It takes the average reader 12 hours and 50 minutes to read Guts and Glory by Lawrence H. Suid
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Guts and Glory: The Making of the American Military Image in Film is the definitive study of the symbiotic relationship between the film industry and the United States armed services. Since the first edition was published nearly two decades ago, the nation has experienced several wars, both on the battlefield and in movie theatres and living rooms at home. Now, author Lawrence Suid has extensively revised and expanded his classic history of the mutual exploitation of the film industry and the military, exploring how Hollywood has reflected and effected changes in America's image of its armed services. He offers in-depth looks at such classic films as Wings, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The Longest Day, Patton, Top Gun, An Officer and a Gentleman, and Saving Private Ryan, as well as the controversial war movies The Green Berets, M*A*S*H, the Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, and Born on the Fourth of July.
Guts and Glory by Lawrence H. Suid is 770 pages long, and a total of 192,500 words.
This makes it 260% the length of the average book. It also has 235% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 31 minutes to read Guts and Glory aloud.
Guts and Glory is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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