wyszukanych pozycji: 10
The Guns of August: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War
ISBN: 9780241968215 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The Guns of August is the narrative history of the first month of World War I. It describes the strategies of the generals, the preparation and morale of the armies of the nations at war, and the everyday problems of the field commanders.
The Guns of August is the narrative history of the first month of World War I. It describes the strategies of the generals, the preparation and morale...
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66,92 zł |
The Zimmermann Telegram: The Astounding Espionage Operation That Propelled America into the First World War
ISBN: 9780241968260 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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56,62 zł |
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
ISBN: 9780241972977 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 784 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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66,92 zł |
The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
ISBN: 9780345308238 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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,... Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest su...
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80,40 zł |
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
ISBN: 9780345349576 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 784 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Barbara W. Tuchman--the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Guns of August--once again marshals her gift for character, history, and sparkling prose to compose an astonishing portrait of medieval Europe.
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... Barbara W. Tuchman--the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Guns of August--once again marshals her gift for characte...
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93,09 zł |
The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic about the Outbreak of World War I
ISBN: 9780345476098 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2004 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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... Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning |
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42,27 zł |
Practicing History: Selected Essays
ISBN: 9780345303639 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Celebrated for bringing a personal touch to history in her Pulitzer Prize-winning epic The Guns of August and other classic books, Barbara W. Tuchman reflects on world events and the historian's craft in these perceptive, essential essays.
From thoughtful pieces on the historian's role to striking insights into America's past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. Spanning more than four decades of writing in The New York Times Magazine, The... Celebrated for bringing a personal touch to history in her Pulitzer Prize-winning epic The Guns of August and other classic books, Barbara W...
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88,86 zł |
Notes from China
ISBN: 9780812986228 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A journalistic tour de force, this wide-ranging collection by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Stilwell and the American Experience in China is a classic in its own right.
During the summer of 1972--a few short months after Nixon's legendary visit to China--master historian Barbara W. Tuchman made her own trip to that country, spending six weeks in eleven cities and a variety of rural settlements. The resulting reportage was one of the first evenhanded portrayals of Chinese culture that Americans had ever read. Tuchman's observations capture the... A journalistic tour de force, this wide-ranging collection by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Stilwell and the American Exper...
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76,17 zł |
The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution
ISBN: 9780345336675 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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... Barbara W. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insi...
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84,63 zł |
The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series
ISBN: 9780345386236 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 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...
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning |
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101,56 zł |