How Long to Read Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain

How Long Does it Take to Read Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 2 minutes to read Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain by Robert F. Ober

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

Description

"Readers will discover the failures of Kissinger ́s policy of detente in the early 1970s, the mistaken departure from Carter ́s balanced policy toward China and the USSR, and the near-collapse of the embassy due to intelligence failures"-Foreign Service Journal. "Ober ́s book recounts it all, along with the personalities and events of the time now mostly forgotten: dissidents and refuseniks, Victor and Jennifer Louis, Nina and Ed Stevens, U.S.-Soviet summits, microwaves, bugged buildings and typewriters, fires, spy dust and spy mania . . . It ́s all there, the pageant of U.S. Embassy Moscow 1970-90, a place so unlike today ́s walled air-conditioned, high-rise embassy fortress a block away as to beggar the imagination."-Richard Gilbert, AmericanDiplomacy.org "You have wonderfully captured the way things were in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and ́80s. I don ́t know anyone who has done it better."-Donald Connery, former Time-Life correspondent, Moscow. "Together with much wisdom about American diplomacy, this rich memoir provides keen insight into Russian thinking and behavior"-George Feifer, "The Girl from Petrovka".

How long is Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain?

Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain by Robert F. Ober is 481 pages long, and a total of 120,731 words.

This makes it 162% the length of the average book. It also has 148% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 59 minutes to read Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain aloud.

What Reading Level is Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain?

Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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