The Resource The guns of August ; : The proud tower, Barbara W. Tuchman ; Margaret MacMillan, editor
The guns of August ; : The proud tower, Barbara W. Tuchman ; Margaret MacMillan, editor
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- The Guns of August (1962), a riveting account of the outbreak of World War I and the weeks of fighting leading up to the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914. Tuchman dramatizes the diplomatic debacles that precipitated the war and the intransigence of the German and French armies as they dogmatically adhered to their battle plans, with disastrous consequences. Interwoven with her vivid re-creation of the German march through Belgium into France and the fierce fighting on the Eastern Front are astute characterizations of the conflict's key military and political leaders, among them French General Joseph Joffre, German Kaiser Wilhelm II, and British First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. The Guns of August can also be read as a cautionary study in the perils of brinksmanship, and Tuchman's searching observations about the irrational escalation of conflict among states made a deep impression on President John F. Kennedy, who famously drew on the book for insight during the Cuban Missile Crisis."--Dust jacket flap
- "The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (1966). [Tuchman] brings to life the disparate worlds of the self-satisfied English aristocracy and the miserable poor whose conditions gave rise to international anarchism; revisits the national madness of the Dreyfus Affair in France; considers the naiveté and cynicism of the varied participants in the international peace conferences at The Hague; mounts a dazzling foray into cultural criticism with a meditation on the operas of Richard Strauss; and creates unforgettable portraits of such political titans as Thomas B. Reed, longtime Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and French Socialist leader Jean Jaurès. Honoring the historian's ideal to envision life 'as it really was, ' Tuchman paints a fin-de-siècle world 'bursting with new tensions and accumulated energies.'"--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1257 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Maps on lining papers
- Contents
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- The guns of August
- The proud tower
- Appendix :
- How we entered World War I
- Chronology
- Note on the texts
- Notes
- Isbn
- 9781598531459
- Label
- The guns of August ; : The proud tower
- Title
- The guns of August ;
- Title remainder
- The proud tower
- Statement of responsibility
- Barbara W. Tuchman ; Margaret MacMillan, editor
- Title variation
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- Barbara W. Tuchman
- Proud tower
- Title variation remainder
- The guns of August, The proud tower
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- The Guns of August (1962), a riveting account of the outbreak of World War I and the weeks of fighting leading up to the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914. Tuchman dramatizes the diplomatic debacles that precipitated the war and the intransigence of the German and French armies as they dogmatically adhered to their battle plans, with disastrous consequences. Interwoven with her vivid re-creation of the German march through Belgium into France and the fierce fighting on the Eastern Front are astute characterizations of the conflict's key military and political leaders, among them French General Joseph Joffre, German Kaiser Wilhelm II, and British First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. The Guns of August can also be read as a cautionary study in the perils of brinksmanship, and Tuchman's searching observations about the irrational escalation of conflict among states made a deep impression on President John F. Kennedy, who famously drew on the book for insight during the Cuban Missile Crisis."--Dust jacket flap
- "The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (1966). [Tuchman] brings to life the disparate worlds of the self-satisfied English aristocracy and the miserable poor whose conditions gave rise to international anarchism; revisits the national madness of the Dreyfus Affair in France; considers the naiveté and cynicism of the varied participants in the international peace conferences at The Hague; mounts a dazzling foray into cultural criticism with a meditation on the operas of Richard Strauss; and creates unforgettable portraits of such political titans as Thomas B. Reed, longtime Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and French Socialist leader Jean Jaurès. Honoring the historian's ideal to envision life 'as it really was, ' Tuchman paints a fin-de-siècle world 'bursting with new tensions and accumulated energies.'"--Dust jacket flap
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1912-1989
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tuchman, Barbara W.
- Dewey number
- 940.4144
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1943-
- 1912-1989
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- MacMillan, Margaret
- Tuchman, Barbara W.
- Series statement
- The library of America
- Series volume
- 222
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- History, Modern
- History, Modern
- Military campaigns
- War
- Europe
- Europe
- Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
- Label
- The guns of August ; : The proud tower, Barbara W. Tuchman ; Margaret MacMillan, editor
- Note
- Maps on lining papers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-507 and pages 1101-1162) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The guns of August
- The proud tower
- Appendix :
- How we entered World War I
- Chronology
- Note on the texts
- Notes
- Control code
- 870929
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 1257 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781598531459
- Lccn
- 2011928609
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, color maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781598531459
- (OCoLC)731911132
- Label
- The guns of August ; : The proud tower, Barbara W. Tuchman ; Margaret MacMillan, editor
- Note
- Maps on lining papers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-507 and pages 1101-1162) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The guns of August
- The proud tower
- Appendix :
- How we entered World War I
- Chronology
- Note on the texts
- Notes
- Control code
- 870929
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 1257 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781598531459
- Lccn
- 2011928609
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, color maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781598531459
- (OCoLC)731911132
Subject
- Europe
- trueEurope -- History -- 1871-1918
- History
- History, Modern
- trueHistory, Modern -- 20th century
- Military campaigns
- War -- Causes
- Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes
- 1871 - 1999
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