Mafia spies: the inside story of the CIA, gangsters, JFK, and Castro

Author's note: For your eyes only

Phase I: Plan of action. Overture : "The great game" ; A strange kind of genius ; Aiming for Fidel ; The cutout ; Spruce Goose and Brown Derby ; Mooney ; The Vegas Strip ; Havana's allure ; At the Plaza ; Fontainebleau

Phase II: Covert operations. The secret war begins ; Bolita dreams ; Lie detectors ; Listening devices ; A thousand spies ; What would James Bond do? ; The Health Alteration Committee ; Enforcing one's will ; Hoodlum complex ; Blood in the bay ; Close but no cigar ; Agents in the shadows

Phase III: The patriotic assassin. The second wave ; That's entertainment ; A secret is seldom safe ; Into the darkness ; Birds of prey ; Sing for your supper ; The double agent ; The black book ; Spies without portfolio ; Dangle ; Nature of the beast ; Death in the afternoon ; The stuff of legends ; Government immunity ; "Boom and bang" and bust

Phase IV: The price of everything. A place in the sun ; Messages from home ; Prying eyes ; Blowback ; Soldiers of fortune ; Keeping the lid on ; Silencers ; Church confessions ; Missing in action ; The last one standing.