The Guns of August
- ISBN-10
- 034538623X
- ISBN-13
- 9780345386236
- Series
- The Guns of August
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 511
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Author
- Barbara W. Tuchman
Description
A definitive Pulitzer Prize-winning recreation of the powderkeg that was Europe during the crucial first thirty days of World War I traces the actions of statesmen and patriots alike in Berlin, London, St. Petersburg, and Paris. Reprint.
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- 2014-06-05
- 608 pages
- Paperback
- Penguin UK
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