The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

640 pages first pub 1962 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeThe Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman's classic histories of the First World War era...

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mysterious 2%
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