How long does it take to read The Nemesis of Power?
The German Army in Politics 1918-1945
John W. Wheeler-Bennett
The Nemesis of Power by John W. Wheeler-Bennett takes about 15 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 12 minutes
A long haul
First published 1953. 829 pages, about 227,975 words.
31 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 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Nemesis of Power is the definitive account of the General Staff of first the German Empire through the Weimar Republic and the birth and ultimate death of the Third Reich. Historical Adviser to the British Royal Archives, Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, gives a rather sympathetic portrayal of the Wehrmacht but certainly not of Hitler and the NSDAP themselves, as the struggle for control of military operations between the Army and SS as well as between civilian authorities and the paramilitary SA up until the Night of the Long Knives makes apparent. The account of German Army operations and political actions throughout the Interbellum is especially detailed and provides a great deal of invaluable information for the serious academic if not for the casual reader.
Subjects: Armed Forces, Germany. Heer, History, Militarism, Politics and government, Germany, heer
