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A World Undone

Disciplines:
history
military history/wwi
storytelling/narrative
history/meyer

Summary

G.J. Meyer's 2006 narrative history of World War I — covering the entire conflict from Sarajevo to Versailles — one of the most accessible single-volume narrative accounts of the Great War for general audiences.

Core Contribution

Provides the most readable comprehensive narrative of WWI for general audiences — A World Undone's combination of narrative clarity, contextual 'background' sections explaining key concepts, and attention to the human experience of the war makes it the best introduction to WWI for readers without prior knowledge.

Historical Influences

G.J. Meyer

Intellectual Lineage

G.J. Meyer Delacorte Press

Allied Works

The First Total War The Guns of August

Contemporaries & Peers

The First Total War The Guns of August

Minds Influenced

WWI popular historyHistory 102

Intellectual Posterity

A World Undone

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