‘Dazzling’ Max Hastings ‘Magnificent’ Guardian ‘Fascinating, splendid, glittering. One of the finest works of history’ New York Times ‘A brilliant achievement’ Sunday Telegraph When war pressed against every frontier in August 1914, dismayed governments struggled and twisted to hold back the tide — and failed. In this Pulitzer prize-winning account, Barbara Tuchman reconstructs those catastrophic first thirty days with the precision of a historian and the narrative drive of a novelist, showing how the brutal battles of that single month locked every major power into a course from which none could escape. The horrific logic of mobilisation, miscalculation, and military pride swept all sides forward with unstoppable momentum, shaping the entire trajectory of the conflict that followed. Universally acclaimed since its first publication and revered to this day as the definitive account of how the First World War began, The Guns of August remains an essential work for anyone seeking to understand one of history’s most consequential catastrophes.
ISBN 13: 9780241968215
Author: Barbara Tuchman
