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In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia by Ronald H. Spector

In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Prichard (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Asiastore shelf
2007released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 12.5 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 893 Asia audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Michael Prichard

Michael Prichard narrates 174 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,947 hours in all.

All Michael Prichard audiobooks, measured

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

In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia is an audiobook by Ronald H. Spector: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Prichard, released July 31, 2007, on the Asia shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Prichard
Released
July 31, 2007
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Asia
ISBN
9781400174171

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia audiobook?

In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia?

In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia is narrated by Michael Prichard.

Is In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.