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History Matters: Barbara W. Tuchman

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German soldiers (wearing distinctive pickelhaube helmets with cloth covers) on the front at the First Battle of the Marne during World War I, taken in September 1914.
German Army
Dr. Gary Joiner
Credit Press Image / LSU Shreveport

Airs Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at 7:45 a.m. This week Commentator Dr. Gary Joiner looks back at the life and contributions of Barbara W. Tuchman.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.

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Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”