Operations during the invasion and conquest of Sicily and the military diplomacy that led to Italy's surrender.

List of maps: British 8th army operations, 10 July 1943 ; The seizure of Agrigento, 3rd Infantry Division, 14-17 July 1943 ; 15th Army Group front, 23 July 1943 ; II Corps advance, 24- 31 July 1943 ; The capture of Troina, First Infantry Division, 1-6 August 1943 ; The fight for San Fratello, 3rd Infantry Division, 8 August 1943 ; 15th Army Group gains, 24 July- 10 August 1943 ; Brolo and the Nassau Ridge, 3rd Infantry Division, 11-12 August 1943 ; Maps inside back cover: The battleground and the enemy, 10 July 1943 ; The final landing plan ; The 7th army assault, 10 July 1943 ; Counter attack at Gela, 11 July 1943 ; 7th Army advance, 11-12 July 1943 ; The 7th Army changes direction, 13-18 July 1943 ; the 7th Army clears Western Sicily, 19-23 July 1943 ; The race to Messina, 13-17 August 1943. Some copies (paperback) are WWII 50th Anniversary Commemorative edition reprints, 1993.

Part one. Background and Plans. Allied Strategy in the Mediterranean -- The Axis on the Defensive -- Preparations and Preliminaries -- The Axis Situation -- Final Allied Preparations -- Part two. Operations and Negotiations. The Assault -- The First Day -- The Axis Threat -- Airborne Reinforcement -- The Beachhead Secure -- Continuing the Campaign: the Decisions -- Seventh Army Changes Directions -- The Drive to the Climax -- The Climax -- Dissolution of the Rome-Berlin Axis -- The Drive to the East -- The Battle of Troina -- Breaking the San Fratello Line -- Evacuation -- Brolo -- The end of the Campaign -- Part three. The Surrender. The Quadrant Conference and the Quebec Memorandum -- The Surrender Preliminaries -- The Italian Decision -- The Armistice -- The Renunciation -- The Surrender -- The Dissolution -- The Second Capitulation -- Appendices.