Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Briefing

PART I: IRAN
THE MULLAHS’ MANHATTAN PROJECT


Chapter 1: Decoding Project 111

Chapter 2: Regime-Change Fantasies

Chapter 3: Ahmadinejad's Monologue

Chapter 4: The Israel Option

PART II: AFGHANISTAN
HOW THE GOOD WAR WENT BAD


Chapter 5: The Marshall Plan That Wasn't

Chapter 6: The Other “Mission Accomplished”

PART III: PAKISTAN
“HOW DO YOU INVADE AN ALLY?”


Chapter 7: Secrets of Chaklala Cantonment

Chapter 8: Crossing the Line

PART IV: NORTH KOREA
THE NUCLEAR RENEGADE THAT GOT AWAY


Chapter 9: Kim Jong-Il 8, Bush 0

Chapter 10: Cheney's Lost War

Chapter 11: “Everything Is Appomattox”

PART V: CHINA
NEW TORCH, OLD DRAGONS


Chapter 12: Generation Lenovo

Chapter 13: The Puncture Strategy

PART VI
THE THREE VULNERABILITIES

Chapter 14: Deterrence 2.0

Chapter 15: The Invisible Attack

Chapter 16: Dark Angel

Epilogue: Obama's Challenge

Acknowledgments

Note on Sources

Suggested Reading

Endnotes