The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
From the precipitous plunge into war and the brutal and bloody battles of August 1914, this book shows how events were propelled by a horrific logic which swept all sides up in its unstoppable momentum.
Dazzling -- Max Hastings
MagnificentA masterpiece of the historian's art * Guardian *
A brilliant achievement * Sunday Telegraph *
Excellent * Wall Street Journal *
A brilliant piece of military history. A writer with an impeccable sense of telling detail, Tuchman is able to evoke both the enormous pattern of tragedy and the minutiae which make it human * Newsweek *
MagnificentA masterpiece of the historian's art * Guardian *
A brilliant achievement * Sunday Telegraph *
Excellent * Wall Street Journal *
A brilliant piece of military history. A writer with an impeccable sense of telling detail, Tuchman is able to evoke both the enormous pattern of tragedy and the minutiae which make it human * Newsweek *
Barbara Tuchman achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmerman Telegram and international fame with the Pulitzer-Prize winning The Guns of August. She is also the author of The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (also awarded the Pulitzer Prize), A Distant Mirror and The March of Folly. She died in 1989. The Guns of August and The Proud Tower are published by Penguin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241968215 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241968216 |
| Title | The Guns of August |
| Author | Barbara Tuchman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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