The Resource The guns of August, Barbara W. Tuchman
The guns of August, Barbara W. Tuchman
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The item The guns of August, Barbara W. Tuchman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 511 pages
- Note
- London ed. (Constable) has title: August 1914
- Contents
-
- A funeral
- "Let the last man on the right brush the channel with his sleeve"
- "The shadow of Sedan"
- "A single British soldier ..."
- The Russian steam roller
- August 1: Berlin
- August 1: Paris and London
- Ultimatum in Brussels
- "Home before the leaves fall"
- "Goeben ... and enemy then flying"
- Liege and Alsace
- BEF to the continent
- Sambre et Meuse
- Debacle: Lorraine, Ardennes, Charleroi, Mons
- "The Cossacks are coming!"
- Tannenberg
- The flames of Louvain
- Blue water, blockade, and the great neutral
- Retreat
- The front is Paris
- Von Kluck's turn
- "Gentlemen, we will fight on the Marne"
- Afterward
- Label
- The guns of August
- Title
- The guns of August
- Statement of responsibility
- Barbara W. Tuchman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't
- Awards note
- Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1963.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1912-1989
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tuchman, Barbara W.
- Dewey number
- 940.421
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D530
- LC item number
- .T8
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- World War
- World War, 1914-1918
- Military campaigns
- Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
- Label
- The guns of August, Barbara W. Tuchman
- Note
- London ed. (Constable) has title: August 1914
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A funeral -- "Let the last man on the right brush the channel with his sleeve" -- "The shadow of Sedan" -- "A single British soldier ..." -- The Russian steam roller -- August 1: Berlin -- August 1: Paris and London -- Ultimatum in Brussels -- "Home before the leaves fall" -- "Goeben ... and enemy then flying" -- Liege and Alsace -- BEF to the continent -- Sambre et Meuse -- Debacle: Lorraine, Ardennes, Charleroi, Mons -- "The Cossacks are coming!" -- Tannenberg -- The flames of Louvain -- Blue water, blockade, and the great neutral -- Retreat -- The front is Paris -- Von Kluck's turn -- "Gentlemen, we will fight on the Marne" -- Afterward
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 511 pages
- Lccn
- 62007515
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm00192333
- Label
- The guns of August, Barbara W. Tuchman
- Note
- London ed. (Constable) has title: August 1914
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A funeral -- "Let the last man on the right brush the channel with his sleeve" -- "The shadow of Sedan" -- "A single British soldier ..." -- The Russian steam roller -- August 1: Berlin -- August 1: Paris and London -- Ultimatum in Brussels -- "Home before the leaves fall" -- "Goeben ... and enemy then flying" -- Liege and Alsace -- BEF to the continent -- Sambre et Meuse -- Debacle: Lorraine, Ardennes, Charleroi, Mons -- "The Cossacks are coming!" -- Tannenberg -- The flames of Louvain -- Blue water, blockade, and the great neutral -- Retreat -- The front is Paris -- Von Kluck's turn -- "Gentlemen, we will fight on the Marne" -- Afterward
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 511 pages
- Lccn
- 62007515
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm00192333
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