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Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated by Gore Vidal

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated: Audiobook

Book 1 of the American Imperialism series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated audiobook runs 4 hours unabridged, narrated by Jeff Cummings (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4listening hrs
Current Affairs, Law, & Politicsstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 4 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on American Imperialism

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 14.2 hours in all.

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

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated is book 1 of Gore Vidal's American Imperialism series: a 4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeff Cummings, released December 31, 2019, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4 hrs
Narrated by
Jeff Cummings
Released
December 31, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Series
American Imperialism #1
ISBN
9781799751472

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated audiobook?

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated runs 4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.

Is the Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated audiobook free?

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Who narrates Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated?

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated is narrated by Jeff Cummings.