World War Z, an Oral History of the Zombie War / Max Brooks / 602 pages / December Challenge Apocalyptic Literature

"It was bedlam, exactly what you thought the end of the world was supposed to look like."  The infestation, the Great Plague, zombies, is believed to have started in China.  Spread was facilitated by denial.  Efforts to contain were often ineffective.  "It was a mess, confusion turning to anger, anger turning on our neighbors.  Every hour the conflict escalated.  Border clashes, air strikes.  It happened so fast, just three days of conventional warfare neither side having any clear objective, just panicked rage."  "We created a beast, an nuclear monster that neither side could tame..."  "Panic's even more infectious than the Z germ."  Frightening!!