5 quotes by Barbara Tuchman

“To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.” — Barbara Tuchman

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“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

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“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

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“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.” — Barbara Tuchman

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“War is the unfolding of miscalculations.” — Barbara Tuchman

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