How Long to Read Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap?

By Graham Allison

How Long Does it Take to Read Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap??

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap? by Graham Allison

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

Description

China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides' Trap, a deadly pattern of structural stress that results when a rising power challenges a ruling one. This phenomenon is as old as history itself. About the Peloponnesian War that devastated ancient Greece, the historian Thucydides explained- 'It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.' Over the past 500 years, these conditions have occurred sixteen times. War broke out in twelve of them. Today, as an unstoppable China approaches an immovable...

How long is Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap??

Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap? by Graham Allison is 400 pages long, and a total of 100,000 words.

This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap? Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap? aloud.

What Reading Level is Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap??

Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap? is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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