Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan audiobook runs 28.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 19 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 28.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 57 days |
| 1 hour / day | 29 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 19 days |
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What our data says
- At 28.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 4,722 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner
Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 134 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,612 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
45 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan is an audiobook by Steve Coll: a 28.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released February 6, 2018, on the World and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 28.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Malcolm Hillgartner
- Released
- February 6, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780525528586
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan audiobook?
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan runs 28.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19 hours.
Is the Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan audiobook free?
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Who narrates Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.
Is Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19 hours, saving 9.5 hours.