Barbara W. Tuchman Audio Books

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman here brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I....

Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments throughout the ages, defining it as the pursuit of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives.

The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and the exquisitely decorated Books of Hours; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague.

The fateful quarter century leading up to World War I was a time when the world of privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of protest was “heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate.”

With the lucidity and vividness, acclaimed historian, Barbara Tuchman, explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the modern Jewish stateand to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today.

This compellingly written history paints a magnificent portrait of General George Washington and recounts in riveting detail the events responsible for the birth of our nation.

From thoughtful pieces on the historians role to striking insights into Americans 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. Here is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent practicing history.

Two hundred years ago China's imperial rulers sensed a threat to a past-oriented society in the dynamism of the West and tried to frustrate foreign entry....

In January 1917, the British intercepted a secret telegram from Berlin which they knew would finally bring America into World War I. How they put it to use makes for an incredible true tale of espionage and intrigue.

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. She reveals how and why the war started and why it could have been stopped, but wasn't.