Dobrynin and
on missing U-2 spy plane
Kennedy, Caroline
Kennedy, Jacqueline
Kennedy, John F.. See also Bay of Pigs; Cuban missile crisis
assassination of
assessment of, by Khrushchev, Nikita
back injury of
Bay of Pigs and
at Berlin Wall
in Canada
Castro on
on cosmonaut success
early political career of
Eisenhower, Dwight, and
election of
Executive Committee of the National Security Council and
The Guns of August
inauguration of
“knot of war” letter, response to
knowledge of assassination plots against Castro, F.
Limited Test Ban Treaty and
Lincoln, E., and
nuclear test ban treaty and
political fears of
on political showdown with USSR
psychological analysis of, by KGB
PT-109 experience of
resumption of nuclear testing
on Soviet resumption of nuclear testing
on Soviet Union aggressiveness
at Vienna Summit
in World War II
KGB (Soviet intelligence agency)
Khrushchev, Nikita. See also Bay of Pigs
assessment of Kennedy, John
on Berlin, as geopolitical tool
on Berlin Wall
Brezhnev and
on capture of U-2 spy plane
Castro, Fidel, and
Cold War and, approach to
consolidation of power by
on cosmonaut success
Cuba-for-Turkey trade
Cuba plan
on Cuban missile crisis, public speech on
death of
early years of
gift to Kennedy, Jacqueline
global protests against
as head of Soviet Union Communist Party
Hungary freedom movement and
“knot of war”
Limited Test Ban Treaty and
in New York City
on 1960 presidential election
at Novo-Ogaryovo retreat
Presidium and
psychological analysis of, by CIA
resumption of nuclear testing
Stalin and
on U-2 spy plane operations
Udall meeting
at Vienna Summit
Washington, D.C. visit by
Khrushchev, Nina
Khrushchev, Sergei
Kimovsk (Soviet warship)
Kisevalter, George
“knot of war,” Cuban missile crisis and
Korean War
Korolev, Sergei
Kroger, Helen
Kruminsh, Zigurd
Kuboyama, Aikichi
Kukharchuk, Nina Petrovna. See Khrushchev, Nina
Kumana, Eroni
L pills (lethal pills)
Lamphere, Robert
LeMay, Curtis
on Castro, Fidel
on Cold War
during Cuban missile crisis, full-scale invasion plans
Strategic Air Command built under
Lemnitzer, Lyman
Lenin, Vladimir
lethal pills. See L pills
Levitan, Yuri
Lewind, Carolyn
Limited Test Ban Treaty, between U.S. and USSR
Lincoln, Abe
Lincoln, Evelyn
Litfin, Günter
Los Alamos
Lucky Dragon (fishing boat)
Lundahl, Arthur
MAD. See mutually assured destruction
Maheu, Robert
Malenkov, Georgy
Malinovsky, Rodion
The Man Who Saved the World (film)
Maultsby, Chuck
McCone, John
McMahon, Patrick
McNamara, Robert
on missing U-2 spy plane
Mexico
MI6 (British foreign intelligence)
Monroe, Marilyn
Moscow, USSR
Kremlin Palace
military parade in
Presidium in
Radio Moscow
Mount Tambora
Mount Weather
Murphy, Joe
mutually assured destruction (MAD)
Nagasaki, Japan, atom bomb dropped on
Naru Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Photographic Interpretation Center
Nazi Germany, Teller escape from
New York City, Khrushchev, Nikita, visit to
New York Times
1960 U.S. presidential election. See also Kennedy, John F.
Nixon, Richard
North Korea
Novo-Ogaryovo (USSR government retreat)
nuclear submarines
B-59
Cuba and
K-19 disaster
off U.S. coast
Soviet
nuclear testing
Kennedy, John, resumption of
Khrushchev, Nikita, resumption of
under Limited Test Ban Treaty
Stalin response to
in U.S. desert
nuclear war
as extinction level event
in films and television
“football” procedures for
global effects of
Operation Alert and
projected death toll from
nuclear weapons
nuclear winter
O’Brien, Larry
O’Donnell, Ken
Okimoto, Fred
Oliva, Erneido
one-time pads
Operation Alert
Oppenheimer, Robert
Pakistan
nuclear weapons arsenal for
Powers, Francis, in
Paris Summit
failure of
international participation in
Penkovsky, Oleg
Chisholm, Janet, as spy contact for
execution of
in GRU
KGB arrest of
new identity created for
as spy against Soviet Union
trial for
Wynne and
Petrovna, Nadezhda
Power, Thomas
Powers, Barbara (Moore)
at husband’s Soviet trial
return to U.S.
