Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Prologue 1
5. Method in the Mayhem
6. Mightier Than the Sword? 7
7. The Fortunes of War 20
8. The Eagle and the Bear
9. Seeing Red 35
10. War Games 50
11. Grudge Match 61
12. Red Sunset? 80
13. The Much-Promised Land
14. Out of Their League 93
15. From Cedars to Cinders 110
16. How the West Bank Was Won 123
17. Black, White and Shades of Grey
18. Slick Business 136
19. Shooting Holes in the Arms Embargo 151
20. Friends and Neighbours 166
21. Bellum Americanum
22. Cigar-Envy 182
23. Old Pros and New Contras 198
24. Short Circuits and Back Channels 212
25. Trouble on Oiled Waters
26. Anns and the Ayatollah 227
27. Explosive Revelations 244
28. Leading Them into Temptation 267
29. The Second Front 283
30. Hellfire and Saddamnation!
31. Plowshares and Swords 296
32. Sand-Storms 312
33. Yugoslavia, Humpty Dumpty and the Berlin Wall
34. Balkanizing the Balkans 332
35. Paragons Versus Pariahs? 350
36. Family Business 364
37. Epilogue 281
38. Aftermath, 2008: Mesopotamia and The New Mongols 388
39. Acknowledgements 421
40. Notes 423
41. Index 485