Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I

Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction 1963

by Barbara W. Tuchman

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to Worl War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject...

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

by Barbara W. Tuchman

The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war,...

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

by Barbara W. Tuchman

"The diplomatic origins, so-called, of the War are only the fever chart of the patient; they do not tell us what caused the fever. To probe for underlying causes and deeper forces one must operate within the...

The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam

by Barbara W. Tuchman

Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author Barbara Tuchman now tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to...

Practicing History: Selected Essays

by Barbara W. Tuchman

From thoughtful pieces on the historian's role to striking insights into America's past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and...

Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour

by Barbara W. Tuchman

With the lucidity and vividness that characterize all her work, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian, Barbara Tuchman, explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding...

First Salute: A View of the American Revolution

by Barbara W. Tuchman

"Narrative history in the great tradition . . ." Chicago Tribune

Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way,...