巴巴拉·塔奇曼以其卓越的战争历史写作两度荣获普利策奖并当选为美国艺术文学院的首位女院长。她自称“作为艺术家的历史作家”并重新界定了历史叙事艺术家的身份,通过自己的历史写作实践质疑和冲击了延续2500多年的“文史之辨”。正是由于赋予历史应有的可读性和巨大的影响力,塔奇曼毫无疑问地成为20世纪美国最具开创性的大众历史作家。 Barbara Tacchman was Pulitzer Prize twice for his remarkable history of war and was voted the first female director of the Academy of Arts and Design. She claims to be “a writer of history as an artist” and redefines the identity of historical narrative artists. She inquires through her historical writing practice and attacks on the “distinction of literature and history” that lasted for more than 2500 years. It is precisely because of its historical readability and great influence that Thachman undoubtedly became the most pioneering American public history writer in the 20th century.