Ordeal by Battle

About this eBook

Author

Oliver, Frederick Scott, 1864-1934

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Draft -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54776

Release Date

May 24, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ORDEAL BY BATTLE — PREFACE
2. 2.PART I THE CAUSES OF WAR — CHAPTER I PEACE AND WAR — CHAPTER II THE OUTBREAK OF WAR — CHAPTER III WHO WANTED WAR? — CHAPTER IV THE PENALTY OF NEGLIGENCE — CHAPTER V PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY — CHAPTER VI GERMAN MISCALCULATIONS — CHAPTER VII INTERNATIONAL ILL-WILL
3. 3.PART II THE SPIRIT OF GERMAN POLICY — CHAPTER I THE BISMARCKIAN EPOCH — CHAPTER II AFTER BISMARCK — CHAPTER III THE GERMAN PROJECT OF EMPIRE — CHAPTER IV THE NEW MORALISTS — CHAPTER V THE STATECRAFT OF A PRIESTHOOD — CHAPTER VI THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE — CHAPTER VII THE CONFLICT OF SYSTEMS AND IDEAS
4. 4.PART III THE SPIRIT OF BRITISH POLICY — CHAPTER I A REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD — CHAPTER II THREE GOVERNING IDEAS — CHAPTER III POLICY AND ARMAMENTS — CHAPTER IV THE BALANCE OF POWER — CHAPTER V THE MILITARY SITUATION — CHAPTER VI THE MILITARY SITUATION — CHAPTER VII A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS
5. 5.PART IV DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SERVICE — CHAPTER I THE BRITISH ARMY AND THE PEACE OF EUROPE — CHAPTER II THE COMPOSITION OF THE BRITISH ARMY — CHAPTER III LORD ROBERTS'S WARNINGS — CHAPTER IV LORD KITCHENER'S TASK — CHAPTER V MATERIAL OF WAR — CHAPTER VI METHODS OF RECRUITING — CHAPTER VII PERVERSITIES OF THE ANTI-MILITARIST SPIRIT — CHAPTER VIII SOME HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS — CHAPTER IX THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR

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