Barbara Wertheim Tuchman was an American historian and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August, a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911 - 45, a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.
Tuchman focused on writing popular history.
War is the unfolding of miscalculations. war
The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. history
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. food
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. government
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 wisdom & wit from Robert Browning
22 wisdom & wit from Robert Browning
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 sayings from Honore de Balzac
53 sayings from Honore de Balzac
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 more views from Isadora Duncan
5 more views from Isadora Duncan
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 other quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
58 other quotes from Henry Ward Beecher