 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunyange zvazvo asina kuzvitaura zvakajeka mu The Guns of August, Tuchman aivapo kune chimwe chezviitiko zvakakosha zvebhuku racho: kutsvaga kweGermany hondo cruiser Goeben uye cruiser yakareruka Breslau. Munhoroondo yake yokutsvaka kwake, akanyora kuti, Mangwanani iwayo August 10, 1914 kwakauya kuConstantinople chikepe chiduku chevapfuuri cheItaly chakanga chaona chiito che Gloucester chakapesana ne Goeben ne Breslau . Pakati pavatakurwi vayo paiva nomwanasikana, muroora uye vazukuru vatatu vamumiriri weAmerica Mr. Henry Morgenthau. Sezvo akanga ari muzukuru waHenry Morgenthau, ari kutaura nezvake, izvo zvinosimbiswa mubhuku rake gare gare rinonzi Practicing History, umo anorondedzera nyaya yababa vake, Maurice Wertheim, achifamba kubva kuConstantinople kuenda kuJerusarema musi waAugust 29, 1914 kuti aendese mari kunharaunda yechiJudha ikoko. Nokudaro, pazera ramakore maviri, Tuchman akanga aripo mukati mokutsvaka Goeben uye Breslau, izvo akanyora makore 48 gare gare. 