Review: Clearly not a one hour read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2012
I picked up this book primarily as a "primer" on how Germany fared following the Treaty of Versailles verses that of a "one hour' history of WW I. But the detail to which this author goes caused me to read it much more slowly than I had anticipated. Obviously, not a "one hour" read for me. In fact, in places the book got rather tedious due to the minutia of detail to which the author goes to explain what was going on during this time in history in Europe. No question, the writing was very well researched but it was way more information than I needed in order to get a better grip on post war Germany leading up to the Rise of the Third Reich. I liked the time line at the back of the book and also liked the biographies of the principals, also in the back. So, if WW I is your interest, by all means pick this one up. But if you're looking for a quick read on the period, skim it.