How long does it take to read The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb?
The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb by Gar Alperovitz takes about 15 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 32 minutes
A long haul
First published 1995. 847 pages, about 232,925 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: History, Politics and government, Nuclear warfare, Campaigns, Strategy, Foreign relations
