1. The Development of Military Professionalism and the Rise of General Staffs in the nineteenth century 2. The Decline of the Senior Department and the foundation of the Staff College 1815-1858 3. Growing Pains 1858-1870 4. The Staff College in the Wolseley Era 1870-1890 5. The Staff College 1890-1899 6. The Impact of the South African War on the Staff college and Staff Training 1899-1906 7. The Creation and Development of the General Staff 1904-1914 8.

A School of Thought: Henry Wilson and the Staff College 1906-1910 9. The Staff College on the Eve of War 1910-1914 10. The Staff College, the General Staff and the Test of War 1914-1915. Appendices: 1. Principal Events Affecting Army Organization and the Staff College 2. Principal Official Inquiries Concerning Officer Education and the Staff College 1854-1914 3. Manuscript Sources 4. Commandants of the Staff College 1858-1914 5.

The Staff College Connections of the Commanders and Chief Staff Officers of the B. E. F. August-November 1914.