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Introduction (Richard Holmes)
General Map Keys
The Classic Ploys
Cannae 216 BC: The Double Envelopment (Sean McKnight)
Chancellorsville 1863: The Flank Attack (Ian Hogg)
The Second Battle of Alamein 1942: The Proper Application of Overwhelming Force (Niall Barr)
Surprise
Crécy 1346: Surprise Against the Odds (Matthew Bennett)
Cambrai 1917: The New Invention (Lloyd Clark)
Blitzkriege 1940: The Shock of Surprise (Sean McKnight)
Misunderstanding
Waterloo 1815: The Limits of Enterprise (Niall Barr)
Balaklava 1854: The Misunderstood Order (Andrew Lambert)
Gallipoli 1915: Too Many Commanders (G D Sheffield)
Mission Impossible
Kunersdorf 1759: The Failure of Reconaissance (Tim Bean)
The First Day of the Somme 1916: The Great Illusion (Lloyd Clark)
The Battle of the Bulge 1944: Progressive Unreality (Stephen Badsey)
Underestimating the Enemy
Austerlitz 1805: Underestimating Napoleon (Tim Bean)
Isandlwana 1879: Dividing Your Forces (Edmund Yorke)
Singapore 1942: The Impregnable Fortress (Duncan Anderson)
Narrow Margins
Gettysburg 1863: The High Tide of the Confederacy (G D Sheffield)
The First Battle of Ypres 1914: The Narrowest Margin (Stephen Badsey)
Crete 1941: The Defeat of Both Sides (Ian Hogg)
Index
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