The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War runs 15.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Brick (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 3,098 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Scott Brick
Scott Brick narrates 310 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,886 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
310 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War is an audiobook by H.W. Brands: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Brick, released October 11, 2016, on the Law & Politics and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Scott Brick
- Released
- October 11, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Law & Politics, Military (History), The Americas
- ISBN
- 9780735284968
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War as an audiobook?
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.
Is The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War?
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War is narrated by Scott Brick.
Is The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.