{"product_id":"the-guns-of-august-9780241968215","title":"The Guns of August","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Tuchman''s \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of August\u003c\/i\u003e is a spellbinding history of the fateful first month when Britain went to war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar pressed against every frontier. Suddenly dismayed, governments struggled and twisted to fend it off. It was no use . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Tuchman''s universally acclaimed, Pulitzer prize-winning account of how the first thirty days of battle determined the course of the First World War is to this day revered as \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e classic account of the conflict''s opening. From the precipitous plunge into war and the brutal and bloody battles of August 1914, Tuchman shows how events were propelled by a horrific logic which swept all sides up in its unstoppable momentum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Dazzling'' Max Hastings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Magnificent''  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fascinating, splendid, glittering. One of the finest works of history''  \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A brilliant achievement''  \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDazzling -- Max Hastings\u003cbr\u003eMagnificent. A masterpiece of the historian's art * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant achievement * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eExcellent * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant piece of military history. A writer with an impeccable sense of telling detail, Tuchman is able to evoke both the enormous pattern of tragedy and the minutiae which make it human * Newsweek *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733400269143,"sku":"9780241968215","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241968215.jpg?v=1720000001","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-guns-of-august-9780241968215","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}