Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps ix
4. Tables and Figures x
5. Foreword xiii
6. Preface xvii
7. Acknowledgments xxiii
8. Abbreviations xxv
9. Introduction 1
10. Part One: The Making of Andy McNaughton
11. 1. Early Life and the Crucible of the First World War 11
12. 2. The Road to High Command 23
13. Part Two: The Problem of Deploying the Army
14. 3. A Willingness to Fight, 1940–1941 39
15. 4. From ROUNDUP to TORCH 54
16. 5. Practical Operations of War 69
17. Part Three: McNaughton as Military Commander and Trainer
18. 6. The Difficulty of Training in 1940 83
19. 7. The Politics of Training 96
20. 8. Enter Montgomery 114
21. 9. Exercise SPARTAN 128
22. 10. The Long Shadow of SPARTAN 150
23. Part Four: The End of an Idea
24. 11. The Sicily Incident 171
25. 12. Broken Dagger: A Corps in Italy 187
26. 13. The Final Months of McNaughton’s Command 208
27. Epilogue 217
28. Conclusion 219
29. Appendices 231
30. Notes 247
31. Bibliography 333
32. Index 357