How long does it take to read Hitler?
A Study in Tyranny
Hitler by Alan Bullock takes about 14 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 29 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1704. 790 pages, about 217,250 words.
29 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 67 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Imported from Britain, with its penetrating use of relatively new source material, its well sustained narrative, its deep concentration on the man, this book should prove one of the best studies to date. The author has a fine record as an Oxford historian—he is now Censor of St. Catherine's—and states as his aim the determination of Hitler's fantastic wielding of power. He does this chronologically and with a sense of episode that makes every word readable and that brings the historical background into clear relief. The survey of Hitler's parentage is explicit as the possible emotional causes of his fanaticism, his utterly frustrative attitude toward the Germanic status quo that made him into the lying, brutal conniver who "acknowledged no masters". A lengthy follow-up takes him and his generating, generated causes through first post-WWI attempts, failure in the twenties, the depression in 1930 that swung the balance needle in his favor and allowed him successes by putsch, chancellorship, speech, extermination and invasion. Intensive examination of roles played by his henchmen, military and economic factions, and foreign negligence further clarify the techniques of lie and propaganda. A familiar period that deserves the re-emphasis and reinterpretation it gets here. A must for workers in the field. Kirkus Reviews
Subjects: Prime ministers, Biography, Politics and government, Heads of state, Dictators
