ASHLEY JACKSON is a Research Fellow at Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Botswana 1939-45: An African Country at War and he has written numerous articles on Africa and he Second World War.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Leading Characters Introduction: War and Empire; Mauritius, the Indian Ocean, and the Second World War Mauritius and the Indian Ocean in Imperial Wars and Imperial Strategy from the Eighteenth Century to the Inter-War Years Defence of Empire and the Sea Lanes: The Royal Navy and the British Indian Ocean World Defending the Home Front: Local and Imperial Defence Measures Colonial Military Labour in Europe and the Middle East The Mauritius Regiment and the Madagascar Mutiny The Secret War: Censorship, Propaganda, and Code-breaking The Effects of War on the Home Front The End of the War and the Strategic Transformation of the Indian Ocean Bibliography Index