It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction by Joseph M. Siracusa
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Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Bomb is still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. As Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les Aspin, aptly put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is no more. But the post-Cold War world is decidedly not post-nuclear'. For all the effort to reduce nuclear stockpiles to zero, it seems that the Bomb is here to stay. This Very Short Introduction reveals why. The history, and politics of the bomb are explained: from the technology of nuclear weapons, to the revolutionary implications of the...
Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction by Joseph M. Siracusa is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.
This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction aloud.
Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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