Hostages to fortune : Winston Churchill and the loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse. / Arthur Nicholson ; foreword by Sir Henry Leach.

Machine derived contents note: List of Illustrations ix -- Foreword xi -- Preface xiii -- Acknowledgements xvii -- Abbreviations xix -- Maps xx -- Introduction 1 -- Part I: Off to Cape Town - and Singapore -- Chapter 1 On the Road to a Showdown 7 -- Chapt er 2 Showdown 21 -- Chapter 3 The Choice of Tom Phillips 24 -- Chapter 4 Off to Singapore 30 -- Chapter 5 The Decision to Send the Prince of Wales -- and Repulse to Singapore 33 -- Part II: To Sail or Not to Sail against the Japanese -- Chapter 6 The Coun tdown to War 51 -- Chapter 7 The World War Comes to the Far East 60 -- Chapter 8 The Decision to Send Force Z to Attack 68 -- Part III: Decisions at Sea - Where to Go and Whom to Tell -- Chapter 9 The Opposing Forces 95 -- Chapter 10 Off to Look for Troub le 104 -- Chapter 11 Finding Trouble 112 -- Chapter 12 Repel Aircraft! 123 -- Chapter 13 The End of the Line 131 -- Chapter 14 The Decision Not To Break Radio Silence 140 -- Part IV: Aftermath -- Chapter 15 The Days and Years after the Battle 159 -- Chapt er 16 In Retrospect: Men and Machines 167 -- Chapter 17 In Retrospect: Causes and Responsibility 179 -- Conclusion 189 -- Appendix Important Signals and Messages 192 -- Select Bibliography 224.