CONTENTS   Preface and Acknowledgments   Chapter 1  Introduction    North America's Emerging Importance    Canada's Utility for France    A Global Contest    Geography and Policy   Chapter 2  Statesmen and Regimes    The Duke of Newcastle    The Earl of Hardwicke    William Pitt    The Duc de Choiseul   Chapter 3  Origins: The Contested Regions, 1748-1754    Acadia and Nova Scotia    The New York Frontier    Ohio: The French Predicament    Ohio: The French Solution    Virginia Responds    A Contest in India: Dupleix's Project   Chapter 4  Risking War, 1754-1755    Unreadiness of the British Colonies    Britain Raises the Stakes    The Futile Negotiation    Britain and Europe    Whitehall Under Pressures, Versailles Under Illusions Chapter 5  War Without Declaration: North America, 1755    The French Navy Wins a Gamble    Nova Scotia    Braddock and Disaster    Campaigns in Northern New York   Chapter 6   Indecision in Europe: May to December 1755    Seizure of French Shipping    The Netherlands and Hanover    Pitt and the Russian Subsidy    Paralysis at Versailles    Chapter 7  French Triumphs, British Blunders, 1756    France's Initial War Plan    France and the Diplomatic Revolution    Admiral Byng and the French Conquest of Minorca    Oswego Destroyed    British and American Armies   Chapter 8   France's New War Plan, 1756-1757    Pitt Attains his Goal    War Begins on the Continent    France's New War Plan    The Trial of Admiral Byng    Pitt, George II and Germany    The French Invasion of Germany    A Hanoverian Policy    Louisbourg and Lake George    The Rochefort Expedition   Chapter 9  The Tide Turns, 1758    The French Army in Germany: Defeat and Disaster    War in India: Bengal    Achieving Naval Superiority    Raids on the French Channel Coast    France in Distress   Chapter 10 The Atlantic and North America, 1758    Seapower and Shipping    West Africa    Changing Conditions of North American Warfare    The Conquest of Louisbourg    Ticonderoga and Frontenac    Mountains and Indians: The Road to Fort Duquesne   Chapter 11 The West Indies and North America, 1759    Martinique and Guadeloupe    Niagara and Lake Champlain    Montcalm, Vaudreuil and the Defence of Canada    The Capture of Quebec   Chapter 12 The British Victory at Sea, 1759    Invasion Threat and Blockade of Brest    Lagos Bay and Quiberon Bay    France Defeated: The War Lost   Chapter 13 Britain Conquers Afar, Disunity Looms at Home    Choiseul's Approach to Peace, 1759-60    War in India: The Coromandel Coast    The Conquest of Canada, 1760    Pitt and the German War    The Pitt-Newcastle Administration Undermined   Chapter 14  The Chance of Peace, 1761    Antecedents: Spain, Austria, Russia, and Ferdinand's Winter Campaign    Choiseul's Two Negotiations    Belle-le and Westphalia    The Anglo-French Negotiation    Choiseul and the Lost Chance of Peace    The Path to War with Spain   Chapter 15  Peacemaking 1762: Concessions Before Conquests Aftermath of Pitt's Resignation    The German War and the Prussian Subsidy    Martinique Conquered    The Secret Negotiation    The Defence of Portugal    The Capture of Havana    Peace with Bitterness   Chapter 16   Conclusion and Aftermath    Fundamental Causes of British Military Success    Why Peace was Delayed    The Significance of 1762    Outcomes: Peace Terms, Finances, Navies, Spain and France    Britain and North America   Abbreviations and Short Titles   Notes on Sources.