It takes the average reader 11 hours and 50 minutes to read The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991 by Robert Service
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On 26 December, 1991, the hammer-and-sickle flag was lowered over the Kremlin for the last time. Yet, just six years earlier, when Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and chose Eduard Shevardnadze as his foreign minister, the Cold War seemed like a permanent fixture in world politics. Until its denouement, no Western or Soviet politician foresaw that the standoff between the two superpowers -- after decades of struggle over every aspect of security, politics, economics, and ideas -- would end within the lifetime of the current generation. Nor...
The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991 by Robert Service is 688 pages long, and a total of 177,504 words.
This makes it 232% the length of the average book. It also has 217% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 9 minutes to read The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991 aloud.
The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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