Table of Contents
List of Illustrations ix
List of Maps xi
Glossary xxiii
Preface: Death at Gouzeaucourt xxv
Prologue: 'Surprise was complete' 1
1 Decision on the Marne 9
2 'Neglect nothing' 28
3 'Death will have a rich harvest' 44
4 'Another black day' 62
5 'The incredible roar of massed guns' 78
6 'The whole thing was simply magnificent' 97
7 Enter the Americans 115
8 'A country of horror and desolation' 133
9 Return to the Wilderness 150
10 'Just one panorama of hell' 167
11 The Tomb of the German World Empire 181
12 'The most desperate battle of our history' 199
13 'A last struggle of despair' 216
14 'Cowards die many times' 234
15 Armistice at Compiègne 252
Epilogue 271
Acknowledgements 281
Select Bibliography 283
References 293
Index 331