CONTENTS

1. Title Page
2. Dedication
3. PROLOGUE
4.  
5. PART I: REPUBLICAN SPAIN
6. I TRIP TO WAR
7. II HIGH EXPLOSIVES
8. III THE PRESS
9. IV LIFE IN MADRID
10. V CIVILIAN ARMY
11. VI EXIT VISA
12.  
13. PART II: NATIONALIST SPAIN
14. I FRONTIER INTERLUDE
15. II THE FALL OF SANTANDER
16. III SALAMANCA
17. IV MARCH THROUGH THE NORTH
18.  
19. PART III: SPRING SHADOWS
20. I LONDON
21. II THE POLICY OF APPEASEMENT
22. III DRESS REHEARSAL IN  CZECHOSLOVAKIA
23. IV WHO WANTS A WAR?
24.  
25. PART IV. BARGAIN TIME IN EUROPE
26. I THE CANDLES START TO FLICKER
27. II GERMAN MERRY-GO-ROUND
28. III THE WAR THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN
29. IV DEATH BY STRANGULATION
30. V NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
31.  
32. PART V: SOVIET RUSSIA
33. I INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIA
34. II SHADOW OVER THE KREMLIN
35. III WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE
36. IV THE LEOPARD CHANGES ITS SPOTS
37. V NOTES ON THE UKRAINE
38.  
39. PART VI: WORLD WAR SECOND
40. I ENGLAND AWAKES
41. II ROMAN HOLIDAY
42. III LAST HOURS IN BERLIN
43. IV POLISH TRAGEDY—SECOND-HAND
44. V THE “BORE” WAR
45.  
46. PART VII: DAVID AND GOLIATH
47. I THE SKY THAT TUMBLED DOWN
48. II DEAD MAN’S LAND
49. III THE BEST ARCTIC CIRCLES
50. IV THE TWILIGHT
51. V FLAGS AT HALF-MAST
52.  
53. PART VIII: THE FALL OF FRANCE
54. I SPRING-TIME IS HITLER-TIME
55. II ROMAN CANDLES BURNING AT BOTH  ENDS
56. III GOD IS ENGLISH
57. IV THE LAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF  PARIS
58. V THE BEGINNING OF THE END
59. VI SORRY SEPARATION AT BORDEAUX
60.  
61. PART IX: ENGLAND FIGHTS ON
62. I NO HOUR WAS FINER THAN THIS
63. II PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
64. III HEIGHO, LONDON BRIDGE IS STANDING
65. IV INVASION WEEK-END
66. V ONLY UNITED WILL WE STAND
67.  
68. INDEX OF PERSONS
69. About the Author
70. Copyright