| Foreword | The Rt Honourable The Lord Deedes, KBE, MC, PC, DL. | 3 |
| Preamble | The Roots of the Problem: Rhodesia 1890-1958. | 5 |
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| Part 1: Sir Edgar Whitehead's Pursuit of Dominion Status |
| Chapter 1 | Whitehead's Bid for Full Self-Government in 1959 | 15 |
| Chapter 2 | Stalemate with Lord Home: March - July 1960 | 28 |
| Chapter 3 | Whitehead's 'Carrot' and 'Stick': Confrontation with African
Nationalism in Southern Rhodesia: July - November 1960 | 44 |
| Chapter 4 | The Step on the Road to Self Government: The Making of
the 1961 Constitution: December 1960 - February 1961 | 66 |
| Chapter 5 | The Drafting, Ratification and Enactment of the 1961
Constitution: February-December 1961 | 74 |
| Chapter 6 | The Advent of the Rhodesian Front and the Ousting of
Whitehead: December 1961 - December 1962 | 95 |
Part 2: Winston Field's Bid for Independence
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| Chapter 7 | The Mortal Wounding of the Federation:
December 1962 - March 1963 | 122 |
| Chapter 8 | Field Plays his Strong Card: March 1963 | 133 |
| Chapter 9 | Field Doubts the Strength of his Hand: April-June 1963 | 141 |
| Chapter 10 | Field's Last Attempt to Extract a Guarantee of
Independence before the Victoria Falls Conference: June 1963 | 159 |
| Chapter 11 | The Effort to secure Rhodesian Independence in the
Dying Days of the Federation: June-December 1963 | 168 |
| Chapter 12 | The Lardner-Burke Initiative and the
Ousting of Field: January - April 1964 | 190 |
Part 3: Ian Smith and the Taking of Independence
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| Chapter 13 | The Advent of Ian Smith: British Stonewalling on Independence,
Exclusion from the Commonwealth and the Oberholzer Murder:
April-July 1964 | 209 |
| Chapter 14 | Last Chance with the Tories: August-October 1964 | 225 |
| Chapter 15 | Harold Wilson's rejection of the Indaba and the
Referendum: October-November 1964 | 241 |
| Chapter 16 | Trading Shots at Long Range with the Labour
Government: November 1964 - January 1965 | 251 |
| Chapter 17 | Talks at Churchill's Funeral and the Consequent
Visit of Bottomley and Gardiner: January-March 1965 | 270 |
| Chapter 18 | Raising the Ante: Ian Smith's April 1965 General Election,
and the British Five Principles: March-April 1965 | 293 |
| Chapter 19 | Stonewalling Smith: May-July 1965 | 312 |
| Chapter 20 | A Further Attempt to Delay: the Visit of
Cledwyn Hughes: July-August 1965 | 328 |
| Chapter 21 | The Straw in the Wind: Rhodesia's First Act of
Defiance: the Lisbon Appointment : August-September 1965 | 344 |
| Chapter 22 | Preparations for the Last Throw of the Dice:
September 1965 | 359 |
| Chapter 23 | Fruitless Negotiations with Wilson in London:
October 1965 | 367 |
| Chapter 24 | 'Think Again, Prime Minister': Efforts to Avert
a Rhodesian Rebellion: October 1965 | 389 |
| Chapter 25 | Last Negotiations with Wilson in Salisbury
in late October 1965 | 411 |
| Chapter 26 | The Final Days: 31 October - 10 November 1965 | 443 |
| Chapter 27 | UDI!: 11 November 1965 | 468 |
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| | Bibliography | 476 |
| | Index | 478 |
