x, 651 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-625) and index.
Contents
Freedom at midnight -- "My home is over Jordan" -- The challenge of the Congo -- "Hands off Africa!" -- Infiltration into Africa -- "Africa has become the real battleground" -- Atomium -- The rise of Lumumba -- "Table ronde" -- Ambassador Burden -- The Africa Division of the CIA -- Voice of Africa -- American CIA agent and Kenyan CIA asset -- "The courageous have won" -- Year of Africa -- Things fall apart -- Eisenhower snubs Lumumba -- Bribery, bugging and Green Berets -- The road to Calvary -- The poison plot -- Africa at the United Nations -- Spying on the UN -- "Lumumba assails US on uranium" -- Third-country agent QJWIN -- "The big American stick" -- Ambassador Satch -- Trick or escape? -- Manhunt for Lumumba -- Deep cover agent WIROGUE -- Baking a snake -- Sunk hope -- Arming the skies -- "A bride everybody wants" -- Made in America -- Hands off Ghana! -- "America's Angolan" -- "The CIA reptilian coils" -- Closing in on Nkrumah -- "One step backward. We shall take two forward" -- The dead hand.
