This book is eminently suitable for use in high schools, two-year colleges and basic introductory courses at four-year colleges and universities.
Jesse Kauffmann, Stanford University
Stuart Robson taught for 35 years at Trent University, Canada and won the Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching. He says he learnt a lot about World War One and World War Two from his students, particularly those who were veterans of World War Two.
PART ONE: BACKGROUND
1. War Known and War Imagined
PART TWO: LIMITED WAR, 1914-15
2. 1914: Oops! The Plans Fail
3. Taking Stock
4. The war in 1915: Badly planned Disasters
5. The Home Fronts
PART THREE: TOTAL WAR
6. 1916: Attrition and the Well-Planned Disaster
7. Organizing for Victory
8. Technology and Tactics
9. 1917: Mere Unspeakable Suffering
PART FOUR: GOING ON OR GOING UNDER
10. The bitter End: 1918
PART FIVE: ASSESSMENT
PART SIX: DOCUMENTS