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Ordeal by Battle
Introduction
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1.
PREFACE
2.
The Coalition Government
3.
The author's acknowledgements.
4.
Lord Roberts.
5.
Hugh Dawnay and John Gough.
6.
PART I THE CAUSES OF WAR
7.
CHAPTER I PEACE AND WAR
8.
CHAPTER II THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
9.
CHAPTER III WHO WANTED WAR?
10.
CHAPTER IV THE PENALTY OF NEGLIGENCE
11.
CHAPTER V PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
12.
CHAPTER VI GERMAN MISCALCULATIONS
13.
CHAPTER VII INTERNATIONAL ILL-WILL
14.
PART II THE SPIRIT OF GERMAN POLICY
15.
CHAPTER I THE BISMARCKIAN EPOCH
16.
CHAPTER II AFTER BISMARCK
17.
CHAPTER III THE GERMAN PROJECT OF EMPIRE
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CHAPTER IV THE NEW MORALISTS
19.
CHAPTER V THE STATECRAFT OF A PRIESTHOOD
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CHAPTER VI THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
21.
CHAPTER VII THE CONFLICT OF SYSTEMS AND IDEAS
22.
PART III THE SPIRIT OF BRITISH POLICY
23.
CHAPTER I A REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
24.
CHAPTER II THREE GOVERNING IDEAS
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CHAPTER III POLICY AND ARMAMENTS
26.
CHAPTER IV THE BALANCE OF POWER
27.
CHAPTER V THE MILITARY SITUATION
28.
CHAPTER VI THE MILITARY SITUATION
29.
CHAPTER VII A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS
30.
PART IV DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SERVICE
31.
CHAPTER I THE BRITISH ARMY AND THE PEACE OF EUROPE
32.
CHAPTER II THE COMPOSITION OF THE BRITISH ARMY
33.
CHAPTER III LORD ROBERTS'S WARNINGS
34.
CHAPTER IV LORD KITCHENER'S TASK
35.
CHAPTER V MATERIAL OF WAR
36.
CHAPTER VI METHODS OF RECRUITING
37.
CHAPTER VII PERVERSITIES OF THE ANTI-MILITARIST SPIRIT
38.
CHAPTER VIII SOME HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS
39.
CHAPTER IX THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR