Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. INTRODUCTION: KEITH NEILSON AND MODERN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 1
6. 1 ON THE EVE OF WAR: JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1939 23
7. 2 THE BALTIC, BLOCKADE AND SOVIET RUSSIA: SEPTEMBER 1939–JUNE 1940 83
8. 3 DEFENDING THE MEDITERRANEAN: ITALY, RUSSIA AND THE BALKANS, SEPTEMBER 1939–JUNE 1940 127
9. 4 DEFENDING BRITAIN AND THE FAR EAST: THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN AND SOVIET RUSSIA, SEPTEMBER 1939–JUNE 1940 187
10. 5 ‘NOTHING FOR NOTHING’: FROM THE FALL OF FRANCE TO OPERATION BARBAROSSA: JULY 1940–JUNE 1941 261
11. EPILOGUE 293
12. APPENDIX I: MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN, CENTRAL, EASTERN, FAR EASTERN, NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DEPARTMENTS, 1939–41 297
13. APPENDIX II: DRAMATIS PERSONAE 301
14. APPENDIX III: KEITH NEILSON, LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 317
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 323
16. INDEX 331