How Long to Read Secret Leviathan

How Long Does it Take to Read Secret Leviathan?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 42 minutes to read Secret Leviathan by Mark Harrison

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

Description

The Soviet Union was one of the most secretive states that ever existed. Defended by a complex apparatus of rules and checks administered by the secret police, the Soviet state had seemingly unprecedented capabilities based on its near monopoly of productive capital, monolithic authority, and secretive decision making. But behind the scenes, Soviet secrecy was double-edged: it raised transaction costs, incentivized indecision, compromised the effectiveness of government officials, eroded citizens' trust in institutions and in each other, and led to a secretive society and an uninformed elite. The result is what this book calls the secrecy/capacity tradeoff: a bargain in which the Soviet state accepted the reduction of state capacity as the cost of ensuring its own survival. This book is the first comprehensive, analytical, multi-faceted history of Soviet secrecy in the English language. Harrison combines quantitative and qualitative evidence to evaluate the impact of secrecy on Soviet state capacity from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Based on multiple years of research in once-secret Soviet-era archives, this book addresses two gaps in history and social science: one the core role of secrecy in building and stabilizing the communist states of the twentieth century; the other the corrosive effects of secrecy on the capabilities of authoritarian states.

How long is Secret Leviathan?

Secret Leviathan by Mark Harrison is 401 pages long, and a total of 100,651 words.

This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 123% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Secret Leviathan Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 10 minutes to read Secret Leviathan aloud.

What Reading Level is Secret Leviathan?

Secret Leviathan is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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