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Jonathan Fennell

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Professor of the History of War and Society, King’s College London. Co-Director of the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War. President of the Second World War Research Group. FRHistS.

1st review in for Collapse in @thespectator1828.bsky.social 'Impeccable' judgement and an 'unerring' eye for a personal story. 'Impressively global … the book is sensitive, thoughtful and ... a weighty achievement' @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social new-app.spectator.co.uk/article/6741...

What precipitated a worldwide total war in the 1930s?Rather than focusing on the struggle in Europe, Jonathan Fennell shows how the hopes and fears of tens of millions of people fired processes of radicalisation across the globenew-app.spectator.co.uk

I hope to see many of you on my travels – you can find me at the following: Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 June – @chalkefestival.bsky.social – Tuesday at 13.15 as part of the schools programme (chalkefestival.com/schools/), and Wednesday at 10.00 (chalkefestival.com/daily-progra...)

Schools Festival - Chalke History FestivalThe Chalke History Festival for Schools combines inspiring talks, live-action displays, and hands-on experiences to help your students.chalkefestival.com

In the coming weeks, alongside academic gigs, I’ll be hitting the road to speak at some public events about COLLAPSE (penguin.co.uk/books/316660...), which is set to publish with @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social on 16 July (just under a month from now!).

CollapseBetween 1931 and 1949, a series of crises broke out that threatened collective security, world order and the internal cohesion of states across the globe. At the heart of these crises was a world war ...penguin.co.uk