By Max Brooks, who also wrote The Zombie Survival Guide. The story follows a writer who compiles interviews with military personnel, civilians, and any significant role-player in the rise of and the backing down of the undead. It's a particularly interesting novel because it's scope; most zombie movies/books consider themselves with the survival on an individual, whereas this story focuses on the international level, different national approaches and strategies to dealing with a war enemy and the potential pitfalls of the panic related to an epidemic like Zombies which would nearly bring humanity to extinction. I think these post-apocalyptic topics are so interesting because of that factor - what would we have to do to defend our species - not just human life, but the human spirit as well. That and that the enemy is literally the body of your friend, neighbor, or even family member reanimated by a different being hell-bent on destroying you. That's pretty f-ed up, but so was the holocaust, so go figure.
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