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The Guns of August

by Barbara W Tuchman

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ISBN13: 9780345386236
ISBN10: 034538623x
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Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, The Guns of August will not be forgotten.

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"More dramtatic than fiction...The Guns of August is a magnificent narrative – beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained....The product of painstaking and sophisticated research." The Chicago Tribune

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"Fascinating...one of the finest works of history written...a splendid and glittering performance." The New York Times

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"A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.' A writer with an impeccable sense of telling detail, Ms. Tuchman is able to evoke both the enormous pattern of the tragedy and the minutiae which make it human." Newsweek

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"An epic never flagging in suspense....It seemed hardly possible that anything new of significance could be said about the prelude to and the first month of World War I. But this is exactly what Ms. Tuchman has succeeded in doing....Where she has improved upon her predecessors is in illuminating, practically inch by inch, the roads by which the fateful decisions were reached in Berlin, Paris, St. Petersburg, and London and by transforming the drama's protagonists as well as its immense supporting cast from half-legendary and half-shadowy figures into full-dimensional, believable persons." The Christian Science Monitor

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"In provoking musing thoughts Ms. Tuchman has no contemporary equal. Her book, thus, has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtes, which are considerable, and its feel for characterizations, which is excellent." The Wall Street Journal

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"More dramtatic than fiction...THE GUNS OF AUGUST is a magnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained....The product of painstaking and sophisticated research."

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to Worl War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, THE GUNS OF AUGUST will not be forgotten.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-455) and index.
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d, July 31, 2008 (view all comments by d)
Tuchman is detail oriented and thorough which can make it hard to get through some of her books. My favorite of hers is The March of Folly. It's readable and thought provoking, as well as being especially applicable to contemporary America.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780345386236
Preface:
Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim
Foreword:
Massie, Robert K.
Preface by:
Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim
Preface:
Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim
Author:
Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim
Author:
Tuchman, Barbara W.
Author:
Massie, Robert K.
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Campaigns
Subject:
Military - World War I
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns.
Copyright:
1994
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
no. 3612
Publication Date:
19940331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
544
Dimensions:
8.24x5.64x1.03 in. 1.12 lbs.
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Product details 544 pages Ballantine Books - English 9780345386236 Reviews:
"Review" by , "More dramtatic than fiction...The Guns of August is a magnificent narrative – beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained....The product of painstaking and sophisticated research."
"Review" by , "Fascinating...one of the finest works of history written...a splendid and glittering performance."
"Review" by , "A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.' A writer with an impeccable sense of telling detail, Ms. Tuchman is able to evoke both the enormous pattern of the tragedy and the minutiae which make it human."
"Review" by , "An epic never flagging in suspense....It seemed hardly possible that anything new of significance could be said about the prelude to and the first month of World War I. But this is exactly what Ms. Tuchman has succeeded in doing....Where she has improved upon her predecessors is in illuminating, practically inch by inch, the roads by which the fateful decisions were reached in Berlin, Paris, St. Petersburg, and London and by transforming the drama's protagonists as well as its immense supporting cast from half-legendary and half-shadowy figures into full-dimensional, believable persons."
"Review" by , "In provoking musing thoughts Ms. Tuchman has no contemporary equal. Her book, thus, has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtes, which are considerable, and its feel for characterizations, which is excellent."
"Synopsis" by , "More dramtatic than fiction...THE GUNS OF AUGUST is a magnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained....The product of painstaking and sophisticated research."

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to Worl War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, THE GUNS OF AUGUST will not be forgotten.
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