Prelude : from Minneapolis to Beirut -- Beirut : Would you like to eat now or wait for the cease-fire? -- Beirut : city of versions -- Hama rules -- The Teflon guerrilla -- Inside the kaleidoscope : the Israeli invasion of Lebanon -- Poker, Beirut style -- Betty Crocker in Dante's inferno -- The end of something -- Jerusalem : Crosswinds -- Whose country is this, anyway? -- The fault line -- The earthquake -- Under the spotlight -- Israel and America Jews: who is dreaming about whom? -- Conclusion : from Beirut to Jerusalem to Washington -- Epilogue.
