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Book Review of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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I am not a reader of horror, but I thought this was very well done. The realism made it even creepier for me. Rather than a traditional novel format, it's a series of interviews between the UN report writer and those who were somehow involved in the zombie war - military, mercenary, smugglers, leaders and regular citizens. It's a pretty amazing thought experiment - which countries would use the nuclear option, what would happen to the astronauts in space, who gets sacrificed, what weapons are most effective, how do the governments of countries reform in the aftermath...