The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

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 - SourcesĬut-off text on some pages due to tight bindingĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 05:26:22 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40395518 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ' - The Russian Steam Roller - Outbreak - Outbreak - August 1: Berlin - August 1: Paris and London - Ultimatum in Brussels - 'Home Before the Leaves Fall' - Battle - 'Goeben. Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-455) and indexĪuthor'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.

Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1962. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, THE GUNS OF AUGUST will not be forgottenĪ 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. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. 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. THE GUNS OF AUGUST is a magnificent narrative-beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained.

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman