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The Guns of August: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War
Barbara Tuchman
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Description for The Guns of August: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 468.
Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August is a spellbinding history of the fateful first month when Britain went to war.
War pressed against every frontier. Suddenly dismayed, governments struggled and twisted to fend it off. It was no use . . .
Barbara Tuchman's universally acclaimed, Pulitzer prize-winning account of how the first thirty days of battle determined the course of the First World War is to this day revered as the classic account of the conflict's opening. From the precipitous plunge into war and the brutal and bloody battles of August 1914, Tuchman shows how events were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241968215
SKU
9780241968215
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About Barbara Tuchman
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Guns of August: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War
Dazzling
Max Hastings Magnificent. A 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 ... Read more
Max Hastings Magnificent. A 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 ... Read more