What did Barbara Tuchman mean by: Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed. - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA Copy
+ The power to command frequently causes failure to think. Feraz Zeid, October 9, 2023December 26, 2023, Barbara Tuchman, Command, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ War is the unfolding of miscalculations. Feraz Zeid, July 13, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Military, Peace, War, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Breaking Down, Gaps, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. Feraz Zeid, June 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Barbara Tuchman, Satisfying, Sentences, Writing, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ To put away one’s own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Book, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ The poets have familiarized more people with history than have the historians. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, History, Poetry, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ The writer’s object is – or should be – to hold the reader’s attention. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Attention, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
+ To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Tuchman, Garments, Legitimacy, 0 - Barbara Tuchman Historian · USA
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