Contents
INTRODUCTION
A Note on the Texts
Acknowledgements
I REMINISCENCES
An Englishman Looks at the World
‘Pon... ti... pri... ith’
Arms and the Mind/War and the Mind A Day of Battle
I: Arms and the Mind
War and the Mind
II. The Enemy
Trois Jours de Permission
Epilogue
From I Revisit the Riviera
Preparedness
II FICTION
True Love & a GCM
Six Short Stories: The Scaremonger
‘Fun! – It’s Heaven’
Pink Flannel
The Colonel’s Shoes
Enigma
The Miracle
III PREFACES
Preface to Their Lives, by Violet Hunt
The Trail of the Barbarians
From ‘A Note by way of Preface’ to All Else is Folly by Peregrine Acland
The Three Dedicatory Letters to Parade’s End
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