Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (January 30, 1912 - February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author.

Tuchman was an author of popular history, selling millions of copies. Her clear, dramatic storytelling covered topics as diverse as the 14th century, and World War I.

Tuchman was the author of books which conspired to be more popular than the established classics of the field. Inventing the Middle Ages by Norman Cantor, a history of medieval historians, describes her context or lack thereof.

Partial List of Works

• Spain and the western Mediterranean, 1938
• Palestine over the centuries, 1956.
• The Zimmermann Telegram: The key incident that provoked the USA into entering World War I, 1958
• The Guns of August covers the breaking out of World War I. The book that established her reputation.
• imperialism, anarchist assassinations, socialism and communism and the devolution of the 19th century order in Europe and North America.
• Joseph Stilwell, 1970.
• essays on historical writing, political ambition, and the importance of reading history.
• Fin De Siecle a novel.

She won twice the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, firstly for The Guns of August and again for Stilwell and the American Experience in China.