Official message from the CIA

I. AT THE BEGINNING. My hair stood on end

We must be ruthless

II. PLAYING CATCH-UP. The Penkovsky era

Beyond Penkovsky

Bring in the engineers

Building better gadgets

III. IN THE PASSING LANE. Moving thru the gap

The pen is mightier than the sword (and shield)

Fire in the Arctic

A dissident at heart

An operation called CKTAW

IV. LET THE WALLS HAVE EARS. Cold beer, cheap hotels, and a voltmeter

Progress in a new era

The age of Bond arrives

Genius is where you find it

V. PRISON, BULLET, PASSPORT, BOMB. Conspicuous fortitude, exemplary courage in a Cuban jail

War by any other name

Con men, fabricators, and forgers

Tracking terrorist snakes

VI. FUNDAMENTALS OF TRADECRAFT. Assessment

Cover and disguise

Concealments

Clandestine surveillance

Covert communications

Spies and the age of information

Epilogue: An uncommon service

Appendices: U.C. clandestine services and OTS organizational genealogy

Selected chronology of OTS

Directors of OTS

CIA trailblazers from OTS

Pseudonyms of CIA officers used

Instructions to decipher the official message from the CIA.