Contents

Preface

Prologue: April 1949

Summer 1955–56

Chapter One A Dame Is Born

Chapter Two Rebels, Villains, and Heroes

Autumn 1956

Chapter Three The Enemy Within

Chapter Four The Bomb in the Outback

Winter 1956

Chapter Five It’s a Men’s Game

Chapter Six One-Armed Bandits

Spring 1956

Chapter Seven With Open Arms

Chapter Eight Clouds on the Horizon

Chapter Nine Lighting the Way

Chapter Ten The World Waits

Summer 1956–57

Chapter Eleven Let the Games Begin

Chapter Twelve The Worst of Times, the Best of Times

Finale

Acknowledgements

Notes

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