Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The making of a republican general
2. Gamelin and the rebirth of German power
3. First responses: defence versus détente in the Laval era
4. The Popular Front, the army and politics
5. The road to rearmament: Gamelin, Daladier and Popular Front defence policy
6. Gamelin and air support of the army
7. Gamelin, the Maginot Line and Belgium
8. Gamelin, Yugoslavia and the eastern alliances: assets or embarrassments?
9. Men or material? Gamelin and British support for France
10. Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Soviet Union: from appeasement to war
11. Gamelin and the fall of Poland
12. The Twilight War: military stagnation and political conflict
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
