How long does it take to read Shattered Sword?
Jonathan Parshall
Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall takes about 11 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 14 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 613 pages, about 168,575 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's Miracle at Midway, comes a myth-smashing new interpretation of this great naval engagement." "Making extensive use of untapped Japanese primary sources, including Imperial Navy operational records never before used by Western authors, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully reconstruct the actual sequence of the critical events of June 4, 1942, looking afresh at the decisions of the U.S and Japanese commanders, and placing them within the seldom-understood context of the Imperial Navy's doctrine and technology. Readable and filled with insights and reassessments, Shattered Sword is the first substantive contribution to our understanding of the Battle of Midway in more than a generation. With a foreword by a leading World War II naval historian John Lundstrom, it will become an indispensable part of any military history buff's library."--Jacket.
Subjects: Japanese Aerial operations, Japanese Naval operations, American Aerial operations, American Naval operations, Japanese, Naval Military operations
