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The guns of August : the classic bestselling account of the outbreak of the First World War

Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim2014
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The Guns of August is the narrative history of the first month of World War I. It describes the strategies of the generals, the preparation and morale of the armies of the nations at war, and the everyday problems of the field commanders.
Edition:
[New edition].
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2014.
Collation:
xxvi, 566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
This edition originally published: New York: Ballantine, 1994.Originally published: as August 1914. London: Constable, 1962.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241968215 (pbk)0241968216
Dewey class:
940.4'2940.42
Local class:
940.42
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
516481
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