How Long to Read Contesting home defence

How Long Does it Take to Read Contesting home defence?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Contesting home defence by Penny Summerfield

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

Description

Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard’s reputation and explores whether this ‘people’s army’ was a site of social cohesion or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the war and has been since, notably in Dad’s Army, and discusses the memories of men...

How long is Contesting home defence?

Contesting home defence by Penny Summerfield 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 Contesting home defence Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Contesting home defence aloud.

What Reading Level is Contesting home defence?

Contesting home defence 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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