1. Imperial Zenith? The Victors’ Empires after the First World War
2. Empires and the Challenge of Total War
3. Brave New World? Rebuilding Empire after the Second World War
4. Fiery Sunsets: Fighting Withdrawals in Asia, 1945–8
5. Troubled Roads: War and Revolution in Southeast Asia, 1948–57
6. Fighting Together, Drifting Apart: The Suez Crisis
7. The Return of the Red Shawls? Fighting Insurrection in Madagascar
8. Emergency! Paths to Confrontation in Black Africa
9. Keeping the Peace? ‘Constructive Nationalism’ in West Africa
10. From a Whisper to a Scream: The Politics of Letting Go
11. Open Wounds: Fighting the Algerian War
12. Endgames in Algeria and Rhodesia