Maps
Tables and Figures
Foreword by Marc Milner
Preface by Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: The Making of Andy McNaughton
1. Early Life and the Crucible of the First World War
2. The Road to High Command
Part Two: The Problem of Deploying the Army
3. A Willingness to Fight, 1940–1941
4. From ROUNDUP to TORCH
5. Practical Operations of War
Part Three: McNaughton as Military Commander and Trainer
6. The Difficulty of Training in 1940
7. The Politics of Training
8. Enter Montgomery
9. Exercise SPARTAN
10. The Long Shadow of Spartan
Part Four: The End of an Idea
11. The Sicily Incident
12. Broken Dagger: A Corps in Italy
13. The Final Months of McNaughton's Command
Epilogue
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index