The World Crisis Volume IV 1918-1928: The Aftermath

by Churchill, Sir Winston S.

• ISBN13: 9781472586957
• ISBN10: 1472586956
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-03-26
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill's literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following decades. At once a history and a first-hand account of Churchill's own involvement in the war, The World Crisis remains a compelling account of the conflict and its importance.

In the fourth volume of his history of World War I, Churchill covers the aftermath of the conflict, between the years 1918-1922. Churchill here considers the process of demobilization after the many hard years of war, and the long negotiation of the peace and the Treaty of Versailles, as well as President Woodrow Wilson's famed 14 Points, the founding of the League of Nations and the Revolution and Civil War in Russia.

Author Biography

Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940-1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, he was also a gifted orator, statesman and historian. The author of more than 40 books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and in 1963 was made an honorary citizen of the United States.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. 'The Broken Spell'
2. Demos
3. Demobilisation
4. Russia Forlorn
5. Intervention
6. The Fourteen Points
7. The Peace Conference
8. The League of Nations
9. The Unfinished Task
10. The Triumvirate
11. The Peace Treaties
12. The Russian Civil War
13. The Miracle of the Vistula
14. The Irish Spectre
15. The Irish Settlement
16. The Rise of the Irish Free State
17. Turkey Alive
18. Greek Tragedy
19. Chanak
20. The End of the World Crisis
Appendix