Bestsellers
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- De: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post-World War II world....
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Important History
- De J. B. Evans en 06-12-21
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51....
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Scientia Est Potentia/Knowledge is Power
- De Cynthia en 10-08-15
De: Annie Jacobsen
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- De: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 20 h y 33 m
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This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century....
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Interesting listen
- De Gerry en 11-11-23
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- De: Kim Zetter
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
- Duración: 13 h
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The virus now known as Stuxnet was unlike any other piece of malware built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it proved that a piece of code could escape the digital realm and wreak actual, physical destruction....
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Amazingly detailed, sober and above all, damning
- De Greg en 11-22-14
De: Kim Zetter
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- De: Paul Lockhart
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 21 h y 4 m
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In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare, but also the very structure of power in the West....
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Needs More Guns Less Political Opinion
- De Jeb en 10-20-22
De: Paul Lockhart
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The Bomb
- Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
- De: Fred Kaplan
- Narrado por: Edward Bauer
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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From the author the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war - and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises - from Truman to Trump....
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Excellent, important book, bad narration.
- De Richard L. Hubbell en 02-06-20
De: Fred Kaplan
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- De: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post-World War II world....
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Important History
- De J. B. Evans en 06-12-21
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51....
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Scientia Est Potentia/Knowledge is Power
- De Cynthia en 10-08-15
De: Annie Jacobsen
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The Origins of Victory
- How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
- De: Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 20 h y 33 m
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This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century....
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Interesting listen
- De Gerry en 11-11-23
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Countdown to Zero Day
- Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
- De: Kim Zetter
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
- Duración: 13 h
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The virus now known as Stuxnet was unlike any other piece of malware built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it proved that a piece of code could escape the digital realm and wreak actual, physical destruction....
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Amazingly detailed, sober and above all, damning
- De Greg en 11-22-14
De: Kim Zetter
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Firepower
- How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- De: Paul Lockhart
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 21 h y 4 m
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In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare, but also the very structure of power in the West....
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Needs More Guns Less Political Opinion
- De Jeb en 10-20-22
De: Paul Lockhart
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The Bomb
- Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
- De: Fred Kaplan
- Narrado por: Edward Bauer
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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From the author the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war - and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises - from Truman to Trump....
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Excellent, important book, bad narration.
- De Richard L. Hubbell en 02-06-20
De: Fred Kaplan
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Glock
- The Rise of America's Gun
- De: Paul M. Barrett
- Narrado por: Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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Based on 15 years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as America’s gun....
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Interesting story. Could have done w/o anti gun rhetoric
- De jcgeesling en 02-24-19
De: Paul M. Barrett
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American Gun
- The True Story of the AR-15 Rifle
- De: Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 14 h y 46 m
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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....
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Don't Look Away
- De Mike en 10-31-23
De: Cameron McWhirter, y otros
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The Bastard Brigade
- The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
- De: Sam Kean
- Narrado por: Ben Sullivan
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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From New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb....
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Awesome
- De Solar red en 07-12-19
De: Sam Kean
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American Gun
- A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
- De: Chris Kyle, William Doyle
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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At the time of his tragic death in February 2013, former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, was finishing a book that retold American history through the lens of a hand-selected list of firearms....
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An Important Look at US History
- De harry en 06-24-13
De: Chris Kyle, y otros
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Dawn of the Code War
- America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat
- De: John P. Carlin, Garrett M. Graff
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 16 h y 59 m
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The inside story of how America's enemies launched a cyberwar against us - and how we've learned to fight back....
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Exhausting
- De Raz en 01-08-19
De: John P. Carlin, y otros
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Dam Busters
- The True Story of the Inventors and Airmen Who Led the Devastating Raid to Smash the German Dams in 1943
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 14 h y 9 m
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The night of 16 May, 1943: Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9000-lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it....
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A must for anyone interested in Air Warfare
- De Jim In Texas! en 03-24-14
De: James Holland
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Titan II
- A History of a Cold War Missile
- De: David Stumpf
- Narrado por: Douglas R. Pratt
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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A comprehensive study of the missile system that formed a critical component of the United States' nuclear arsenal....
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Abort the launch!!!!! This book is a no-go!
- De Jeeper en 12-04-14
De: David Stumpf
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Arsenals of Folly
- The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
- De: Richard Rhodes
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
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In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration's unprecedented arms buildup in the early 1980s....
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overall outstanding
- De Thomas en 06-25-09
De: Richard Rhodes
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My Tank is Fight!
