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With the lucidity and vividness that characterize all her work, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian, Barbara Tuchman, explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state--and to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today.(at)lt, br(at)gt, "Barbara Tuchman is a wise and witty writer, a shrewd observer with a lively command of high drama."(at)lt, br(at)gt, PHILADELPHIA I...

Barbara W. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War. In The First Salute, one of America's consummate historians crafts a rigorously original view of the American Revolution. Barbara W. Tuchman places the Revolution in the context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland, demonstra...

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government. Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma's senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of...

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Writing with a clarity, grace, and novelistic sweep rare among historians, Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989) distilled the complex interplay of personalities and events into gripping narratives that fuse rigorous scholarship with elegant literary art. An astute portraitist, she brilliantly laid bare the all-too-human failures of leaders subject to the pull of historical currents and prone, often tragically, to the ingrained biases of culture and ...

Barbara W. Tuchman won her second Pulitzer Prize for this nonfiction masterpiece-an authoritative work of history that recounts the birth of modern China through the eyes of one extraordinary American. General Joseph W. Stilwell was a man who loved China deeply and knew its people as few Americans ever have. Barbara W. Tuchman's groundbreaking narrative follows Stilwell from the time he arrived in China during the Revolution of 1911, through h...

The fateful quarter century leading up to World War I was a time when the world of privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of protest was "heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate." The age was the climax of a century of the most accelerated rate of change to that point in history, a cataclysmic shaping of destiny. Barbara Tuchman brings to vivid life the people, places, and events that shaped the years leading up to the G...

A journalistic tour de force, this wide-ranging collection by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Stilwell and the American Experience in China is a classic in its own right. During the summer of 1972-a few short months after Nixon's legendary visit to China-master historian Barbara W. Tuchman made her own trip to that country, spending six weeks in eleven cities and a variety of rural settlements. The resulting reportage was on...

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. She reveals how and why the war started and why it could have been stopped, but wasn't.

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. She reveals how and why the war started and why it could have been stopped, but wasn't.

Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments throughout the ages, defining it as the pursuit of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives.

Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments throughout the ages, defining it as the pursuit of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives.

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China through the experiences of the cantankerous but level-headed military attach to China.

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China through the experiences of the cantankerous but level-headed military attach to China.

With the lucidity and vividness, acclaimed historian, Barbara Tuchman, explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the modern Jewish stateand to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today.

With the lucidity and vividness, acclaimed historian, Barbara Tuchman, explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the modern Jewish stateand to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today.

This compellingly written history paints a magnificent portrait of General George Washington and recounts in riveting detail the events responsible for the birth of our nation.

This compellingly written history paints a magnificent portrait of General George Washington and recounts in riveting detail the events responsible for the birth of our nation.

From thoughtful pieces on the historians role to striking insights into Americans past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. Here is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent practicing history.

In January 1917, the British intercepted a secret telegram from Berlin which they knew would finally bring America into World War I. How they put it to use makes for an incredible true tale of espionage and intrigue.