| Introduction to the 2007 Reprint | p. xiii |
| Preface | p. xxiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xxvii |
| Stratagem in Warfare | p. 1 |
| Deception in History | p. 2 |
| The Practitioners | p. 3 |
| The Ruses of War | p. 7 |
| Diversions: Feints and Demonstrations | p. 7 |
| Camouflage | p. 8 |
| Disinformation | p. 8 |
| Deception in National Military Doctrines | p. 13 |
| British | p. 13 |
| German | p. 23 |
| American | p. 27 |
| Russian | p. 32 |
| Italian | p. 39 |
| Japanese | p. 40 |
| French | p. 40 |
| Israeli | p. 41 |
| Chinese | p. 42 |
| The Place of Surprise and Deception in Military Theory | p. 45 |
| The Ethics of Stratagem | p. 52 |
| Guerrilla | p. 54 |
| Simulated Guerrilla Warfare | p. 56 |
| The "Indirect Approach" in Strategy | p. 61 |
| Surprise and "The Principles of War" | p. 64 |
| A Theory of Stratagem | p. 67 |
| Alternative Objectives and Alternative Expectations | p. 67 |
| Stratagem as a Decision-Making Mode | p. 73 |
| Counter-Deception | p. 75 |
| Future Development | p. 78 |
| The Research Study | p. 81 |
| The Case Studies | p. 82 |
| The "Soft Underbelly" Policy | p. 85 |
| The Coincidence of Surprise with Deception | p. 86 |
| The Causes of Surprise | p. 89 |
| Terrain | p. 89 |
| Weather | p. 90 |
| Timing | p. 92 |
| Preconceptions | p. 98 |
| Surprise and Casualties | p. 101 |
| Surprise in Offensive-Defensive Modes | p. 105 |
| Military Environments: Land, Sea, Air, Amphibious | p. 106 |
| Land | p. 109 |
| Sea | p. 109 |
| Air | p. 109 |
| Amphibious Operations | p. 110 |
| The Varieties and Intensities of Suprise and Deception | p. 111 |
| Speculative Conclusions | p. 119 |
| The Security of Options | p. 119 |
| Options and the Security of Reticence | p. 120 |
| Economy of Means of Specific Ruses | p. 121 |
| Economy of Means in Scenario Design | p. 122 |
| The Economics of Stratagem | p. 123 |
| Investment | p. 123 |
| Return on Investment | p. 124 |
| Cover-and-Deception | p. 126 |
| Trade-Offs Between Deception and Counterintelligence | p. 127 |
| Deception Security | p. 129 |
| The Strategic-Tactical Dimension | p. 129 |
| The Permanency of Stratagem | p. 131 |
| Total Stratagem and the Fog of War | p. 135 |
| Summary | p. 138 |
| Cases of Surprise and Deception in General War, 1914-1918 | p. 139 |
| Introduction | p. 139 |
| Liege, 4 August 1914 | p. 141 |
| The Ostend Demonstration, 27 August 1914 | p. 143 |
| Tanga, 2 November 1914 | p. 147 |
| The Winter Battle of Masuria, 7 February 1915 | p. 151 |
| Neuve-Chapelle, 15 March 1915 | p. 153 |
| Second Battle of Ypres, 22 April 1915 | p. 155 |
| Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 | p. 157 |
| Gorlice, 2 May 1915 | p. 163 |
| Suvla Bay, 6 August 1915 | p. 165 |
| Serbia, 7 October-31 November 30 1915 | p. 170 |
| Evacuation of Suvla Bay and Anzac Beach, 20 December 1915 | p. 172 |
| Evacuation of Helles Point, 9 January 1916 | p. 176 |
| Verdun, 21 February 1916: Operation "Gericht" 178 | |
| Lake Naroch, 18 March 1916 | p. 183 |
| Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 | p. 185 |
| Brusilov Offensive, 4 June 1916 | p. 187 |
| The Battles of Scarpe and Vimy Ridge, 9-11 April 1917 | p. 191 |
| Battle of Messines, 7 June 1917 | p. 193 |
| Caporetto, 24 October 1917 | p. 194 |
| Third Battle of Gaza, 31 October 1917 | p. 196 |
| Cambrai, 20 November 1917 | p. 201 |
| St. Quentin, 21 March 1918: "Michael" | p. 203 |
| Chemin-des-Dames, 27 May-6 June 1918: Goerz | p. 207 |
| Hamel, 4 July 1918 | p. 209 |
| Second Battle of the Marne, 18 July-7 August 1918 | p. 210 |
| Amiens, 8 August 1918 | p. 211 |
| St. Mihiel, 12 September 1918 | p. 213 |
| Megiddo, 19 September 1918 | p. 220 |
| Meuse-Argonne, 26 September 1918 | p. 224 |
| Warsaw, 16 August 1920 | p. 226 |
| Battle of Eskishehir, 9-20 July 1921 | p. 228 |
| Dumlupinar, 26 August 1922 | p. 229 |
| Battle of the Jarama River, 6 February 1937 | p. 232 |
| Guadalajara, 12 March 1937 | p. 233 |
| Brunete, 6 July 1937 | p. 236 |
| Teruel, 15 December 1937 | p. 238 |
| Ebro, 25 July 1938 | p. 240 |
| Battle of Khalkhin-Gol(Nomonkhan), 20 August 1939 | p. 242 |
| Poland, 1 September 1939: Operation White | p. 244 |
| Denmark, 9 April 1940: Exercise Weser South | p. 246 |
| Norway, 9 April 1940: Exercise Weser North | p. 248 |
| Netherlands, 10 May 1940: Case Yellow | p. 252 |
| Belgium, 10 May 1940: Case Yellow | p. 254 |
| France, 10 May 1940: Case Yellow | p. 257 |
| Invasion of Britain: Planning Phase, June-September 1940: Unternehmen Seelowe | p. 260 |
| Invasion of Britain: Hoax Phase, September 1940-1942: Unternehmen Seelowe | p. 265 |
| Dakar, 23 September 1940: Operation Menace | p. 270 |
| Sidi Barrani, 9 December 1940: Operation Compass | p. 271 |
| Italian East Africa, February-May 1941 | p. 275 |
| Mersa el Brega, 31 March 1941 | p. 276 |
| Yugoslavia, 6 Apr 1941: Undertaking 25 | p. 280 |
| Crete, 20-31 May 1941: Merkur | p. 282 |
| Russia, 22 June 1941: Barbarossa | p. 283 |
| Kiev, 25 August 1941: Fuhrer Directive No. 34-Supplement | p. 284 |
| Sidi Rezegh, 18 November 1941: Operation Crusader | p. 286 |
| Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941: Operation Z | p. 289 |
| A Wry Footnote on Warnings | p. 300 |
| Malaya, 7-8 December 1941: Operation No. 1 | p. 306 |
| Mersa el Brega, 21 January 1942 | p. 312 |
| Kerch, 8 May 1942: Operation Bustard | p. 315 |
| Gazala (Western Desert), 26 May 1942: Fall Venezia | p. 316 |
| Midway, 3 June 1942: Operation MI | p. 318 |
| Tobruk, 20-21 June 1942: Operation Double Bed | p. 319 |
| Summer Offensive in Russia, 28 June 1942: Case Blue | p. 321 |
| Makin Atoll, 17-18 August 1942 | p. 326 |
| Dieppe, 19 August 1942: Operation Jubilee | p. 328 |
| Alam Halfa, 31 August 1942 | p. 330 |
| Alamein, 23 October 1942: Operation Lightfoot | p. 332 |
| North Africa, 8 November 1942: Operation Torch | p. 336 |
| Kasserine, 14 February 1943: Operation Spring Wind | p. 340 |
| Medenine, 6 March 1943 | p. 343 |
| Massicault, 6 May 1943: Operation Strike | p. 344 |
| Huon Peninsula, June-September 1943: Operation elkton III | p. 347 |
