Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia audiobook runs 19.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Arthur Morey (about 12.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 19.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 19.2 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Arthur Morey
Arthur Morey narrates 401 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,630 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
343 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
Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia is an audiobook by Ahmed Rashid: a 19.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Arthur Morey, released June 3, 2008, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Arthur Morey
- Released
- June 3, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, World
- ISBN
- 9781423368106
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia audiobook?
Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia runs 19.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.8 hours.
Is the Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia audiobook free?
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Who narrates Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia?
Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia is narrated by Arthur Morey.
Is Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.8 hours, saving 6.4 hours.