pt. 1. The setting of U.S. policy. The dynamic of collaborative intervention
U.S. postwar policy and the Middle East
Learning Lebanon : a primer
pt. 2. Formative years in the evolution of U.S. policy : 1944-1952. Alternating currents of criticism and conformity
The foundations of U.S. policy, PACLIFT : Petroleum, Aviation, Commerce, Labor, Intelligence, and the Friendship Treaty
Altered circumstances and the design of U.S. political strategy
pt. 3. The Eisenhower administration and the Sham'un regime : a policy of information and consent. Pressure points and priorities
Lebanon : the Bridgehead in the Orient
Realities of power in the rear area
Our man in Beirut
pt. 4. Intervening before intervention. Civil War, May 1958
Doubt, deliberation, and preparation
pt. 5. The minefield explodes : U.S. military intervention
11,000 sorties in search of a target
By mutual consent : July-October 1958
Epilogue : 1958 in retrospect.