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Barbara W. Tuchman

Born

in New York, New York, The United States

January 30, 1912

Died

February 06, 1989

Genre

History, Biography

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Barbara Wertheim Tuchman, historian, won a Pulitzer Prize for The Guns of August (1962) and for Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971).

This author and double self-trained. People best know the prelude and first month of World War I.

As an author, Tuchman focused on popular production. Her clear, dramatic storytelling covered topics as diverse as the 14th century and World War I and sold millions of copies.

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Average rating: 4.12 · 148,982 ratings · 7,811 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 77,759 ratings — published 1962 — 199 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 41,545 ratings — published 1978 — 119 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 4.13 avg rating — 9,112 ratings — published 1965 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The March Of Folly: From Troy To Vietnam 4.02 avg rating — 6,804 ratings — published 1984 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zimmermann Telegram 4.06 avg rating — 4,813 ratings — published 1958 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 4.15 avg rating — 3,553 ratings — published 1971 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Salute : View of the American Revolution 3.94 avg rating — 2,777 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour 3.80 avg rating — 1,155 ratings — published 1956 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Practicing History: Selected Essays 3.96 avg rating — 788 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guns of August / The Proud Tower by Barbara W. Tuchman, Margaret MacMillan (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1962 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Distant Mirror (2 books)
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Barbara W. Tuchman,

Nadia May (Narrator)

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