Overshadowed by the global conflict that erupted a little over 20 years after Germany reluctantly signed the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, the “Great War” was the catalyst for most of the ills that bedeviled humanity in its wake: the fall of three European empires, the Russian revolution and the rise of Communism, the emergence of far-right counters to Bolshevism in Italy (Fascism) and Germany (National Socialism), and the virulent ascent of nationalism and militarism that was unleashed by the second bloodiest conflict in history.Įven today, World War I is shrouded in mystery and myths. Meyer’s A World Undone: The History of the Great War, 1914 to 1918, a one-volume history about the most misunderstood conflict that very few people living in the 21st Century know about: World War I. On May 30, 2006, Delacorte Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, published G.J. A World Undone is the first volume of G.J.
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