392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : maps; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-384) and index.
Contents
1.The Schlieffen-Moltke Plan -- 2.Plan XVII -- 3.Opening Moves -- 4.The Battle of Charleroi -- 5.The Retreat Begins -- 6.The Battle of Guise -- 7.The Retreat Continues -- 8.The Eve of Battle -- 9.Taken by Surprise -- 10.Bloody Days at Trocy -- 11.The Barrier of the Marshes -- 12.Struggle for the High Ground -- 13.Night Attack -- 14.Stalemate on the Ourcq -- 15.The Beginning of the End -- 16.The Last Retreat -- 17.Analysis -- Postscript -- Appendices -- 1.Composition and Order of Battle of the French and German Armies and the British Expeditionary Force -- 2.Table of Equivalent Ranks -- 3.Directive of 27 August -- 4.Joffre's Order for the Battle of the Marne.
Summary
"[This] narrative ... focuses on the experiences of French and German troops in the long hot summer of 1914 as the outcome of war hung in the balance, revealing how the defiant French opposition and failings in the German invasion plans ultimately foiled the German war machine and changed the course of the war"--Dust jacket.
