1. From the fall of Singapore to the failure of Cripps's mission, February-April 1942
2. From Cripps's failure to the failure of the Congress party's "Quit India" movement, April-October 1942
3. From Gandhi's fast through the first year of Wavell's viceroyalty, January 1943-July 1944
4. Summit failures and cabinet obstacles, August 1944-July 1945
5. From the end of World War II through the cabinet mission, August 1945-June 1946
6. The interim government, June-December 1946
7. Lord Mountbatten's last Chukka, December 1946-June 1947
8. Partitioned transfer of power, June-August 1947
9. Freedom's wooden loaf, September-October 1947
10. Indo-Pak war over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948.
Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India by Stanley A. Wolpert. ISBN 9780195151985. Published by Oxford University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.