ANDREW WHITFIELD researched the book in the UK, Hong Kong and the USA. He now lives in London and works for the British government in Whitehall .

• General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chronology Maps Introduction Return and Departure: The Fall and Recapture of Hong Kong, 1941 and 1945 The Meaning of Empire: Imperial Consensus, Whitehall and Hong Kong The Anglo-American Relationship at War, 1941-45 An Empire Brought into Question, 1942 China Claims Hong Kong 1942-43 London's Hong Kong Planning, 1943-44 Anglo-American Military Strategy in the Far East, 1942-44 The Cairo Conference Hard Choices: November 1944-June 1945 Yalta, the Death of a President, and San Francisco Return of the Empire: The Defeat of Japan, July-September 1945 Conclusion Epilogue Notes Bibliography and Sources Index

ANDREW WHITFIELD researched the book in the UK, Hong Kong and the USA. He now lives in London and works for the British government in Whitehall .

• General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chronology Maps Introduction Return and Departure: The Fall and Recapture of Hong Kong, 1941 and 1945 The Meaning of Empire: Imperial Consensus, Whitehall and Hong Kong The Anglo-American Relationship at War, 1941-45 An Empire Brought into Question, 1942 China Claims Hong Kong 1942-43 London's Hong Kong Planning, 1943-44 Anglo-American Military Strategy in the Far East, 1942-44 The Cairo Conference Hard Choices: November 1944-June 1945 Yalta, the Death of a President, and San Francisco Return of the Empire: The Defeat of Japan, July-September 1945 Conclusion Epilogue Notes Bibliography and Sources Index

ANDREW WHITFIELD researched the book in the UK, Hong Kong and the USA. He now lives in London and works for the British government in Whitehall .

• General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chronology Maps Introduction Return and Departure: The Fall and Recapture of Hong Kong, 1941 and 1945 The Meaning of Empire: Imperial Consensus, Whitehall and Hong Kong The Anglo-American Relationship at War, 1941-45 An Empire Brought into Question, 1942 China Claims Hong Kong 1942-43 London's Hong Kong Planning, 1943-44 Anglo-American Military Strategy in the Far East, 1942-44 The Cairo Conference Hard Choices: November 1944-June 1945 Yalta, the Death of a President, and San Francisco Return of the Empire: The Defeat of Japan, July-September 1945 Conclusion Epilogue Notes Bibliography and Sources Index