Garrett Peck

This book comes in three parts: before, during, and after WWI It is in the after part that it excels. The before and during are rather mundane breaking very little new ground. For me, the after part is very much new. and for that, I give a high rating. Sadly, there is so much of the Great War that was repeated 20 years later. Prior to WWI, wars came and went a fair frequency but with very little resolution. The make-up of states changed, morphed, began, and ended. WWI took the "nice" out of the definition of war. WWI was tragic. An unusual fact, however, is that it was essentially fought on the ground of one of the victors and with very little of it fought on the ground of the loser. One could jump to the conclusion that fact produced the very bad settlement.… (meer)