“The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.”
— Barbara Tuchman
Author: Barbara Tuchman
Category: history
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No more distressing moment can ever face
“No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.”
— Barbara Tuchman
Author: Barbara Tuchman
Category: government
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without
“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.”
— Barbara Tuchman
Author: Barbara Tuchman
Category: history
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To a historian libraries are food, shelter,
“To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.”
— Barbara Tuchman
Author: Barbara Tuchman
Category: food
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
“War is the unfolding of miscalculations.”
— Barbara Tuchman
Author: Barbara Tuchman
Category: war
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without
“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.”
— Barbara Tuchman
Author: Barbara Tuchman
Category: science
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