How Long to Read America's Soul in the Balance

How Long Does it Take to Read America's Soul in the Balance?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read America's Soul in the Balance by Gregory Wallance

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The chilling true story of the senior officials of the U.S. State Department at the height of World War II, whom some accused of being "accomplices of Hitler". A largely forgotten chapter of American history. After America entered World War II, a genuine opportunity arose to save at least 70,000 Romanian Jews who had been deported to the killing fields of Transnistria. America did not intervene. Treasury Department lawyers believed that the State Department was not simply guilty of a failure to act but also of deliberately suppressing reports of the vast slaughter in occupied Europe and blocking efforts to rescue Jews. America's Soul in the Balance is an exploration of the truth behind that accusation, and of the dispute that ensued. Meticulous research that reads like a suspense novel. Though the book contains nearly five hundred endnotes, Greg Wallance explores this titanic bureaucratic battle in prose that reads like an engrossing novel. The drama is high as Treasury Department lawyers, tough-minded New Dealers from middle-class backgrounds, fought with the diplomats in the State Department, whose elitism isolated them from the suffering of human beings different from themselves. Plenty of applications for our modern world. Wallance draws parallels from this cautionary tale for current world leaders as they weigh the costs of intervention against genocidal madness and the consequences of not acting. Quoting from the Talmud, he reminds them that "To save one life is as if you have saved the world".

How long is America's Soul in the Balance?

America's Soul in the Balance by Gregory Wallance is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read America's Soul in the Balance Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read America's Soul in the Balance aloud.

What Reading Level is America's Soul in the Balance?

America's Soul in the Balance is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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