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The Apocalypse Factory
- Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
- ナレーター: Jonathan Yen
- 再生時間: 11 時間 9 分
- カテゴリー: 歴史, 軍
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Countdown 1945
- The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
- 著者: Chris Wallace, Mitch Weiss
- ナレーター: Chris Wallace
- 再生時間: 8 時間 40 分
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April 12, 1945: After years of bloody conflict in Europe and the Pacific, America is stunned by news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death. In an instant, Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning and knows nothing of the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first atomic bomb, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents - and confront one of the most consequential decisions in history.
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Twilight of the Gods
- War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
- 著者: Ian Toll
- ナレーター: P.J. Ochlan
- 再生時間: 36 時間 46 分
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Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific, when the US Navy won the largest naval battle in history; MacArthur made good his pledge to return to the Philippines; waves of kamikazes attacked the Allied fleets; the Japanese fought to the last man on one island after another; B-29 bombers burned down Japanese cities; and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were vaporized. Toll's narratives of combat in the air, at sea, and on the beaches are gripping, but he also takes the listener into the halls of power in Washington and Tokyo.
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The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941
- The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor
- 著者: Paul Dickson
- ナレーター: Shawn Compton
- 再生時間: 13 時間 40 分
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The story of America's astounding industrial mobilization during World War II has been told. But what has never been chronicled before Paul Dickson's The Rise of the G. I. Army, 1940-1941 is the extraordinary transformation of America's military from a disparate collection of camps with dilapidated equipment into a well-trained and spirited army 10 times its prior size in little more than 18 months.
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Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in World War II
- Pivotal Moments in American History
- 著者: Marc Gallicchio
- ナレーター: Eric Michael Summerer
- 再生時間: 9 時間 53 分
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Signed on September 2, 1945 by Japanese and Allied leaders, the instrument of surrender that formally ended the war in the Pacific brought to a close one of the most cataclysmic engagements in history. The surrender fulfilled the commitment that Franklin Roosevelt had made in 1943 at the Casablanca conference that it be "unconditional". Though readily accepted as policy at the time, after Roosevelt's death in April 1945, support for unconditional surrender wavered, particularly among Republicans in Congress.
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The Great Secret
- The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer
- 著者: Jennet Conant
- ナレーター: John Kroft
- 再生時間: 11 時間 51 分
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The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, the cover-up, and how one American Army doctor’s discovery led to the development of the first drug to combat cancer, known today as chemotherapy.
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Einstein's Fridge
- How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe
- 著者: Paul Sen
- ナレーター: Malk Williams
- 再生時間: 11 時間 5 分
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Einstein’s Fridge tells the incredible epic story of the scientists who, over two centuries, harnessed the power of heat and ice and formulated a theory essential to comprehending our universe. Thermodynamics - the branch of physics that deals with energy and entropy - is the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences. It governs everything from the behavior of living cells to the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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Countdown 1945
- The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
- 著者: Chris Wallace, Mitch Weiss
- ナレーター: Chris Wallace
- 再生時間: 8 時間 40 分
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April 12, 1945: After years of bloody conflict in Europe and the Pacific, America is stunned by news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death. In an instant, Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning and knows nothing of the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first atomic bomb, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents - and confront one of the most consequential decisions in history.
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Twilight of the Gods
- War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
- 著者: Ian Toll
- ナレーター: P.J. Ochlan
- 再生時間: 36 時間 46 分
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Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific, when the US Navy won the largest naval battle in history; MacArthur made good his pledge to return to the Philippines; waves of kamikazes attacked the Allied fleets; the Japanese fought to the last man on one island after another; B-29 bombers burned down Japanese cities; and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were vaporized. Toll's narratives of combat in the air, at sea, and on the beaches are gripping, but he also takes the listener into the halls of power in Washington and Tokyo.
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The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941
- The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor
- 著者: Paul Dickson
- ナレーター: Shawn Compton
- 再生時間: 13 時間 40 分
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The story of America's astounding industrial mobilization during World War II has been told. But what has never been chronicled before Paul Dickson's The Rise of the G. I. Army, 1940-1941 is the extraordinary transformation of America's military from a disparate collection of camps with dilapidated equipment into a well-trained and spirited army 10 times its prior size in little more than 18 months.
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Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in World War II
- Pivotal Moments in American History
- 著者: Marc Gallicchio
- ナレーター: Eric Michael Summerer
- 再生時間: 9 時間 53 分
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Signed on September 2, 1945 by Japanese and Allied leaders, the instrument of surrender that formally ended the war in the Pacific brought to a close one of the most cataclysmic engagements in history. The surrender fulfilled the commitment that Franklin Roosevelt had made in 1943 at the Casablanca conference that it be "unconditional". Though readily accepted as policy at the time, after Roosevelt's death in April 1945, support for unconditional surrender wavered, particularly among Republicans in Congress.
