Barbara W. Tuchman
January 30, 1912 – February 06, 1989
Countries:
USA
Place of Birth:
New York City
Place of Death:
Greenwich, Connecticut
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (ˈtʌkmən; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.
Tuchman focused on writing popular history.
Tuchman focused on writing popular history.