Originally published in 1994 by Yale University Press.

PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE: Introduction -- The tactical dilemma -- PART TWO: INFANTRY: Infantry during the first two years of the war -- The lessons of the Somme -- The final eighteen months -- PART THREE: HEAVIER WEAPONS: The search for new weapons -- Automatic weapons -- Artillery -- Controlling the mobile battle -- PART FOUR: THE BEF'S TACTICAL ACHIEVEMENT: Doctrine and training -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Some limitations in the university approach to military history -- Appendix 2: A Great War perspective on the American Civil War -- Appendix 3: Armies, corps and divisions of the BEF.