The Eastern Front: a history of the Great War, 1914-1918

Preface

Prologue: "It is nothing"

Part I: "What fighting and dying really means": Krasnik to the fall of Serbia (July 1914-November 1915). "A visible bloody track"

"A new and difficult task"

"Our brave army deserved a better fate"

"Not a battle but a slaughter"

"The agony of defence"

"The forerunner of a catastrophe"

"I will save Russia"

"The European war is nearing its end"

Part 2: "A deluge is approaching": the third battle of the Isonzo to abdication of the tsar (October 1915-March 1917). "Even victorious wars leaves wounds"

"Outstanding men are needed everywhere"

"A moment of utmost gravity"

"The greatest crisis of the world war"

"This means the end of the war!"

"Falkenhayn is here!"

"Born for misfortune"

Part 3: "A new enemy": the first battle of Dojran to Vittorio Veneto (March 1917-November 1918). "Neither peace nor war"

"Days of imperishable glory"

"Time is running out"

"The troops do not fight"

"We are going out of the war"

"Gambler's throw"

"The off-change of something good"

"The honour of the army"

Epilogue.