Foch in Command : The Forging of a First World War General (Paperback)

Introduction; Part I. From Theory to Practice: 1. From the Ecole de Guerre to August 1914 in Lorraine; 2. 'He held to the last quarter hour': with Ninth Army on the Marne; 3. Commander-in-Chief's deputy in the north, October?November 1914; 4. The end of the war of movement and reflections on 1914; 5. Second Artois, January?June 1915; 6. Third Artois, June?October 1915; 7. The scientific method: planning the Somme, 1916; 8. Fighting on the Somme, July?November 1916; 9. In disgrace: reflections on two years of command; 10. Intermezzo 1917; Part II. Supreme Command: 11. At the Supreme War Council, November 1917?March 1918; 12. Michael and Georgette, March?April 1918; 13. BLUCHER and GNEISENAU, May?June 1918; 14. Marneschutz-Reims and Second Marne, July 1918; 15. 'Les Boches sont dans la puree': the Huns are really in the soup; 16. 'Tout le monde a la bataille'; 17. Waffenstillstand, October?November 1918; 18. Losing the peace; Conclusion: 'supreme command is less than people think'.