xix, 586 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents
1 Going for gold -- 2 School of soft knocks -- 3 The engineer's language -- 4 Battle engagement -- 5 Rebirth -- 6 A bridge too far -- 7 Pipe dreams realised -- 8 1914 : the enemy within -- 9 Thirty days in hell -- 10 Gallipoli breakout -- 11 Goodbye to 4th Brigade -- 12 The king and I -- 13 Western front 1917 : Messines -- 14 Broodseinde up ; Passchendaele down -- 15 1918 : Ludendorff's lunge -- 16 Commander to the corps -- 17 Breakthrough at Amiens -- 18 Jugular days : Mont St Quentin and Peronne -- 19 Operation Hindenburg Line -- 20 Afterglow -- 21 Back to the future -- 22 Many causes ; Enough time -- 23 Zenith and end -- 24 Postscript