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The Guns of August - Mass Market Paperback By Barbara W. Tuchman - GOOD
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- ISBN
- 0345476093
- Book Title
- Guns of August : the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic about the Outbreak of World War I
- Item Length
- 6.8in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Mass Market
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Modern / 20th Century, Military / World War I
- Item Width
- 4.2in
- Item Weight
- 11 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 640 Pages
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * "A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.'"-- Newsweek Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In this landmark 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. The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmermann Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman's classic histories of the First World War era
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Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345476093
ISBN-13
9780345476098
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Guns of August : the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic about the Outbreak of World War I
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 20th Century, Military / World War I
Publication Year
2004
Genre
History
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.8in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
4.2in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Additional Product Features
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D530
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"A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.'" -- Newsweek "More dramatic than fiction . . . a magnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained." -- Chicago Tribune "A fine demonstration that with sufficient art rather specialized history can be raised to the level of literature." -- The New York Times "[ The Guns of August ] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues, which are considerable, and its feel for characterizations, which is excellent." -- The Wall Street Journal, "Fascinating . . . One of the finest works of history written . . . A splendid and glittering performance." The New York Times "MORE DRAMATIC THAN FICTION . . . A MAGNIFICENT NARRATIVE . . . elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained . . . The product of painstaking and sophisticated research." Chicago Tribune "A BRILLIANT PIECE OF MILITARY HISTORY which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.' A writer with an impeccable sense of telling detail, Mrs. Tuchman is able to evoke both the enormous pattern of the tragedy and the minutiae which make it human." Newsweek "[A] BEAUTIFULLY ORGANIZED, COMPELLING NARRATIVE." San Francisco Chronicle "AN EPIC NEVER FLAGGING IN SUSPENSE . . . It seemed hardly possible that anything new of significance could be said about the prelude to and the first month of World War I. But this is exactly what Mrs. Tuchman has succeeded in doing . . . by transforming the drama's protagonists as well as its immense supporting cast, from half-legendary and half shadowy figures into full-dimensional, believable persons." The Christian Science Monitor "EXCELLENT . . . [ The Guns of August ] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues." The Wall Street Journal, "Fascinating . . . One of the finest works of history written . . . A splendid and glittering performance." The New York Times "MORE DRAMATIC THAN FICTION . . . A MAGNIFICENT NARRATIVE . . . elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained . . . The product of painstaking and sophisticated research." Chicago Tribune "A BRILLIANT PIECE OF MILITARY HISTORY which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.' A writer with an impeccable sense of telling detail, Mrs. Tuchman is able to evoke both the enormous pattern of the tragedy and the minutiae which make it human." Newsweek "[A] BEAUTIFULLY ORGANIZED, COMPELLING NARRATIVE." San Francisco Chronicle "AN EPIC NEVER FLAGGING IN SUSPENSE . . . It seemed hardly possible that anything new of significance could be said about the prelude to and the first month of World War I. But this is exactly what Mrs. Tuchman has succeeded in doing . . . by transforming the drama's protagonists as well as its immense supporting cast, from half-legendary and half shadowy figures into full-dimensional, believable persons." The Christian Science Monitor "EXCELLENT . . . [The Guns of August] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues." The Wall Street Journal, "A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.'" -- Newsweek "More dramatic than fiction . . . a magnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained." -- Chicago Tribune "A fine demonstration that with sufficient art rather specialized history can be raised to the level of literature." -- The New York Times "[ The Guns of August ] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues, which are considerable, and its feel for characterizations, which is excellent." -- The Wall Street Journal
Copyright Date
1994
Dewey Decimal
940.421
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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