How Long to Read The Great Transition

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Transition?

It takes the average reader 14 hours and 28 minutes to read The Great Transition by Raymond L. Garthoff

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

Description

Raymond L. Garthoff examines the fateful final decade of U.S.-Soviet relations, from the start of the Reagan administration in 1981 through the end of the Soviet era—the collapse of the communist bloc, the end of Gorbachev's failed perestroika, and the demise of the Soviet Union itself at the end of 1991. While standing on its own, the book is a sequel to the author's earlier acclaimed, Détente and Confrontation: American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan, which covers the period 1969-1980. This volume features a detailed examination of the perspectives and actions of both the United States and the Soviet Union and their interaction, including the interrelationships of domestic factors with foreign and security policies in both countries and the involvement of both powers with other countries around the world, which infringed on their direct relationship. Besides analyzing the turn from confrontation to détente over the years of the Reagan and Bush administrations and Brezhnev through the Gorbachev administration, it reflects on the significance of the great transition from the cold war to a new era. It thus illuminates the very relevant recent history that underlines and informs American-Russian relations and the new situation of a post-Soviet, post-cold war world. Garthoff has obtained access to many formerly secret Soviet documents on this period in the Russian archives, as well as to a number of official American documents that have only recently been declassified. In addition, he has been able to interview and discuss the issues with many active or former Soviet and American officials. The author concludes that the key development was the advent of a Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, who recognized the need to cast off a failed world view and to end the cold war—and who successfully moved with the United States, under the Reagan and Bush administrations, and others, to achieve that goal; notwithstanding his failure in the parallel attempt to revitalize and transform the Soviet Union. Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Book of 1994

How long is The Great Transition?

The Great Transition by Raymond L. Garthoff is 862 pages long, and a total of 217,224 words.

This makes it 291% the length of the average book. It also has 265% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Transition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 47 minutes to read The Great Transition aloud.

What Reading Level is The Great Transition?

The Great Transition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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