Barbara Tuchman
Historian
Name at birth: Barbara Wertheim
In the 1930s Barbara Tuchman covered the Spanish Civil War for the U.S. magazine The Nation. In 1963 she won a Pulitzer Prize for her history of the beginnings of World War I, The Guns of August. In 1972 Tuchman won another Pulitzer for Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-45. Although Tuchman was not an academically trained historian, she wrote many history books that appealed to a wide audience.
Extra credit: She is also the author of a book on the famous World War I telegram from German diplomat Arthur Zimmermann.
Other historians: Henry Adams, Howard Zinn and Plutarch.
Four Good Links
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Her biography from the Jewish Virtual Library
Barbara Tuchman
A brief biographical profile
Barbara Tuchman
Very brief biography with a very brief review of Bible and Sword
The Guns of August
A reader's review of her most famous work