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The Great Secret
- The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer
- 著者: Jennet Conant
- ナレーター: John Kroft
- 再生時間: 11 時間 51 分
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The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, the cover-up, and how one American Army doctor’s discovery led to the development of the first drug to combat cancer, known today as chemotherapy.
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Einstein's Fridge
- How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe
- 著者: Paul Sen
- ナレーター: Malk Williams
- 再生時間: 11 時間 5 分
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Einstein’s Fridge tells the incredible epic story of the scientists who, over two centuries, harnessed the power of heat and ice and formulated a theory essential to comprehending our universe. Thermodynamics - the branch of physics that deals with energy and entropy - is the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences. It governs everything from the behavior of living cells to the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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Atomic Spy
- The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs
- 著者: Nancy Thorndike Greenspan
- ナレーター: Tavia Gilbert
- 再生時間: 12 時間 34 分
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German by birth, British by naturalization, Communist by conviction, Klaus Fuchs was a fearless Nazi resister, a brilliant scientist, and an infamous spy. He was convicted of espionage by Britain in 1950 for handing over the designs of the plutonium bomb to the Russians and has gone down in history as one of the most dangerous agents in American and British history. He put an end to America's nuclear hegemony and single-handedly heated up the Cold War. But, was Klaus Fuchs really evil?
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The 300
- The Inside Story of the Missile Defenders Guarding America Against Nuclear Attack
- 著者: Daniel Wasserbly
- ナレーター: Neal Bledsoe
- 再生時間: 7 時間 4 分
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Comprised of just 300 soldiers, the United States Army’s 100th Missile Defense Brigade and 49th Missile Defense Battalion utilize sophisticated and cutting-edge technology to monitor the skies and seas surrounding the country and shield 300 million Americans against any potential nuclear threat. Named for the number of Spartan warriors who defended Greece at the Battle of Thermopylae, these vigilant individuals endure rigorous, always-evolving regimens to maintain peak efficiency in the event of an actual nuclear strike.
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How Ike Led
- The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions
- 著者: Susan Eisenhower
- ナレーター: Bernadette Dunne, Susan Eisenhower
- 再生時間: 12 時間 40 分
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Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap controversies, he was able to give our country eight years of peace and prosperity by relying on a core set of principles. These were informed by his heritage and upbringing, his strong character and his personal discipline, but he also avoided making himself the center of things. He tried to be the calmest man in the room, not the loudest.
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- 著者: Martin J. Sherwin
- ナレーター: Mark Bramhall
- 再生時間: 18 時間 50 分
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War - how such a crisis arose and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen.
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Black Hole Survival Guide
- 著者: Janna Levin
- ナレーター: Janna Levin
- 再生時間: 2 時間 39 分
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Janna Levin takes us on an evocative exploration of black holes, provoking us to imagine the visceral experience of a black hole encounter. She reveals the influence of black holes as they populate the universe, sculpt galaxies, and even infuse the whole expanse of reality that we inhabit. Lively, engaging, and utterly unique, Black Hole Survival Guide is not just informative - it is, as well, a wonderful listen from first to last.
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Eruption
- The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
- 著者: Steve Olson
- ナレーター: Jonathan Yen
- 再生時間: 8 時間 34 分
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For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people died, including newlywed logger John Killian (for years afterward, his father searched for him in the ash), scientist Dave Johnston, and celebrated local curmudgeon Harry Truman. The lives of many others were forever changed.
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The Quiet Americans
- Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War - a Tragedy in Three Acts
- 著者: Scott Anderson
- ナレーター: Robertson Dean, Scott Anderson
- 再生時間: 22 時間 1 分
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At the end of World War II, the United States was considered the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear - to some - that the Soviet Union was already seeking to expand and foment revolution around the world, and the American government’s strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly formed CIA.
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The Button
- The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
- 著者: William J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina
- ナレーター: John Pruden
- 再生時間: 8 時間 43 分
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Written in an accessible and authoritative voice, The Button reveals the shocking tales and sobering facts of nuclear executive authority throughout the atomic age, delivering a powerful condemnation against ever leaving explosive power this devastating under any one person's thumb.
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Empires of the Sky
- Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World
- 著者: Alexander Rose
- ナレーター: Jason Culp
- 再生時間: 22 時間 43 分
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At the dawn of the 20th century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, Germany’s Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin vied with the Wright Brothers to build the world’s first successful flying machine. As the Wrights labored to invent the airplane, Zeppelin fathered the remarkable airship, sparking a bitter rivalry between the two types of aircraft and their innovators that would last for decades, in the quest to control one of humanity’s most inspiring achievements. And it was the airship - not the airplane - that led the way.
