Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Content -- PART ONE: Czechoslovakia 1938-1939 -- An Obstacle on the Road to Lebensraum -- In the Crucible of Appeasement -- Munich -- Surrender -- PART TWO: Poland and Her Neighbors -- Poland Between the Two Wars -- The War -- Under the Yoke of Occupation -- The "London Government" -- The Teheran Conference -- Between Teheran and YaltaThe -- The Yalta Conference -- Potsdam and Its Implications -- PART THREE: Finland-The "Winter War" -- The Thunderhead Looms -- Talks in the Kremlin -- War -- The Course of the Battles -- World Sympathy and its Expressions -- Peace Feelers -- The Front Collapses -- The Affair of the English-French Expeditionary Force -- The Fateful Decision -- The Winter War Saved Finland's Independence -- Back Matter -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.