Ordeal by Battle
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1. Front matter2. PART I THE CAUSES OF WAR3. CHAPTER I PEACE AND WAR4. CHAPTER II THE OUTBREAK OF WAR5. CHAPTER III WHO WANTED WAR?6. CHAPTER IV THE PENALTY OF NEGLIGENCE7. CHAPTER V PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY8. CHAPTER VI GERMAN MISCALCULATIONS9. CHAPTER VII INTERNATIONAL ILL-WILL10. PART II THE SPIRIT OF GERMAN POLICY11. CHAPTER I THE BISMARCKIAN EPOCH12. CHAPTER II AFTER BISMARCK13. CHAPTER III THE GERMAN PROJECT OF EMPIRE14. CHAPTER IV THE NEW MORALISTS15. CHAPTER V THE STATECRAFT OF A PRIESTHOOD16. CHAPTER VI THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE17. CHAPTER VII THE CONFLICT OF SYSTEMS AND IDEAS18. PART III THE SPIRIT OF BRITISH POLICY19. CHAPTER I A REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD20. CHAPTER II THREE GOVERNING IDEAS21. CHAPTER III POLICY AND ARMAMENTS22. CHAPTER IV THE BALANCE OF POWER23. CHAPTER V THE MILITARY SITUATION24. CHAPTER VI THE MILITARY SITUATION25. CHAPTER VII A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS26. PART IV DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SERVICE27. CHAPTER I THE BRITISH ARMY AND THE PEACE OF EUROPE28. CHAPTER II THE COMPOSITION OF THE BRITISH ARMY29. CHAPTER III LORD ROBERTS'S WARNINGS30. CHAPTER IV LORD KITCHENER'S TASK31. CHAPTER V MATERIAL OF WAR32. CHAPTER VI METHODS OF RECRUITING33. CHAPTER VII PERVERSITIES OF THE ANTI-MILITARIST SPIRIT34. CHAPTER VIII SOME HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS35. CHAPTER IX THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR