How long does it take to read The Coldest Winter?
America and the Korean War
The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam takes about 13 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 21 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2007. 728 pages, about 200,200 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Around Thanksgiving, 1950, while the rest of the country paid as little attention as possible, units of the Second Infantry Division were virtually annihilated by forces of the People’s Republic Army. It was a defeat which shocked an otherwise disinterested and distant nation. In The Coldest Winter, award-winning reporter and historian David Halberstam explodes this moment in time, using it as a jumping off point to delve into the Korean War’s particular horrors and triumphs. Using first-person interviews and detailed historical research, Halberstam exposes the truth about this underreported war by examining the geopolitics involved and also showing it from the vantage of the men whose poor fortune it was to be on history’s cutting edge. The book contains portrayals of ordinary soldiers as well as of McArthur, Eisenhower, and other major players.
Subjects: Koreakrieg, Koreaanse oorlog, Campaigns, Nonfiction, Military, History
