Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. In Memoriam
  3. Epigraph
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Maps
  6.  
  7.   1 Enemies in the Dark
  8.   2 Web of Empire
  9.   3 Rifts in the Rock
  10.   4 The Abyssinian Crisis
  11.   5 Rebellion of the Right
  12.   6 Death from the Air
  13.   7 Deutschland über Alles
  14.   8 Guns over Gibraltar
  15.   9 Scrabbling on the Brink
  16. 10 The Disrupters
  17. 11 Fight and Flight
  18. 12 Operation Boomerang
  19. 13 ‘An Absolutely Bloody Business’
  20. 14 The Indian Boy and His Cook
  21. 15 Diplomatic Dandies
  22. 16 Digging In
  23. 17 Operation Felix
  24. 18 The Price of Dakar
  25. 19 Helen among the Trojans
  26. 20 Dealing with Dictators
  27. 21 ‘Every Inch Must Be Pulverised’
  28. 22 The Greatest Mistake
  29. 23 Nosey Parker
  30. 24 On the Run
  31. 25 From the New World
  32. 26 Helen’s Return
  33. 27 Bloody War
  34. 28 Hands across the Sea
  35. 29 The Clandestine Struggle
  36. 30 Lighting the Torch
  37. 31 The North African Landings
  38. 32 Underwater Gibraltar
  39. 33 Undercover and Underhand
  40. 34 ‘The End of Poland’
  41. 35 A Vision of Battlements
  42. 36 The Atlantic Outposts
  43.  
  44. Notes
  45. Acknowledgements
  46. Permissions
  47. Index
  48. Plates
  49. About the Author
  50. Also by the Author
  51. Copyright