1. The English Medieval Army to 1485 / Michael Prestwich -- 2. Towards the Standing Army 1485-1660 / Ian Roy -- 3. The Restoration Army 1660-1702 / John Childs -- 4. The Great Captain-General 1702-1714 / David Chandler -- 5. The Army of the Georges 1714783 / Alan J. Guy -- 6. The Army and the First British Empire 1714-1783 / Tony Hayter -- 7. The Transformation of the Army 1783-1815 / David Gates -- 8. An Unreformed Army? 1815-1868 / Peter Burroughs -- 9. The Late Victorian Army 1868-1914 / Edward Spis -- 10. The Army and the Challenge of War 1914-1918 / Tim Travers -- 11. The Four Armies 1914-1918 / Peter Simkins -- 12. The Army Between the Two World Wars 1918-1939 / Brian Bond -- 13. The Army and the Challenge of War 1939-1945 / Carlo D'Este -- 14The Army and the Home Front 1939-1945 / Alex Danchev -- 15. The Post-War Army 1945-1963 / Anthony Farrar-Hockley -- 16. The Thirty Years Peace / John Strawson -- 17. The Army of British India / T. A. Heathcote.18. The Amateur Military Tradition / Ian Beckett -- 19. The British Way in Warfare / Hew Strachan -- 20. Towards the Future / Michael Yardley.