Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: War of the World, 1914

This is a fine one volume history of the Great War. Yet in spite of the dense factual material, I found myself confused by the repetitive numeration of military units, without enough maps to help. The book is stronger on diplomatic activities that led up to the fighting, but does not provide the rich full description of the personalities leading the fight, which is done better in Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman.Descriptions of the titanic battles on the Eastern Front are helpful, and the explanation of the collapse of Tsarist Russia is an eye-opener for those who prefer to focus on the Western Front. TEN MILLION died for nothing, only to see greater tragedy 20 years later. How foolish were the elite diplomats, generals, and royalty; so much of classical European civilization destroyed. Here are the roots of problems in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.