Acknowledgments viii Foreword by Victor Davis Hanson Preface 1. Paths to Victory (or Defeat) 2. From Versailles to the Vistula 3. Rising Tide, Early Reverses 4. At the Flood 5. Turning Points 6. The Brink of Catastrophe 7. Last Chances 8. Cataclysm 9. Why the Axis Lost 10. How World War II Still Guides Strategic Design Chapter Notes Works Cited Index