![]() ![]() Despite being the first full year of armistice, 1920 was not, in fact, a peaceful time-it contained the greatest act of terrorism in American history to date. Burns sets the record straight about this most misunderstood and iconic of periods. Acclaimed author Eric Burns investigates the year of 1920, which was not only a crucial twelve-month period of its own, but one that foretold the future, foreshadow the rest of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st. But how did this surge of innovation and cultural milestones emerge out of the ashes of The Great War? No one has yet written a book about the decade’s beginning. ![]() The Roaring Twenties is the only decade in American history with a widely-applied nickname, and our fascination with this era continues. ![]()
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