The Guns of August Barbara Tuchman

Informational notes

1. ^ Page 71, Tuchman writes, referring to Sukhomlinov: “This was the man who was Minister of War from 1908 to 1914.” In reality, he was appointed Minister of War on March 11, 1919.
2. ^ Tuchman ignores the war fought between Austria and Russia and between Austria and Serbia, except as it touches on the Mediterranean. In her Author's Note, she explains that the "inexhaustible problems of the Balkans" would necessitate a "tiresome length," which fortunately can be omitted without sacrificing the "unity" of the book. Hostile relations between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Kingdom of Serbia thus fail to merit further mention.
3. ^ From a count of the number of surnames in the index of the book..
4. ^ If one counts The Lost British Policy, published in 1938, the Guns of August is actually Tuchman’s fourth published work. However, Tuchman herself did not mention it.

Citations

1. ^ 1963 Winners, The Pulitzer Prizes.
2. ^ Yardley, Jonathan (March 16, 2009). "Jonathan Yardley Reviews 'The Proud Tower,' by Barbara Tuchman". The Washington Post.
3. ^ Tuchman, Barbara W. (2014) [First published 1962], The Guns of August, London: Penguin Books, p. 3
4. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 146.
5. ^ See below at "Critical analysis".
6. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 482.
7. ^ a b Tuchman 2014, p. 483.
8. ^ Massie 1994, p. viii.
9. ^ a b Massie 1994, p. xi.
10. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 44.
11. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 45-46.
12. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 215-216.
13. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 68-69.
14. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 87.
15. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 21.
16. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 4.
17. ^ Massie 1994, p. xv.
18. ^ MacMillan, Margaret. "The Guns of August showed me how history could bring the past to life". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
19. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. 85-88.
20. ^ Tuchman, Barbara (1988). Preface to The Guns of August (2014 ed.). London: Penguin Books. pp. xvii–xviii. ISBN 978-0-241-96821-5.
21. ^ a b Tuchman 1988, p. xix.
22. ^ Tuchman, Barbara W. (1962). The Guns of August. New York: The Macmillan Company. ISBN 9780026203104.
23. ^ Tuchman, Barbara W. (1981). Practicing History. New York: Albert A. Knopf. ISBN 0-394-52086-6.
24. ^ Williamson, Samuel R. JR (2013). "Fifty years: The Guns of August, Always Popular, Always Flawed". The Sewanee Review. 121, N°1 (Winter): 163. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
25. ^ Hale, Oron J. (1962). "In a place called Armageddon". The Virginia Quarterly Review. 38, N°3 (Summer): 523. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
26. ^ Massie, Robert K. (1994). Foreword to The Guns of August (2014 ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. x. ISBN 978-0-241-96821-5.
27. ^ a b Tuchman 1988, p. xx.
28. ^ Tuchman 1988, p. xxi.
29. ^ Gordon, Harold J. "The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman". Military Affairs. 26 (3, Civil War, Autumn 1962): 140.
30. ^ Hurwitz, Samuel J. "The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman". The American Historical Review. 67 (4, Jul. 1962): 1015.
31. ^ Oliver, John W. "The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 342 (American Foreign Policy Challenged, Jul. 1962): 169.
32. ^ Trumpener, Ulrich. "The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman". The Journal of Modern History. 35 (1, Mar. 1963): 94.
33. ^ a b c Williamson 2013, p. 164.
34. ^ a b c Williamson 2013, p. 166.
35. ^ a b c d MacMillan 2014. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMacMillan2014 (help)
36. ^ Hale, Oron J. "In a place called Armageddon". The Virginia Quarterly Review. 38 (3, Summer 1962): 522.
37. ^ Hale 1962, p. 523.
38. ^ a b c d e Gordon 1962, p. 140. sfn error: no target: CITEREFGordon1962 (help)
39. ^ a b c Trumpener 1963, p. 94. sfn error: no target: CITEREFTrumpener1963 (help)
40. ^ a b c Hale 1962, p. 522.
41. ^ Tuchman 2014, p. xxiii.
42. ^ a b Williamson 2013, p. 165.
43. ^ a b Trumpener 1963, p. 95. sfn error: no target: CITEREFTrumpener1963 (help)
44. ^ Massie 1994, p. vii.
45. ^ "The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1962: Editions". Good Reads. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
46. ^ a b Dobbs, Michael (2008). One Minute to Midnight. pp. 226–227. The President was so impressed by the book that he often quoted from it, and insisted his aides read it. He wanted 'every officer in the Army' to read it as well. The secretary of the Army sent copies to every U.S. military base in the world.
47. ^ Tuchman, Barbara W. (2008) [1962]. The Guns of August. Stewart, Ian (narrator) (Playaway Audiobook ed.). Recorded Books/Playaway. back cover. ISBN 978-1-4361-7732-0. Winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1963 established The Guns of August on the literary landscape, but Tuchman's best publicity came from her most devoted fan, President John F. Kennedy. He was so impressed by the book, he gave copies to his cabinet and principal military advisers, and commanded them to read it.
48. ^ "Vietnam and the Presidency: Interview with Jimmy Carter" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
49. ^ Blight, James G.; Nye, Joseph S. Jr. & Welch, David A. (Fall 1987). "The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited". Foreign Affairs. 66 (1): 170–188. doi:10.2307/20043297. JSTOR 20043297. Excerpt online.
50. ^ a b McNamara, Robert S. (1995). In Retrospect. Vintage Books. p. 96.
51. ^ Hennessey, Peter (2000). The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945. Penguin Books.
52. ^ Bart, Peter (February 22, 1965) "Reign of Comedy as King in Hollywood Nears End" The New York Times
53. ^ "The Guns of August (1964 documentary film)". IMDb (Internet Movie Database).
54. ^ The Guns of August at the American Film Institute Catalog
55. ^ "The Guns of August (1964 documentary film, 1h 40min)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22.