Barbara W. Tuchman

Barbara W. Tuchman
Barbara W. Tuchman
	Tuchman in 1971
Born	Barbara Wertheim; January 30, 1912; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	February 6, 1989 (aged 77); Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Writer; journalist; historian;
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Radcliffe College (BA)
Period	1938–1988 (writer)
Genre	History
Subject	Middle Ages, Renaissance, American Revolution, Edwardian era, World War I
Spouse	Lester R. Tuchman (m. 1940)
Children	3 (including Jessica Mathews)
Parents	Maurice Wertheim; Alma Morgenthau;
Relatives	Anne W. Simon (sister); Rafe Pomerance (nephew); Henry Morgenthau (maternal grandfather); Helen Morgenthau Fox (maternal aunt); Henry Morgenthau Jr. (maternal uncle); Robert M. Morgenthau (cousin); Henry Morgenthau III (cousin);

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (/ˈtʌkmən/; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian 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.

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