Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. FOREWORD xi
5. PREFACE TO THE 1997 PAPERBACK EDITION xiv
6. PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION: HISTORY WITH FIRE IN ITS EYE xix
7. ABBREVIATIONS xxii
8. PROLOGUE: THE SMOKE OF TIME 1
9. 1: NATURE'S FIRE 6
10. 2: THE FIRE FROM ASIA 66
11. 3: THE FIRE FROM EUROPE 123
12. 4: THE GREAT BARBECUE 181
13. 5: THE HEROIC AGE 239
14. 6: A CONTINENTAL EXPERIMENT 322
15. 7: THE COLD WAR ON FIRE 387
16. 8: FIELDS OF FIRE 462
17. EPILOGUE: THE FORBIDDEN FLAME 530
18. BIBLIOGRAPHIC ABBREVIATIONS 534
19. NOTES 535
20. BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY 618
21. INDEX 627