Word: tuchman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman. The fateful first month of World War I as a drama in which every actor had rehearsed his part for years and yet turned it into a shambles...
...Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman. The fateful first month of World War I as a drama in which every actor had rehearsed his part for years and yet turned into a shambles...
...Life in Court, Nizer (1) 2. Calories Don't Count, Taller (2) 3. The Making of the President 1960, White (3) 4. The Guns of August, Tuchman (10) 5. My Saber Is Bent, Paar (6) 6. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Shirer (4) 7. The Last of the Plantagenets, Costain (9) 8. CIA: The Inside Story, Tully 9. A Nation of Sheep, Lederer (8) 10. Living Free, Adamson...
...Historian Tuchman argues that as the commander of the forces that routed the Russians at Tannenberg, Hindenburg became the hero of the nation, lauded all out of proportion to his real role in the battle. It was actually his chief of staff, Ludendorff, who personally directed and deployed the troops. Hindenburg fully approved of Ludendorff's strategies. The two worked closely together throughout World War I. When Hindenburg was made a field marshal he was nicknamed "Marshal Was-sagst-du" because whenever he was asked an opinion, he would turn to Ludendorff and query, "Was sagst du?" (What...
...Tuchman. The fateful first month of World War I as a drama in which every actor had rehearsed his part for years and yet everything turned into a shambles...