…pay more attention

      to what people want…

Book review:

The Proud Tower

by Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989)

The Macmillan Co., New York, 1962

The Proud Tower is a typical Tuchman tour de force, beaucoup de détails quotidiens, and compelling context. It’s a lot more than a history book.

Tuchman offers her insights into the mindset of her characters: Americans, English, French, and other Europeans during the prelude to World War I—the so-called “Great War.”

They never saw it coming.

You don’t need a summary of the plot of The Proud Tower.

Tuchman confirms the obvious: nearly all prediction is not useful.

One lesson is to pay more attention to what people want, and pay less attention to what they’re doing at the moment.

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Book review. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2017 All rights reserved.

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