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Barbara Tuchman

USA · WWI — narrative history

About

Two-time Pulitzer winner whose account of the war's opening month set the standard for narrative history and was read in the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Books in Database (1)

The Guns of August cover
The Guns of August 1962 · 511 pages

A day-by-day narrative of the war's first month, from the funeral of Edward VII to the Marne.

Popular History

Events Covered

1914 Assassination at Sarajevo 1914 First Battle of the Marne 1914 Battle of Tannenberg