Powers, Dave
Powers, Francis Gary (Frank)
Baikonur Cosmodome and
CIA investigation of
curare poison and
imprisonment of
interrogation of
judgment and sentencing of
“L pills” and
in Pakistan
as political pawn
in prisoner trade, for Abel
recruitment of
release of
Soviet trial of
U-2 spy plane and
Powers, Oliver
Pravda (Soviet newspaper)
presidents, U.S., nuclear war procedures for, “football” and
Presidium, in Moscow
Project X (U.S. government nuclear bunker)
PT-109
R-7 rockets (USSR)
R-12 rockets (USSR)
Radio Moscow
Red Scare
Reston, James
Revolución (newspaper)
Rivera, Jim
Roosevelt, Teddy
Ross, Barney
Rosselli, Johnny
Rossokho, Anatoly
Rusk, Dean
Russell, Richard
Russia, Communist takeover of
Rybalko, Leonid
Sakharov, Andrei
Salinger, Pierre
San Román, José Peréz (Pepe)
Savitsky, Vitali
Schirra, Walter
Schlesinge
r, Arthur
secret police, under Stalin
Seidel, Andre
Seidel, Harry
ambush of
arrest of, in East Berlin
Berlin Wall and
Bodies for Butter program
escape missions, for East Berliners
escape to West Berlin
trial for
Seidel, Rotraut
Semyonov, Anatoly
Seven Days in May
Shepard, Alan
Shoup, David
Shoup, Harry
Shumalkov, Nikolai
Siekmann, Ida
Silverman, Burt
Sokolov, Yuri
South Korea
Soviet spies, in U.S.
Abel
atom bomb secrets stolen by
codebooks used by
Cohen, L.
fission bombs and, stolen information on
in Great Britain, arrests of
Hayhanen
Lamphere and
network of
one-time pads
Soviet Union. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Space Age
space race, between U.S. and Soviet Union
Cold War and
geopolitical ramifications of
moon landing
National Aeronautic Space Agency
Sputnik and
spies, spying and. See Soviet spies; U-2 spy plane; U.S. spies; specific persons
Sputnik (USSR satellite)
Baikonur Cosmodome and
Korolev and
as public triumph for Soviet Union
space race and, between U.S. and Soviet Union
spyware
Abel and, creation of
Bozart and
in currency
Federal Bureau of Investigation and, from Soviet Union
Soviet
Stalin, Joseph
dictatorial control of Soviet Union by
expansionist plans of
illness and death of
Khrushchev, Nikita, and
secret police
U.S. nuclear tests and, response to
Strategic Air Command, U.S.
submarines. See nuclear submarines
Super (hydrogen bomb)
superbomb. See hydrogen bomb
Tal, Mikhail
Taylor, Maxwell
Teller, Edward
escape from Nazi Germany
hydrogen bomb design by
Ulam, S., and
Tereskova, Valentina
test house
Thompson, Llewellyn
Titov, Gherman
Troyanovsky, Oleg
Truman, Bess
Truman, Harry
Truman Doctrine
Tuchman, Barbara
Turkey
Incirlik Air Base, U.S.
U.S. nuclear missile base in
U.S. withdrawal from, as part of Cuban missile crisis agreement
U-2 spy plane (U.S.)
