The Guns of August Memoirs by Heather Streets-Salter

by Heather Streets-Salter

who left the comforts of high society to shoulder a shovel and a rifle to serve his country

true account of one of the most important—yet least explored—battles of World War I

poet Wilfred Owen

maintaining that Germany’s defeat was vital to the freedom of Europe

The Guns of August Memoirs by Heather Streets-SalterDescription by Barbara W. Tuchman Paperback In this landmark, Pulitzer Prizewinning 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 traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their