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My wife and I are expecting a baby any day now. I keep reading WWI books, not necessarily to learn anything new but to get the perspective of the authors....and of course because I love them. At the beginning of each chapter he places a "background" of two or three pages to discuss issues that would not usually get much attention in an overall history of the Great War. With an historians eye for clear headed analysis and a storytellers talent for detail and narrative, G.J Meyer presents a compelling account of the blunders that produced the world's first "great war" and set the stage for many of the tragic events that followed."
Chapters dedicated to background information are interspersed throughout the book which provide frequent relief from the other chapters filled with accounts of unbelievable suffering and death. I’ve read a few one-volume accounts of WWI, and I think this is my favorite of those. "A World Undone is an original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century. I futilely tried to read all the names of the missing inscribed on that gate which of course was impossible. At least the last book that doesn’t involve talking bears or talking cows or talking bean-pods or whatever talking creature populates the books that babies read these days. You see, I was inspired by a recent visit to Ypres where I witnessed the playing of the Last Post at the Menin Gate. ), Straight forward, very readable summary of WW1, focusing on the big picture. My wife and I drove the Western Front last fall - a trip I heartily recommend. It is amazingly complex and deeply disturbing. I've read several hundred books on WW1. He has taught at colleges and universities in Des Moines, St. Louis, and New York. The author handles it all well, seamlessly switching between theatres without it all getting, World War I, keeps drawing readers back to texts and stories that cover this period, because it could have been easily prevented if only Europe hadn't bee ruled by so many unsuited, disengaged and self serving rulers trying desperately to keep hold of of a world view when the the entire world had already shifted. The author examines motives and futile decisions of leaders and generals. Meyer’s comprehensive account. Other Editions of This Title: This one was highly readable and explained things well enough for beginners in the subject, but also added t. I’ve read a few one-volume accounts of WWI, and I think this is my favorite of those. The one hundred year anniversary of the end of World War I recently occurred, and I decided if I didn’t tackle this book at this time I never would. Most of the excerpts included at the end of this review are taken from these chapters. (Just trying to describe how well the author succeeds in doing this is proving difficult. The author shows how the Archduke's assassination provoked the majority of European nations to embark on a disastrous war. WWI transformed the world into the one we recognize today, but perhaps even more relevant is the way it exposed self-serving failed leadership that fed political, religious and national divisions; tactics and behavior that we also recognize today. "A World Undone" by G. J. Meyer is a concise and satisfying history of World War I. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. And I thought about that as I finished this book: how it might be the last book I ever read. Maybe it was the perfect book for my level of understanding and I am sure the timing was ripe. G. J. Meyer set out to write this book to fill a gap in the available literature on the First World War: a popular, holistic account that covered every phase and every front, without presupposing much knowledge from the reader. Delacorte Press, 9780553803549, 704pp. A long time ago I went on a road trip around Holland and Belgium.
Please call before going to store. A world undone × Close. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2014. Excellent and very readable overview of World War I. I came in to this book with only bits and pieces of knowledge about the war which I had picked up from various other books such as biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and world history classes from many years ago. At the beginning of each chapter he places a "background" of two or three pages to discuss issues that would not usually get much attention in an overall history of the Great War. This book changed that. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. My wife and I drove the Western Front last fall - a trip I heartily recommend. I’ve had my eyes on it for some time while dreading the investment of time required to get through it. If you want twenty-seven hours of WWI, this would be a good choice. This is probably the finest comprehensive book that I have ever read about any war. In the time before GPS, we took the itineraries of the Dutch Automobile Association (or something like that, forgive me, I forget) and one of them was passing through all the major battlefields of WWI. It is no simple thing to make people believe such things and later persuade them to accept a settlement based on compromise.”, “There arose in the aftermath of this battle the strangest and most beautiful legend of the war. The First World War is one of history’s greatest tragedies. Add another edition? It’s quite long, and really gives you the sense of the kind of meatgrinder the war was. I loved that it was chronological, but also had in-depth sections on background information and themes that stretched across the war—everything from the Romanovs to propaganda to women’s roles and Cossacks. An incredibly dense but amazingly clear and concise history. He has taught at colleges and universities in Des Moines, St. Louis, and New York. They range from the Serbs to the development of artillery to the Junkers to War and Poetry. Should be your first contact with WW1. This was the perfect book to begin filling in those gaps. This one was highly readable and explained things well enough for beginners in the subject, but also added to my knowledge (I won’t call myself an expert on WWI, but I’ve read many books about it). "A World Undone is an original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century.
