Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan For six
months in 1919, after the end of "the war to end all wars," the
Big ThreePresident Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David
Lloyd George, and French premier Georges Clemenceaumet in Paris
to shape a lasting peace. In this landmark work of narrative
history, Margaret MacMillan gives a dramatic and intimate view
of those fateful days, which saw new political entitiesIraq,
Yugoslavia, and Palestine, among themborn out of the ruins of
bankrupt empires, and the borders of the modern world redrawn.
top of the page 1. In 1919, Europe had just been through a
devastating war, which left political, social, and economic
turmoil in its wake. The war also had a considerable impact on
the Middle East and parts of Asia and Africa. What were the main
issues and concerns facing the peacemakers in 1919? 2. Some
historiansArno Mayer, for examplehave argued that the
peacemakers of 1919 were determined to prevent the spread of
revolution westward from Russia. To