Barbara W. Tuchman

Barbara W. Tuchman
Tuchman in 1971
Tuchman in 1971
BornBarbara Wertheim
(1912-01-30)January 30, 1912
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 6, 1989(1989-02-06) (aged 77)[1]
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.[1]
Occupation
  • Writer
  • journalist
  • historian
Alma materRadcliffe College (BA)
Period1938–1988 (writer)
GenreHistory
SubjectMiddle Ages, Renaissance, American Revolution, Edwardian era, World War I
Spouse
Lester R. Tuchman
(m. 1940)
Children3 (including Jessica Mathews)
ParentsMaurice Wertheim
Relatives
Tuchman with William L. Shirer (left) and John Eisenhower (right) in 1971

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (/ˈtʌkmən/; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian, journalist and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.[2]

Tuchman focused on writing popular history.

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  2. ^ Ernest Becker. "The Pulitzer Prizes | General Nonfiction". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved November 27, 2012.