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Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex by Benjamin Wilson

Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex audiobook runs 17.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Parks (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.3listening hrs
Current Affairs, Law, & Politicsstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 17.3 hours of listening.

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30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.3 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex is an audiobook by Benjamin Wilson: a 17.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Parks, released May 11, 2026, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Military (History) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.3 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Parks
Released
May 11, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Military (History), World
ISBN
9798318563386

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex audiobook?

Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex runs 17.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.

Is the Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex audiobook free?

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Who narrates Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex?

Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex is narrated by Tom Parks.

Is Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.8 hours.