A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Campbell (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.2 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tim Campbell
Tim Campbell narrates 440 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,485 hours in all.
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
715 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA is an audiobook by Joshua Kurlantzick: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Campbell, released January 24, 2017, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tim Campbell
- Released
- January 24, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781515980391
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA as an audiobook?
A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA?
A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA is narrated by Tim Campbell.