Prologue: The Revolution of the Intellectuals
The Action and the Actors
Prophets in Revolt
Cicero, Father of the Republic: An Epitaph
The Kingmaker: General Monk
The Survivor: Sieyes
A Premature Totalitarian: Louis Bonaparte
A Major Defection
The Dialectics of Succession
The Fascist Syndrome
The Mythmaker, T. E. Lawrence: An Existentialist Revolt
The Sputtering Fuse: Spain
Augustus Before Caesar: De Gaulle
Conclusions: A Surfeit of Answers