Barbara W. Tuchman
Known For: Writing
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: January 30, 1912
Day of Death: February 6, 1989 (77 years old)
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (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.[2]