paris 1919 6 months that changed the world

The fate of hundreds of millions of people, from Strasbourg to Baghdad, from Hamburg to Aqaba, was unclear. In the course of the Great War of 1914-18, four old multinational empires had fallen: the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, German and Ottoman.

MacMillan, the great-granddaughter of David Lloyd George, lives in Toronto.From January to June 1919, the leaders of Britain, France, Italy and the United States met in Paris to decide the outcome of the war they had just won against the Central Powers. It won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize, and the Duff Cooper Prize and was a finalist for the Westminster Medal in Military Literature. Published as Peacemakers in England, Paris 1919 was a bestseller chosen by Roy Jenkins as his favorite book of the year. Her previous books include Women of the Raj and Canada and NATO. from Oxford University and is provost of Trinity College and professor of history at the University of Toronto. 'For anyone interested in knowing how historic mistakes can morph into later historic problems, this brilliant book is a must-read.' 'MacMillan is a superb writer who can bring history to life.' 'Beautifully written, full of judgment and wisdom, Paris 1919 is a pleasure to read and vibrates with the passions of the early twentieth century and of ours.' It can grow only from the hearts of people.'

'MacMillan's book reminds us of the main lesson learned at such a high cost in Paris in 1919: Peace is not something that can be imposed at the conference table. A wealth of colorful detail and a concentration on the strange characters many of these statesmen were keep narrative lively.' 'The history of the 1919 Paris peace talks following World War I is a blueprint of the political and social upheavals bedeviling the planet now. In this landmark work of narrative history, Margaret MacMillan gives a dramatic and intimate view of those fateful days, which saw new political entities-Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Palestine, among them-born out of the ruins of bankrupt empires, and the borders of the modern world redrawn. Kennedy Book Awardįor six months in 1919, after the end of 'the war to end all wars,' the Big Three-President Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, and French premier Georges Clemenceau-met in Paris to shape a lasting peace. Silver Medalist for the Arthur Ross Book Awardįinalist for the Robert F.

Paris 1919 6 months that changed the world