The Guns of August - Hardcover

Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0026203111 ISBN 13: 9780026203111

Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co, 1989

Synopsis

Lucid examination of the critical moves of August, 1914--the carefully-planned strategies, first bloody clashes, and shocking realizations of prolonged battles

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Review:

"Fascinating . . . One of the finest works of history written . . . A splendid and glittering performance."
-"The New York Times
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"MORE DRAMATIC THAN FICTION . . . A MAGNIFICENT NARRATIVE . . . elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained . . . The product of painstaking and sophisticated research."
-"Chicago Tribune"

"A BRILLIANT PIECE OF MILITARY HISTORY which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.' A writer with an impeccable sense of telling detail, Mrs. Tuchman is able to evoke both the enormous pattern of the tragedy and the minutiae which make it human."
-"Newsweek"

"[A] BEAUTIFULLY ORGANIZED, COMPELLING NARRATIVE."
-"San Francisco Chronicle
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"AN EPIC NEVER FLAGGING IN SUSPENSE . . . It seemed hardly possible that anything new of significance could be said about the prelude to and the first month of World War I. But this is exactly what Mrs. Tuchman has succeeded in doing . . . by transforming the drama's protagonists as well as its immense supporting cast, from half-legendary and half shadowy figures into full-dimensional, believable persons."
-"The Christian Science Monitor"

"EXCELLENT . . . ["The Guns of August"] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues."
-"The Wall Street Journal"
A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill s statement that the first month of World War I was a drama never surpassed. Newsweek
More dramatic than fiction . . . a magnificent narrative beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained. Chicago Tribune

A fine demonstration that with sufficient art rather specialized history can be raised to the level of literature. The New York Times

[The Guns of August] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues, which are considerable, and its feel for characterizations, which is excellent. The Wall Street Journal"

"A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.'"--Newsweek
"More dramatic than fiction . . . a magnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained."--Chicago Tribune

"A fine demonstration that with sufficient art rather specialized history can be raised to the level of literature."--The New York Times

"[The Guns of August] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues, which are considerable, and its feel for characterizations, which is excellent."--The Wall Street Journal

Book Description:

'The most realistic and breathtaking account of what front-line action was like in World War II... by any combatant, Allied or Axis.' Douglas Fisher

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0026203111
• ISBN 13: 9780026203111
• Binding: Hardcover