Table of Contents
Foreword Christina Lamb vii
Preface xiii
I Republican Spain
1 Trip to War 3
2 High Explosives 12
3 The Press 19
4 Life in Madrid 28
5 Civilian Army 40
6 Exit Visa 52
II Nationalist Spain
1 Frontier Interlude 59
2 The Fall of Santander 67
3 Salamanca 76
4 March through the North 85
III Spring Shadows
1 London 103
2 The Policy of Appeasement 117
3 Dress Rehearsal in Czechoslovakia 123
4 Who Wants a War? 131
IV Bargain Time in Europe
1 The Candles Start to Flicker 139
2 German Merry-Go-Round 148
3 The War That Didn't Happen 162
4 Death by Strangulation 172
5 Neville Chamberlain 190
V Soviet Russia
1 Introduction to Russia 203
2 Shadow over the Kremlin 209
3 Water, Water, Everywhere 218
4 The Leopard Changes Its Spots 224
5 Notes on the Ukraine 232
VI World War Second
1 England Awakes 249
2 Roman Holiday 257
3 Last Hours in Berlin 268
4 Polish Tragedy-Second-Hand 280
5 The "Bore" War 287
VII David and Goliath
1 The Sky That Tumbled Down 297
2 Dead Man's Land 307
3 The Best Arctic Circles 317
4 The Twilight 328
5 Flags at Half-Mast 341
VIII The Fall of France
1 Spring-Time Is Hitler-Time 353
2 Roman Candles Burning at Both Ends 360
3 God Is English 374
4 The Last Twenty-Four Hours of Paris 384
5 The Beginning of the End 397
6 Sorry Separation at Bordeaux 407
IX England Fights on
1 No Hour Was Finer Than This 421
2 Per Ardua Ad Astra 429
3 Heigho, London Bridge Is Standing 441
4 Invasion Weekend 455
5 Only United Will We Stand 464