The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

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Ideal for the reader who craves the gripping feel of a political thriller yet hungers to witness how a single August in 1914—meticulously reconstructed from the funeral of Edward VII to the first shots—irrevocably bent the trajectory of the twentieth century.

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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 ...

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informative: 97%

challenging: 35%

reflective: 35%

dark: 27%

tense: 19%

adventurous: 14%

sad: 13%

emotional: 9%

funny: 5%

inspiring: 3%

mysterious: 1%

relaxing: 1%


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