Jonathan Fennell
@jonathanfennell.bsky.social
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.
Back from much needed hols and such a lift to read Robert Lyman's review of Collapse in Aspects of History! Emphasises originality: ‘Single-authored multi-volume treatises on the war as a whole are vanishingly rare’. And I'll take ‘first-rate’ and ‘weighty new tome’ any day! aspectsofhistory.com
Smashing review of Collapse by David Reynolds in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social! 'A truly transnational history … [and] challengingly holistic … Collapse uses … prodigious cutting edge research to create a highly readable book … outstanding'. @dsdkings.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
Bowled over by @jfb1066.bsky.social's review of COLLAPSE in this month's @litreview.bsky.social! ‘Original and thought-provoking … Collapse represents an ambitious and scholarly achievement ... it sets a new standard for writing the history of warfare’. A good day! literaryreview.co.uk/peoples-war
Jonathan Boff - People’s War
Jonathan Boff: People’s War - Collapse: A Global History of the Second World War, 1931–1941 by Jonathan Fennell
literaryreview.co.uk
Book of the Week in @thetimes.com! 'Fennell marshals a host of original insights and judgments in a narrative of terrific verve ... a superb book' says Max Hastings. The stuff of dreams! thetimes.com/culture/book... @dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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 globe
new-app.spectator.co.uk
"In the first of a three-volume series, a brilliant young scholar of World War II offers a fresh and magisterial new history of the cataclysmic military struggle." Enter to win a copy of @jonathanfennell.bsky.social's "Collapse" from @simonbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
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!).
Collapse
Between 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
Hi folks, there is a US cover for Collapse! Love it! @jonathanjao @simonschuster @DSD_Kings @warstudies @SWWresearch For those in the US, pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Collap...
Collapse
In the first of a three-volume series, a brilliant young scholar of World War II offers a fresh and magisterial new history of the cataclysmic mili...
simonandschuster.com
Hi folks, after some very hard graft, I've a UK publication date - 2 July 2026 - for Book I of my Second World War Trilogy. COLLAPSE will publish with @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social. The cover, which I love, is below!! Details and pre-order here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/316660...
