The book is written as a log of Gulliver's adventures in different countries. The first part of the book is about Lilliput, a country inhabited by people that are only fifteen centimeters tall. Gulliver finds that the Lilliputians are at the war with another country. He is forced to aid their war effort by capturing all the enemy's ships used for war. However, Gulliver becomes an enemy of the king for refusing to invade the other country. Gulliver escapes, and the enemies of Lilliput end up helping him repair a boat to use to return home. In his log, Gulliver writes what he sees and thinks about the war between the two countries of little people. Much of this writing is clear criticism of the war between France and Britain