The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Campbell (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tim Campbell
Tim Campbell narrates 440 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,485 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
870 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age is an audiobook by Alex Wellerstein: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Campbell, released December 9, 2025, on the The Americas and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tim Campbell
- Released
- December 9, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Law & Politics, Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9780063379459
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age as an audiobook?
The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age?
The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age is narrated by Tim Campbell.
Is The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.