Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Abbreviations xii
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xv
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. Book I RIVALS
8. CHAPTER 1 HALF-FORGOTTEN THINGS 11
9. CHAPTER 2 THE SHADOW OF 1918 34
10. CHAPTER 3 THE DISSOLUTION OF HOPE 58
11. CHAPTER 4 DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES 75
12. CHAPTER 5 IN GOD’S GOOD TIME 98
13. CHAPTER 6 VERY WELL THEN, ALONE! 120
14. CHAPTER 7 THANK THE JAPANESE 147
15. Book II PARTNERS
16. CHAPTER 8 GYMNAST TO RUTTER 175
17. CHAPTER 9 JUBILEE TO TORCH 199
18. CHAPTER 10 TORCH TO SPARTAN 224
19. CHAPTER 11 COSSAC 249
20. CHAPTER 12 UNCERTAIN TRUMPET 273
21. CHAPTER 13 DOMINOES 297
22. CHAPTER 14 THE AMERICANS ARE COMING 320
23. CHAPTER 15 NO QUITTING 343
24. CHAPTER 16 SHAPING OPERATIONS 368
25. CHAPTER 17 WHAT’S AT STAKE? 393
26. CHAPTER 18 OK, LET’S GO! 414
27. Book III OVERLORD
28. CHAPTER 19 THE SECOND FRONT AT LAST 435
29. CHAPTER 20 STOPPING THE PANZERS 458
30. CHAPTER 21 TEMPESTS 481
31. CHAPTER 22 STALEMATE 507
32. CHAPTER 23 FANCY SKATING 528
33. CHAPTER 24 BREAK-OUT 554
34. CHAPTER 25 GET ’EM ALL AND HAVE DINNER IN PARIS 576
35. CHAPTER 26 PARIS 600
36. CHAPTER 27 AMERICAN VICTORY 626
37. CONCLUSIONS 650
38. NOTES 660
39. BIBLIOGRAPHY 735
40. INDEX 751