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Dark Sun
- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- 著者: Richard Rhodes
- ナレーター: Richard Rhodes
- 再生時間: 6 時間
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Richard Rhodes' landmark history of the atomic bomb won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Now, in this majestic new masterpiece of history, science, and politics, he tells for the first time the secret story of how and why the hydrogen bomb was made, and traces the path by which this supreme artifact of 20th-century technology became the defining issue of the Cold War.
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Atomic Doctors
- Conscience and Complicity at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age
- 著者: James L. Nolan Jr.
- ナレーター: Adam Lofbomm
- 再生時間: 9 時間 9 分
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After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of information about his grandfather's role as a doctor in the Manhattan Project. Dr. Nolan, it turned out, had been a significant figure.
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First Light
- Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time
- 著者: Emma Chapman
- ナレーター: Emma Chapman
- 再生時間: 7 時間 46 分
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Astronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the universe’s history, from recording the afterglow of the big bang to imaging thousands of galaxies, and even to visualising an actual black hole. There’s a lot for astronomers to be smug about. But when it comes to understanding how the universe began and grew up, we are literally in the dark ages. In effect, we are missing the first one billion years from the timeline of the universe.
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It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies to find a way to create a nuclear chain reaction of inconceivable explosive power. In a matter of months, the Hanford nuclear facility was built to produce and weaponize the enigmatic and deadly new material that would fuel atomic bombs. In the desert of Eastern Washington State, far from prying eyes, scientists Glenn Seaborg, Enrico Fermi, and many thousands of others manufactured plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki and for the bombs in the current American nuclear arsenal, enabling the construction of weapons with the potential to end human civilization.
With his characteristic blend of scientific clarity and storytelling, Steve Olson asks why Hanford has been largely overlooked in histories of the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. Olson recounts how a small Washington town played host to some of the most influential scientists and engineers in American history as they sought to create the substance at the core of the most destructive weapons ever created. The Apocalypse Factory offers a new generation this dramatic story of human achievement and, ultimately, of lethal hubris.
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- Etienne
- 2020/08/27
Lacking in many aspects
As someone with a Master's degree in Chemistry with a keen interest in nuclear physics and radio-chemistry, I am probably not the author's target audience. The fact that the author chose to introduce every reader to the very basic concepts of chemistry (explaining what an atom is) could be acceptable if it weren't for the fact that the concepts, explanations and examples chosen are often shaky, sometimes incorrectly stated, badly explained and a few times factually incorrect. It seems to me that the author probably does not have a good grasp of the science involved in this incredibly fascinating story. However interesting the subject may be, one cannot write about the Manhattan project if one cannot nail the science and tell it well. There are many, many good books on the subject (however not that many on the specific case Hanford, more on that later). Frankly, after having read Richard Rhodes' masterpiece "The Making of the Atomic Bomb", anyone interested on the subject should have covered pretty much all the bases.
Except Hanford. Enter Steve Olson's The Apocalypse Factory. I have stopped reading after having completed about 60% of the book. Where is the new material promised by the author? Besides interesting but sparse details concerning the day-to-day life at the Hanford plant, there isn't much that wasn't already written in Richard Rhodes' book. Maybe there is more in the last 40% of the book, but at that point one should feel some kind of reward for time invested reading this book. Instead of what this book promised but failed to deliver, the author struggles to cover the complete history of the Manhattan project, omitting many of its important chapters, summarizing complex issues down to a few sentences, and mostly leaving Hanford out in the far periphery.
Finally I noticed that, on a number of occasions, the same ideas, details or anecdotes were told the same way in Richard Rhodes' book, sometimes down to the same wording. On more than one occasion the author chose to emphasize on the same specific aspect of one character or place for purely descriptive purposes than Rhodes did in his book. This can hardly be a coincidence, nor do I think it reasonable to conclude that the lack of historical and factual data concerning certain scenes forced both authors to write about it in exactly the same way. That constant echo of Rhodes' words in The Apocalypse Factory was what finally decided me to stop listening to this audiobook.
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- HL Atkins
- 2020/09/25
Nice read
Starts well and gives a nice introduction to nuclear weapons development and Hanford. Some portions devoted to Nagaski victims were tiresome and seemingly a bit outside of what the title led me to expect.
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- Jonathan Kelman
- 2020/09/23
Some interesting details, but oddly incomplete
This book is sort of about Hanford, sort of about the Manhattan Project, and sort of about the follies of nuclear armament in general, but unsatisfyingly incomplete on all three. The details of Nagasaki were quite interesting, however.