Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Map xv
Chapter 1 Queen Elizabeth 2. Southampton Docks, 12 May 1982 1
Chapter 2 QE2 - Sailing 9
Chapter 3 Sailing South 21
Chapter 4 Stiff Upper Lips 25
Chapter 5 Africa 29
Chapter 6 Tropical Torpor 37
Chapter 7 Active Service 47
Chapter 8 Towards Grytviken, South Georgia 53
Chapter 9 Grytviken to Bomb Alley 58
Chapter 10 Ashore 64
Chapter 11 Tractors at Darwin 69
Chapter 12 The Power of Command 80
Chapter 13 'Bloodied but Unbowed'. Wazzock! 87
Chapter 14 Playing with the Paras 102
Chapter 15 Berets on, Helmets off - the Fog of War 117
Chapter 16 The Battle of Wireless Ridge 126
Chapter 17 The Fog of Victory 148
Chapter 18 The Spoils of War 157
Chapter 19 Windsor 165
Postscript 177
Appendix The Guards Magazine article 183
