CONTENTS

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
  4. Preface
  5. PART I
  6. 1.  Cuban Sunset
  7. 2.  The Silver Spurs
  8. 3.  American Origins
  9. 4.  Starting from the Bottom
  10. 5.  Embracing and Escaping the Street
  11. PART II
  12. 6.  Running Through the Shade
  13. 7.  Agency Man
  14. 8.  The Much-Maligned Patriots
  15. 9.  On the Spearhead of the Reagan Doctrine
  16. 10.  Friends in Low Places
  17. 11.  The Barracudas
  18. 12.  Risks and Rewards
  19. PART III
  20. 13.  Living in Yellow
  21. 14.  Washington Two-Step
  22. 15.  Swimming Up the Chain
  23. 16.  Exploiting the Chain
  24. 17.  The Sparrows
  25. 18.  The Afternoon of Darkness
  26. 19.  A Stranger’s Loyalty
  27. 20.  The Outcast Kingdom
  28. PART IV
  29. 21.  The Jihad Factory
  30. 22.  The Godfather of Terror
  31. 23.  The Meat Eaters’ Shangri-La
  32. 24.  Tombstone Rules
  33. 25.  Headquarters Station
  34. 26.  The Last Normal Morning
  35. 27.  The Payback Begins
  36. 28.  REDACTED
  37. 29.  REDACTED
  38. 30.  Crystal Marbles
  39. 31.  Not Nine-to-Five Material
  40. Postscript: The Forty-Year Brief
  41. Acknowledgments
  42. Index
  43. About the Author
  44. Copyright