Contents

Chapter 1 Prelude to Catastrophe

Chapter 2 The Spectre of Munich

Chapter 3 The Wild Men in Paris

Chapter 4 The Frustrated Invasion

Chapter 5 The Diplomatic Smoke-Screen

Chapter 6 The Dulles Double-Cross

Chapter 7 The Plot is Hatched

Chapter 8 War

Chapter 9 The World Crisis

Chapter 10 The Débâcle

A Note on the Author