The Guns of August Memoirs poet Wilfred Owen

poet Wilfred Owen

It left millions-civilians and soldiers-maimed or dead

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

the war in the Middle East was fast-moving and unpredictable

The heart of the financial system shifted from London to New York

The Guns of August Memoirs poet Wilfred OwenDescription 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