It takes the average reader 7 hours and 51 minutes to read The Sphinx: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II by Nicholas Wapshott
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war. May 1938. Franklin Delano Roosevelt—recently reelected to a second term as president—sat in the Oval Office and contemplated two possibilities: the rule of fascism overseas, and a third term. With Hitler's reach extending into Austria, and with the atrocities of World War I still fresh in the American memory, Roosevelt faced the question that would prove one of the most defining in American history: whether to once again go to war in Europe. In The Sphinx,...
The Sphinx: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II by Nicholas Wapshott is 464 pages long, and a total of 117,856 words.
This makes it 157% the length of the average book. It also has 144% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 44 minutes to read The Sphinx: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II aloud.
The Sphinx: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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