TY - BOOK AU - Tuchman,Barbara W. TI - The guns of August: the classic bestselling account of the outbreak of the First World War SN - 9780241968215 (pbk.) : AV - D521 U1 - 940.42 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Penguin KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Campaigns KW - Causes KW - Warfare and Defence KW - ukslc N1 - This edition originally published: New York: Ballantine, 1994; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The Guns of August is the narrative history of the first month of World War I. It describes the strategies of the generals, the preparation and morale of the armies of the nations at war, and the everyday problems of the field commanders ER -