The guns of August
by Tuchman, Barbara W.
Edition statement:1st Presidio Press Mass Market ed. Published by : Ballantine : | Presidio Press, (New York :) Physical details: xxiv, 606 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm. ISBN:0345476093 (pbk.) :; 9780345476098 (pbk.). Year: 1994| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 - 999 | 940.421 Tu (Browse shelf) | Available | Book Fund | 96480 |
Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1962. With new foreword.
Includes Index
A funeral --
"Let the last man on the right brush the channel with his sleeve" --
"The shadow of Sedan" --
"A single British soldier ..." --
The Russian steam roller --
August 1: Berlin --
August 1: Paris and London --
Ultimatum in Brussels --
"Home before the leaves fall" --
"Goeben ... and enemy then flying" --
Liege and Alsace --
BEF to the continent --
Sambre et Meuse --
Debacle: Lorraine, Ardennes, Charleroi, Mons --
"The Cossacks are coming!" --
Tannenberg --
The flames of Louvain --
Blue water, blockade, and the great neutral --
Retreat --
The front is Paris --
Von Kluck's turn --
"Gentlemen, we will fight on the Marne" --
Afterward.
A 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.