“It was a “severe” disappointment to Henry Wilson who laid it all at the door of Kitchener and the Cabinet for having sent only four divisions instead of six. Had all six been present, he said with that marvelous incapacity… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“The world remembers the battle ever since by the taxis. A hundred of them were already in the service of the Military Government of Paris. With 500 more, each carrying five soldiers and making the sixty-kilometer trip to the Ourcq twice, General Clergerie figured he could transport 6,000 troops to the hard-pressed front. The order was issued at 1:00 P.M.,… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share
“The cutting off of Russia with all its consequences, the vain and sanguinary tragedy of Gallipoli, the diversion of Allied strength in the campaigns… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“In the Hundred Years’ War that dragged France and England through the 14th century, both sides would have liked to quit but could not, for fear of losing power and status; hate and mistrust fed by the war prevented them from talking. In the ghastly toll and futility of 1914–18, no end could be negotiated short of victory for one… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share
“The occasions when an individual is able to harness a nation are memorable, and Grey’s speech proved to be one of those junctures by… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Wherever the Reformation took hold the Bible replaced the Pope as the final spiritual authority.” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Inevitably, as hatred of monarchy was added to hatred of episcopacy, they were led to republicanism.” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“This country is indeed in a melancholy situation; sunk in ease, devoted to the pursuits of gain, incumbered with a complicated and perplexed constitution,… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Disaster is rarely as pervasive as it seems from recorded accounts. The fact of being on the record makes it appear continuous and ubiquitous… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Persian poet said, the rose blooms reddest where some buried Caesar bled. The” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Cromwell. The door was flung open. In stalked the Protector, disgusted once more with the inability of human weaklings to come to the point,… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Not a passing phenomenon nor an external force, the companies had become a way of life, a part of society itself, used and joined… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Guides were Franciscan monks, sole custodians of the holy places after 1230, who recited the history and traditions associated with each town or monument… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
