The Regiment

Foreword - vi Prelude, The Years Before - x 1 Phoenix in Uniform - 1 2 The Tiger in Their Midst - 15 3 "Cook's Tour" - 28 4 "The Waiting Years" - 36 5 The Hour Strikes - 48 6 The Sands of Sicily - 56 7 Death Valley - 69 8 Montgomery's Mountain Goats - 82 9 The Flavour of Defeat - 93 10 A Trap Unsprung - 106 11 Interlude in the Apennines - 122 12 The River of Blood - 135 13 Battle of the Bulge - 153 14 Winter Front - 162 15 The Road to Rome - 176 16 The Regiment at Rest - 192 17 The Gothic Line - 202 18 Gateway to the Plains - 213 19 Across the Rubicon - 230 20 Betrayal - 244 21 Operation Chuckle - 253 22 The Battle Without End - 270 23 Resurrection - 285 24 The End in View - 295 Aftermath, The Years Ahead - 306 Glossary - 311 Index - 313