Chronologically arranged with a thread of narrative running it. through it.

Preface -- The lamps go out -- Balance of power -- The plan unfolds -- The plan fails -- Seapower and sideshows -- Attrition or evasion? -- The great "if" -- The year of groping -- The year of killing: German gambit -- The year of killing: naval gambit -- The year of killing: Allied gambit -- "The object of war is peace" -- The year of catastrophe -- The gambler's fling -- "Victory will belong to the side that holds out longest."