Furthermore, the author knows so instinctively. To prepare, we read a lot about the Great War. After reading a lot, I have become very impressed when I run across exceptional one volume treatments of the war in its entirety.
If one is looking for a detailed, yet concise and easy to understand book on World War I, look no further than G.J. I also found these “background” chapters to be the most interesting parts of the book. The author shows how the Archduke's assassination provoked the majority of European nations to embark on a disastrous war. For example, he shows: the origins of Serbian unrest that led to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, why the War was not confined to just the Balkans, the antiquated British military system that created inept military leaders such as Generals French and Haig, the French mi. Apparently while the map changed greatly with new boundaries and new countries, not much has changed with the human race and its leaders in the 100 years since. "A World Undone" by G. J. Meyer is a concise and satisfying history of World War I. Refresh and try again.
"A World Undone is an original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century. His books include A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, Executive Blues, and The Memphis Murders, winner o, G. J. Meyer is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow with an M.A. May 30th 2006 For a World Undone, I’ll make an exception. Publication Date: May 30, 2006 Other Editions of This Title: If War is Hell, then this war, World War One, is the biggest hell of the mall. Some editing was done to typos and some feedback added now that it's been awhile since I read it the first time. G. J. Meyer is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow with an M.A.
"—Los Angeles Times"Accomplished with brio... [Meyer] blends 'foreground, background, and sidelights' to highlight the complex interactions of apparently unconnected events behind the four-year catastrophic war that destroyed a world and defined a century. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Something went wrong. In the late Middle Ages at Agincourt—not a great distance from Mons—English yeomen armed with longbows had won a great victory over a much bigger force of mounted and armored French knights. Please try again. The one hundred year anniversary of the end of World War I recently occurred, and I decided if I didn’t tackle this book at this time I never would. A fantastic one volume history of WW1. The author examines motives and futile decisions of leaders and generals. A long time ago I went on a road trip around Holland and Belgium.
Furthermore, the author knows so instinctively what information is most necessary that he eliminated my usual compulsion to augment or clarify information on wikipedia. Some said it had been pointing to victory, others that it held back the Germans as the Tommies got away.
Meyer does an excellent job jockeying among the battlefields, world capitals, politicians, civilians, soldiers and generals, economies, technologies and much more wit, If you're looking for an excellent history of The Great War or simply a great non-fiction book you've found it. He provides in-depth profiles of many of the political and military leaders of that era, and explains why they were so important....This is a literary vision of WWI that few of us have ever encountered. Unfortunately, I'm writing the review 4 months after I finished the book, so my impressions are not as sharp as they were. 4+ stars. We’d love your help. You’ve experienced this as well I’m sure; maybe you had a college professor that was brilliant but never knew when to shut up when lecturing in the classroom. I know I want to set it in England sometime between the end of the first world war and just after the second, but I don’t know exactly when. The result is at best a kind of static communion between observer and marker. To help the reader understand fully why and how things happened the way they did, the author inserted short chapters about the Romanov dynasty, about the Hapsburg family, about the Hohenzollern monarchy, All those pre-Great War stories gives the reader the background needed to understand the power struggle between Europe's nations, struggle that ignited the Great War. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Compact Disc (6/1/2012) "A World Undone is an original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century. Having read other books on WW I, I was familiar with the subject before reading this book. The result is at best a kind of static communion between observer and marker. Start by marking “A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918” as Want to Read: Error rating book. However, the author's language is so precisely descriptive (cardinal directions, distances, shapes of formations and battle lines) that I could easily draw a picture in my mind.
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