Random House Trade</br></br>Product Description</br></br><b><b><i>The Proud Tower?? </i>the Pulitzer Prize?winning <i>The Guns of August?? </i>and<i> The Zimmermann Telegram</i> comprise Barbara W. Tuchman??s classic histories of the First World War era</b><br></b> <b> </b><br> In January 1917?? the war in Europe was?? at best?? a tragic standoff. Britain knew that all was lost unless the United States joined the war?? but President Wilson was unshakable in his neutrality. At just this moment?? a crack team of British decoders in a quiet offi