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chewdigestbooks's review against another edition
4.0
This painted such a grand picture of life pre-WWI, I don't remember reading another better that's focus was on exactly that.
mattrohn's review against another edition
5.0
This book covers a very wide range of topics throughout this time period in Europe and the US but manages to never feel disjointed or scattershot. Every topic section does an impressive job of showing how it interacted with others (ie cultural, political, military, labor, gender, etc) in a way that creates a cohesive gestalt sense of a time as more than the sum of its parts, and does this much better than the background portions of G.J. Meyer's A World Undone
kbc's review against another edition
3.0
Tuchman shows how the variables that made the 20th century so bloody and destructive had their roots in the 19th and were starting show in the time period covered.
skypager21's review against another edition
3.0
The last chapter was the best. Too much filler, there are some chapters where not a lot happens but it goes on for a long time describing what people looked like and what they said. Wouldn't really recommend this.
bibliogirl's review against another edition
3.0
Historical treatment of Britain's place in WWI. Interesting look into the cultural forces behind personal and societal reactions to the war.
lieslindi's review against another edition
Examinations of several social, cultural, and historical tides and events before WWI: the Dreyfuss affair, the Morocco conflict, socialism vs. nationalism. Next up, her Guns of August.
historyczna's review against another edition
4.0
I definitely want to reread this when I have the time to come through the details because there is a lot of information in this book. Especially about the little things which I enjoy.
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