How Long to Read Why We've Stopped Winning Wars

How Long Does it Take to Read Why We've Stopped Winning Wars?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 36 minutes to read Why We've Stopped Winning Wars by Gérard Chaliand

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

Description

Why has the West stopped winning wars, when since it set out to conquer the world in the sixteenth century and through to World War II, it had been almost systematically victorious? After World War II, beginning with the French defeat in Indochina, the tables began to turn to its disadvantage. The United States itself, with or without its allies, has engaged in costly interventions and has obtained nothing but mediocre military results along with disastrous political consequences.To answer this question, Gérard Chaliand, a French strategist, geopolitics expert, field observer, and professor, offers here a clear and sweeping view of the West's engagement in asymmetric, or irregular warfare since the Spanish conquest of Latin America and much later, for instance, the US intervention in Vietnam, to today's ongoing conflict in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, where previously successful recipes for victory have turned into failed attempts and useless occupation quagmires. As he discusses the reasons for this, we face a nagging underlying question: Does the West still really want to win wars? At what cost? The book, published originally in French by Odile Jacob in March 2016, then again in September 2017 with an updated foreword, was awarded the "Prix du maréchal Foch" by the distinguished French Academy, the Académie française, in 2017.

How long is Why We've Stopped Winning Wars?

Why We've Stopped Winning Wars by Gérard Chaliand is 154 pages long, and a total of 39,116 words.

This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Why We've Stopped Winning Wars Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Why We've Stopped Winning Wars aloud.

What Reading Level is Why We've Stopped Winning Wars?

Why We've Stopped Winning Wars is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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