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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. This was the last gasp of the Gilded Age, of Kings and Kaisers and Czars, of pointed or plumed hats, colored uniforms, and all the pomp and romance that went along with war. How quickly it all changed…and how horrible it became.
Tuchman masterfully portrays this transition from 19th to 20th Century, focusing on the turning point in the year 1914: the month leading up to the war and the first month of the war. With fine attention to detail, she reveals how and why the war started, and why it could have been stopped but wasn’t, managing to make the story utterly suspenseful even when we already know the outcome.
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Customers find the writing and content astonishingly well-written and easy to learn from. They also appreciate the monumental job of research and interpretation. Readers describe the historical setting as fascinating, gripping, and fresh. They say the book provides vivid insights into the personalities of protagonists. They describe the writing style as intelligent, controlled, and witty. However, some find the book boring and senseless, with many details without apparent reason. They feel the maps are very poor.
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