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F OREWORD
P ROLOGUE : A R ITE OF S UCCESSION
BECOMING AN AMERICAN
E LLIS I SLAND AND A T RAGEDY IN T EXAS
A B ENEFACTOR AND THE H OUSE ON THE T WELFTH G REEN
T HE V IRTUES OF G OLF
W HITE S ILK S CARVES AND O PEN C OCKPITS
E NTERING THE B ROTHERHOOD
A F IASCO AND R EFORM
S TAYING THE C OURSE
A F ORK IN THE R OAD
“L ET’S D IVE -B OMB THE B ASTARDS ”
T HE T EST OF W AR
INHERITING A DIFFERENT WORLD
A TOMIC D IPLOMACY
S PIES I NSIDE THE B ARBED W IRE
“T HE B ALANCE H AS B EEN D ESTROYED ”
T HE S TATE T HAT W AS S TALIN
A C ONFRONTATION AND A M ISREADING
C ONTAINING THE M ENACE
N EITHER R AIN, NOR S NOW, NOR S LEET, NOR F OG
S TALIN G ETS H IS B OMB
T HE C ONSEQUENCES OF D ELUSION
G OOD I NTENTIONS G ONE A WRY
THE PERILS OF AN APPRENTICESHIP
H AP A RNOLD’S L EGACY
G ETTING O RGANIZED
B OMBER L EADER
I NTO THE L ION’S D EN
M OSCOW O PTS FOR R OCKETS
A N UCLEAR R EACTOR IN THE S KY
L OW -L EVEL T ACTICS AND THE F LYING B OOM
T HE L AST T ANGLE AND AN A MBUSH
STARTING A RACE
S EEKING S CIENTIFIC V ALIDATION
W HEN H UNGARY W AS M ARS
A F ASCINATION WITH E XPLOSIONS
F INDING AN A LLY
M ARSHALING THE E XPERTISE
T HE T EA P OT C OMMITTEE
G ETTING STARTED
“O KAY , B ENNIE , I T’S A D EAL ”
WINNING A PRESIDENT
A S CHOOLHOUSE AND A R ADICAL N EW A PPROACH
T HE G URU OF R OCKETS
A P ROBLEM WITH T OMMY P OWER
H OW G REED C ORRUPTS
A N A SSAULT FROM AN U NEXPECTED Q UARTER
A S ENSE OF A DVENTURE
N O T IME FOR F AMILY
G ETTING TO I KE
A D IFFICULT D IALOGUE AT G ENEVA
D AZZLING THE M ONARCH
N O M ORE N ITPICKING
A R ADAR IN T URKEY
BUILDING THE UNSTOPPABLE
A C OMPETITOR
T HE T EAM OF M ETTLER AND T HIEL
J OHN B RUCE M EDARIS AND W ERNHER VON B RAUN
T HE C APE OF THE C ANEBRAKE VS . “M OOSE ” M ATHISON
A F EW G RAINS OF S AND
M EDARIS G OES FOR THE ICBM
T HE R ELUCTANT R ESCUER
T HOR VS . J UPITER
S PUTNIK
T HOR R EADIES FOR E NGLAND
J AMIE W ALLACE’S T HOR S HOW
T HE B IGGEST A IRLIFT S INCE B ERLIN
“R OY … I W ANT Y OU TO G ET M E C AMP C OOKE ”
A T IE
B LACK S ATURDAY
T HE T RIALS OF A TLAS AND A C HRISTMAS S URPRISE
W HOSE M ISSILE G AP ?
A V ICTORY D ESPITE THE B UGS
M INUTEMAN : E D H ALL’S T RIUMPH
“Y OU C OULDN’T K EEP H IM IN T HAT J OB ”
A SPY IN ORBIT AND A GAME OF NUCLEAR DICE
A W OULD -B E S PY IN THE S KY G OES A WRY
M ATHISON S NATCHES THE P RIZE
D ISCOVERER G OES “B LACK” INTO C ORONA
A H AREBRAINED S CHEME
P ALM T REE D ISGUISES
K EEPING THE M ILITARY ON THE L EASH
“U SE ’E M OR L OSE ’E M ”
L E M AY AND T OMMY P OWER AS THE W ILD C ARDS
A VOIDING G ÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
B UYING T IME FOR THE E MPIRE TO I MPLODE
THE SCHRIEVER LUCK
J OHNNY VON N EUMANN F INDS F AITH BUT N OT P EACE
“T HE S LOWEST O LD T REV H AS E VER G ONE IN A C ADILLAC ”
L OSING I T A LL AND F ORGIVING A B ROTHER
“O NLY IN A MERICA ”
A R EUNION WITH H AP
A CKNOWLEDGMENTS
I NTERVIEWS
S OURCE N OTES
B IBLIOGRAPHY
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