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| From the Enlightenment to Clausewitz | |
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| Machiavelli and the Classical Notion of the Lessons of History in the Study of War | |
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| The Military School of the Enlightenment | |
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| Montecuccoli: The Impact of Proto-Science on Military Theory | |
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| The Quest for a General Theory of War: The Military Thinkers of the French Enlightenment | |
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| From Military Education to a Science of Operations: The Military Thinkers of the German Aufklarung | |
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| The Napoleonic Age: Archduke Charles, Jomini, and the Revolution in War | |
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| The German Movement, Clausewitz, and the Origins of the German Military School | |
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| The Reaction against the Enlightenment: New Perspectives on Military Theory | |
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| Clausewitz: Demolishing and Rebuilding the Theoretical Ideal | |
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| Clausewitz: The Nature of War | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Clausewitz's Final Notes Revisited | |
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| The Nineteenth Century | |
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| Positivism, Romanticism, and Military Theory 1815-1870 | |
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| The German Military School: Its World-View and Conception of War 1815-1914 | |
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| The Cult of the Offensive: The Sources of French Military Doctrine 1871-1914 | |
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| From Sail to Steam: Naval Theory and the Military Parallel 1882-1914 | |
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| Marxism, Clausewitz, and Military Theory 1848 to the Nuclear Age | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Fascist and Liberal Visions of War | |
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| Fascist Modernism and Visionaries of Machine Warfare | |
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| Introduction: The 'Janus Face' of Fascism | |
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| J. F. C. Fuller and Future Warfare | |
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| The Sources of Douhetism | |
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| German Right-Wing Radicalism, Strategic Adventurism, and Mechanized Warfare | |
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| Comparisons and Contrasts (I): American Progressivism and Technological Modernism | |
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| Comparisons and Contrasts (II): Marxist Modernism and the Doctrine of 'Deep Battle' | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Liddell Hart, Modern, and 'Post-Modern' Strategy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Background: The First World War in Western Consciousness | |
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| Theory: Limited War, Moderate Peace, and the Strategy of Indirect Approach | |
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| Policy: Defence of the West (I): Containment in the 1930s | |
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| Policy: Defence of the West (II): Hot War - Cold War | |
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| Conclusion: 'The Western Way in Warfare', Past and Future | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| Index | |