The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Pruden (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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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 Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump is an audiobook by Tom Z. Collina and William J. Perry: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by John Pruden, released August 25, 2020, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Pruden
- Released
- August 25, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781696602037
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How long is The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump as an audiobook?
The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump?
The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump is narrated by John Pruden.