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Index
Cover
Title Page
About the Author
By the Same Author
Dedication
Picture Acknowledgements
Epigraph
Author’s Note
Acknowledgements
Maps
Endpaper Image
Prologue: Scramble!
Part One: Task Force
ONE: On immediate notice to embark
TWO: A ferocious display
THREE: Famous the world over
FOUR: A revolution in naval doctrine
FIVE: Limited by geography
SIX: Death ray
SEVEN: Gonadal noises
EIGHT: Over the horizon
NINE: Powder blue and salmon pink
TEN: A transatlantic affair
ELEVEN: Vast experience and a big heart
TWELVE: A target-rich environment
THIRTEEN: All practical assistance
FOURTEEN: Purposeful and elegant
FIFTEEN: Flint-eyed and inscrutable
SIXTEEN: A remarkable piece of flying
SEVENTEEN: Not in the slightest reassuring
EIGHTEEN: Consistently underrated
NINETEEN: A disadvantage well known and understood
TWENTY: A third flat-top
TWENTY-ONE: A whole load of misfits
TWENTY-TWO: A deserted stretch of the Pan-American Highway
TWENTY-THREE: Any self-respecting fighter pilot
Part Two: Into the Danger Zone
TWENTY-FOUR: All the meat on the grill
TWENTY-FIVE: The Hook
TWENTY-SIX: The Midway of the South Atlantic
TWENTY-SEVEN: The Swiss army knife of aeroplanes
TWENTY-EIGHT: Like wind blowing through a chandelier
TWENTY-NINE: Routine radar and communications research
THIRTY: A new era of naval warfare
THIRTY-ONE: A million-to-one chance
THIRTY-TWO: Three irreducible concerns
THIRTY-THREE: If you can’t take a joke
THIRTY-FOUR: A topsy-turvy world
THIRTY-FIVE: A zebra’s backside
THIRTY-SIX: Dangerous again
Part Three: La Muerte Negra
THIRTY-SEVEN: This heaving monster
THIRTY-EIGHT: The untamed wilds of Borneo
THIRTY-NINE: Diligence and rebellion
FORTY: A very odd bunch of individuals
FORTY-ONE: Big enough and good enough
FORTY-TWO: Lower than a snake’s belly
FORTY-THREE: The valley of the shadow of death
FORTY-FOUR: Imminent peril
FORTY-FIVE: Flooding uncontrollably
FORTY-SIX: A million flaming rivets
FORTY-SEVEN: Deep water and clear horizons
FORTY-EIGHT: Full chat
FORTY-NINE: Gutted, skinned and butchered
Part Four: STUFT
FIFTY: Air raid warning RED
FIFTY-ONE: Viva la Patria!
FIFTY-TWO: Both inventive and bold
FIFTY-THREE: Exceeded in every conceivable way
FIFTY-FOUR: Shooting at shadows
FIFTY-FIVE: An SIS officer of aristocratic bearing
FIFTY-SIX: Lit up like a Christmas tree
FIFTY-SEVEN: The fundamental strength of the organization
FIFTY-EIGHT: A large single malt whisky
FIFTY-NINE: More appropriate to a James Bond movie
SIXTY: Uniquely flexible
Epilogue: Phoenix Rising
Images
Glossary
Bibliography
Appendix: British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS. 1
The Post-Credits Stinger
Index
Copyright
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