1920: A Year of Global Turmoil

by David Charlwood

Overview

Violent uprisings are tearing apart the Middle East, nationalism is on the march in Europe and an unlikely presidential candidate is running for election in the US on a populist platform to put 'America first'. The year is 1920.

1920: A Year of Global Turmoil tells the story of twelve months that set in motion one hundred years of history. From America to Asia, the events of 1920 foreshadowed the decline of empires, the coming of another global conflict and the rise of an American president who would change his country's relationship with the world. Weaving personal accounts with grand narrative, it vividly illuminates a past which echoes the present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526767172
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	08/17/2020
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

DAVID CHARLWOOD obtained a First Class Honours Degree in history from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has worked as an international journalist and in publishing. His research into the early Twentieth Century Middle East has been published in the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies and he has written historical articles for a US-based think tank and contributed to BBC radio. 1920: A Year of Global Turmoil is his second book.

Editorial Reviews

David's book makes chilling reading.

Books Monthly

From Ireland, to Poland, to Iraq, Armenia and Afghanistan, Charlwood immerses the reader in the
events of a tumultuous year in which hopes for a new post-war order everywhere crumble.
Well-researched and engagingly written.

Matthew Parker

David has a talent for explaining complicated facts in an accessible and entertaining fashion, the hallmark of a truly great writer.

Hellbound.ca

This is a concise, informative book and very readable.

The Historical Novel Society

History writing at its best, 1920 informs, entices and challenges, teasing out extraordinary parallels between our current world and that of a century ago. The style is crisp yet authoritative, engaging and informative, making connections between seemingly disparate events and reminding us peace is not a given, but a goal to be prized and worked towards.”

Tim Butcher

A remarkable panorama ... History at its best, narrated in gripping style.”

Peter Caddick-Adams