How Long to Read Shifting Sands

How Long Does it Take to Read Shifting Sands?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read Shifting Sands by Joel S. Migdal

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

Description

Joel S. Migdal focuses on the approach U.S. officials adopted toward the Middle East after World War II, one that paid scant attention to tectonic shifts in the region. The United States did not restrict its strategic model to the Middle East—beginning with Harry S. Truman, American presidents applied a uniform strategy rooted in the country’s Cold War experience in Europe to regions across the globe, designed to project America into nearly every corner of the world while limiting costs and overreach. The approach was simple: find a local power that could play Great Britain’s role in Europe after the war, sharing the burden of exercising power, and establish a security alliance along the lines of NATO. Yet regional changes following the creation of Israel, the Free Officers Coup in Egypt, the rise of Arab nationalism from 1948 to 1952, and, later, the Iranian Revolution and the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in 1979 complicated this project. Migdal shows how insufficient attention to these key transformations led to a series of missteps and misconceptions in the twentieth century. With the Arab uprisings of 2009–2011 prompting another major shift, Migdal sees an opportunity for the United States to deploy a new, more workable strategy, and he concludes with a plan for gaining a stable foothold.

How long is Shifting Sands?

Shifting Sands by Joel S. Migdal is 424 pages long, and a total of 107,696 words.

This makes it 143% the length of the average book. It also has 132% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shifting Sands Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 48 minutes to read Shifting Sands aloud.

What Reading Level is Shifting Sands?

Shifting Sands 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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