What is Barbara W. Tuchman?
[[File:William Shirer (Left), Barbara Tuchman (Center), and John Eisenhower at the Conference on Research and World War II and the National Archives, June 14-15, 1971.jpg|thumb|Barbara Tuchman with [[William L. Shirer]] (left) und [[John Eisenhower]] (right) in 1971]] '''Barbara Wertheim Tuchman''' (January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an [[Americans|American]] historian and [[writer]] that wrote [[novel]]s based on the [[military]]. She became extremely known first after she wrote ''The Guns of August'' (which was later reprinted as ''August 1914''). She received a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for General Non-Fiction for that novel. She also wrote several other novels. She was born '''Barbara Wertheim''' in [[New York City]]; she died in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]] at the age of 77. {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuchman, Barbara W.}} [[Category:Writers from New York City]] [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:1989 deaths]]