The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bill Thatcher (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bill Thatcher
Bill Thatcher narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 72 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,663 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
The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force is an audiobook by Eliot A. Cohen: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Thatcher, released December 27, 2016, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bill Thatcher
- Released
- December 27, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781504741392
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force as an audiobook?
The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force?
The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force is narrated by Bill Thatcher.