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“The First Salute” by Barbara Tuchman, her last book. It’s a deep dive into the politics, personalities and execution of the American revolution. The author is
by breckenedge 5y ago
“The First Salute” by Barbara Tuchman, her last book. It’s a deep dive into the politics, personalities and execution of the American revolution. The author is adept at finding the crucial stupid choices that lead to strategic collapse, often driven by pettiness and blindly following orthodoxy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0394553330 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/03945533...
- pivo 5y agoI hadn't read that, but it reminds me of her first book (I think) "The Guns of August" which describes the first few months of WWI, and which I enjoyed very much.
- breckenedge 5y agoI’ve read her WWI trilogy The Zimmerman Telegram, The Proud Tower, and The Guns of August. The Zimmerman Telegram and The Guns of August were both amazing, and The Zimmerman Telegram is short, to me it read better than any Tom Clancy novel. The Proud Tower is good but didn’t seem great. Nicolas and Alexandra by Robert Massie also occurs during that period and is worth picking up.