Prologue: London, 1930

Part I: The European war. Unterseebooten ; Panzerschiffen ; Norway ; France falls ; The Regia Marina ; The war on trade, I ; The Bismarck

Part II: The war widens. The rising sun ; A two-ocean navy ; Operation AI: The attack on Pearl Harbor ; Rampage ; The war on trade, II

Part III: Watershed. Stemming the tide ; Two beleaguered islands ; A two-ocean war ; The tipping point ; The war on trade, III

Part IV: Allied counterattack. Airplanes and convoys ; Husky ; Twilight of two navies ; Breaking the shield ; Large slow target

Part V: Reckoning. D-Day ; Seeking the decisive battle ; Leyte Gulf ; The noose tightens ; Denouement

Epilogue: Tokyo Bay, 1945.