How long does it take to read At Dawn We Slept?
Gordon William Prange
At Dawn We Slept by Gordon William Prange takes about 16 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 9 minutes
A long haul
First published 1981. 881 pages, about 242,275 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As the Japanese commander watched the first planes from the squadrons dive on the ships of the U.S. Navy - still sleeping in the morning sun at Pearl Harbor - he radioed back to his task force the code words saying that complete surprise had been achieved. The attack was sure to succeed. Now, after thirty-seven years of unparalled research, Professor Gordon W. Prange has written the authentic record of how Japan planned and executed the infamous assault. The 1941 attack was a military classic, one of the greatest surprises in the history of warfare. It shattered the quiet Sunday morning on Oahu, destroying myths, illusions, cherished ideas, and assumptions, as completely as a tornado levels a Midwestern town. Pearl Harbor was a national disgrace. It remains a living symbol of America's lack of alertness, and its gross underestimation of a potential enemy. This book tells us about ourselves as a people, our political and military leaders, and the way they thought and acted. Not only was that fearful December 7 an ignomious defeat for the U.S., it marked a watershed in the relations between Japan and America. It was a turning point of World War II.
Subjects: Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on,, Attack on
