Barbara Tuchman

Citations

• “History is the unfolding of miscalculations.”

• “Whatever the fiasco, aplomb is unbroken. Mistakes, failures, stupidities and other causes of disaster mysteriously vanish. Disasters are recorded with care and pride and become transmuted into things of beauty.”

• “Business, like a jackal, trotted on the heels of war.”

• “Chroniclers habitually matched numbers to the awesomeness of the event.”

• “Nothing is more certain than death and nothing uncertain but its hour.”

Les livres de Barbara Tuchman dans l'ordre

Les livres de Barbara Tuchman dans l'ordre de parution, de The Lost British Policy (1938) à Un Espejo Lejano (2001).

1. 1The Lost British PolicyThe Lost British Policy1938
2. 2Bible and SwordBible and Sword1956
3. 3The Zimmerman TelegramThe Zimmerman Telegram1957
4. 4The Proud TowerThe Proud Tower1959
5. 5August 1914August 19141962
6. 6De Kanonnen Van AugustusDe Kanonnen Van Augustus1962
7. 7In Search of HistoryIn Search of History1963
8. 8The Guns of August, August 1914The Guns of August, August 19141964
9. 9The Proud Tower Part 1 of 2The Proud Tower Part 1 of 21966
10. 10The Proud Tower, A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890The Proud Tower, A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890-19141966
11. 11Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–451970
12. 12Notes from ChinaNotes from China1972
13. 13A Distant MirrorA Distant Mirror1978
14. 14The Wind from America, 1778-1781The Wind from America, 1778-17811978
15. 15Practicing HistoryPracticing History1981
16. 16Palestine Question in American HistoryPalestine Question in American History1982
17. 17Practising HistoryPractising History1983
18. 18The March of FollyThe March of Folly1984
19. 19The First SaluteThe First Salute1988
20. 20The First Salute/a View of the American RevolutionThe First Salute/a View of the American Revolution1988
21. 21Un Espejo LejanoUn Espejo Lejano2001