"Researched until his death in 1935, Frost places the story of the battle in the overall context of World War I and in British naval history. Far from asserting its dominance, the British navy was beginning to adopt a more negative approach, and Jutland was a key outlining of this philosophy, given the British could have been more positive in their attacks. Before the battle, exchanges from the air show that the German airships were expert at scouting and bombing, but at little else, as they attempted to bomb British ships on the waters below. Operations on April 25 and May 4 prompted much discussion of the attacks on German airship hangars and setting traps, led by Commander Jellicoe, in the run-up to May 31, the day of battle. The British had no unified system of tactical command, which meant they more or less had two fleets operated independently of one another. The Germans, led by Scheer, had a chance to test a fleet that had been assembled at great expense and earn a fabled early victory in the war. Frost is complimentary of their cohesion, courage, self-sacrifice and loyalty, and the morale boost the battle had on Germany’s troops on land. Frost gives equal time and criticism to the affairs of both sides, concluding that Jellicoe ‘executed a poor conception of war excellently, while Scheer executed an excellent conception of war poorly’." -- From Amazon.com.

The course of the war during 1914 -- The campaigns of 1915 -- The early campaigns of 1916 -- Preliminaries to the sortie of April 25 -- The operation of May 4 -- The prelude to Jutland -- The operation commences -- The first contacts -- Approach of battle cruisers to battle -- The battle cruiser action -- Sheer enters the fight -- Pursuit of the battle cruiser fleet -- Deployment of the battle fleet -- The battle lines engage -- The battle lines re-engage -- The German destroyers attack -- The last daylight actions -- The evening encounters -- Encounters with the 4th Flotilla -- The 12th Flotilla attacks -- The effects of Jutland -- The rest of the war.