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Août 14 (1962)

par Barbara W. Tuchman

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Séries: The Coming of the Great War (2)

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History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prizewinning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchmans classic histories of the First World War era
In this landmark, Pulitzer Prizewinning 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 the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the wars key players, Tuchmans magnum opus is a classic for the ages.
 
Praise for The Guns of August
 
A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchills statement that the first month of World War I was a drama never surpassed.Newsweek
 
More dramatic than fiction . . . a magnificent narrativebeautifully 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.
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  davidrgrigg | Mar 23, 2024 |
An excellent history of the forces that brought the war, and the first 30 days of battle that decided the length of the war. Ms. Tuchman paints a picture that shows an unsteady house of cards that could have changed history dramatically in several ways. Read and enjoy. ( )
  wvlibrarydude | Jan 15, 2024 |
There's a reason that this history written in 1962 still keeps appearing on lists of the best books about WWI. I'm not a fan of military history but would like to expand my understanding of WWI. I still don't love military history but five stars because it's hard to believe that a 600 page book about the first 30 days of a four year war could be this readable and so human. ( )
  mmcrawford | Dec 5, 2023 |
A justly celebrated account of the onset of a great catastrophe. Well balanced and quite compelling in its prose. There is little to say to those who have not read it except to do do what one can to influence them to do so. One cannot carry on any discussion of WWI without referrencing it somehow. ( )
  DinadansFriend | Nov 12, 2023 |
Again, maps! You need maps! ( )
  CMDoherty | Oct 3, 2023 |
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The human heart is the starting point of all matters pertaining to war.
--Marechal de Saxe
Reveries on the Art of War (Preface), 1732

The terrible Ifs accumulate.
--Winston Churchill
The World Crisis, Vol. I, Chap. XI
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So gorgeous was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910 when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England that the crowd, waiting in hushed and black-clad awe, could not keep back gasps of admiration.
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So gorgeous was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910 when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England that the crowd, waiting in hushed and black-clad awe, could not keep back gasps of admiration. In scarlet and blue and green and purple, three by three the sovereigns rode through the palace gates, with plumed helmets, gold braid, crimson sashes, and jeweled orders flashing in the sun. After them came five heirs apparent, forty more imperial or royal highnesses, seven queens—four dowager and three regnant—and a scattering of special ambassadors from uncrowned countries. Together they represented seventy nations in the greatest assemblage of royalty and rank ever gathered in one place and, of its kind, the last. The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history’s clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again.
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History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prizewinning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchmans classic histories of the First World War era
In this landmark, Pulitzer Prizewinning 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 the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the wars key players, Tuchmans magnum opus is a classic for the ages.
 
Praise for The Guns of August
 
A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchills statement that the first month of World War I was a drama never surpassed.Newsweek
 
More dramatic than fiction . . . a magnificent narrativebeautifully 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.

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