The Guns of August

Written by Barbara W. Tuchman

Part of the Great War Series series

Witness the first month of WWI, a pivotal drama shaping the century.

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606 pages

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In the summer of 1914, the world teetered on the brink of war. Through the eyes of key players, experience the tense thirty days that ignited World War I. As nations plotted and tensions soared, the funeral of Edward VII marked the beginning of an inevitable clash. Discover how these fateful decisions shaped the century and our present world. What forces drove these leaders, and could the catastrophe have been averted? Dive into a gripping narrative that captures the drama and complexity of a world on the edge.

From the publisher

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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