"Being as rich as my father had made me allowed me to nourish a small talent for irony, irony being the vehicle by which the essentially second rate arrive at some kind of superiority."
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Barbara Tuchman January 30, 1912 to February 6, 1989 Born in New York City & Died in Greenwich, Connecticut Journalist turned author of popular histories that sold millions of copies, Tuchman was a two time winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Quote "As often happens the logical course of events suffered quirks and diversions."
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Bibliography (Please use the comment function to politely send corrections and additions.) Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour - 1956 The Zimmerman Telegram - 1958 The Guns of August - 1962 The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War (1890-1914) - 1966 Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1911-1945) - 1970 Notes from China, A Trip to China - 1972 A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century - 1978 Practicing History: Selected Essays - 1981 The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam - 1984 The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution - 1988
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"Being as rich as my father had made me allowed me to nourish a small talent for irony, irony being the vehicle by which the essentially second rate arrive at some kind of superiority."
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