A review by spenar
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series by Barbara W. Tuchman

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

In The Proud Tower, Tuchman employs her considerable talent as a historian to describe an often-overlooked period of recent history and offers a portrait of Europe and America as it stood in the years leading up to the first world war. The author deftly incorporates a breadth of historical information and analysis into a narrative that manages to be compelling despite its scope.