The guns of August
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Ballantine, 1994.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st Ballantine Books ed.
Physical Desc:
xxiv, 511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Lexile measure:
1350L
Rating:
1350L
Status:
East Hampton Adult Nonfiction
940.4144 TUC
Description
"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 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.
A definitive Pulitzer Prize-winning recreation of the powderkeg that was Europe during the crucial first thirty days of World War I traces the actions of statesmen and patriots alike in Berlin, London, St. Petersburg, and Paris.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
034538623X, 9780345386236, 9780613187176, 0613187172, 9780345476098, 0345476093
Lexile measure:
1350
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1962. With new foreword.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-455) and index.
Description
"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 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.
Description
A definitive Pulitzer Prize-winning recreation of the powderkeg that was Europe during the crucial first thirty days of World War I traces the actions of statesmen and patriots alike in Berlin, London, St. Petersburg, and Paris.
Target Audience
1350L,Lexile
Awards
Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1963.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Tuchman, B. W. (1994). The guns of August. 1st Ballantine Books ed. Ballantine.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Tuchman, Barbara W. 1912-1989. 1994. The Guns of August. Ballantine.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Tuchman, Barbara W. 1912-1989, The Guns of August. Ballantine, 1994.
MLA Citation (style guide)Tuchman, Barbara W. The Guns of August. 1st Ballantine Books ed. Ballantine, 1994.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Author's Note -- Illustrations -- Maps -- A Funeral -- Plans -- "Let the Last Man on the Right Brush the Channel with his Sleeve" -- The Shadow of Sedan -- "A Single British Soldier ..." -- The Russian Steam Roller -- Outbreak -- Outbreak -- August 1: Berlin -- August 1: Paris and London -- Ultimatum in Brussels -- "Home Before the Leaves Fall" -- Battle -- "Goeben ... An Enemy Then Flying" -- Liege and Alsace -- BEF to the Continent -- Sambre et Meuse -- Debacle: Lorraine, Ardennes, Charleroi, Mons -- "The Cossacks Are Coming!" -- Tannenberg -- The Flames of Louvain -- Blue Water, Blockade, and the Great Neutral -- Retreat -- The Front Is Paris -- Von Kluck's Turn -- "Gentlemen, We Will Fight on the Marne" -- Afterword -- Sources. | |
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