This is a well researched, albeit brief, survey book dealing with the collaboration between Hindenburg and Ludendorff during World War I. Discussion begins with their work on the Eastern Front against Russia and assisting the poorly performing Austro-Hungarian forces. The book, then shifts to the Western Front and the attempts to break through the mire of trench warfare. Many of the major battles are discussed, again in brief. Dupuy gives some attention to the relegation of German civilian leadership to the background of events, and Kaiser Wilhelm II is characterised as indecisive and bumbling, being held captive by the military leaders. This is a good book to use as an introduction to the German side of the Great War from its military perspective (aws opposed to the political and domestic aspects). ( )