Barbara Tuchman Quotes and its meanings

What does Barbara Tuchman write about?

Barbara Tuchman has written on many topics but he is most famous for his work about food, government, history, science & war. People always share Food quotes, Government quotes, history, science & war from his literary works.

What are the top most famous quotes by Barbara Tuchman?

Here are the top most famous quotes by Barbara Tuchman.

• To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
• No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
• The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.
• Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
• War is the unfolding of miscalculations.