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Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race by Graham Farmelo

Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Clive Chafer (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.3listening hrs
Military (History)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.3 hours of listening.

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30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race is an audiobook by Graham Farmelo: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Clive Chafer, released October 8, 2013, on the Military (History) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.3 hrs
Narrated by
Clive Chafer
Released
October 8, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Military (History)
ISBN
9781483062136

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race audiobook?

Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is the Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race audiobook free?

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Who narrates Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race?

Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race is narrated by Clive Chafer.

Is Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.