point in the whole war' -- Cairo, August 1942 : 'singleness of aim' -- Moscow, August 1942 : 'the ogre in his den' -- Return to Cairo -- Fighting for 'torch' -- 'Ties of . . . self-preservation' -- Towards Alamein and beyond -- Planning for 1943 -- The Tunisian disappointment -- January 1943 : Casablanca -- '. . . it wouldn't be a bad moment to leave' -- Temporary setbacks -- Tunisia, 'the hunt is on' -- Victory in the Gulf of Tunis -- Washington, May 1943 : the search for the way forward -- 'Trident' in Africa -- Stalin's disappointment -- 'We all go the same way home' -- From Sicily to Italy -- August 1943 : the Quebec conference -- The war in the Mediterranean, 'improvise and dare' -- September 1943, returning home -- Rhodes, 'an immense but fleeting opportunity' -- The channel versus the Mediterranean -- Prelude to Tehran -- The Tehran conference : 'impending doom for Germany' -- 'Stranded amid the ruins of Carthage' -- Plans for Anzio -- Convalescence at Marrakesh : 'full steam ahead' -- Anzio : 'the hun is still very tough' -- The Polish and Italian stalemates -- 'The war weighs very heavy on us all' -- April 1944 : a multitude of problems -- 'Events which no one could foretell' -- 'Overlord' and beyond -- 'The first major strategic and political error' -- 'Heavy burdens' -- July 1944 : dangerous times -- August 1944 : 'these thorny matters' -- Italian journey -- The Warsaw uprising, 'a black cloud' -- Preparing for Quebec -- Quebec, September 1944 -- Between Quebec and Moscow -- Moscow, October 1944 : 'powerless in the face of Russia' -- 'Hunter with bow against a bear' -- The aftermath of 'Tolstoy' -- 'My relations with Stalin are so good . . .' -- December 1944 : disputes over Greece, Italy, Poland . . . -- Christmas 1944 : Athens amid gunfire -- 1945 : 'this "new, disgusting year" . . .' -- Maltese prelude -- Yalta : 'the only bond of the victories is their common hate' -- Yalta : 'the weight of responsibility' -- 'The shadows of victory' -- Yalta betrayed -- Worsening relations with Russia -- 'An enviable death' -- 'Intense horror' -- 'Beneath these triumphs' -- VE day.