How Long to Read Hitler's Ambivalent Attache

How Long Does it Take to Read Hitler's Ambivalent Attache?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 30 minutes to read Hitler's Ambivalent Attache by Alfred M. Beck

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

Description

Friedrich von Boetticher was Germany's only military attaché accredited to the United States between the world wars. As such, he was Germany's official military observer in the capital of the nation whose potential as an ally of those powers arrayed against Adolf Hitler in the 1930s might have given the dictator pause in any predatory plans he harbored against his neighbors. Though von Boetticher produced a rich and detailed commentary on military and political affairs in Washington in the eight years prior to the outbreak of war between Germany and the United States in 1941, he was nonetheless accused after the war of misjudging America's productive potential and misleading Hitler with overly optimistic reports. As Alfred M. Beck points out, what he actually told German authorities in Berlin is strikingly different from what his detractors later claimed. Von Boetticher "permits a glimpse into the sociology of a conservative officer caste at once assailed by the politics of a regime and the impossibilities imposed on it, its weaknesses in resisting its evils, and its eventual failure to present an alternative to National Socialism's illusory attractions." A loyal German, von Boetticher had strong ties to America. His mother was American-born, he spoke English fluently, and he was enamored of American military history. He was also anti-Semitic and believed that "Jewish wire-pullers" had undue influence over the U.S. government and its policies. His professional ties to U.S. Army officers in the War Department were so strong--supplying them, for example, with details on German air strength and operations during the Battle of Britain in 1940--that they survived until August 1941 and long after the German ambassador himself had been recalled. Torn between his duty to Germany (though the Nazi regime had attempted to harm his son) and his deep affection for America, von Boetticher stood among the broad middle range of German officials who were neither perpetrator nor victim.

How long is Hitler's Ambivalent Attache?

Hitler's Ambivalent Attache by Alfred M. Beck is 609 pages long, and a total of 157,731 words.

This makes it 206% the length of the average book. It also has 193% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hitler's Ambivalent Attache Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 21 minutes to read Hitler's Ambivalent Attache aloud.

What Reading Level is Hitler's Ambivalent Attache?

Hitler's Ambivalent Attache is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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