It takes the average reader 6 hours and 45 minutes to read Patterns in the Dust by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalist government collapsed in 1949 despite United States support for the regime during the anti-Communist civil war. American policymakers were then forced to choose between rescuing the Nationalists or coming to terms with China's Communist government. The Truman Administration, caught up in the calculations of cold war diplomacy, refused to make a rash decision. Secretary of State Dean Acheson likened the Nationalist collapse to a tree falling in the forest--the United States would have to wait for the dust settled before it could see ahead clearly. Patterns...
Patterns in the Dust by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker is 396 pages long, and a total of 101,376 words.
This makes it 134% the length of the average book. It also has 124% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 13 minutes to read Patterns in the Dust aloud.
Patterns in the Dust 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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