How Long to Read Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War

How Long Does it Take to Read Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 37 minutes to read Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War by Joseph Boskin

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

Description

At the height of the Korean War in 1952, a budding young historian was drafted into the U.S. Army just as the Pentagon was organizing a top-secret, scientific expeditionary unit, the Transportation Arctic Group (TRARG). Consisting of 275 military members and a cluster of civilian scientists from the United States and other countries, TRARG was sent to Thule Air Force Base, located on the west coast of northern Greenland. Its ostensible purpose was to map the terrain and test complex equipment at the edges of the Ice Cap. The covert objective, however, was to determine the feasibility of constructing yet another air base on the other side of Greenland, one that would be much closer to the enemy. As the sole historian of the unit, Corporal Boskin was responsible for compiling and transmitting weekly progress reports to the Pentagon and, at the conclusion of the mission, for assisting in the final assessment. The multivolume report was itself technically worthy, yet it possessed barely a hint of the personal story: the outsized characters, the dark comedy and real tragedy, the frustrations and waste, and the ongoing tug’of’war between the company commander and his corporal historian over the status of the report’s basic contents. Here Boskin tells that story, a keenly observed narrative that delivers both the absurd and the sublime in equal measure.

How long is Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War?

Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War by Joseph Boskin is 214 pages long, and a total of 54,356 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War aloud.

What Reading Level is Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War?

Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War 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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