"The writer hopes that this short informal account of conditions as they existed in Berlin shortly after the signing of the armistice will give some definite idea of how the German mind has been working since the signing of the armistice, and how and why the Spartacan party was able to gain such headway during the first sanguinary week that Berlin has ever experienced." -- The introduction.

The killing of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg -- Repatriation of Allied prisoners of war -- Spartacus struggles in Berlin -- A potpourri of German opinion -- Germany's future aeroplane plans -- The British embargo and its effects -- "We didn't win and we didn't lose" -- The platform of the Spartacus Party.