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Барбара Вертхайм Такман — американская писательница и историк.

Дважды лауреат Пулитцеровской премии за нехудожественной прозаическое произведение — за книги «Августовские пушки» и «Стилуэлл и американский опыт в Китае, 1911—1945» . Wikipedia  

✵ 30. Январь 1912 – 6. Февраль 1989   •   Другие имена باربارا تاکمن
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“History is the unfolding of miscalculations.”

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, p. 132 (1970)

“Books are the carriers of civilization… They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”

Вариант: Books are... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print.

“Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга The Guns of August

Источник: The Guns of August

“If it is not profitable for the common good that authority should be retained, it ought to be relinquished.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Jean Gerson, quoted on p. 520
A Distant Mirror (1978)

“Against men habituated to lawless force, violent punishment failed to bring the violence under control.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Источник: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 273

“In the midst of events there is no perspective.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Источник: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 454

“Whatever solace the Christian faith could give was balanced by the anxiety it generated.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Источник: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 469

“In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Источник: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 210

“What counts is not so much the fact as what the public perceives to be the fact.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Источник: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 291

“Nothing is more certain than death and nothing uncertain but its hour.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Enguerrand VII de Coucy, quoted on p. 570
A Distant Mirror (1978)

“When truth and reason cannot be heard, then must presumption rule.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Admiral Jean de Vienne, quoted on p. 559
A Distant Mirror (1978)

“Voluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Источник: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 487

“Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Источник: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 523

“As the era of the sword was ending, that of firearms began, in time to allow no lapse in man’s belligerent capacity.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Источник: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 585

“To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.”

Barbara W. Tuchman книга A Distant Mirror

Источник: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 459