The guns of August

Foreword / Robert K. Massie

Plans: "Let the last man on the right brush the channel with his sleeve" "; Shadow of Sedan; Single British soldier ... "; Russian steam roller

Outbreak: August 1, Berlin; August 1, Paris and London; Ultimatum in Brussels; "Home before the leaves fall"

Battle: "Goeben ... an enemy then flying; Liege and alsace; BEF to the Continent; Sambre et meuse; Debacle, lorrane, ardennes, charleroi, mons; "Cossacks are coming!"; Tannenberg; Flames of Louvain; Blue water, blockade, and the great neutral; Retreat; Front is Paris; Von Kluck's turn; "Gentlemen, we will fight on the Marne"

Afterword.