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Title: Worth a Read
Review: The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman gives an excellent overview of the first month of World War I. It is very well organized, as the book starts out with the causes of the war, then moves on to the war plans of each individual country, then explains the actions of each government during the outbreak of war and the finally on to the military campaigns. While the book does go over the Russian invasion of East Prussia, the book mostly talks about the German advance through Belgium and into France, up to the First Battle of the Marne, where the book ends.I personally find the first month of the war to be the most interesting, and I feel as though I learned a lot from this book. Tuchman writes in a style which makes it easy to read, and grabs your attention. I didn't have a hard time moving through this book. I recommend it to anyone with interest in the First World War, an often overlooked, but very important conflict.
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