Barbara Tuchman

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Dominic mentions it was the first book he read about the First World War as a child and still holds a candle for it, though he acknowledges that historians of the First World War despise it and Tom describes it as 'basically a brilliant work of fiction.' Tuchman's pen portraits of figures like Sir John French are quoted.

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Described as 'her incredibly popular book that JFK loved'; referenced to note that the assassination of Franz Ferdinand gets only about two sentences in it because the focus is on Belgium

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Referenced in discussion of how JFK was obsessed with learning lessons from WWI during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Described as a book Kennedy was fascinated by.

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Referenced when discussing the arrival of the Black Death in Europe, specifically mentioning 'the description in Barbara Tuchman's book' about a ship pulling into Messina with dead men at the oars. Later cited again regarding her assessment that King John II 'could have served Machiavelli as the model for the anti-prince.'

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Tom describes this as a book he loved as a child that gave a different perspective on the 14th century and the Hundred Years' War, casting it as a period of suffering with mercenaries, pillaging, and the Black Death.

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Dominic mentions this book when introducing the Ballet des Ardents story, saying 'it's been seared on my mind ever since I read Barbara Tuchman's Distant Mirror years and years ago. One of my favorite books when I was about 12.'

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Mentioned alongside Guns of August as one of Barbara Tuckman's well-known books about the First World War era.

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Mentioned as one of Barbara Tuckman's best-known books about the First World War.