The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government runs 25.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Altschuler (about 16.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 25.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 51 days |
| 1 hour / day | 26 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 days |
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What our data says
- At 25.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Altschuler
Peter Altschuler narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 198 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
125 The Americas 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 Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government is an audiobook by David Talbot: a 25.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Altschuler, released October 13, 2015, on the The Americas and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Altschuler
- Released
- October 13, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780062420862
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government as an audiobook?
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government runs 25.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.9 hours.
Is The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government?
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government is narrated by Peter Altschuler.
Is The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.9 hours, saving 8.5 hours.