The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I

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BurningFrog · 2019-02-22 · Original thread

The Tuchman book "The Guns of August" is an amazing book on the first month of WW1.

SeanBoocock · 2016-07-28 · Original thread

For those interested in historical topics, I would recommend Mary Beard's recent "SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome" (https://www.amazon.com/SPQR-History-Ancient-Mary-Beard/dp/08...) and Barbara Tuchman's classic on WWI, "The Guns of August" (https://www.amazon.com/Guns-August-Pulitzer-Prize-Winning-Ou...).