- Deranged Inventions of WWII
- De: Zack Parsons
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
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My Tank Is Fight! contains a humorous and exciting examination of 20 real inventions from World War II that never saw the light of day....
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Get rid of the fiction
- De Amazon Customer en 01-29-13
De: Zack Parsons
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Robert Oppenheimer
- A Life Inside the Center
- De: Ray Monk
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
- Duración: 35 h y 17 m
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Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men....
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A comprehensive biography
- De Jean en 10-17-14
De: Ray Monk
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Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945
- Red Steamroller
- De: Robert A. Forczyk
- Narrado por: P.J. Ochlan
- Duración: 14 h y 42 m
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The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II....
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A great conclusion for the study
- De Anonymous User en 04-06-24
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The Other Side of the Mountain
- Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War
- De: Ali Ahmad Jalali, Lester W Grau
- Narrado por: Luis Ayala
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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This audiobook is the story of combat from the guerrilla’s perspective and surviving against the overwhelming firepower and technology of a superpower....
De: Ali Ahmad Jalali, y otros
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Instruments of Darkness
- The History of Electronic Warfare, 1939-1945
- De: Alfred Price
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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The rapid evolution of radio and radar systems for military use during WWII, and devices to counter them, led to a technological battle that neither the Axis nor the Allied powers could afford to lose....
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Fresh History
- De ArizonaKilroy en 05-21-24
De: Alfred Price
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Leadership and Training for the Fight
- A Few Thoughts on Leadership and Training from a Former Special Operations Soldier
- De: Paul R. Howe
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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Tested and effective leadership and teaching advice based on riveting combat stories from a Special Operations veteran....
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Congratulations on your assignment, SWAT Team Ldr
- De J en 03-03-17
De: Paul R. Howe
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The Guns of John Moses Browning
- The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World
- De: Nathan Gorenstein
- Narrado por: Michael David Axtell
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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Few people are aware that John Moses Browning - a tall, humble, cerebral man born in 1855 and raised as a Mormon in the American West - was the mind behind many of the world-changing firearms that dominated more than a century of conflict....
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Fascinating Story
- De tb en 07-02-21
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Enigma
- The Battle for the Code
- De: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
- Duración: 10 h
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Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is another aspect of the story which it is only now possible to tell....
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The Manhattan Project
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- De: Al Cimino
- Narrado por: Eric Meyers
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are with us to this day. The atomic bombs that came out of it brought an end to the war in the Pacific, but at a heavy loss of life in Japan and the opening of a Pandora's box that has tested international relations....
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Very informative!
- De JavierMiguel78 en 08-08-23
De: Al Cimino
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Kill Chain
- The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
- De: Andrew Cockburn
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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This essential, pause-resister narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged....
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Introduction
- De Batman en 03-24-15
De: Andrew Cockburn
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Wings of Fire
- A Combat History of the F-15
- De: Mike Guardia
- Narrado por: Damian Salandy
- Duración: 4 h y 21 m
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From Israel to Afghanistan. The definitive combat history of the F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle...as told by the pilots who flew them....
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The Narrator makes this a tough listen.
- De RD en 02-19-21
De: Mike Guardia
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Empire of Guns
- The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution
- De: Priya Satia
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter, Priya Satia
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
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By a prize-winning young historian, an authoritative work that reframes the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of British empire, and emergence of industrial capitalism by presenting them as inextricable from the gun trade....
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Review: Empire of Guns
- De Dustin V. en 05-07-19
De: Priya Satia
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Tank Warfare
- De: Jeremy Black
- Narrado por: Simon Barber
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
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In Tank Warfare, prominent military historian Jeremy Black offers a comprehensive global account of the history of tanks and armored warfare in the 20th and 21st centuries....
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Quite Good
- De David A en 10-31-21
De: Jeremy Black
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By the Sword
- A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
- De: Richard Cohen
- Narrado por: Richard Cohen
- Duración: 19 h y 31 m
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By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting - a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since....
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An excellent history
- De Peter en 08-12-23
De: Richard Cohen
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- De: John Hussey
- Narrado por: Ric Jerrom
- Duración: 34 h y 6 m
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The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages....
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Excellent: Where is Volume 2
- De History Reader en 12-11-20
De: John Hussey
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Unit X
- How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
- De: Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Narrado por: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X—whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge technology to America’s military: from the two men who launched the unit....
De: Raj M. Shah, y otros