Proud Tower A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series

Name: Proud Tower A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series
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ISBN: 9780345405012

ISBN-10: 0345405013

ISBN-13: 9780345405012

Edition: 1996

Authors: Barbara W. Tuchman

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"The diplomatic origins, so-called, of the War are only the fever chart of the patient; they do not tell us what caused the fever. To probe for underlying causes and deeper forces one must operate within the framework of a whole society and try to discover what moved the people in it." --Barbara W. Tuchman The fateful quarter-century leading up to the World War I was a time when the world of Privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of Protest was heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate. The age was the climax of a century of the most accelerated rate of change in history, a cataclysmic shaping of destiny. In The Proud Tower, Barbara Tuchman concentrates on society…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/27/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English