Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The economic background; 2. Military inadequacy; 3. Process of government and the foreign policy leadership; 4. The historical conditioning of a generation; 5. Turkey at the outbreak of war; 6. The year of surprises: 1940; 7. Hostile encirclement: 1941; 8. 'Active neutrality': 1942; 9. On the razor's edge: 1943; 10. The Turkish gambit: 1944; 11. The Soviet demands: 1945; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.