Broken show window: the West Indian risings and their aftermath, 1938-1940 -- Securing the Caribbean: the establishment of United States bases in the British West Indies, September 1940-March 1941 -- Beyond security: the forming of the Anglo-American Caribbean commission, April 1941-March 1942 -- With bread or bullets: the Caribbean food crisis, the maintenance of order, and the sugar question, March-December 1942 -- The search for principles: the London conversations, December 1942 -- Unfinished business: divergent paths and broken promises, January 1943-March 1944 -- The birth of a program: the first West Indian conference, March-October 1944 -- Under the microscope: the Barbados recommendations and American economic foreign policy, July 1944-January 1945 -- Standoff: imperial policy and the joint statement, January-July 1945 -- A bitter rehearsal? Epilogue and conclusions.