Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatteri
2. Contentsv
3. Acknowledgmentsix
4. Mapsx
5. Timeline of Major Eventsxv
6. Brief Biographies of Important Figures Mentioned in the Textxvii
7. Introduction1
8. One: Causes
9. Primary
10. 1.1 The Great Illusion, 191023
11. 1.2 Germany and the Next War35
12. 1.3 The “Willy-Nicky” Telegrams46
13. Secondary
14. 1.4 The Circus Rider of Europe50
15. 1.5 The Army and the Nationalist Revival71
16. Two: Soldiers
17. Primary
18. 2.1 The Good Soldier Schweik89
19. 2.2 Her Privates We97
20. 2.3 A Soldier’s Notebook109
21. Secondary
22. 2.4 Officer-Man Relations: The Other Ranks’ Perspective123
23. 2.5 “War Enthusiasm”: Volunteers, Departing Soldiers, and Victory Celebrations148
24. 2.6 Foch’s General Counteroffensive, Part I: 26 September to 23 October 1918158
25. Three: Armageddon
26. Primary
27. 3.1 The Destruction of Louvain173
28. 3.2 The Historic First of July184
29. Secondary
30. 3.3 Between Mutiny and Obedience195
31. 3.4 The Live and Let Live System208
32. Four: Home Fronts
33. Primary
34. 4.1 Letters from a Lost Generation225
35. 4.2 An English Wife in Berlin243
36. Secondary
37. 4.3 Home Fires Burning252
38. 4.4 The Politics of Race272
39. Five: The End of the War
40. Primary
41. 5.1 The Fourteen Points289
42. 5.2 Views on a Prospective Armistice294
43. Secondary
44. 5.3 The Military Collapse of the German Empire297
45. 5.4 Diggers and Doughboys Australian and American Troop Interaction on the Western Front, 1918312
46. Six: Peace
47. Primary
48. 6.1 Peacemaking, 1919323
49. 6.2 British Diplomacy: The Hussein-McMahon Letters335
50. Secondary
51. 6.3 A Peace to End All Peace340
52. 6.4 The Kings Depart348
53. Further Reading367
54. Index371
55. About the Editor375