Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (/ˈtÊŒkmÉ™n/; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. She became widely known first for The Guns of August (later August 1914), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1963. Tuchman focused on writing popular history. Continue Reading »

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