Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. Introduction: The One Who Got Away, and the One Who Didn’t 1
5. 1. In the Court of the Emerald King 11
6. 2. Lines of Power 30
7. 3. Boom Times 53
8. 4. Hard Times 78
9. 5. Public Works 88
10. 6. A Choice of Enemies 105
11. 7. Decline and Fall 127
12. Epilogue: The Machines That Didn’t Stop 157
13. NOTES 163
14. Bibliography 171
15. Index 177
16. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 183