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The Guns of August

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Random House Publishing Group, Aug 3, 2004 - History - 640 pages
"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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Highest compliments on the research and the writing. - Goodreads
A non-writer genius at work in this book. - Goodreads
Very precise, well written and researched. - Goodreads
Failure of reader more than writer here. - Goodreads
Deffinately thought provoking and educational. - Goodreads
A quick pace tends to accentuate the experience. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Greg Talbot - Goodreads

WWI as it unfolds in the first thirty days is narrated by Tuchman in an engaging and detailed analysis. Given multiple readings, a reader will likely still be overwhelmed by the fast-paced events and ... Read full review

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User Review  - Cathy - Goodreads

While I can't say I enjoyed the book immensely (thus 2 stars), I am glad to have read it to understand more about WWI. The importance of the subject and the challenge of coherently presenting even 30 ... Read full review

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About the author (2004)

Barbara W. Tuchman achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August, which won the Pulitzer Prize. There followed five more books: The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (also awarded the Pulitzer Prize), A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, and The March of Folly. The First Salute was Mrs. Tuchman's last book before her death in February 1989.

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TitleThe Guns of August
AuthorBarbara W. Tuchman
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group, 2004
ISBN0345476093, 9780345476098
Length640 pages
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History / Military / World War I
History / Modern / 20th Century
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