List of Illustrations and Photographs; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Hardinge at Bay; Chapter 2 Mesopotamia and its Oil; Chapter 3 Invasion and the Capture of Basra; Chapter 4 The Capture of Kurnah; Chapter 5 ChitrĂ¡l Charlie, his Regatta and the Capture of Amara; Chapter 6 The Capture of Kut; Chapter 7 What Next?; Chapter 8 Advance to Ctesiphon; Chapter 9 The Pyrrhic Victory at Ctesiphon; Chapter 10 The Retreat to Kut; Chapter 11 The Siege: Early Days, December 1915; Chapter 12 January 1916: The Battles of Sheikh Saad and the Wadi River.
Chapter 13 February-March 1916: The Battle of the Dujaila RedoubtChapter 14 April 1916: The Battle of Sannaiyat and Capitulation; Chapter 15 Aftermath; Chapter 16 The Inquiry; Chapter 17 The Debate; Chapter 18 Responsibility -- the Reckoning; Appendix A Whatever happened to Old ...?; Appendix B Witnesses Who Appeared Before the Mesopotamia Commission; Appendix C An Analysis of Kipling's Mesopotamia; Bibliography; Index.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292) and index.