Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq audiobook runs 21.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Christopher Ragland (about 14.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
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What our data says
- At 21.2 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
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Christopher Ragland narrates 293 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,260 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
203 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
Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq is an audiobook by Ben Barry: a 21.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Ragland, released November 26, 2020, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Ragland
- Released
- November 26, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781472843166
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq audiobook?
Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq runs 21.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.1 hours.
Is the Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq audiobook free?
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Who narrates Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq is narrated by Christopher Ragland.
Is Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.1 hours, saving 7.1 hours.