How Long to Read Escape from Phnom Penh: Americans in the Cambodian War

How Long Does it Take to Read Escape from Phnom Penh: Americans in the Cambodian War?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Escape from Phnom Penh: Americans in the Cambodian War by Colonel Roy Sullivan USA RET

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

Description

Army lieutenant colonel Sam Briscoe volunteers for a job in exotic, wartime Cambodia to escape the routines of Pentagon duty and an acrid divorce. His new job gains an unexpected dimension when the Army Chief of Staff assigns Briscoe a secret task while in Cambodia which only the Chief of Staff and an Assistant Secretary of State know about. Once in Phnom Penh, Briscoes immediate boss, Brigadier General Cleveland, orders him to eliminate phantom soldiers from Cambodian army payrolls. Cleveland also admonishes Briscoe against advising the Cambodians and talking to reporters, particularly American ones. Briscoe quickly discovers that the pay for the non-existent or phantom soldiers goes into the pockets of their commanders. This introduces him to the fraud and graft rampant in the Cambodian armed forces as well as the government. Briscoes no win job is further complicated by an instantaneous--but forbidden romance--withAmerican freelance reporter Beth Keller. Once the American ambassador, to whom General Cleveland reports, hears about the romance, he tries to blackmail Briscoe into coercing Beth to soften her scathing investigative reporting about diplomatic bumbling at the American Embassy. While inspecting Cambodian infantry battalions, Briscoe unwittingly crosses the grey line between advising and assisting about which Cleveland warned. Beth Kellers widely publicized article in U.S. media highlights Briscoes disobeying the U.S. Congressional edict, as well as his own generals admonition against advising. How Beth and Briscoe solve their personal problems, while balancing their jobs and precarious positions with the ambassador and general, add to the drama of the helicopter evacuation of Americans from Communist-besieged Phnom Penh. The struggle between the army officer, his general, the ambassador plus an embassy political officer stalking Beth ends with the evacuation. One of the four will be the last American escaping Phnom Penh. Another wont make it.

How long is Escape from Phnom Penh: Americans in the Cambodian War?

Escape from Phnom Penh: Americans in the Cambodian War by Colonel Roy Sullivan USA RET is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Escape from Phnom Penh: Americans in the Cambodian War Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Escape from Phnom Penh: Americans in the Cambodian War aloud.

What Reading Level is Escape from Phnom Penh: Americans in the Cambodian War?

Escape from Phnom Penh: Americans in the Cambodian 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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