Guns of August

By Barbara Tuchman

Details

Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: 2014 - 06 - 05
ISBN: 9780241309582
Themes: historical War

Preface

Account of how the first thirty days of battle determined the course of the First World War is to this day revered as the classic account of the conflict's opening. From the precipitous plunge into war and the brutal and bloody battles of August 1914, Tuchman shows how events were propelled by a horrific logic which swept all sides up in its unstoppable momentum.