Book One THE ONSLAUGHT OF JAPAN 1
1.Australasian Anxieties 3
2.The Setback in the Desert 20
3.Penalties in Malaya 36
4.A Vote of Confidence 60
5.Cabinet Changes 74
6.The Fall of Singapore 92
7.The U-Boat Paradise 108
8.The Loss of the Dutch East Indies 132
9.The Invasion of Burma 151
10.Ceylon and the Bay of Bengal 172
11.The Shipping Stranglehold 189
12.India - The Cripps Mission 204
13.Madagascar 222
14.American Naval Victories The Coral Sea and Midway Island 238
15.The Arctic Convoys,1942 255
16.The Offensive in the Aether 277
17.Malta and the Desert 290
18."Second Front Now!"April,1942 313
19.The Molotov Visit 326
20.Strategic Natural Selection 345
21.Rommel Attacks 357
22.My Second Visit to Washington 374
23.The Vote of Censure 391
Book Two AFRICA REDEEMED 411
1.The Eighth Army at Bay 413
2.Decision for"Torch" 432
3.My Journey to Cairo:Changes in Command 452
4.Moscow:The First Meeting 472
5.Moscow:A Relationship Established 484
6.Return to Cairo 503
7.The Final Shaping of"Torch" 525
8.Suspense and Strain 549
9.Soviet"Thank You" 563
10.The Battle of Alamein 586
11.The Torch is Lit 604
12.The Darlan Episode 629
13.Problems of Victory 648
14.Our Need to Meet 660
15.The Casablanca Conference 674
16.Adana and Tripoli 696
17.Home to Trouble 717
18.Russia and the Western Allies 740
19.Victory in Tunis 762
20.My Third Visit to Washington 782
21.Problems of War and Peace 800
22.Italy the Goal 812
Appendices 833
Index 965