Foreword | p. 6 |
Prologue: Bomber Pilot, May 1916 | p. 11 |
Early Days | p. 13 |
The Great War | p. 17 |
Flying a Desk in Whitehall | p. 25 |
The Next War Looms | p. 37 |
Planning for War | p. 45 |
Waging War | p. 59 |
Reality Breaking In | p. 68 |
Bomber Commander | p. 80 |
Back to Whitehall | p. 91 |
Coastal Command and the Appalling Gap | p. 99 |
The Gap Closed | p. 112 |
Reluctant Commanders: Eaker and Slessor in the Mediterranean | p. 129 |
Grinding Towards Victory | p. 141 |
Troubles Come in Threes: Yugoslavia, Poland, Greece | p. 152 |
Slessor's Next Appointment | p. 172 |
The Succession | p. 184 |
Chief of the Air Staff | p. 194 |
Sage of Yeovil, 1953-1956 | p. 222 |
Disaster at Suez | p. 239 |
Cassandra of Yeovil, 1956-1968 | p. 250 |
Epilogue | p. 267 |
Acknowledgements | p. 272 |
Sources | p. 273 |
Index | p. 284 |
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