Ebook: Five days from defeat: how Britain nearly lost the First World War

Prologue -- Introduction -- Part one. 1914-17. 1. A council of war ; 2. The war to the end of 1917 -- Part two. The approach to the spring offensive. 3. Haig ; 4. How the French saw the British ; 5. Haig's support circle and his enemies ; 6. British views of the French ; 7. Starving Haig ; 8. German imperatives and preparations ; 9. The Supreme War Council ; 10. After Wully ; 11. The SWC and the General Reserve ; 12. Haig's plans and prejudices -- Part three. Five days. 13. 21 March ; 14. 22 March ; 15. Fifth Army's defensive failures ; 16. 23 March ; 17. Channel ports ; 18. The diaries and the official history ; 19. 24 March ; 20. 25 March ; 21. 26 March ; 22. View from the street -- Part four. After the conference. 23. The end of the Kaiserschlacht ; 24. The failure of Ludendorff's offensive ; 25. The hundred days -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.