Analysis Of The Book ' The Guns Of August ' Essay

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Kira Redmond
December 4, 2016
History of Western Civilization II
The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman. London: England. Macmillan. 1962.
The Great War, more known as World war 1 is perhaps the most famous war in American history. Most people only know that the Great war was the first world war that caused catastrophe through the worlds alliances. The Guns of August also known as August 1914 is a historical work of nonfiction written about the beginning of World War I. The Guns of August is an interesting book that goes through the first couple of months of the war. This book explains in great detail of the causes of the war like the death of Arch duke Franz Ferdinand. His death was the start of a series of stories and journals about the plans and strategies that led to war. Every detail throughout the story expressed the significance of the war and its effect on the world. Written by Barbara W. Tuchman who had been planning on writing a book on 1914 was shocked when her assistant told her about a publisher who wanted to meet with her about a novel on the great war. Barbara had become famous from of previous historical books, so much so, publishers were drawn to her. After she wrote the guns of August she then went on to write several other historical books pertaining to after the war and the effects and severity about war in general. Many years after writing the novel she had been notified that the current president had read the book and complimented her on her

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