Contents
COVER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
CHAPTER ONE
Starbursts
CHAPTER TWO
Born to Fly
CHAPTER THREE
11 Alive
CHAPTER FOUR
The Pacifist
CHAPTER FIVE
The Warrior
CHAPTER SIX
The Angel
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Dragon Lady
CHAPTER EIGHT
Ready and Eager to Go
CHAPTER NINE
From Thunderbird to UFO
CHAPTER TEN
Cloak, Dagger, and Danger
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Secrets Revealed
CHAPTER TWELVE
High Crimes
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Dawn of a New Era
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Castro Must Go
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Vienna Waits for You
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Trouble at Home
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Soviets Pour into Cuba
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
A Change in Strategy
CHAPTER NINETEEN
“We’ve Got MRBMs in Cuba”
CHAPTER TWENTY
Grim Decisions
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Brass Knob
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
General Curtis LeMay and the President
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
SAMs Tracking U-2s
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Taking a Stand
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Crusaders
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Close Encounters
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
The Quarantine
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Until Hell Freezes Over
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Pressure Points
CHAPTER THIRTY
Lost!
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
A Single Mission
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
“Some Son-of-a-Bitch Never Gets the Word”
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
Target 33
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Kennedy and Khrushchev on the Brink
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
Two Secret Meetings
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
Blast Them Now!
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
Invasion Imminent
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
The Day of the Doves
EPILOGUE
PHOTOS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ALSO BY CASEY SHERMAN
AUTHORS’ NOTE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOTES
INDEX
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