Contents
Acknowledgements
Timeline
Introduction
The Myth as I Loved it: ‘The Navy’s Here!’
Chapter One
The British Guarantee to Poland of March 1939
Chapter Two
Plucky Little Poland
Chapter Three
Appeasement and Pacifism from Fulham to Bridgwater,
or ‘The Left Has Its Cake and Eats It’
Chapter Four
The War We Couldn’t Afford
Chapter Five
America First
Chapter Six
The Invasion that Never Was
Chapter Seven
In Peril on the Sea
Chapter Eight
Gomorrah
Chapter Nine
Orderly and Humane
Conclusion
From Phoney War to Phoney Victory
Notes
Select Bibliography