Introduction by Peter Paret

1. Frederick and His Age: The System of Absolutism
2. The Brandenburg-Prussian Heritage
3. The Development of Frederick's Personality
4. The King's View of the World
5. The King's View of the State
6. The Conquest of Silesia
7. Maintenance of Prussia's New Power
8. Frederician Warfare
9. The Character of Frederician Government and Society
10. The Old King: Foreign Policy in the Last Decades of His Reign