Tuchman later returned to the subject of the social attitudes and issues that existed before World War I, which she had touched upon in The Guns of August, in a collection of eight essays published in 1966 under the title The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890–1914.
Tuchman kemudian menulis tentang subjek yang dibahas di The Guns of August, yaitu perilaku sosial dan masalah-masalah yang muncul sebelum Perang Dunia I, dalam koleksi delapan esai yang diterbitkan tahun 1966 dengan judul The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914.