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Contents

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Introduction by Christopher Shores

PART ONE 1892-1936

	Prologue: An Undistinguished Young Man, 1892-1914
1.	Artilleryman: Gallipoli and the Western Front, 1915-1916
2.	Fighter Pilot, 1917
3.	‘Major Sparks’, 1918
4.	The Hardest Time, 1918-1926
5.	A Little Golden Age, 1926-1934
6.	South American Opportunity, 1934-1936

PART TWO 1937-1940

7.	Preparing a Defence, 1937-1940
8.	A ‘Possible but Unlikely Evacuation’: Dunkirk, 1940
9.	The Battle of Britain: Meeting Them
10.	The Battle of Britain: Big Wings
11.	The Battle of Britain: The Whirligig of Time

PART THREE 1941-1946

12.	Flying Training Command, 1941
13.	Malta Besieged, 1942
14.	Malta Offensive, 1943
15.	Egypt, 1944
16.	South-East Asia Command: The Winning Card, 1945
17.	South-East Asia Command: Troubled Days of Peace, 1945-1946
18.	South-East Asia Command: Paper Battles, 1945-1951

PART FOUR 1946-1975

19.	End of a Career, 1946
20.	Argentina Revisited, 1947
21.	His First, Best Country, 1948-1975
	Epilogue: Straight and True
	Notes
	Bibliography
	Index