How long does it take to read Under Fire?
Under Fire by W. E. B. Griffin takes about 13 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 15 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2001. 723 pages, about 198,825 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 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After the epic struggle of World War II, W.E.B. Griffin's bestselling chronicle of the Marine Corps enters a new stage of modern warfare—with new weapons, new strategies, and a new breed of warrior—on the battlefields of Korea…In 1950, Captain Ken McCoy's report on North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that he is promptly booted out of the Corps—and just as promptly picked up by the fledgling CIA. Soon, his predictions come true: on June 25th the North Koreans invade across the 38th parallel. Immediately veterans scattered throughout military and civilian life are called up, many with only seventy-two hours notice. For these men and their families, names such as Inchon and Pusan will acquire a new, bloody reality—and become their greatest challenge of all…
Subjects: Military History, Fiction, United States, History, Military, United States. Marine Corps, Fiction, historical
