Lawrence Sondhaus is Professor of History at the University of Indianapolis, where he is Director of the Institute for the Study of War and Diplomacy. His previous publications include Naval Warfare, 1815-1914 (2001), Strategic Culture and Ways of War (2006) and World War One: The Global Revolution (2011).

• 1. Navies and naval warfare in 1914; 2. Global prelude; 3. European waters, 1914–15; 4. Submarine warfare: the great experiment, 1915; 5. Combined operations, 1915; 6. Germany's fleet sorties, 1916; 7. Submarine warfare: the great gamble, 1917–18; 8. War and revolution, 1917; 9. Final operations; Epilogue: peace and naval disarmament; Bibliography.

'A masterful synthesis of Sondhaus' own extensive primary source research and the most up-to-date work of other naval historians, this study is particularly strong on the Central Powers' naval operations and on non-operational but nonetheless vital dimensions such as the mutinies in the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and German fleets, all of which contributed to those nations' defeats. The analysis and judgments are pithy and persuasive. Those in search of a succinct yet wide-ranging overview of World War One at sea need look no further.' John Beeler, University of Alabama