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Barbara W. Tuchman: the Guns of August, the Proud Tower (LOA #222)

Barbara W. Tuchman: the Guns of August, the Proud Tower (LOA #222)( )
Author: Tuchman, Barbara W.
Editor: MacMillan, Margaret
ISBN:978-1-59853-145-9
Publication Date:Mar 2012
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $75.99
Book Description:

Writing with a clarity, grace, and novelistic sweep rare among historians, Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989) distilled the complex interplay of personalities and events into gripping narratives that fuse rigorous scholarship with elegant literary art. An astute portraitist, she brilliantly laid bare the all-too-human failures of leaders subject to the pull of historical currents and prone, often tragically, to the ingrained biases of culture and temperament. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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Book Details
Pages:1264
Detailed Subjects: History / Europe / General
History / Modern / 20Th Century / General
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War I
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.7 x 20.574 x 4.318 cm
Book Weight:0.875 Kilograms



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