Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by David De Vries (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David De Vries
David De Vries narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,355 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,302 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World is an audiobook by Erik R. Scott: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by David De Vries, released September 12, 2023, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- David De Vries
- Released
- September 12, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, World
- ISBN
- 9798350815887
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World audiobook?
Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World?
Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World is narrated by David De Vries.
Is Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.