How long does it take to read The Decisive Wars of History?
The Decisive Wars of History by B. H. Liddell Hart takes about 7 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1929. 420 pages, about 115,500 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
First published under title The Decisive Wars of History; later, Strategy: The indirect approach.
Subjects: Military History, Strategy, Histoire militaire, Estrategia, Stratégie, Guerrilla warfare