Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction 1
5. I. The Influence of Sadowa and Sedan 10
6. II. The Politics of Conscription 1872–1914 44
7. III. 1914: The Economic Consequences of a Military Theory 91
8. IV. The Reorganization of the Nation in Arms, 1919–1928 137
9. V. The Organization of the Nation in Time of War, 1919–1928 184
10. VI. The Nation in Arms and the Coming of a Second World War 215
11. VII. 1940: The Consequences of a Theory 257
12. Bibliography 278
13. Index 297