| Sicily, 10 July 1943: Operation Husky | p. 348 |
| Bougainville, 1 November 1943: Operation Cherryblossom | p. 353 |
| Tarawa, 20 November 1943: Operation Galvanic | p. 354 |
| Battle of the Sangro, 28 November-2 December 1943 355 | |
| Monte Camino, 2-10 December 1943: Operation Rain Coat | p. 358 |
| Anzio, 22 January 1944: Operation Shingle | p. 360 |
| Kwajalein Atoll, 1 February 1944: Operation Flintlock | p. 363 |
| Second Counteroffensive at Anzio 29 February-1 March 1944 | p. 365 |
| Crimea, 8 April-12 May 1944 | p. 367 |
| Hollandia, 22 April 1944: Operation Reckless | p. 368 |
| Fourth Battle of Cassino, 11 May 1944: Operation Diadem | p. 370 |
| Normandy, 6 June 1944: Operation Overlord | p. 375 |
| Karelia, 10 June 1944 | p. 384 |
| Saipan, 15 June 1944: Operation Forager | p. 386 |
| Belorussia, 22 June 1944 | p. 387 |
| Tinian, 24 July 1944: Part of Operation Forager | p. 394 |
| Normandy Breakthrough, 25 July 1944: Operation Cobra | p. 397 |
| Southern France, 15 August 1944: Operation Dragoon | p. 404 |
| Battle of the Gothic Line, 25 August 1944: Operation Olive | p. 406 |
| Leyte Island, 20 October 1944: Operation Musketeer II | p. 409 |
| Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944: Sho I | p. 412 |
| Ardennes, 16 December 1944: Operation Watch-On-Rhine | p. 413 |
| Luzon, 9 January 1945: Operation Musketeer III | p. 416 |
| The Bavarian Redoubt: January-May 1945 | p. 419 |
| The Battle of the Reichswald, 8 February 1945: Operation Veritable | p. 424 |
| Irrawaddy, 13 February 1945: Operation Extended Capital | p. 426 |
| Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945: Operation Detachment | p. 428 |
| Po Valley, 9 April-2 May 1945 | p. 431 |
| Hiroshima, 6 August 1945: The S-1 Program | p. 433 |
| Palestine, 15-22 October 1948: Operation Yoav | p. 434 |
| Galilee, 28-30 October 1948: Operation Hiram | p. 436 |
| Israel, 22 December 1948: Operation Ayin | p. 437 |
| Korean War: North Korean Invasion, 25 June 1950 | p. 439 |
| Korean War: Russian Intervention, 1950-1953 | p. 444 |
| Inch'on Landing, 15 September 1950: Operation Chromite | p. 446 |
| Yalu River, 25 October 1950 | p. 457 |
| The Kojo Feint, 15 October 1952: Operation Decoy | p. 465 |
| Dienbienphu, 20 November 1953-7 May 1954: Operation Castor | p. 471 |
| Sinai Campaign, 29 October 1956: Operation Kadeshi | p. 473 |
| Suez Canal, 31 October 1956: Operation Musketeer | p. 483 |
| Bay of Pigs (Cuba), 17 April 1961: Operation Pluto | p. 486 |
| Introductory Note | p. 486 |
| The Operation | p. 486 |
| Epilogue: "Plan Pluto" | p. 496 |
| The Six-Day War, 5 June 1967 | p. 503 |
| Czechoslovakia, 20 August 1968 | p. 521 |
| The Soviet Build-up and Invasion | p. 521 |
| Russian Motives and Decisions | p. 526 |
| NATO Warnings and Surprise | p. 529 |
| Czech Warnings and Perceptions | p. 531 |
| Conclusion | p. 531 |
| Analytical Lists of Battles, 1914-1968 | p. 533 |
| Bibliography | p. 535 |
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