Barbara W. Tuchman Quote

That conflict between the reach for the divine and the lure of earthly things was to be the central problem of the Middle Ages.

Barbara W. Tuchman

That conflict between the reach for the divine and the lure of earthly things was to be the central problem of the Middle Ages.

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About Barbara W. Tuchman

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian, journalist and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.
Tuchman focused on writing popular history.
Tuchman was a member of the Writers and Artists for Peace in the Middle East, a pro-Israel group. In 1984, she signed a letter protesting German arms sales to Saudi Arabia.