Joe's Reviews > A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

If you're looking for an excellent history of The Great War or simply a great non-fiction/history book you've found it. In a nutshell what makes this book work is its balance, not necessarily in its handling of events and personalities - the author has no problem critiquing policies, people and decisions - but in the flow of the narrative. Meyer does an excellent job jockeying among the battlefields, world capitals, politicians, civilians, soldiers and generals, economies, technologies and much more with excellent writing, using long and short chapters, (the latter used almost as footnotes to elucidate a point), without becoming bogged down in details or losing track of the narrative. (Just trying to describe how well the author succeeds in doing this is proving difficult.)

Without getting too carried away I found the writing and this book very Catton-esque.

Highly recommended.