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War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots by Ian Morris

War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots audiobook runs 17 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Perkins (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17 hours of listening.

Days to finish War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

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

War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots is an audiobook by Ian Morris: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Perkins, released April 15, 2014, on the Social Science and World shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17 hrs
Narrated by
Derek Perkins
Released
April 15, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, World
ISBN
9781494570194

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots audiobook?

War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.

Is the War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots?

War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots is narrated by Derek Perkins.

Is War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.