How long does it take to read The Way of the Knife?
The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
Mark Mazzetti
The Way of the Knife by Mark Mazzetti takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2013. 400 pages, about 110,000 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world's dark spaces: the new American way of war.
Subjects: Interagency coordination, National security, Military policy, United States, United States. Department of Defense, Decision making
