| List of Maps | ix | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| CHAPTER ONE: Americans | 3 | ||
| CHAPTER TWO: Russians | 32 | ||
| CHAPTER THREE: Cubans | 58 | ||
| CHAPTER FOUR: "Eyeball to Eyeball" | 84 | ||
| CHAPTER FIVE: "Till Hell Freezes Over" | 112 | ||
| CHAPTER SIX: Intel | 135 | ||
| CHAPTER SEVEN: Nukes | 159 | ||
| CHAPTER EIGHT: Strike First | 184 | ||
| CHAPTER NINE: Hunt for the Grozny | 207 | ||
| CHAPTER TEN: Shootdown | 230 | ||
| CHAPTER ELEVEN: "Some Sonofabitch" | 254 | ||
| CHAPTER TWELVE: "Run Like Hell" | 276 | ||
| CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Cat and Mouse | 297 | ||
| CHAPTER FOURTEEN: "Crate and Return" | 321 | ||
| Afterword | 343 | ||
| Acknowledgments and a Note on Sources | 355 | ||
| Notes | 363 | ||
| Index | 407 |