Dr. Jack Schwartzwald, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, is a clinical professor of medicine at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School and a hospitalist physician. A history major at North Texas, he has published five books on historical topics including Europe on the Path to Self-Destruction: Nationalism and the Struggle for Hegemony, 1815-1945, which won first prize in the History (Non-Fiction) category at the 17th Annual National Indies Excellence Awards, as well as the Bronze Award in War & Military Non-Fiction category in the 2022 Foreword Book Awards Competition.