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. Provided by Wikipedia