H. P. Willmott has written extensively on warfare in general and on World War II in particular. Among his books are The Last Century of Sea Power: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894¿1922 (IUP, 2009) and The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action (IUP, 2005), a Society of Military History prize winner.

List of Chapter Appendixes
List of Maps and a Diagram
List of Tables
I. Naval Races and Wars
1. Introduction: Washington, London, and Two Very Separate Wars, 1921 - 1941
2. Washington and London
3. Ethiopia and Spain
4. Japan and Its "Special Undeclared War"
II. Introduction to the Second World War
5. Navies, Sea Power, and Two or More Wars
III. The Second World War: The European Theater
6. Britain and the Defeat of the U-boat Guerre de Course
7. With Friends like These
8. Italy and the War in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
9. The Lesser Allied Navies and Merchant Marines in the Second World War
IV. The Second World War: The Pacific Theatre
10. The War Across the Pacific: Introduction and Conclusion
11. The Japanese Situation - and a Japanese Dimension
12. The Japanese Situation - and an American Dimension
13. The Japanese Situation - and a Second Japanese Dimension
14. The Japanese Situation - and Another, and Final, Dimension
V. Dealing with Real Enemies
15. Finis: The British Home Fleet, 15 August 1945
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index