1. Introduction: intelligence and empire
Part I. Before Pearl Harbor, 1937-41: 2. Wing Commander Wigglesworth flies east: the lamentable state of intelligence, 1937-9
3. Insecurity and the fall of Singapore
4. Surprise despite warning: intelligence and the fall of Singapore
5. Conspiracy or confusion? Churchill, Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor
6. 'Imperial Security Services': the emergence of OSS and SOE
Part II. India and Spheres of Influence, 1941-4: 7. 'Do-gooders' and 'bad men': Churchill, Roosevelt and rivalry over empire
8. American intelligence and the British Raj: OSS and OWI in India, 1941-4
9. Strange allies: British intelligence and security in India, 1941-4
Part III. Mountbatten's South East Asia Command, 1943-5: 10. Secret service and Mountbatten's South East Asia Command
11. Special operations in South East Asia
12. The British Secret Intelligence Service (M16) in the Far East
13. Centre and region: the politics of signals intelligence
Part IV. Rivalry or Rivalries? China, 1942-5: 14. American struggles in China: OSS and Naval Group
15. Britain and her allies in China
Part V. The End of the War in Asia, 1945-6: 16. Anti-colonialism, anti-communism and plans for post-war Asia
17. Resisting the resistance: Thailand, Malaya and Burma
18. Special operations in liberated areas: Indochina and the Netherlands East Indies, 1944-6
19. Hong Kong and the future of China
20. Conclusion: the hidden hand and the fancy foot.
