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CHAPTER VIII SOME HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS
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1 PREFACE2 The Coalition Government3 The author's acknowledgements4 Lord Roberts5 Hugh Dawnay and John Gough6 PART I THE CAUSES OF WAR7 CHAPTER I PEACE AND WAR8 CHAPTER II THE OUTBREAK OF WAR9 CHAPTER III WHO WANTED WAR10 CHAPTER IV THE PENALTY OF NEGLIGENCE11 CHAPTER V PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY12 CHAPTER VI GERMAN MISCALCULATIONS13 CHAPTER VII INTERNATIONAL ILL-WILL14 PART II THE SPIRIT OF GERMAN POLICY15 CHAPTER I THE BISMARCKIAN EPOCH16 CHAPTER II AFTER BISMARCK17 CHAPTER III THE GERMAN PROJECT OF EMPIRE18 CHAPTER IV THE NEW MORALISTS19 CHAPTER V THE STATECRAFT OF A PRIESTHOOD20 CHAPTER VI THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE21 CHAPTER VII THE CONFLICT OF SYSTEMS AND IDEAS22 PART III THE SPIRIT OF BRITISH POLICY23 CHAPTER I A REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD24 CHAPTER II THREE GOVERNING IDEAS25 CHAPTER III POLICY AND ARMAMENTS26 CHAPTER IV THE BALANCE OF POWER27 CHAPTER V THE MILITARY SITUATION28 CHAPTER VI THE MILITARY SITUATION29 CHAPTER VII A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS30 PART IV DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SERVICE31 CHAPTER I THE BRITISH ARMY AND THE PEACE OF EUROPE32 CHAPTER II THE COMPOSITION OF THE BRITISH ARMY33 CHAPTER III LORD ROBERTS'S WARNINGS34 CHAPTER IV LORD KITCHENER'S TASK35 CHAPTER V MATERIAL OF WAR36 CHAPTER VI METHODS OF RECRUITING37 CHAPTER VII PERVERSITIES OF THE ANTI-MILITARIST SPIRIT38 CHAPTER VIII SOME HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS39 CHAPTER IX THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR