How long does it take to read Power and Terror?
Post 9/11 Talks and Interviews
Power and Terror by Noam Chomsky takes about 3 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2002. 167 pages, about 45,925 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In Power & Terror, the author presents his latest thoughts on terrorism, US foreign policy, and the meaning and true impact of militarism in the world today. He challenges the United States to apply to itself the moral standards it demands of others. Reviewing the history of war crimes, he delivers his now-famous analysis of the double standards and hypocrisy of Western governments, and the role of the media and intellectuals. Power and Terror is an uncompromising critique of American power. With clarity and forcefulness, he places terrorist acts in the context of American foreign intervention throughout the postwar decades - in Vietnam, Central America, the Middle East, and elsewhere.
Subjects: State-sponsored terrorism, Interviews, World politics, Foreign relations, Terrorism, United states, foreign relations
