How long does it take to read An Intimate History of Killing?
Face-To-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfare
An Intimate History of Killing by Joanna Bourke takes about 10 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 3 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1999. 548 pages, about 150,700 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An explosive book that puts the killing back into military history.
Subjects: Homicide, First World War, Oorlogvoering, Vietnam War, Psychology, Combat
