Contents -- Foreword by John C. McManus -- editor's note -- introduction by Kenneth Gorrell -- 1. prologue -- 2. little caesar -- 3. civil war in spain -- 4. prisoner of war -- 5. the simpson case -- 6. the siege of madrid -- 7. Interlude: Reflecting on Events, 1936-1939 -- 8. london: september 1939 -- 9. balkan powder keg -- 10. nadia of the gestapo -- 11. lieutenant bill belle -- 12. Hitler: "Carry Out Plan Number Four!" -- 13. vichy treachery -- 14. taxi to teheran -- 15. Interludeoctober 1941-may 1942 -- 16. malta convoy -- 17. the retreat to alamein -- 18. rommel hits a stone wall -- 19. "the lull continues in the western desert" -bbc -- 20. "winnie" Comes to alamein -- 21. "NO retreat and no surrender"-montgomery -- 22. "milk run" to benghazi -- 23. the bombing of navarino bay -- 24. the battle of alamein -- 25. rommel packs up -- 26. benghazi's fall -- 27. the yanks bomb naples -- 28. the death of private "x" -- 29. the "ladies from hell" attack -- 30. the fall of tripoli -- 31. conclusion (but the war goes on) -- Index.