For a fifty year old paperback, it's in excellent condition. 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

The Guns of August 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

A portrait of the world before the war: 18 90–19 14 A portrait of the world before the war: 1890–1914

The Proud Tower

this landmark account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the war’s key players, Tuchman’s magnum opus is a classic for the ages.

Illinois

The guns of august 

Barbara W. Tuchman

Louisiana

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

The classic account of the lead-up to World War I, told with "a rare combination of impeccable scholarship and literary polish" (The New York Times)--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August

During the fateful quarter century leading up to World War I, the climax of a century of rapid, unprecedented change, a privileged few enjoyed Olympian luxury as the underclass was "heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate." In The Proud Tower, Barbara W. Tuchman brings the era to vivid life: the decline of the Edwardian aristocracy; the Anarchists of Europe and America; Germany and its self-depicted hero, Richard Strauss; Diaghilev's Russian ballet and Stravinsky's music; the Dreyfus Affair; the Peace Conferences in The Hague; and the enthusiasm and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized by the assassination of Jean Jaurès on the night the Great War began and an epoch came to a close.
 
The Proud Tower, The Guns of August, and The Zimmermann Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman's classic histories of the First World War era.

61579cb4-ba7f-406d-8231-7f5e9fad681c-1

West Virginia

A View of the American Revolution

Barbara W. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War. In The First Salute, one of America’s consummate historians crafts a rigorously original view of the American Revolution. Barbara W. Tuchman places the Revolution in the context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland, demonstrating how the aid to the American colonies of both these nations made the triumph of independence possible. She sheds new light on the key role played by the contending navies, paints a magnificent portrait of George Washington, and recounts in riveting detail the decisive campaign of the war at Yorktown. By turns lyrical and gripping, The First Salute is an exhilarating account of the birth of a nation. Praise for The First Salute “Nothing in a novel could be more thrilling than the moment in this glorious history when French soldiers arrive [to] see a tall, familiar figure: George Washington. . . . It is only part of Tuchman’s genius that she can reconstitute such scenes with so much precision and passion.”—People “Tuchman writes narrative history in the great tradition. . . . A persuasive book, which brings us entertaining pictures, scenes and characters.”—Chicago Tribune “[A] tightly woven narrative, ingeniously structured.”—The Christian Science Monitor

The First Salute

66533343-a178-4e95-b9de-a74145de3cdb-1

New York

Oregon

The Outbreak of World War I; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War era In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize–winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the war’s key players, Tuchman’s magnum opus is a classic for the ages. Praise for The Guns of August “A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill’s statement that the first month of World War I was ‘a drama never surpassed.’”—Newsweek “More dramatic than fiction . . . a magnificent narrative—beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained.”—Chicago Tribune “A fine demonstration that with sufficient art rather specialized history can be raised to the level of literature.”—The New York Times “[The Guns of August] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues, which are considerable, and its feel for characterizations, which is excellent.”—The Wall Street Journal

The Guns of August

d3c08007-79df-40f9-96c1-fa2fdb037212-1

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

Presents a fresh view of the American Revolution, chronicling key events from 1776 to 1781 and assessing the repercussions for America, England, France, and other nations

Presents a fresh view of the American Revolution, chronicling key events from 1776 to 1781 and assessing the repercussions for America, England, France, and other nations.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Texas

Arkansas

"A view of the American Revolution"--Dust jacket.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Michigan

The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic about the Outbreak of World War I

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * "A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.'"--Newsweek
 
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

In this landmark account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the war's key players, Tuchman's magnum opus is a classic for the ages.
 
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmermann Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman's classic histories of the First World War era

This is a fascinating book titled "The March of Folly" by Barbara W. Tuchman. It is a trade paperback published by Random House Publishing Group in 1985. 

The book covers a range of topics including civilization, military, general, world, and modern. 

It is illustrated and has special attributes such as being original and not personalized or inscribed. 

New Jersey

From Troy to Vietnam

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government. Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives. In brilliant detail, Tuchman illuminates four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly: the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by the Renaissance popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain’s George III, and the United States’ own persistent mistakes in Vietnam. Throughout The March of Folly, Tuchman’s incomparable talent for animating the people, places, and events of history is on spectacular display. Praise for The March of Folly “A glittering narrative . . . a moral [book] on the crimes and follies of governments and the misfortunes the governed suffer in consequence.”—The New York Times Book Review “An admirable survey . . . I haven’t read a more relevant book in years.”—John Kenneth Galbraith, The Boston Sunday Globe “A superb chronicle . . . a masterly examination.”—Chicago Sun-Times

The March of Folly

86f7aa23-fa75-48cf-9587-ac6f14d96089-1

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Massachusetts

Iowa

Indiana

Some shelf wear on the jacket at the edges. Some mileage between the pages. A few repaired dog ears. Nothing too egregious. Please see photos for reference.

Ohio

In tracing the fortunes of America's commander in China during World War II, the author attempts to explore the U.S.'s involvement with the Chinese.

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45

60fba4f2-0fa9-40d5-b0a3-caf586070447-1

The Calamitous 14th Century

A “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August *Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, in The Wall Street Journal The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world plunged into chaos and spiritual agony. In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life: what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money, taxes, and war dominated the lives of serf, noble, and clergy alike. Granting her subjects their loyalties, treacheries, and guilty passions, Tuchman re-creates the lives of proud cardinals, university scholars, grocers and clerks, saints and mystics, lawyers and mercenaries, and, dominating all, the knight—in all his valor and “furious follies,” a “terrible worm in an iron cocoon.” Praise for A Distant Mirror “Beautifully written, careful and thorough in its scholarship . . . What Ms. Tuchman does superbly is to tell how it was. . . . No one has ever done this better.”—The New York Review of Books “A beautiful, extraordinary book . . . Tuchman at the top of her powers . . . She has done nothing finer.”—The Wall Street Journal “Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . a great book, in a great historical tradition.”—Commentary

A Distant Mirror

43954f4e-ea0c-4b85-8895-24ed27f33875-1

Colorado

Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author Barbara Tuchman now tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interersts, despite the availability of feasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly in government: the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by the Renaissance Popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain's George III, and the United States' persistent folly in Vietnam. THE MARCH OF FOLLY brings the people, places, and events of history magnificently alive for today's reader. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

California

This is a story of the 14th century, when the whole world seemed to be spinning to its doom, and yet when our modern world was being born.

On November 16, 1776, a ship flying the red white and blue striped frag of the continental Congress entered the port of Saint Eustacius in the west Indies. Adhering to custom on entering a foreign port, the ship fired to salute, and the guns of the islands for returned a ritual response. This act of recognition acknowledge that the vessel is flag, represented a legitimate nation. It was the first official salute to United States of America . ￼

Browse by categories

Save this search

Barbara Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara Tuchman

The Proud Tower

Barbara tuchman

The guns of august

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Proud Tower

Barbara W. Tuchman

The First Salute

Barbara W. Tuchman

The First Salute

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

The First Salute

Barbara W. Tuchman

The First Salute

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Proud Tower

Barbara W. Tuchman

The First Salute

Barbara W. Tuchman

The First Salute

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

The March of Folly

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45

Barbara W. Tuchman

The March of Folly

Barbara W. Tuchman

A Distant Mirror

Barbara W. Tuchman

A Distant Mirror

Barbara W. Tuchman

The March of Folly

Barbara W. Tuchman

A Distant Mirror

Barbara W. Tuchman

The First Salute