How Long to Read Empires On The Pacific

How Long Does it Take to Read Empires On The Pacific?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 55 minutes to read Empires On The Pacific by Robert S. Thompson

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

Description

Empires on the Pacific smashes the standard narrative of World War II in the Pacific theater, showing America's aim to replace Britain as East Asia's New Imperial Power. Robert Smith Thompson offers a long overdue explanation of what America's war against Japan was really about--in a word: China. The over-reaching British Empire was waning yet unwilling to relinquish its foothold in China, while an increasingly ambitious Japan was determined to dominate the region by conquering China. Enter the young upstart, America. For Franklin Delano Roosevelt and for the United States, the war with Japan had little to do with revenge for Pearl Harbor. Japan would have to be vanquished so that it would never again be an imperial rival.Thompson's recasting of the Asian conflict profoundly alters our understanding of World War II in the Pacific and of what followed in Korea and in Vietnam. Revisionist history at its best, Empires on the Pacific is a far-reaching book that requires us to re-evaluate what we thought we knew about twentieth-century American history and what many still consider our last "good war."

How long is Empires On The Pacific?

Empires On The Pacific by Robert S. Thompson is 472 pages long, and a total of 118,944 words.

This makes it 159% the length of the average book. It also has 145% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Empires On The Pacific Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 49 minutes to read Empires On The Pacific aloud.

What Reading Level is Empires On The Pacific?

Empires On The Pacific 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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