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

The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the first month of World War I is now in mass market paperback. Fascinating . . . One of the finest works of history written.--The New York Times. nPULITZER PRIZE WINNER - 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 nSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time n nIn this landmark 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 war's key players, Tuchman's magnum opus is a classic for the ages. n nThe Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmermann Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman's classic histories of the First World War eran