Anderson and
cover story for
during Cuban missile crisis
development of
Eisenhower, D., and
flights over Soviet Union
Heyser and
Kennedy, Bobby, on
Khrushchev, Nikita, and, response to
“L pills” for pilots of
Maultsby and
McNamara on
missions over Cuba
Powers, Francis, and
purpose of
Soviet detection of, through radar
Soviet strike on
wreckage of
Udall, Stewart
Ulam, Françoise
Ulam, Stanislaw
Ulbricht, Walter
UN. See United Nations
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Soviet Union). See also Cold War; Cuba; Khrushchev, Nikita; Soviet spies; specific topics
atom bomb development by
B-59 nuclear submarine
Beria in
Bulik in, as secret operations chief officer
causalities from World War II
cosmonauts in
freedom movements within
German attacks on, during World War II
GRU
Hayhanen return to
hydrogen bomb development by
hydrogen bombs dropped by
as iron curtain
Kennedy, John, on
Kennedy, John F., political showdown with
KGB and
Limited Test Ban Treaty
missiles in Cuba
mutually assured destruction philosophy
Novo-Ogaryovo retreat
nuclear submarines
nuclear submarines and
nuclear test ban treaty for
at Paris Summit
Penkovsky as spy against
postwar expansion of
Pravda
preparation for U.S. missile attacks
R-12 rockets
space race with U.S.
Sputnik as public triumph for
spyware for
Stalin control of, early establishment of
U-2 spy plane and, radar detection of
U.S. atom bomb secrets stolen by
as U.S. ally, during World War II
United Kingdom. See Great Britain
United Nations (UN)
United States (U.S.). See also Air Force; Central Intelligence Agency; Cold War; Cuban missile crisis; Soviet spies; U-2 spy plane; specific topics
anti-aircraft missiles in
Area 51
atom bomb secrets stolen by Soviet Union
Bay of Pigs invasion by, failure of
blockade of Cuba
Civil Defense department
criticisms of
Cuba invasion by, planning for
during Cuban missile crisis, public response to
economic exploitation of Cuba by
Executive Committee of the National Security Council
fear of Soviet bombing in
Federal Bureau of Investigation
fission bomb development in
hydrogen bomb development in
Incirlik Air Base, in Turkey
Limited Test Ban Treaty
mutually assured destruction philosophy
National Aeronautics Space Administration
nuclear missile targets of
nuclear test ban treaty for
nuclear testing in
Operation Alert
at Paris Summit
postwar plans of
Red Scare in
Soviet nuclear submarines near
Soviet Union as ally, during World War II
space race with Soviet Union
Strategic Air Command
in Turkey, nuclear missile base for
withdrawal of offensive weapons from Turkey, as Cuban missile crisis agreement
U.S. Congress, underground nuclear bunker for
U.S. spies, against USSR. See also U-2 spy plane
Chisholm, Janet
Penkovsky
USSR. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USSR space program. See cosmonauts; Sputnik
Vienna Summit
Vostok (USSR space capsule)
War Games (film)
Washington, D.C., Khrushchev, Nikita, visit to
Weisner, Jerome
West, J. B.
West Berlin, Germany
Berlin Wall
border crossings to, from East Berlin
Seidel, H., escape to
West Germany. See also Berlin
border crossings to, from East Germany
as free country
White, Lincoln
White House, renovation of
World War II. See also Cold War; Nazi Germany
atom bombs dropped in Japan
German military aggression during, against Soviet Union
Kennedy, John, during
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nbsp; U.S.-Soviet Union alliance during
USSR causalities during
World War III
Operation Alert and
possibilities of
Wynne, Greville
Yuri Gagarin (Soviet warship)
Zeldovich, Yakov
zugzwang (compulsion to move)
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
PROLOGUE: The Paperboy
PART 1: Two Hollow Coins
Cold Warrior
Hollow Coin #1
The Super
The Long Game
The Worst Spy
The Turtle and the Dragon
Early Warning
Secret World
We Will Bury You
Man or Monster?
Hollow Coin #2
Zugzwang
Alive and Kicking
Center Stage
Little Boy Blue
PART 2: The Hedgehog and the Pants
Origin Story
First Pitch
The Countdown
Over America
The Bay of Pigs
The Headless Spy
Light the Candle
Vienna
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