1. "The Eastern question": The occupation of Tunisia and Egypt, 1881-1882.
2. The Congo and the creation of the Free State, 1882-1885.
3. "Cool and courageous": Germany and Great Britain in East Africa, 1885-1890.
4. Soldiers and traders: France and Great Britain in West Africa, 1890-1898.
5. The long march to Fashoda, 1893-1898.
6. Boers and Britons in South Africa, 1890-1902.
7. Epilogue: the partisan of Morocco, 1905-1912.