Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Starbursts 1
Chapter 2 Born to Fly 9
Chapter 3 11 Alive 17
Chapter 4 The Pacifist 29
Chapter 5 The Warrior 35
Chapter 6 The Angel 47
Chapter 7 The Dragon Lady 55
Chapter 8 Ready and Eager to Go 61
Chapter 9 From Thunderbird to UFO 69
Chapter 10 Cloak, Dagger, and Danger 75
Chapter 11 Secrets Kevealed 81
Chapter 12 High Crimes 89
Chapter 13 Dawn of a New Era 95
Chapter 14 Castro Must Go 101
Chapter 15 Vienna Waits for You 105
Chapter 16 Trouble at Home 113
Chapter 17 Soviets Pour into Cuba 117
Chapter 18 A Change in Strategy 125
Chapter 19 "We've Got MRBMs in Cuba" 131
Chapter 20 Grim Decisions 137
Chapter 21 Brass Knob 149
Chapter 22 General Curtis LeMay and the President 159
Chapter 23 SAMs Tracking U-2s 165
Chapter 24 Taking a Stand 173
Chapter 25 Crusaders 179
Chapter 26 Close Encounters 185
Chapter 27 The Quarantine 193
Chapter 28 Until Hell Freezes Over 201
Chapter 29 Pressure Points 209
Chapter 30 Lost! 221
Chapter 31 A Single Mission 227
Chapter 32 MAYDAY! MAYDAY! 233
Chapter 33 "Some Son-of-a-Bitch Never Gets the Word" 239
Chapter 34 Target 33 247
Chapter 35 Kennedy and Khrushchev on the Brink 253
Chapter 36 Two Secret Meetings 265
Chapter 37 Blast Them Now! 273
Chapter 38 Invasion Imminent 279
Chapter 39 The Day of the Doves 283
Epilogue 291
Authors' Note 295
Notes 297
Bibliography 311
Index 317
Photo insert between pages 184 and 185