It takes the average reader 10 hours and 37 minutes to read When The War Was Over by Elizabeth Becker
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, when the country was perceived as little more than a footnote to the Vietnam War. Then, with the rise of the Khmer Rouge in 1975 came the closing of the border and a systematic reorganization of Cambodian society. Everyone was sent from the towns and cities to the countryside, where they were forced to labor endlessly in the fields. The intelligentsia were brutally exterminated, and torture, terror, and death became routine. Ultimately, almost two million people—nearly a quarter of the...
When The War Was Over by Elizabeth Becker is 632 pages long, and a total of 159,264 words.
This makes it 213% the length of the average book. It also has 195% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 30 minutes to read When The War Was Over aloud.
When The War Was Over is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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