{"product_id":"between-the-wars-19191939-9780857055231","title":"Between the Wars 19191939","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt the end of 1918 one prescient American historian began to write a history of the Great War. What will you call it? he was asked. The First World War, was his bleak response.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBetween the Wars\u003c\/i\u003e Philip Ziegler examines the major international turning points - cultural and social as well as political and military - that led the world from one war to another. His approach is panoramic, touching on all parts of the world where history was being made, examining Gandhi''s March to the Sea and the Chaco War in South America alongside Hitler''s rise to power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the tragic story of a world determined that the horrors of the First World War would never be repeated, yet committed to a path which in hindsight was inevitably destined to end in a second, even more devastating conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter bears the unmistakable stamp of Ziegler''s scholarship: a keen eye for the telling anecdote, elegant and fluid prose, and calm and fair judgments. In a world t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating, panoramic overview\u003c\/b\u003e . . . In prose of crystalline elegance, \u003cb\u003eZiegler travels chronologically across countries and continents, discussing global events that range from the complex arguments\u003c\/b\u003e for Home Rule in Ireland in 1921 to the fascist takeover of Madrid in 1939. -- Juliet Nicolson * Spectator. *\u003cbr\u003eVery rewarding, well-written, succinct and\u003cb\u003e full of intelligent judgements\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Hugh Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZiegler is an elegant, unfailingly lucid writer\u003c\/b\u003e -- Simon Callow.\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most experienced and versatile biographers of his generation. * Observer. *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZiegler writes with urbanity and wit\u003c\/b\u003e but is unflinching in his judgments. * Times Literary Supplement. *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Bill Bryson * on The Black Death. *\u003cbr\u003eA skillful historian. * Kirkus Reviews. *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738499068247,"sku":"9780857055231","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857055231.jpg?v=1720048874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-the-wars-19191939-9780857055231","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}