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In this Pulitzer Prizeâ??winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. This was the last gasp of the Gilded Age, of kings and kaisers and czars, of pointed or plumed hats, colored uniforms, and all the pomp and romance that went along with war. How quickly it all changedâ??and how horrible it became.
Tuchman masterfully portrays this transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, focusing on the turning point in the year 1914, the month leading up to the war, and the first month of the war. With fine attention to detail, she reveals how and why the war started and why it could have been stopped but wasn't, managing to make the story utterly suspenseful even when we already know the outcome.
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… (lisätietoja)
nandadevi: A lively account of the actions and thinking of senior British and French commanders from the man charged with trying to help them to work together.
A great, detailed overview of the events of the early 20th century that lead to World War I, including the first month of the war, August, 1914. While the Russian front does get some time as well as some naval action, the primary focus of the book is the build up to the war and the Battle of the Frontiers. The book starts with the funeral of King Edward VII of England and primarily stays at the highest levels of government and the military. Rarely is anyone mentioned who isn't a Minister or Field Marshal or commander of an Army or Corps. The book does not get down to the level of the individual, squad or company. That isn't a detraction, there is a ton of detail to get through, but it is a bit in contrast to more modern histories. There are some events that are only referred to, not explained, but that just goes to show the depth that this book goes into that most of us are not familiar with. I enjoyed the style of the writing, especially the occasional sarcasm. Very well done, highly recommended. ( )
Exquisitely detailed description of the opening days of World War I, a masterpiece of writing stylishness, THE GUNS OF AUGUST won the Pulitzer Prize and is, in many ways, the sine qua non of written military history. That its second half becomes largely an endless litany of troop movements and orders and counter-orders is leavened somewhat by the insight into the personalities of the generals on both sides who imagined a brief conflict, never dreaming that their hubris and mistakes would lead to four years of war and millions of casualties. I suspect it is a book more favored by those with a fascination with the specifics of the war than by the casual reader. It is magnificently written, with wry humor and a jaundiced eye toward the perpetrators of war, but the minutely detailed troop maneuvers may wear out their welcome for readers not already fanatical about such things. ( )
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
The human heart is the starting point of all matters pertaining to war. --Marechal de Saxe Reveries on the Art of War (Preface), 1732
The terrible Ifs accumulate. --Winston Churchill The World Crisis, Vol. I, Chap. XI
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Ensimmäiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
So gorgeous was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910 when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England that the crowd, waiting in hushed and black-clad awe, could not keep back gasps of admiration.
Sitaatit
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy.
To be right and overruled is not forgiven to persons in responsible positions…
BEST OPENING LINES OF ANY BOOK EVER So gorgeous was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910 when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England that the crowd, waiting in hushed and black-clad awe, could not keep back gasps of admiration. In scarlet and blue and green and purple, three by three the sovereigns rode through the palace gates, with plumed helmets, gold braid, crimson sashes, and jeweled orders flashing in the sun. After them came five heirs apparent, forty more imperial or royal highnesses, seven queens—four dowager and three regnant—and a scattering of special ambassadors from uncrowned countries. Together they represented seventy nations in the greatest assemblage of royalty and rank ever gathered in one place and, of its kind, the last. The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history’s clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again.
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Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
The nations were caught in a trap, a trap made during the first thirty days out of battles that failed to be decisive, a trap from which there was, and has been, no exit.
In this Pulitzer Prizeâ??winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. This was the last gasp of the Gilded Age, of kings and kaisers and czars, of pointed or plumed hats, colored uniforms, and all the pomp and romance that went along with war. How quickly it all changedâ??and how horrible it became.
Tuchman masterfully portrays this transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, focusing on the turning point in the year 1914, the month leading up to the war, and the first month of the war. With fine attention to detail, she reveals how and why the war started and why it could have been stopped but wasn't, managing to make the story utterly suspenseful even when we already know the outcome.
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
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