**Barbara W. Tuchman *(1912-1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August *--a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in Ch...

**Barbara W. Tuchman *(1912-1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August *--a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), * Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly,and The First Salute *.