Barbara W. Tuchman Writer

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 (later August 1914), 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.

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Birth dateJanuary 30, 1912
Birth nameBarbara Wertheim
Nationality
United States
Date of deathFebruary 06, 1989
Place of death
Greenwich Connecticut
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