Human Smoke - Nicholson Baker

This account of World War 2 gives a chronological run up of events from the fourth World's Peace Conference in August 1892 to December 31, 1941. It is written from a pacifist's point of view. The book has a great deal of interesting information that isn't in history texts. The format is simple with no chapters and events are succinctly described. You will remember this book.