CHAPTER Ⅰ：THE ANTAGONISTS 1
1 The Technical Background 1
2 The Unreformed Armies 8
3 The Reform of the Prussian Army 18
4 The Reform of the French Army 29
CHAPTER Ⅱ：THE OUTBREAK 40
1 The War Plans 40
2 The Hohenzollern Candidature 48
3 The German Mobilisation 57
4 The French Mobilisation 63
CHAPTER Ⅲ：THE FIRST DISASTERS 77
1 The Concentration of the Armies 77
2 Spicheren 85
3 Froeschwiller 99
CHAPTER Ⅳ：THE ARMY OF THE RHINE 120
1 The Invasion 120
2 Vionville-Mars-la-Tour 144
3 Gravelotte-St Privat 167
CHAPTER Ⅴ：THE ARMY OF CHALONS 183
1 Beaumont 183
2 Sedan 203
CHAPTER Ⅵ：THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE 224
1 Ferrières 224
2 The Nation in Arms 233
3 The Francs-Tireurs 249
CHAPTER Ⅶ：METZ AND STRASBOURG 257
CHAPTER Ⅷ：THE BATTLES FOR ORLEANS 284
1 Coulmiers 284
2 Beaune-la-Rolande 299
3 Loigny 310
CHAPTER Ⅸ：THE SIEGE OF PARIS 317
1 The Investment 317
2 Le Plan Trochu 331
3 Versailles 347
4 The Bombardment 357
CHAPTER Ⅹ：GUERRE A OUTRANCE 371
1 The Deepening Conflict 371
2 Chanzy 381
3 Faidherbe 388
4 The End in the West 397
5 Bourbaki 407
CHAPTER Ⅺ：THE PEACE 432
Notes on Sources 457
Select Bibliography 459
Index 474