How Long to Read War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict

How Long Does it Take to Read War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 52 minutes to read War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict by David Shields

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

Description

Bestselling author David Shields analyzed over a decade's worth of front-page war photographs fromTheNew York Timesand came to a shocking conclusion: the photo-editing process ofthe "paper of record,"by way of pretty, heroic, and lavishly aesthetic image selection, pullsthe woolover the eyes of its readers; Shields forces us to face not only the the media's complicity in dubious and catastrophic military campaigns but our own as well.This powerful media mouthpiece, the mightyTimes, far from being a check on governmental power, is in reality a massive amplifier for its dark forces by virtue of the way it aestheticizeswarfare. Anyone baffled by the willful American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan can't help but see in this book how eagerly and invariably theTimesled the way in making the case for these wars through the manipulation of its visuals. Shields forces the reader to weigh the consequences of our own passivity in the face of these images' opiatic numbing. The photographs gathered inWar Is Beautiful, often beautiful and always artful, are filters of reality rather than the documentary journalism they purport to be.

How long is War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict?

War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict by David Shields is 112 pages long, and a total of 28,224 words.

This makes it 38% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 34 minutes to read War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict aloud.

What Reading Level is War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict?

War is Beautiful - The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict is suitable for students ages 10 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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