Translation of: Paměti. "The present volume is the first of three which the late President Dr. Eduard Beneš intended to write ... Only one of the three volumes was completed." Includes index.

The gathering storm -- The outbreak of the second world war -- The first great crisis of the war: capitulation of France -- The great change in the world war: the Soviet Union, attacked by Germany, participates in the struggle -- War and the United States -- The western powers annul Munich -- East and west-Czechoslovakis at the crossroads?.