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Barbara W. Tuchman | |
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 Tuchman in 1971 | |
| Born | Barbara Wertheim January 30, 1912 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1989 (aged 77)[1] Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.[1] |
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| Alma mater | Radcliffe College (BA) |
| Period | 1938–1988 (writer) |
| Genre | History |
| Subject | Middle Ages, Renaissance, American Revolution, Edwardian era, World War I |
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Lester R. Tuchman (m. 1940) |
| Children | 3 (including Jessica Mathews) |
| Parents | Maurice Wertheim |
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Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (/ˈtʌkmən/; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian, journalist and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.[2]
Tuchman focused on writing popular history.
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