The Guns of August Memoirs poet Wilfred Owen

poet Wilfred Owen

the war in the Middle East was fast-moving and unpredictable

indispensable work of military history

maintaining that Germany’s defeat was vital to the freedom of Europe

strategic decisions

The Guns of August Memoirs poet Wilfred OwenDescription by Barbara W. Tuchman Paperback In this landmark, Pulitzer Prizewinning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their