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The Guns of August

The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War


  • Penguin UK
  • by Barbara Tuchman
Barbara Tuchman's universally acclaimed, Pulitzer prize-winning 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.

ISBN 9780241968215 | E | PB
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Publisher Penguin UK
ISBN 9780241968215
Author(s) Barbara Tuchman
Publication date December 2014
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Pages 608
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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Barbara Tuchman's universally acclaimed, Pulitzer prize-winning 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.