Part 1: Outrage and Retribution |
| Chapter 1 | Outrage and Immediate Retribution: The Reaction to UDI: 11 November - 13 December 1965 | 3 |
| Chapter 2 | The Stick and the Carrot: Oil Sanctions and the First Tentative Thoughts of Re-establishing Negotiations: December 1965 | 32 |
| Chapter 3 | 'Within a matter of weeks rather than months': Surviving the Oil Embargo: January - March 1966 | 44 |
| Chapter 4 | Considering a coup d'état: The visit of Watson during the British general election: March 1966 | 62 |
Part 2: The First Attempt to Settle |
| Chapter 5 | Wilson's Second Term: the Joanna V Affair: and the Launching of Phase One of the Second Chimurenga: March-April 1966 | 69 |
| Chapter 6 | Constitutional Stalemate and the 'Battle of Sinoia', the First Clash of the Second Chimurenga: April 1966 | 78 |
| Chapter 7 | Exploration of the Possibilities of a Settlement: the First Round of Talks between Officials: the Viljoen Murders: May 1966 | 87 |
| Chapter 8 | Preparations for the Next Round: May 1966 | 98 |
| Chapter 9 | Going Round 'the Mulberry Bush a Bit More': The Second Round of Talks between Officials: June-July 1966 | 102 |
| Chapter 10 | 'There is nobody in Rhodesia who is capable of working out a sensible new approach in detail.' The Abortive Third Round of Official Negotiations: July-August 1966 | 125 |
| Chapter 11 | A Stay of Execution: Harold Wilson and the Commonwealth Conference of 6-15 September 1966 | 142 |
| Chapter 12 | First Contact with a British Minister: Herbert Bowden's Attempt to Settle the Rhodesian Issue: September 1966 | 159 |
| Chapter 13 | The Tabling of the First British Terms for a Settlement: The Visit of Sir Morrice James, October 1966 | 170 |
| Chapter 14 | Ian Smith's Reply to the British Terms, October-November 1966 | 187 |
| Chapter 15 | Herbert Bowden's Second Visit and its Product: 23 November - 1 December 1966 | 210 |
| Chapter 16 | Stalemate on HMS Tiger: 2-4 December 1966 | 223 |
| Chapter 17 | The rejection of the Tiger Proposals: 4-5 December 1966 | 243 |
Part 3: Mandatory Sanctions |
| Chapter 18 | 'Now grave actions must follow . . .': The Adoption of Mandatory Sanctions and NIBMAR: December 1966 | 254 |
| Chapter 19 | Fostering Opposition in Rhodesia: The Reconnaissance Mission of Lord Head: 22 December 1966 - 17-21 January 1967 | 276 |
| Chapter 20 | Taking Charge of Rhodesia's Future: The Appointment of the Whaley Commission: January-February 1967 | 291 |
| Chapter 21 | Banking on Mandatory Sanctions to Induce Change: February-June 1967 | 300 |
| Chapter 22 | Further Reconnaissance: The Visit of Lord Alport: June - July 1967 | 322 |
| Chapter 23 | First Tentative Moves to Re-open the Dialogue: Operation Nickel and Reinforcement by South Africa: August - October 1967 | 347 |
| Chapter 24 | George Thomson and the Consequences of Operation Nickel on the Anglo-Rhodesian Dialogue: August - October 1967 | 367 |
| Chapter 25 | The Fruitless First Visit of George Thomson: October - December 1967 | 383 |
| Chapter 26 | The Visit of Sir Alec Douglas-Home and the De facto Ruling: December 1967 - April 1968 | 407 |
| Chapter 27 | The Death Sentence Ruling, the Resumption of Hanging, and Operation Cauldron: March-April 1968 | 423 |
| Chapter 28 | The Whaley Commission Report and the British Move to Tighten Sanctions: April-June 1968 | 447 |
| Chapter 29 | Steps towards Restarting the Negotiations: The Dismissal of Harper, the Yellow Paper, and the De Jure Court Decision; Operations Griffin, Mansion and Excess, June-July 1968 | 469
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Part 4: The Second Attempt to Settle |
| Chapter 30 | Clandestine Third Party Negotiations: The Secret Mission of Aitken and Goodman: July - August 1968 | 494 |
| Chapter 31 | Supping with the Devil: Seeking the Influence of B.J. Vorster: August-September 1968 | 507 |
| Chapter 32 | The Visit of James Bottomley, and the Decision to Talk aboard HMS Fearless: September - October 1968 | 518 |
| Chapter 33 | Thwarted aboard HMS Fearless: Wilson's Insistence on the Double Safeguard: October 1968 | 535 |
| Chapter 34 | The Attempt to Shift Wilson Off the Double Safeguard: October-November 1968 | 556 |
| Chapter 35 | The Attempt to Salvage the Fearless Agreement: The Visit of George Thomson: November 1968 | 578 |
| Chapter 36 | Thomson's Return to Rhodesia and Deadlock: 11-19 November 1968 | 598 |
| Chapter 37 | Marking Time until the Commonwealth Conference: The End of George Thomson's Stewardship: 19 November 1968 - January 1969 | 611 |
| Chapter 38 | The First Steps Towards Becoming a Republic: 24 January - 20 May 1969 | 629 |
| Chapter 39 | Winning the 1969 Referendum: The Decision to Become a Republic: May-June 1969 | 652 |
| Appendix | 670
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| Bibliography | 671
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| Photographs | 674
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Maps |
| 1. Rhodesia | 4 |
| 2. Operation Pagoda I | 85 |
| 3. Operation Pagoda II | 129 |
| 4. Operation Grampus | 135 |
| 5. Operation Yodel | 157 |
| 6. Operation Vermin | 208 |
| 7. Operations Glamour & Pantechnicon | 315 |
| 8. Operation Husk | 328 |
| 9. Operations Isotope I & II | 332 |
| 10. Operation Isotope II | 353 |
| 11. Operation Nickel: Contact on the Inyantue River | 357 |
| 12. Operation Nickel | 358 |
| 13. Operations Bonfire & Breeze | 409 |
| 14. Operation Cauldron | 430 |
| 15. Operation Cosmic | 446 |
| 16. Operations Cauldron & Glove | 450 |
| 17. Operation Flotilla | 461 |
| 18. Operations Excess, Griffin & Mansion | 476 |
| 19. Operation Griffin | 480 |
| 20. Operation Mansion | 483 |
| 21. Operation Excess | 490 |
| 22. Operation Gravel | 498 |
| 23. Operations Oyster/Lurcher | 640 |
Index | see separate volume |
