Monty and Rommel: parallel lives

Prologue. Baptism and fire. The Irishman

The Swabian

First combats

Cheating death

Learning the trade

Bloody red tabs

The mountain lion

Mud and mountains

The last year

Interwar: preparations. Coping with peace

Preparing for war

The making of modern major generals. Phoney war

Blitzkrieg

Duel in the desert I

Duel in the desert II: the battles of El Alamein

Once more unto the breach. Two return to France

Defending Normandy

Britain's last Hurrah!

Where is Rommel?

Exploiting the beachhead

Plots and breakouts

Beyond the Bocage

The final duel:reputations. How will history judge me?

The desert fox reborn

Afterword.