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The guns of august is a documentary that follows the book by the same title by author, barbara tuchman 19121989, an eminent american historian. W hen i first read barbara tuchman s the guns of august in the autumn of 1963 it was as though history went from black and white to technicolor. The premise was so promising, noted historian takes a four egregious disatsers the trojan horse, the papal actions in the lead up to luther, the loss of the american colonies and the vietnam war to understand what led to the decisions. These first three qualities are present in all of barbara tuchman s work, but in the guns of august there is a fourth which makes the book, once taken up, almost impossible to set aside. The guns of august barbara tuchman after the marne the war grew and spread until it drew in the nations of both hemispheres and entangled them in. You will be intrigued and find that even though the main subject of the book is the zimmerman telegram that it is the various people involved that makes the story come to life. Barbara tuchman s the guns of august is a spellbinding history of the fateful first month when britain went to war. The premise was so promising, noted historian takes a four egregious disatsers the trojan horse, the papal actions in the lead up to luther, the loss of the american colonies and the vietnam war to. In this landmark, pulitzer prizewinning account, renowned historian barbara w.
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