Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Peck of Trouble -- Serge -- Russia in My Life -- Cards I Was Dealt -- The Magic Dateline -- London, Paris, Geneva -- Genri -- Henry's Bureau -- The Cuban Crisis of 1962 -- The Paradox of Censorship -- Life and Death in 1963 -- The Mystery of Mr. Khrushchev -- Something Rotten -- Whose Side Are You On? -- Dancing with Spooks -- America, 1970 -- Good Snoop, Good Gossip -- Au Revoir -- Adventures with Kissinger -- The Devil's Details -- The Rogue Elephant -- The Infamous Zone -- War Machines -- Russia in 1981 -- The KAL Shoot-down -- Blogging before Blogs -- Dangerous Favors -- Gorby for Real? -- Chernobyl -- Links in a Chain -- The Gulag's Vestibule -- A Story to Tell -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.