Introduction: On the Threshold of Liberty
 
 Merdre: Dada’s Roots in the Avant-Garde
 Dada’s Balcony: Dada in Zurich 1915–1920
 From the Other Side: Dada in Other Neutral Cities 1915–1921
 The Spirit of the Age: Dada in Central Europe 1917–1922
 Dada Stirs Up Everything: Dada in Paris 1919–1924
 A Wave of Dreams: Beginnings of Surrealism 1924–1929
 Accommodations of Desires: Rifts within Surrealism 1929–1933
 The Call of the Night: The Surrealist International 1933–1939
 Fabulous Race-Track of Death: Exile 1939–1946
 The Breach: Surrealism in the Postwar Years 1946–1966
 Epilogue
 
 Glossary
 Brief Biographies
 Key Dates
 Map
 Further Reading
 Index
 Acknowledgements