How Long to Read The Great Class War 1914-1918

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Class War 1914-1918?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 44 minutes to read The Great Class War 1914-1918 by Jacques R. Pauwels

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

Description

Historian Jacques Pauwels applies a critical, revisionist lens to the First World War, offering readers a fresh interpretation that challenges mainstream thinking. As Pauwels sees it, war offered benefits to everyone, across class and national borders. For European statesmen, a large-scale war could give their countries new colonial territories, important to growing capitalist economies. For the wealthy and ruling classes, war served as an antidote to social revolution, encouraging workers to exchange socialism's focus on international solidarity for nationalism's intense militarism. And for the working classes themselves, war provided an outlet for years of systemic militarization -- quite simply, they were hardwired to pick up arms, and to do so eagerly. To Pauwels, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 -- traditionally upheld by historians as the spark that lit the powder keg -- was not a sufficient cause for war but rather a pretext seized upon by European powers to unleash the kind of war they had desired. But what Europe's elite did not expect or predict was some of the war's outcomes: social revolution and Communist Party rule in Russia, plus a wave of political and social democratic reforms in Western Europe that would have far-reaching consequences. Reflecting his broad research in the voluminous recent literature about the First World War by historians in the leading countries involved in the conflict, Jacques Pauwels has produced an account that challenges readers to rethink their understanding of this key event of twentieth century world history.

How long is The Great Class War 1914-1918?

The Great Class War 1914-1918 by Jacques R. Pauwels is 634 pages long, and a total of 161,036 words.

This makes it 214% the length of the average book. It also has 197% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Class War 1914-1918 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 39 minutes to read The Great Class War 1914-1918 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Great Class War 1914-1918?

The Great Class War 1914-1918 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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