{"product_id":"9780241968215","title":"The Guns of August","description":"Author: Tuchman, Barbara\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241968215\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Jul 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 608 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTuchman's spellbinding history of the fateful first month when Britain went to war - reissued for the 2014 Centenary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar pressed against every frontier. Suddenly dismayed, governments struggled and twisted to fend it off. It was no use . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Tuchman's universally acclaimed, Pulitzer prize-winning account of how the first thirty days of battle determined the course of the First World War is to this day revered as \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e classic account of the conflict's opening. From the precipitous plunge into war and the brutal and bloody battles of August 1914, Tuchman shows how events were propelled by a horrific logic which swept all sides up in its unstoppable momentum.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150315466910,"sku":"UBD-9780241968215","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241968215.jpg?v=1786964106","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241968215","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}