Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. Around the World to Guangzhou; Chapter 2. The Eve of War; Chapter 3. Shanghai: Cosmopolis Under the Gun; Chapter 4. Chungking, You Get to Like It; Chapter 5. 1940: Chinas Crucial Year; Chapter 6. The Press Hostel; Chapter 7. A City Aflame ; Chapter 8. A Widening War: French Indochina in 1940; Chapter 9. On the Front Lines; Chapter 10. Fall of the Philippines.