List of Illustrations		ix
List of Maps		xiii
Introduction		xvii
1914 Chronology		xxiii
The Organisation of Armies in 1914		xxv
Prologue: Sarajevo		xxvii
1 `A Feeling That Events Are in the Air'		1	(40)
1 Change And Decay		1	(24)
2 Battle Plans		25	(16)
2 The Descent To War		41	(62)
1 The Austrians Threaten		41	(13)
2 The Russians React		54	(21)
3 The Germans March		75	(10)
4 The British Decide		85	(18)
3 `The Superb Spectacle of the World Bursting into Flames'		103	(35)
1 Migrations		103	(7)
2 Passions		110	(16)
3 Departures		126	(12)
4 Disaster On The Drina		138	(21)
5 Death With Flags And Trumpets		159	(41)
1 The Execution Of Plan XVII		159	(28)
2 `German Beastliness'		187	(7)
3 Lanrezac Encounters Schlieffen		194	(6)
6 The British Fight		200	(39)
1 Mons		200	(19)
2 Le Cateau: `Where The Fun Comes In I Don't Know'		219	(20)
7 The Retreat		239	(20)
8 Tannenberg: `Alas, How Many Thousands Lie There Bleeding!'		259	(27)
9 The Hour of Joffre		286	(27)
1 Paris At Bay		286	(4)
2 Sir John Despairs		290	(8)
3 Seeds Of Hope		298	(15)
10 The Nemesis Of Moltke		313	(43)
1 The Marne		313	(29)
2 `stalemate In Our Favour'		342	(14)
11 `Poor Devils, They Fought Their Ships Like Men'		356	(30)
12 Three Armies In Poland		386	(25)
13 `Did You Ever Dance With Him?'		411	(31)
1 Home Fronts		411	(23)
2 News And Abuse		434	(8)
14 Open Country, Open Sky		442	(21)
1 Churchill's Adventure		442	(13)
2 `Inventions of The Devil'		455	(8)
15 Ypres: `Something That Was Completely Hopeless'		463	(34)
16 `War Becomes the Scourge of Mankind'		497	(18)
1 Poland		497	(12)
2 The Serbs' Last Triumph		509	(6)
17 Mudlife		515	(26)
18 Silent Night, Holy Night		541	(24)
Acknowledgements		565	(2)
Notes and References		567	(28)
Bibliography		595	(10)
Index		605