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List of illustrations; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Overview of maps; Introduction;
Part I. The Military and Political Context;
1. Interwar:
1.1 Materiel and manpower;
1.2 Doctrine;
1.3 Training and organisation;
1.4 Politics and public morale;
1.5 Structure and contingency;
2. Mobilisation:
2.1 The political context;
2.2 Mobilisation;
2.3 Equality of sacrifice?;
2.4 The social contract;
2.5 Rhetoric and reality;
Part II. The Great Crisis of Empire;
3. Defeat in the West:
3.1 The 'Phoney War';
3.2 The Norwegian campaign;
3.3 The Battle of France;
3.4 Assessments and recriminations;
3.5 Preparing for invasion;
4. The Middle East:
4.1 Operation 'Compass';
4.2 From East Africa to the Balkans;
4.3 The Battle for Crete;
4.4 Strategic overstretch;
4.5 Operation 'Crusader';
4.6 Spring 1942;
4.7 Gazala;
4.8 The July battles;
5. The Far East:
5.1 The strategic context;
5.2 Preparations;
5.3 The Malaya campaign;
5.4 The invasion of Burma;
5.5 The fall of Singapore;
5.6 Retreat to India;
5.7 The cost of failure;
6. The great imperial morale crisis:
6.1 The anatomy of defeat;
6.2 Morale crisis;
6.3 The ideological deficit;
6.4 The soldier and the state;
Part III. Transformation;
7. Victory in North Africa:
7.1 No retreat;
7.2 Alam Halfa;
7.3 Colossal cracks;
7.4 War Office initiatives;
7.5 El Alamein;
7.6 The Tunisian campaign;
8. New Guinea and Burma:
8.1 The 'Battle for Australia';
8.2 Kokoda;
8.3 Wau;
8.4 Quit India;
8.5 The Arakan;
Part IV. The Limits of Attrition;
9. The Mediterranean:
9.1 Strategy and preparation;
9.2 The Sicilian campaign;
9.3 Opportunity lost;
9.4 The invasion of Italy;
9.5 Advance to the 'Gustav Line';
9.6 Winter in Italy;
10. Remobilisation?:
10.1 The British Army and the Beveridge Report;
10.2 The New Zealand Furlough mutiny;
10.3 The UDF and the 'Blue Oath';
10.4 Procedural justice;
11. Cassino:
11.1 Anzio and the First Battle of Cassino;
11.2 The Second Battle of Cassino;
11.3 The Third Battle of Cassino;
11.4 The Fourth Battle of Cassino (Operation 'Diadem');
12. Transformation in the jungle:
12.1 Training and doctrine;
12.2 Institutional reform;
12.3 The South-West Pacific area;
12.4 Operation 'Postern';
12.5 Burma;
12.6 Second Arakan;
12.7 Imphal and Kohima;
12.8 Turn around;
Part V. Redemption;
13. D-Day:
13.1 Training and doctrine;
13.2 Selection and morale;
13.3 The assault;
13.4 Controversy;
14. Normandy:
14.1 The battle for Caen;
14.2 Operation 'Goodwood';
14.3 Breakout;
14.4 Encirclement;
14.5 The trap;
15. The victory campaigns:
15.1 Operation 'Market Garden';
15.2 Operation 'Olive';
15.3 Manpower crisis;
15.4 The Scheldt and the 'Siegfried Line';
15.5 Operational and tactical transformations;
15.6 Victory in Italy;
15.7 The surrender of Germany;
15.8 The South-West Pacific area;
15.9 Burma;
15.10 Operations 'Capital' and 'Extended Capital';
Part VI. The Post-War World;
16. Soldiers and social change:
16.1 From combat cohesion to social cohesion;
16.2 The forces vote and the 1945 British General Election;
16.3 The forces vote and New Zealand's great experiment in social citizenship;
16.4 The forces vote and the formalisation of apartheid in South Africa;
16.5 Soldiers, veterans and the partition of India;
16.6 Soldiers, veterans and social change; Conclusion: C.1 A deficit of political legitimacy; C.2 Military performance; C.3 Consequences; C.4 Fighting the people's war; Appendix
1. The censorship summaries; Appendix
2. The morale reports; Appendix
3. Quantitative indicators of morale; Appendix
4. Defining morale; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.