The guns of august
(Book)
Author:
Published:
Franklin Center, Penn. : The Franklin Library, 1984.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Lexile measure:
1350L
Status:
Description
"The drama of August, 1914, a month of battle in which war was waged on a scale unsurpassed, and whose results determined the shape of the world in which we live today."--Jacket.
In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize-winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the war's key players, Tuchman's magnum opus is a classic for the ages. - Random House.
Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't.
In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize-winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the war's key players, Tuchman's magnum opus is a classic for the ages. - Random House.
Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't.
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West Haven Ora Mason Adult Non-fiction
940.3 TUC
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Language:
English
Lexile measure:
1350
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Tuchman, B. W. (1984). The guns of august. The Franklin Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Tuchman, Barbara W. 1912-1989. 1984. The Guns of August. The Franklin Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Tuchman, Barbara W. 1912-1989, The Guns of August. The Franklin Library, 1984.
MLA Citation (style guide)Tuchman, Barbara W. The Guns of August. The Franklin Library, 1984.
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