The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major campaigns in which it has fought, shows what it was like at various times to have been an officer or a soldier in the British Army.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One France and Flanders 1915–18
  • Chapter Two The Other Theatres 1914–18
  • Chapter Three Back to Empire 1919–39
  • Chapter Four The First Shock of Battle (1) North-West Europe 1939–42
  • Chapter Five The First Shock of Battle (2) Middle and Far East 1940–42
  • Chapter Six Turning the Tide Mediterranean Theatre 1942–43
  • Chapter Seven The Jungle is Neutral Burma 1942–43
  • Chapter Eight Victory Road North-West Europe 1944–45
  • Chapter Nine Forgotten Armies Italy and Burma 1944–45
  • Chapter Ten Postwar Turmoil 1945–49
  • Chapter Eleven The National Service Era 1948–60
  • Chapter Twelve Farewell East of Suez 1960–68
  • Chapter Thirteen Further Challenges 1969–82
  • Chapter Fourteen Present and Future 1982–94
  • Appendix One The Lineage of the Regiments (Foot Guards and Line)
  • Appendix Two Regiments of Foot Guards and Line 1994
  • Bibliographical Note
  • General Index
  • Regimental Index