The Proud Tower
New York: Macmillan Company, 1966. Book of the Month Club. hardcover. 8vo 528pp Book of the Month Club Edition. from front flap: "...In portraying this world Barbara Tuchman concentrates on society rather than the state. Her aim, as she writes in her foreword, is "to discover the quality of the world from which the Great War came. . . .The diplomatic origins, so-called, of the War are only the fever chart of the patient; they do not tell us what caused the fever. To probe for underlying causes and deeper forces one must operate within the framework of a whole society and try to discover what moved the people in it..." very good: name on FFEP, mild shelf wear, corners slightly bumped, text clean, binding tight. / good: age toning, closed tears, chipping, NOT clipped. Item #1058
#01133.
Price: $10.00