Acknowledgments Chapter I: Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things A Little Learning The Usefulness of Military History The Deficiencies of Military History The "Battle Piece" "Killing No Murder?" The History of Military History The Narrative Tradition Verdict or Truth? Chapter 2: Agincourt, 25 October 1415 The Campaign The Battle Archers versus Infantry and Cavalry Cavalry versus Infantry Infantry versus Infantry The Killing of the Prisoners The Wounded The Will to Combat Chapter 3: Waterloo, 18 June 1815 The Campaign The Personal Angle of Vision The Physical Circumstances of Battle Categories of Combat Single Combat Cavalry versus Cavalry Cavalry versus Artillery Cavalry versus Infantry Artillery versus Infantry Infantry versus Infantry Disintegration The Wounded Chapter 4: The Somme, 1 July 1916 The Battlefield The Plan The Preparations The Army The Tactics The Bombardment The Final Preliminaries The Battle Infantry versus Machine-Gunners Infantry versus Infantry The View from across No-Man's-Land The Wounded The Will to Combat Commemoration Chapter 5: The Future of Battle The Moving Battlefield The Nature of Battle The Trend of Battle The Inhuman Face of War The Abolition of Battle Bibliography Index