This is a study by a specialist academic writer of Germany in the first months of the war, i.e. from August until the end of the year.
Part 1 of the book is about "The Assumption Tested (August - October 1914)" and has chapters entitled "Pursuit of Victory, The Military Aspects"; "Arrogance & Anxiety, German Foreign Policy"; "Procrastination & Pacification, German Domestic Affairs"; "Containment & Encirclement, The Entente's Policies"; and "Abstention, Intervention, or Mediation, the Neutrals' Policies".
Part 2 is about "The Illusion Shattered, November & December 1914" and has chapters entitled "Stabilisation, not Annihilation, Strategy & Policy"; "The Eastern Distraction, Austria-Hungary & The Balkans"; "Implacable but Invulnerable, Germany & England"; "Divide & Conquer, Germany, Russia & France"; and "The Diagonal Policy, The German Government & People".
These chapter headings should give the researcher a good idea of what the book is about.