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Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989)

Auteur de Un lointain miroir : Le XIVe siècle de calamités

23+ oeuvres 26,675 utilisateurs 419 critiques 129 Favoris
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Barbara W. Tuchman achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram, and international fame with The Guns of August--a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. There followed other successes, including The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (also afficher plus awarded the Pulitzer Prize), A Distant Mirror, The March of Folly, and The First Salute. afficher moins

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Œuvres de Barbara W. Tuchman

Août 14 (1962) 6,639 exemplaires
La marche folle de l'histoire (1984) 2,853 exemplaires
Le secret de la grande guerre (1958) 1,518 exemplaires
Practicing History: Selected Essays (1981) 987 exemplaires
Notes from China (1972) 107 exemplaires
The Book (1980) 19 exemplaires

Oeuvres associées

Le marchand de Prato (1957) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions486 exemplaires
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (1997) — Contributeur — 142 exemplaires
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributeur — 133 exemplaires
The Anarchists (1964) — Contributeur — 112 exemplaires
Summer: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (2005) — Contributeur — 38 exemplaires
Pulitzer Prize Reader (1961) — Contributeur — 27 exemplaires

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April-June Theme Read: War and Regions in Conflict à Reading Globally (Février 10)
GROUP READ: The Guns of August à 2013 Category Challenge (Septembre 2013)

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In this LOA volume, Barbara Tuchman's "The Proud Tower" & "The Guns of August" are contained here. History students studying the world leading up to the start of World War I will find Tuchman's work a solid understanding of how Europe failed to recognize the serious ramifications of ignoring warning signs that led to the horrific butchery of war.
 
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walterhistory | 2 autres critiques | May 18, 2024 |
The background includes a whirlwind of characters quickly described before moving on to the next blur of scenery. It took a while to get around to the details surrounding the Balfour declaration.
 
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bread2u | 14 autres critiques | May 15, 2024 |
 
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davidrgrigg | 36 autres critiques | Mar 23, 2024 |
This book is fantastic in its depth. The author did not come to fuck around, she came to murder - with precision - the fond notion of knighthood, kings, princesses, castles and any kind feelings you may have reserved for “the Church”.

When I began reading Dante’s Divine Comedy (not finished yet JEEZ), I realized how little I understood of 14th century western culture. For instance how the world of Dante reacted to his canticles - how his writings influenced culture. Anyway, I remembered to read this book. Which given the time we find ourselves in during a global pandemic .... this is triggering as fuck and also so goddamned well written. The parallels between then and now will ENRAGE you.

Anyway, the author’s writing is entertaining and everyone should read PARTS of this book. I get that 14th century plague and cultural commentary may not be for everyone, but if nothing else read the preface.
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Œuvres
23
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Membres
26,675
Popularité
#779
Évaluation
4.1
Critiques
419
ISBN
403
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Favoris
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