description: Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and how it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, THE GUNS OF AUGUST will not be forgotten.
language: English
title: August 1914: The First Month of the First World War
titlecomplete: August 1914: The First Month of the First World War
genres: Historical, History, World War I, European History, World History, War, Military History, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 74084
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: -220896000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Pan Macmillan