Stella & Rose's Books

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Contents

• THE GATHERING STORM
• Introduction
• Author's Preface
• Acknowledgements
• BOOK ONE
• From War to War
• 1919-1939
• 1 The Follies of the Victors, 1919-1929
• 2 Peace at its Zenith, 1922-1931
• 3 Lurking Dangers
• 4 Adolf Hitler
• 5 The Locust Years, 1931-1935
• 6 The Darkening Scene, 1934
• 7 Air Parity Lost, 1934-1935
• 8 Challenge and Response, 1935
• 9 Problems of Air and Sea, 1935-1939
• 10 Sanctions against Italy, 1935
• 11 Hitler Strikes, 1936
• 12 The Loaded Pause, Spain, 1936-1937
• 13 Germany Armed, 1936-1938
• 14 Mr Eden at the Foreign Office. His Resignation
• 15 The Rape of Austria, February 1938
• 16 Czechoslovakia
• 17 The Tragedy of Munich
• 18 Munich Winter
• 19 Praque, Albania and the Polish Guarantee, January-April 1939
• 20 On the Verge
• BOOK TWO
• The Twilight War
• September 3, 1939-May 10, 1940
• 22 War
• 23 The Admiralty Task
• 24 The Ruin of Poland
• 25 War Cabinet Problems
• 26 The Front in France
• 27 The Combat Deepens
• 28 The Magnetic Mine, November and December 1939
• 29 The Action off the River Plate
• 30 Scandinavia. Finland
• 31 A Dark New Year
• 32 Before the Storm, March 1940
• 33 The Clash at Sea, April 1940
• 34 Narvik
• 35 Trondheim
• 36 Frustration in Norway
• 37 Norway: the Final Phase
• 38 The Fall of the Government
• APPENDICES
• THEIR FINEST HOUR
• Author's Preface
• Acknowledgements
• BOOK ONE
• The Fall of France
• 1 The National Coalition
• 2 The Battle of France. The First Week: Gamelin, May 10-May 16
• 3 The Battle of France. The Second Week: Weygand, May 17 - May 24
• 4 The March to the Sea, May 24 - May 31
• 5 The Deliverance of Dunkirk, May 26 - June 4
• 6 The Rush for the Spoils
• 7 Back to France, June 4 - June 12
• 8 Home Defence, June
• 9 The French Agony
• 10 The Bordeaux Armistice
• 11 Admiral Darlan and the French Fleet, Oran
• 12 The Apparatus of Counter-Attack, 1940
• 13 At Bay, July 1940
• 14 The Invasion Problem
• 15 Operation 'Sea Lion'
• BOOK TWO
• Alone
• 16 The Battle of Britain
• 17 The Blitz
• 18 'London Can Take It'
• 19 The Wizard War
• 20 United States Destroyers and West Indies Bases
• 21 Egypt and the Middle East, 1940, June-July-August
• 22 The Mediterranean Passage
• 23 September Tensions
• 24 Dakar
• 25 Mr Eden's Mission, October 1940
• 26 Relations with Vichy and Spain
• 27 Mussolini Attacks Greece, October-November 1940
• 28 Lend-Lease
• 29 Germany and Russia
• 30 Ocean Peril
• 31 Desert Victory
• APPENDICES
• THE GRAND ALLIANCE
• Author's Preface
• Acknowledgements
• BOOK ONE
• Germany Drives East
• 1 The Desert and the Balkans
• 2 The Widening War
• 3 Blitz and Anti-Blitz. Hess
• 4 The Mediterranean War
• 5 Conquest of the Italian Empire
• 6 Decision to Aid Greece
• 7 The Battle of the Atlantic 1941: The Western Approaches
• 8 The Battle of the Atlantic 1941: American Intervention
• 9 Yugoslavia
• 10 The Japanese Envoy
• 11 The Desert Flank. Rommel. Tobruk
• 12 The Greek Campaign
• 13 Tripoli and 'Tiger'
• 14 The Revolt of Iraq
• 15 Crete: The Advent
• 16 Crete: The Battle
• 17 The Fate of the Bismarck
• 18 Syria
• 19 General Wavell's Final Effort: 'Battleaxe'
• 20 The Soviet Nemesis
• 21 Our Soviet Ally
• 22 An African Pause. Defence of Tobruk
• 23 My Meeting with Roosevelt
• 24 The Atlantic Charter
• 25 Aid to Russia
• 26 Persia and the Middle East, Summer and Autumn 1941
• 27 The Mounting Strength of Britain, Autumn 1941
• 28 Closer Contacts with Russia, Autumn and Winter 1941
• 29 The Path Ahead
• 30 Operation 'Crusader': Ashore, Aloft and Afloat
• 31 Japan
• 32 Pearl Harbour!
