To start, lets address how much an addict Max Brooks is to the subject of zombies and writing. Brooks, who also wrote The Zombie Survival Guide, went to great lengths to incorporate an accurate portrayal of modern technology, politics, culture, military tactics, economics, and etc. when writing World War Z.
For a full summary of World War Z, check out the wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_Z.
Moving on, the second half of the book focuses primarily on the response on a grand scale to the zombie threat. It also details how leading nations of the world crumble away, while third world nations thrive; how the zombies continue to prove a serious threat to the surviving populous; and how life (other than humanity) came to suffer at the hands of humanity more so than the zombies. Those poor, poor whales.
I enjoyed this reading assignment mostly because it addresses how humanity treated other species of life in its time of peril. It would seem humanity has the right to bring upon the extinction of life; while trying to fend off its own extinction.
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