The book comprises three sections: part 1 is made up of general comments on the nature of war; part 2, offers quotations about actual wars and battles; part 3 is about the personalities, the individual commanders,the heroes and the wrongdoers. There are indexes of authors cited and the proper names in the quotations. Justin Wintle's previous books include "The Dictionary of Biographical Quotations", "Makers of Modern Culture", "Makers of Nineteenth Century Culture".