From the Book - First American edition.
Digging in : the start of trench warfare
Towards the first Christmas : mud and slime and vermin
Stalemate and the search for breakthroughs
The central powers in the ascendant
The continuing failure of the entente
This war will end at Verdun
Europe is mad : the world is mad
The Battle of the Somme : it is going to be a bloody holocaust
The intensification of the war
Stalemate in the west, turmoil in the east
Battle at Passachendaele : revolution in Russia
The terms of war and peace
The Central Powers on the verge of triumph
Germany's last great onslaught
The battle, the battle, nothing else counts
The allies counter-attack
The collapse of the Central Powers
Peacemaking and remembrance
... to the memory of that great company.
From the Book - First Holt Paperbacks edition.
Digging in : the start of trench warfare
Towards the first Christmas : "mud and slime and vermin"
Stalemate and the search for breakthroughs
The Central Powers in the ascendant
The continuing failure of the Entente
"This war will end at Verdun"
"Europe is mad, the world is mad"
The Battle of the Somme : 'It is going to be a bloody holocaust"
The Intensification of the war
Stalemate in the west, turmoil in the east
Battle at Passchendaele ; Revolution in Russia
The terms of war and peace
The Central Powers on the verge of triumph
Germany's last great onslaught
"The battle, the battle, nothing else counts"
The Allied counter-attack
The collapse of the Central Powers
Peacemaking and remembrance
" ... to the memory of that great company."