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Spillet om et gidsel

by Frederick Forsyth ...

Narrated by Niels Vigild ...

Unabridged

19 hours 44 min

Enhver krig kræver våben og soldater, og en moderne krig kræver også olie. Det samme gjaldt den kolde krig. Det vidste både Sovjetunionen og Vesten, så da marskal Koslov modtager en rapport, der beretter, at verdens oliereserver vil slippe op i løbet af 20-30 år, og at Sovjetunionens vil slippe op som de første, forstår han, at det kan være tid til at nedruste og slutte fred med arvefjenden ... Read more

$19.97 CAD

Enhver krig kræver våben og soldater, og en moderne krig kræver også olie. Det samme gjaldt den kolde krig. Det vidste både Sovjetunionen og Vesten, så da marskal Koslov modtager en rapport, der beretter, at verdens oliereserver vil slippe op i løbet af 20-30 år, og at Sovjetunionens vil slippe op som de første, forstår han, at det kan være tid til at nedruste og slutte fred med arvefjenden
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The Shadow World

Inside the Global Arms Trade

by Andrew Feinstein ...

Narrated by Gildart Jackson ...

Unabridged

25 hours 2 min

The digital audiobook edition of Andrew Feinstein's powerful exposé, The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, complete and unabridged and read by the actor Gildart Jackson.Pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of the global arms trade, Andrew Feinstein reveals the corruption and the cover-ups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in history - between the British and Saudi ... Read more

$23.68 CAD

The digital audiobook edition of Andrew Feinstein's powerful exposé, The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, complete and unabridged and read by the actor Gildart Jackson.Pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of the global arms trade, Andrew Feinstein reveals the corruption and the cover-ups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in history - between the British and Saudi
... Read more
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Future War and the Defence of Europe

by John R. Allen, Frederick Ben Hodges, Julian Lindley-French ...

Narrated by Liam Price ...

Unabridged

12 hours 48 min

Future War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914. Taking as its starting point the COVID-19 pandemic and way it will inevitably accelerate some key global dynamics already in play, the book goes on to weave history, strategy, policy, and technology into a ... Read more

$30.79 CAD

Future War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914. Taking as its starting point the COVID-19 pandemic and way it will inevitably accelerate some key global dynamics already in play, the book goes on to weave history, strategy, policy, and technology into a
... 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

$30.79 CAD

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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Nuclear Folly

A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Serhii Plokhy ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

13 hours 39 min

Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must relearn the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuban missile crisis.Serhii Plokhy's Nuclear Folly offers an international perspective on the crisis, ... Read more

$38.18 CAD

Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must relearn the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuban missile crisis.Serhii Plokhy's Nuclear Folly offers an international perspective on the crisis,
... 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

$37.79 CAD

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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The Withdrawal

Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of US Power

by Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad ...

Narrated by Donald Corren ...

Unabridged

4 hours 40 min

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.Not since the last American troops left Vietnam have we faced such a sudden vacuum in our foreign policy—not only of authority, but also of explanations of what happened, and what the future holds.Few analysts are better poised to address this moment than Noam Chomsky and Vijay ... Read more

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Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.Not since the last American troops left Vietnam have we faced such a sudden vacuum in our foreign policy—not only of authority, but also of explanations of what happened, and what the future holds.Few analysts are better poised to address this moment than Noam Chomsky and Vijay
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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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Die Rückkehr des Krieges

Warum wir wieder lernen müssen, mit Krieg umzugehen

by Franz-Stefan Gady ...

Narrated by Mathias Grimm ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

Die Kriege in der Ukraine und in Nahost sind Symptom einer sich seit Jahrzehnten anbahnenden Zeitenwende: Militärische Konfrontation wird zunehmend wieder als legitimes Mittel zur Fortsetzung der Politik angesehen. Ausgehend von diesem Moment, aber auch vorangegangene Konflikte mit einbeziehend, analysiert Franz-Stefan Gady die konstante Natur des Krieges sowie den sich wandelnden Charakter der ... Read more

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Die Kriege in der Ukraine und in Nahost sind Symptom einer sich seit Jahrzehnten anbahnenden Zeitenwende: Militärische Konfrontation wird zunehmend wieder als legitimes Mittel zur Fortsetzung der Politik angesehen. Ausgehend von diesem Moment, aber auch vorangegangene Konflikte mit einbeziehend, analysiert Franz-Stefan Gady die konstante Natur des Krieges sowie den sich wandelnden Charakter der
... Read more
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Brief History of Biological Warfare, A: The Use of Disease as a Weapon

by Stephen Marlowe ...

Narrated by Stephen Marlowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Explore the dark intersection of military history and lethal contagion where disease becomes a devastating weapon of war. Perfect for a focused listening session, this gripping narrative transforms how you view human conflict. Discover how ancient armies and modern states weaponized pathogens with chilling precision.From poisoned wells to the terrifying potential of synthetic biology, this ... Read more

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Explore the dark intersection of military history and lethal contagion where disease becomes a devastating weapon of war. Perfect for a focused listening session, this gripping narrative transforms how you view human conflict. Discover how ancient armies and modern states weaponized pathogens with chilling precision.From poisoned wells to the terrifying potential of synthetic biology, this
... Read more
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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

$32.39 CAD

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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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 ...

Unabridged

13 hours 43 min

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 twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia, ... Read more

$23.85 CAD

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 twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia,
... 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

$44.96 CAD

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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Will They Ever Trust Us Again?

Letters From the War Zone

by Michael Moore ...

Narrated by Multiple readers ...

Unabridged

5 hours 12 min

American soldiers serve willingly. They risk their lives so the rest of us can be safe. The one small thing they ask is that they not be sent into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. But after being lied to about weapons of mass destruction and about the connection between al Qaeda and Iraq; after being forced by stop-loss orders to extend their deployment; after being undertrained, ... Read more

$23.39 CAD

American soldiers serve willingly. They risk their lives so the rest of us can be safe. The one small thing they ask is that they not be sent into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. But after being lied to about weapons of mass destruction and about the connection between al Qaeda and Iraq; after being forced by stop-loss orders to extend their deployment; after being undertrained,
... Read more
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American Gun

The True Story of the AR-15

by Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson ...

Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

Unabridged

14 hours 46 min

American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 presents the epic history of America’s most controversial weapon.In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal ... Read more

$39.59 CAD

American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 presents the epic history of America’s most controversial weapon.In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal
... Read more
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

The Cyberweapons Arms Race

by Nicole Perlroth ...

Narrated by Allyson Ryan ...

Unabridged

18 hours 32 min

Bloomsbury presents This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth, read by Allyson Ryan.THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)“Part John le Carré and more parts Michael Crichton . . . spellbinding.” The New Yorker"Written in the hot, propulsive prose ... Read more

$24.30 CAD

Bloomsbury presents This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth, read by Allyson Ryan.THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)“Part John le Carré and more parts Michael Crichton . . . spellbinding.” The New Yorker"Written in the hot, propulsive prose
... Read more
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Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy

by Ray Acheson ...

Narrated by Roxanne Black ...

Unabridged

13 hours 21 min

With so much at stake, from climate change and reproductive rights to threats from weapons of mass destruction and police brutality, the last decade has seen ordinary people take to the streets to challenge and change the way our governments and institutions legislate our future. Movements like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo have had an incredible impact on public understandings and political ... Read more

$30.79 CAD

With so much at stake, from climate change and reproductive rights to threats from weapons of mass destruction and police brutality, the last decade has seen ordinary people take to the streets to challenge and change the way our governments and institutions legislate our future. Movements like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo have had an incredible impact on public understandings and political
... Read more
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The Button

The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump

by William J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina ...

Narrated by John Pruden ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Since the Truman administration, America has been one "push of a button" away from nuclear war—a decision that rests solely in the hands of the president. Without waiting for approval from Congress or even the secretary of defense, the president can unleash America's entire nuclear arsenal.From authors William J. Perry, secretary of defense in the Clinton administration, and Tom Z. Collina, the ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

Since the Truman administration, America has been one "push of a button" away from nuclear war—a decision that rests solely in the hands of the president. Without waiting for approval from Congress or even the secretary of defense, the president can unleash America's entire nuclear arsenal.From authors William J. Perry, secretary of defense in the Clinton administration, and Tom Z. Collina, the
... 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

$22.16 CAD

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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La violencia vino del norte

Cómo el flujo de armas desde Estados Unidos alimenta la violencia en México

by Carlos A. Pérez Ricart ...

Narrated by Chema Ramos Roa ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

El mar de sangre en México es generado por un río de arsenales estadounidenses.Cada año, entre 72 000 y 258 000 armas cruzan la frontera hacia nuestro país.La violencia vino del Norte revela el factor decisivo detrás de la catástrofe que desde 2007 padece México: la política armamentís****tica de Estados Unidos. Sin el acceso masivo a esos arsenales, la masacre y l... ... Read more

$26.09 CAD

El mar de sangre en México es generado por un río de arsenales estadounidenses.Cada año, entre 72 000 y 258 000 armas cruzan la frontera hacia nuestro país.La violencia vino del Norte revela el factor decisivo detrás de la catástrofe que desde 2007 padece México: la política armamentís****tica de Estados Unidos. Sin el acceso masivo a esos arsenales, la masacre y l...
... 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

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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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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

$8.61 CAD 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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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

$22.46 CAD

**“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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Great Again

How to Fix Our Crippled America

by Donald J. Trump ...

Narrated by Jeremy Lowell ...

Unabridged

4 hours 27 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

$22.49 CAD

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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