The First World War by Hew Strachan. Frankly, it's not that good. I'm 1/4 of the way through and about to put it aside. I'm also reading
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, but that's pretty much catch as catch can. (I had read it before in school.)
But I finished
Castles of Steel by Robert Massie last week and liked it a lot. In this history Churchill comes across as a blundering fool, I now understand and appreciate Jellicoe more than I used to, and I learned Beatty was pretty much a p*ssy-whipped
prima donna.
Good writing with a strong narrative. I highly recommend
Castles of Steel. 