Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction

1963 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Guns of AugustBarbara W. TuchmanSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War era In this...Amazon

1964 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerAnti-intellectualism in American LifeRichard HofstadterThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, yo...Amazon

1965 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerO Strange New WorldHoward Mumford Jones...Amazon

1966 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerWandering Through WinterEdwin Way TealeShares the author's daily observations of nature over the course of a year, and includes explanations of natural phenomena...Amazon

1967 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Problem of Slavery in Western CultureDavid Brion DavisWinner of several national awards including the 1967 Pulitzer Prize, this classic study by David Brion Davis has given new direction to the historical and sociological research of society's attitude towards slavery. Davis depicts the various ways different...Amazon

1968 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerRousseau and Revolution, vol. 10 of The Story of Civilization,Will and Ariel DurantThe Story of Civilization, Volume X: winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a history of civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the rest of Europe from 1715 to 1789....Amazon

1969 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerSo Human an AnimalRené Jules DubosThe book sounds both an urgent warning, and offers important policy insights into how this trend toward dehumanization can be halted and finally reversed....AmazonThe Armies of the NightNorman MailerOctober 21, 1967, Washington, D.C. 20,000 to 200,000 protesters are marching to end the war in Vietnam, while helicopters hover overhead and federal marshals and soldiers with fixed bayonets await them on the Pentagon steps. Among the marchers is Norman Ma...Amazon

1970 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerGandhi's TruthErik H. EriksonA Western psychoanalyst and historian presents a detailed examination of the philosophies accepted by Gandhi and his attempts to convert the British through nonviolence...Amazon

1971 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Rising SunJohn TolandThis Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun i...Amazon

1972 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerStilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45Barbara W. TuchmanIn tracing the fortunes of America's commander in China during World War II, the author attempts to explore the U.S.'s involvement with the Chinese....Amazon