Book Review – The World Remade

The World Remade: America in World War I by G.J. Meyer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a worthy follow-up to A World Undone. For the US side of things, G.J. Meyer justifiably focuses a lot of attention on Woodrow Wilson. Fans of the 28th President be warned: Meyer’s view isn’t exactly anti-Wilson, but he openly explores his faults and the troubles he caused at home and abroad. The book also covers plenty of other topics, particularly in the interludes between chapters. After Meyer’s first consideration of the Great War stressed social change wrought by the conflict, I thought his emphasis here might have been somewhat more concentrated on similar alterations in the fabric of American society. However, as a general history of the time and place this functions quite well.

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