Darlan : Admiral and statesman of France, 1881-1942 / George E. Melton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The Future Admiral -- 3. Close to the Center of Power -- 4. Toward a New Balance of Naval Power -- 5. Blunting Fascist Aggression -- 6. Preparing for War -- 7. Shifting Strategies of War -- 8. Strategy of Coalition Warfare -- 9. The Failure of Coalition Warfare -- 10. Empire in Crisis -- 11. Keeping France Neutral -- 12. Darlan versus Laval -- 13. In the Shadow of the Third Reich -- 14. The Syrian War -- 15. Troubled Interim -- 16. The Winter Crisis -- 17. The End of the Darlan Era at Vichy -- 18. The Road to Algiers -- 19. Armistice in North Africa -- 20. A Step Toward the Liberation -- 21. The Last Forty Days of Darlan -- 22. Assassination in Algiers -- 23. The Cover Up -- 24. Darlan: Myth and Reality.