The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War era
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
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Manufacturer: Presidio Press
Release date: 3 August 2004
ISBN-10 : 0345476093 | ISBN-13: 9780345476098
Release date: 3 August 2004
ISBN-10 : 0345476093 | ISBN-13: 9780345476098
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