| | Foreword | p. vii |
| | Preface | p. xv |
| | Author's Note | p. xix |
| | Illustrations | p. xxiii |
| | Maps | p. xxiv |
| | A Funeral | p. 1 |
| | Plans | |
| | "Let the Last Man on the Right Brush the Channel with his Sleeve" | p. 17 |
| | The Shadow of Sedan | p. 28 |
| | "A Single British Soldier ..." | p. 44 |
| | The Russian Steam Roller | p. 56 |
| | Outbreak | |
| | Outbreak | p. 71 |
| | August 1: Berlin | p. 73 |
| | August 1: Paris and London | p. 84 |
| | Ultimatum in Brussels | p. 98 |
| | "Home Before the Leaves Fall" | p. 112 |
| | Battle | |
| | "Goeben ... An Enemy Then Flying" | p. 137 |
| | Liege and Alsace | p. 163 |
| | BEF to the Continent | p. 194 |
| | Sambre et Meuse | p. 206 |
| | Debacle: Lorraine, Ardennes, Charleroi, Mons | p. 231 |
| | "The Cossacks Are Coming!" | p. 263 |
| | Tannenberg | p. 290 |
| | The Flames of Louvain | p. 310 |
| | Blue Water, Blockade, and the Great Neutral | p. 325 |
| | Retreat | p. 341 |
| | The Front Is Paris | p. 373 |
| | Von Kluck's Turn | p. 395 |
| | "Gentlemen, We Will Fight on the Marne" | p. 413 |
| | Afterword | p. 435 |
| | Sources | p. 441 |
| | Notes | p. 457 |
| | Index | p. 491 |