First published in 2004 as La chair et l'acier: l'invention de la guerre moderne, 1914-1918, by Éditions Tallandier--Page ix.

Cover -- Dedication -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps and Diagrams -- Acknowledgements -- Publishing History -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Masterminds of La Revanche -- Five Heads for One Thought -- Creating an Intellectual Aristocracy -- Modes of Thought -- The 'Offensive-Minded' Men -- Chapter 2: In Search of a Doctrine -- War Under the Microscope -- The 'Napoleonic Men' -- Offensive Combat at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century -- Modern Style and New School -- Chapter 3: The Flaws in the Learning Process -- Officer-Training -- Training Insufficiencies -- On the Eve of the War -- Chapter 4: The Choice of Arms -- The 'Bayonet Men' -- The Virtuosos -- The Strange Case of the Heavy Artillery -- Twilight of the Cavalry -- Assaulting the Sky -- Chapter 5: The Test of Fire -- The Cost of Confusion -- Origins of the Shortcomings -- The Turnaround -- Plate section -- Chapter 6: The Pressure of the Front -- Micro-Transformations -- The Model of Scrabble -- Dynamic of the Tactical Innovations -- The Restraints on Change -- Unsettled Time -- Chapter 7: GHQ and Tactical Change -- The Reshaping of Roles -- The Assimilation Through Training -- The Lost Paradigms -- Chapter 8: Confronting the Trenches -- The Industrialization of the Infantry -- Prisoners of Glory -- The Transformations of the Artillery -- Cavalry of the Skies -- Chapter 9: In the Death Zone -- Surviving in a Nightmare -- Courage -- Holding on -- Chapter 10: The Steel Fist -- Why did Estienne's Project Succeed? -- Painful Apprenticeship -- The Assault Artillery Reaches Maturity -- Chapter 11: The Grand Army of 1918 -- Preparing for a New Form of Warfare -- France's Shock Troops -- Mastery of the Deep Battle -- The Combined-Arms Battlefield -- The Model Battle -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Timeline of Operations. Appendix 2: Analysis of the 13th Infantry Division's Actions -- Appendix 3: Statistical Data -- References -- Sources -- Printed Sources -- Bibliography -- Back cover.

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