How Long to Read Dropping the Torch

How Long Does it Take to Read Dropping the Torch?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read Dropping the Torch by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes

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

Description

Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War offers a diplomatic history of the 1980 Olympic boycott. Broad in its focus, it looks at events in Washington, D.C., as well as the opposition to the boycott and how this attempted embargo affected the athletic contests in Moscow. Jimmy Carter based his foreign policy on assumptions that had fundamental flaws and reflected a superficial familiarity with the Olympic movement. These basic mistakes led to a campaign that failed to meet its basic mission objectives but did manage to insult the Soviets just enough to destroy...

How long is Dropping the Torch?

Dropping the Torch by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes is 340 pages long, and a total of 85,000 words.

This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dropping the Torch Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 44 minutes to read Dropping the Torch aloud.

What Reading Level is Dropping the Torch?

Dropping the Torch 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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