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