Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Abbreviations and Glossary xv
6. London on D-Day 3
7. London, the Old Warrior 9
8. Liverpool, Another Veteran 17
9. London's Old Wounds 21
10. Greenwich and Its Civilian Fighters 25
11. Ruins Ancient and Modern 30
12. Where's the Pilot? 35
13. The Doodlebugs Attack in Earnest 39
14. The Battle Continues 49
15. Panic or Nonpanic? 55
16. "Just Carry On ..." 61
17. Closer and Closer 69
18. Our Private Bomb 75
19. Guinea Pigs and Maggots 85
20. Flashback: From War to War 94
21. Flashback: Conversion to Old Salts 100
22. Flashback: Signals from the Sea 109
23. Flashback: Mines, Queens, and Fogs 117
24. Flashback: Pitch, Roll, Pitch 128
25. Gasometers? 136
26. Supersonic Surprises 142
27. An Uproarious Met. Office 146
28. Hot Wars End, Cold War Begins 156
29. Have We Forgotten? 166
30. Bibliography 191
31. Index 197