Book
Guns of August
- Published
- 1962
- Genre
- History
- Publisher
- De Arbeiderspers
- Pages
- 658
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40779082-the-guns-of-august?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
Reading measures
- Lexile
- 1350L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 16–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
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In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize–winning 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.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9789029564175
- ISBN-10
- 9029564172
Tags
Award Winners-Pulitzer PrizeContinents-EuropeHistoryNonfictionWarWWI