CONTENTS

Preface

Prologue

Acknowledgments

         1.    The Hinge of Fate

         2.    In All Respects Ready for Sea

         3.    Surface Ship Sighted

         4.    Abandon Ship!

         5.    To the Lifeboats

         6.    Those in Peril on the Sea

         7.    On Dry Land

         8.    The City of Flint

         9.   Matters of State

       10.  The Germans

       11.  The Return Trip

       12.  Home Again, Safe from the Sea

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index