List of Maps p. xvi
Map Legend p. xvii
Allied Chain of Command p. xviii
Prologue p. 1

Across the Middle Sea p. 29
Forcing the World Back to Reason p. 29
Calypso's Island p. 46
"The Horses of the Sun" p. 58
Death or Glory p. 68
The Burning Shore p. 75
Land of the Cyclops p. 75
The Loss of Irrecoverable Hours p. 91
"Tonight Wear White Pajamas" p. 105
"The Dark World Is Not Far from Us" p. 112
An Island Redoubt p. 123
"Into Battle with Stout Hearts" p. 123
"How I Love Wars" p. 129
Snaring the Head Devil p. 135
Fevers of an Unknown Origin p. 142
A Great Grief p. 149
"In a Place Like This" p. 161

Salerno p. 179
"Risks Must Be Calculated" p. 179
Plots, Counterplots, and Cross-plots p. 187
The Stillest Shoes the World Could Boast p. 197
The Moan of Lost Souls p. 216
A Portal Won p. 227
Corpse of the Siren p. 239
"I Give You Naples" p. 239
"Watch Where You Step and Have No Curiosity at All" p. 249
The Mountainous Hinterland p. 256
"The Entire World Was Burning" p. 266
Winter p. 279
The Archangel Michael, Here and Everywhere p. 279
"A Tank Too Big for the Village Square" p. 293
A Gangster's Battle p. 297
Too Many Gone West p. 307

A River and a Rock p. 321
Colonel Warden Makes a Plan p. 321
"Nothing Was Right Except the Courage" p. 328
The Show Must Go On p. 351
Perdition p. 359
"Something's Happening" p. 359
Through the Looking Glass p. 372
Jerryland p. 385
The Murder Space p. 398
This World and the Next World at Strife p. 398
The Bitchhead p. 412
"Man Is Distinguished from the Beasts" p. 432

Four Horsemen p. 445
A Fairyland of Silver and Gold p. 445
The Weight of Metal p. 453
Dragonflies in the Sun p. 473
A Kettle of Grief p. 483
Dead Country p. 483
"Put the Fear of God into Them" p. 494
"You Are All Brave. You Are All Gentlemen" p. 501
"On the Eve of Great Things" p. 509
The Great Prize p. 521
Shaking Stars from the Heavens p. 521
A Fifth Army Show p. 536
The Cuckoo's Song p. 555
Expulsion of the Barbarians p. 564
Epilogue p. 577
Notes p. 589
Selected Sources p. 731
Acknowledgments p. 763
Index p. 771