CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...xi
PROLOGUE...1
CHAPTER 1 SPIES AHOY...7
CHAPTER 2 DON'T START A WAR OUT THERE, CAPTAIN...30
CHAPTER 3 ALONG A DREAD COAST...44
CHAPTER 4 SOS SOS SOS...59
CHAPTER 5 WE WILL NOW BEGIN TO SHOOT YOUR CREW...83
CHAPTER 6 A MINEFIELD OF UNKNOWNS...105
CHAPTER 7 SUICIDE IN A BUCKET...130
CHAPTER 8 AT THE MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY...151
CHAPTER 9 THE ENDURANCE OF MEN...179
CHAPTER 10 ALLIES AT ODDS...196
CHAPTER 11 SUMMER OF DEFIANCE...205
CHAPTER 12 AN UNAPOLOGETIC APOLOGY...224
CHAPTER 13 HELL WEEK...236
CHAPTER 14 BRIDGE OF NO RETURN...253
CHAPTER 15 A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR THE NATION...270
CHAPTER 16 BUCHER'S GETHSEMANE...289
CHAPTER 17 EVERYONE'S WORST NIGHTMARE...313
CHAPTER 18 BALM OF MERCY...337
CHAPTER 19 A DAY IN THE SUN...355
EPILOGUE...373
ENDNOTES...381
BIBLIOGRAPHY...409
INDEX...421