“Provocative, consistent, and beautifully readable, an event not to be missed by history buffs. I can think of no better primer for the nonexpert who wishes to learn history.” - Chicago Sun-Times This is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent “practicing history.” Spanning more than four decades of writing in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Harper’s, The Nation, and The Saturday Evening Post, Tuchman weighs in on a range of eclectic topics, from Israel and Mao Tse-tung to a Freudian reading of Woodrow Wilson. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. Tuchman reflects on world events and the historian’s craft in these perceptive, essential essays.įrom thoughtful pieces on the historian’s role to striking insights into America’s past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. From thoughtful pieces on the historian's role to striking insig. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell. Celebrated for bringing a personal touch to history in her Pulitzer Prize–winning epic The Guns of August and other classic books, Barbara W. Read 79 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (/tkmn/ Janu February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author.
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