikte und Kriege in Schrecken versetzen - ganz besonders, wenn sie in geografischer Nähe auftreten, wie es seit dem russischen Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine der Fall ist. Sehen wir also der Realität ins Auge, fordert der renommierte Militärexperte Carlo Masala: Wenn wir
... Read more
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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

$24.99 USD

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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Restraining Great Powers

Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era

by T.V. Paul ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

The intensified globalization that ensued after the end of the Cold War has resulted in an unprecedented level of interconnectedness between the economies of all rising and established powers. Economic interdependence makes today’s world a much more complex place than when balance of power theory was initially developed nearly three hundred years ago; traditional balance of power politics does not ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The intensified globalization that ensued after the end of the Cold War has resulted in an unprecedented level of interconnectedness between the economies of all rising and established powers. Economic interdependence makes today’s world a much more complex place than when balance of power theory was initially developed nearly three hundred years ago; traditional balance of power politics does not
... Read more
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Russland: Das „Reich des Bösen“

Von der Goldenen Horde zum modernen Krieg

by Roman Smithson ...

Narrated by Digitale Stimme Georg G ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Epizentren der Weltpolitik
Unabridged

2 hours 34 min

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen. Jetzt als Hörbuch erhältlich!Russland: Das „Reich des Bösen“ – Von der Goldenen Horde zum modernen KriegSchließen Sie die Augen und lassen Sie sich von der Erzählung auf eine packende historische Reise mitnehmen – von den Steppen der Goldenen Horde bis zu den Schlachtfeldern des heutigen Krieges gegen die Ukraine. Dieses Hörbuch enthüllt, ... Read more

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Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen. Jetzt als Hörbuch erhältlich!Russland: Das „Reich des Bösen“ – Von der Goldenen Horde zum modernen KriegSchließen Sie die Augen und lassen Sie sich von der Erzählung auf eine packende historische Reise mitnehmen – von den Steppen der Goldenen Horde bis zu den Schlachtfeldern des heutigen Krieges gegen die Ukraine. Dieses Hörbuch enthüllt,
... 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

$25.99 USD

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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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

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Fitting of Halperin’s Bureaucratic Model with Domestic and Foreign Policy Events of the Vietnam War, A

by Steve Dafoe ...

Narrated by Shawn Stutts ...

Unabridged

44 min

A Fitting of Halperin’s Bureaucratic Model with Domestic and Foreign Policy Events of the Vietnam War ... Read more

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A Fitting of Halperin’s Bureaucratic Model with Domestic and Foreign Policy Events of the Vietnam War
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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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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

$34.99 USD

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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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

$31.99 USD

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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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

$36.95 USD

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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Nuclear Age: How Atomic Power, Weapons, and Risk Remade the Modern World

by Samuel Richter ...

Narrated by Samuel Richter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 4 min

Uncover the gripping history of atomic power, where brilliant science and political fear ignited a global arms race. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this tense narrative reveals how humanity cracked the atom and forever altered the geopolitical landscape.From the blinding flash over Hiroshima to the terrifying brinksmanship of the Cold War, experience the high-stakes decisions that pushed ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uncover the gripping history of atomic power, where brilliant science and political fear ignited a global arms race. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this tense narrative reveals how humanity cracked the atom and forever altered the geopolitical landscape.From the blinding flash over Hiroshima to the terrifying brinksmanship of the Cold War, experience the high-stakes decisions that pushed
... Read more
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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

$18.99 USD

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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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

$17.99 USD

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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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

$39.99 USD

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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China's Strategic Arsenal

Worldview, Doctrine, and Systems

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

11 hours

China's strategic capabilities and doctrine have historically differed from the United States' and Russia's. China has continued to modernize and expand its arsenal despite its policy of no first use, while the United States and Russia have decreased deployed weapons stocks.This volume brings together an international group of distinguished scholars to provide a fresh assessment of China's ... Read more

$24.99 USD

China's strategic capabilities and doctrine have historically differed from the United States' and Russia's. China has continued to modernize and expand its arsenal despite its policy of no first use, while the United States and Russia have decreased deployed weapons stocks.This volume brings together an international group of distinguished scholars to provide a fresh assessment of China's
... Read more
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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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Das Ende westlicher Dominanz

Die Neuordnung der multipolaren Welt

by Hermann Selchow ...

Narrated by Digitale Stimme Gabriel G ...

Abridged

6 hours 26 min

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen.Das Ende westlicher Dominanz – Die Neuordnung der multipolaren WeltDie Welt befindet sich in einem historischen Umbruch. Die jahrhundertelange Vorherrschaft des Westens bröckelt, während neue Machtzentren aufsteigen und die geopolitische Ordnung grundlegend verändern. China, Russland, die BRICS-Staaten und der Globale Süden fordern die ... Read more

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Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen.Das Ende westlicher Dominanz – Die Neuordnung der multipolaren WeltDie Welt befindet sich in einem historischen Umbruch. Die jahrhundertelange Vorherrschaft des Westens bröckelt, während neue Machtzentren aufsteigen und die geopolitische Ordnung grundlegend verändern. China, Russland, die BRICS-Staaten und der Globale Süden fordern die
... Read more
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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

$20.99 USD

**“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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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

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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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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