"1914-1918: The History of the First World War" by David Stevenson

I certainly learned a lot with this. It was a solid overview of the lead up to WWI, the war itself, and the aftermath. I wish it had more of the lead up and less of the aftermath, but that's just because I've read a great deal on WWII so the aftermath stuff was pretty familiar.

I appreciated the way Stevenson structured the book in particular. He divided the war into phases, and then approached each phase thematically rather than chronologically. Made it nice and easy to see how all the disparate pieces fit into the big picture.

All in all, a good primer for a WWI novice. Those who have studied the war already might not get much out of it.