How Long to Read Fighting Means Killing

How Long Does it Take to Read Fighting Means Killing?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Fighting Means Killing by Jonathan M. Steplyk

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

Description

“War means fighting, and fighting means killing,” Confederate cavalry commander Nathan Bedford Forrest famously declared. The Civil War was fundamentally a matter of Americans killing Americans. This undeniable reality is what Jonathan Steplyk explores in Fighting Means Killing, the first book-length study of Union and Confederate soldiers’ attitudes toward, and experiences of, killing in the Civil War. Drawing upon letters, diaries, and postwar reminiscences, Steplyk examines what soldiers and veterans thought about killing before, during, and after the war. How did these soldiers view sharpshooters? How about hand-to-hand combat? What language did they use to describe killing in combat? What cultural and societal factors influenced their attitudes? And what was the impact of race in battlefield atrocities and bitter clashes between white Confederates and black Federals? These are the questions that Steplyk seeks to answer in Fighting Means Killing, a work that bridges the gap between military and social history—and that shifts the focus on the tragedy of the Civil War from fighting and dying for cause and country to fighting and killing.

How long is Fighting Means Killing?

Fighting Means Killing by Jonathan M. Steplyk is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fighting Means Killing Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Fighting Means Killing aloud.

What Reading Level is Fighting Means Killing?

Fighting Means Killing 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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