Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xii
5. Introduction xv
6. 1. A Liberal State Declares War 1
7. 2. 1914 – The New Warfare 27
8. 3. The Navy Goes to War 1914–1915 49
9. 4. Gallipoli – The Politicians’ Hour 65
10. 5. 1915 – Learning and Not Learning 87
11. 6. The Year of the Somme 109
12. 7. The Defeat of the Ottoman Empire 1914–1918 133
13. 8. Rue Morgue – 1917 151
14. 9. The War at Sea 1916–1918 183
15. 10. 1918 – The Whirlwind 206
16. 11. 1918 – Victory 227
17. Interlude 1919–1939 250
18. 12. Appeasement and War 257
19. 13. The Norway Campaign 287
20. 14. 1940 – Crisis Year 305
21. 15. The Desert – Wavell’s War 1939–1942 331
22. 16. The Desert – Auchinleck’s War 1941–1942 357
23. 17. Slouching Towards a Strategy – Anglo-American Planning 1940–1942 385
24. 18. Singapore 409
25. 19. The Desert – Montgomery’s War 1942–1943 433
26. 20. The End in Africa 457
27. 21. Inching Towards Italy 475
28. 22. Pivot of Power – The Mediterranean 1943 499
29. 23. Rock and a Hard Place – Italy 1943–1944 525
30. 24. The Weight of the War – The Strategic Bombing of Germany 547
31. 25. Battle of the Atlantic 577
32. 26. Normandy 597
33. 27. Burma 623
34. 28. The End of the War in Europe August 1944–May 1945 655
35. Conclusion 679
36. Notes 697
37. Bibliography 767
38. Index 782