• 33 A Voyage Amid World War
• 34 Proposed Plan and Sequence of the War
• 35 Washington and Ottawa
• 36 Anglo-American Accords
• 37 Return to Storm
• APPENDICES
• THE HINGE OF FATE
• Author's Preface
• Acknowledgements
• BOOK ONE
• The Onslaught of Japan
• 1 Australian Anxieties
• 2 The Setback in the Desert
• 3 Penalties in Malaya
• 4 A Vote of Confidence
• 5 Cabinet Changes
• 6 The Fall of Singapore
• 7 The U-Boat Paradise
• 8 The Loss of the Dutch East Indies
• 9 The Invasion of Burma
• 10 Ceylon and the Bay of Bengal
• 11 The Shipping Stranglehold
• 12 India: The Cripps Mission
• 13 Madagascar
• 14 American Naval Victories: The Coral Sea and Midway Island
• 15 The Arctic Convoys, 1942
• 16 The Offensive in the Aether
• 17 Malta and the Desert
• 18 'Second Front Now!', April 1942
• 19 The Molotov Visit
• 20 Strategic Natural Selection
• 21 Rommel Attacks
• 22 My Second Visit to Washington
• 23 the Vote of Censure
• BOOK TWO
• Africa Redeemed
• 24 The Eighth Army at Bay
• 25 Decision for 'Torch'
• 26 My Journey to Cairo. Changes in Command
• 27 Moscow: The First Meeting
• 28 Moscow: A Relationship Established
• 29 Return to Cairo
• 30 The Final Shaping of 'Torch'
• 31 Suspense and Strain
• 32 Soviet' Thank You'
• 33 The Battle of Alamein
• 34 The Torch is Lit
• 35 The Darlan Episode
• 36 Problems of Victory
• 37 Our Need to Meet
• 38 The Casablanca Conference
• 39 Adana and Tripoli
• 40 Home to Trouble
• 41 Russia and the Western Allies
• 42 Victory in Tunis
• 43 My Third Visit to Washington
• 44 Problems of War and Peace
• 45 Italy the Goal
• APPENDICES
• CLOSING THE RING
• Author's Preface
• Acknowledgements
• BOOK ONE
• Italy Won
• 1 The Command of the Seas, Guadalcanal and New Guinea
• 2 The Conquest of Sicily, July and August 1943
• 3 The Fall of Mussolini
• 4 Westward Ho! Synthetic Harbours
• 5 The Quebec Conference. 'Quadrant'
• 6 Italy: The Armistice
• 7 The Invasion of Italy: At the White House Again
• 8 The Battle of Salerno. A Homeward Voyage
• 9 A Spell At Home
• 10 Tensions with General de Gaulle
• 11 The Broken Axis, Autumn 1943
• 12 Island Prizes Lost
• 13 Hitler's 'Secret Weapon'
• 14 Deadlock on the Third Front
• 15 Arctic Convoys Again
• 16 Foreign Secretaries' Conference in Moscow
• 17 Advent of the Triple Meeting. The High Commands
• BOOK TWO
• Teheran to Rome
• 18 Cairo
• 19 Teheran: The Opening
• 20 Conversations and Conferences
• 21 Teheran: The Crux
• 22 Teheran: Conclusions
• 23 Cairo Again. The High Command
• 24 In Carthage Ruins. Anzio
• 25 At Marrakesh. Convalescence
• 26 Marshal Tito and Yugoslavia
• 27 The Anzio Stroke
• 28 Italy: Cassino
• 29 The Mounting Air Offensive
• 30 The Greek Torment
• 31 Burma and Beyond
• 32 Strategy against Japan
• 33 Preparations for 'Overlord'
• 34 Rome, May 11-June 9
• 35 On the Eve
• APPENDICES
• TRIUMP AND TRAGEDY
• Author's Preface
• Acknowledgements
• BOOK ONE
• The Tide of Victory
• 1 D Day
• 2 Normandy to Paris
• 3 The Pilotless Bombardment
• 4 Attack on the South of France?
• 5 Balkan Convulsions. The Russian Victories
• 6 Italy and the Rivieria Landing
• 7 Rome. The Greek Problem
• 8 Alexander's Summer Offensive
• 9 The Martyrdom of Warsaw
• 10 The Second Quebec Conference
• 11 Advance in Burma
• 12 The Battle of Leyte Gulf
• 13 The Liberations of Western Europe
• 14 Prelude to a Moscow Visit
• 15 October in Moscow
• 16 Paris
• 17 Counter-stroke in the Ardennes
• 18 British Intervention in Greece
• 19 Christmas at Athens
• BOOK TWO
• The Iron Curtain
• 20 Preparations for a New Conference
• 21 Yalta: Plans for World Peace
• 22 Russia and Poland: the Soviet Promise
• 23 Yalta: Finale
• 24 Crossing the Rhine
• 25 The Polish Dispute
• 26 Soviet Suspicions
• 27 Western Strategic Divergences
• 28 The Climax: Roosevelt's Death
• 29 Growing Friction with Russia
• 30 The Final Advance
• 31 Alexander's Victory in Italy
• 32 The German Surrender
• 33 An Uneasy Interlude
• 34 The Chasm Opens
• 35 The End of the Coalition
• 36 A Fateful Decision
• 37 The Defeat in Japan
• 38 Potsdam: The Atomic Bomb
• 39 Potsdam: The Polish Frontiers
• 40 The End of My Account
• APPENDICES