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Index
Cover
Title
Dedication
Copyright
Contents
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
1. The Context
2. ‘Absolutely Astonishing’: The War Committee and the Military
3. Decision-making, January–February
4. Decision-making, March–June
5. ‘Grasping at the Shadow’: Planning for the Somme, February–June
6. ‘Favourable Results Are Not Anticipated’: Preparations for Battle, June
7. ‘A Short Life’: VII and VIII Corps on 1 July
8. ‘The Enemy's Fire Was So Intense’: X Corps on 1 July
9. ‘Wave after Wave Were Mown Down’: III Corps on 1 July
10. ‘Cowering Men in Field Grey’: XV and XIII Corps on 1 July
11. Reflections on 1 July
12. ‘Ill-Considered Attacks on a Small Front’, 2–13 July
13. ‘Cavalry Sharpening Their Swords’, 14 July
14. ‘We Are a Bit Stuck’, 15–31 July
15. ‘Something Wanting in the Methods Employed’, 1 August–12 September
16. ‘A Hell of a Time’: Pozières and Mouquet Farm, July–August
17. Summary, 15 July–12 September
18. The Politicians and the Somme Campaign, July–August
19. One Division's Somme: The First Division, July–September
20. ‘An Operation Planned on Bolder Lines’: Tanks and the 15 September Plan
21. Lumbering Tanks: The Battle of 15 September
22. 25 September
23. ‘The Tragic Hill of Thiepval’, 26–30 September
24. ‘A Severe Trial of Body and Spirit’: The Somme, October
25. ‘We Must Keep Going!’: The Politicians and the Somme Campaign, September–October
26. The Political Battle: Beaumont Hamel, 13–19 November
27. Reflections on the British at the Somme
28. Epilogue: The End of It All, November 1916
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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