| Introduction | 1 |
| Part 1 | War Breaks Out | |
| German Invention Triggers Global Search | 5 |
| Stealing America's Radar Secrets | 10 |
| History's Most Important Letter | 12 |
| A U.S. Foundation Funds Nazi Research | 18 |
| "A Bunch of Crazy Scientists" | 21 |
| Charles Lindbergh Helps the "Moon Man" | 23 |
| An American Aids Japanese Nuclear Project | 25 |
| Supersecret Station X | 26 |
| Aspirins Foil the Luftwaffe | 28 |
| A Plan to Light Up the United Kingdom | 32 |
| Is a Death Ray Feasible? | 33 |
| A Hassle with British Bureaucrats | 37 |
| Conjuring Up Wild Theories | 38 |
| Part 2 | Great Britain Stands Alone | |
| A Nation's Survival at Stake | 43 |
| A Little Black Box of Secrets | 46 |
| A Huge Mousetrap in the Sky | 50 |
| Americans Break the Purple Code | 52 |
| The Mystery Truck from Mars | 56 |
| Churchill's Agonizing Decision | 59 |
| Duel of the Radio Beams | 62 |
| Enigma Betrays the Italian Fleet | 63 |
| Code Names Rebecca and Eureka | 64 |
| A Dying Genius "Sinks" the Bismarck | 67 |
| Cryptographic Sleuths Silence the Red Orchestra | 72 |
| A Miraculous Escape from Denmark | 77 |
| Bright Ideas for Winning the War | 80 |
| Operation Jay: An Intricate Hoax | 81 |
| England's "Kamikaze" Pilots | 86 |
| Part 3 | Thrust and Counterthrust | |
| Could Pearl Harbor Have Been Avoided? | 91 |
| The British Invade Washington | 92 |
| A Scheme to Bomb New York | 94 |
| Five U.S. Scientists Killed | 94 |
| Mystery of the Vanishing U-Boats | 96 |
| The Germans' Four-Poster Beds | 98 |
| The Century's Most Audacious Heist | 102 |
| A Secret Move to a Secret Site | 105 |
| Poking Out Britain's "Eyes" | 106 |
| A Plan to Turn Hitler Feminine | 109 |
| Geniuses in a Dungeon | 113 |
| A Test Goes Up in Smoke | 120 |
| Goering an "Honorary Scientist" | 121 |
| A Nuclear Laboratory Explodes | 124 |
| A Gathering of "Luminaries" | 124 |
| Part 4 | Turning of the Tide | |
| A Spectacular Rocket Feat | 129 |
| Stealing German Weather Forecasts | 132 |
| "I Fear We Are in the Soup!" | 134 |
| Fiasco in Chesapeake Bay | 139 |
| The Soviets' Secret Nuclear Laboratory | 140 |
| Prediction: Hitler Will Have A-Bomb | 141 |
| Eavesdropping on Roosevelt and Churchill | 144 |
| A Burglar Alarm at Gibraltar | 146 |
| Feuds among Nazi Bigwigs | 151 |
| A Chess Game in the Atlantic | 153 |
| History's First Nuclear Spy | 158 |
| A Rain of Metallic Foil | 162 |
| Smuggling a Renowned Scientist | 165 |
| A Plan to Poison the German Food Supply | 169 |
| Bouncing Bombs and Dambusters | 170 |
| Part 5 | Beginning of the End | |
| Protecting a Sacred Secret | 177 |
| A Triumph for German Cryptanalysts | 178 |
| "You Scare Hell Out of Me!" | 180 |
| Snooping on a Japanese Ambassador | 185 |
| A Rocket Genius Charged with Treason | 188 |
| German Codebreakers Pinpoint Normandy | 190 |
| "Hiding" a Mighty Invasion | 192 |
| Schemes to Defeat a Plague of Robots | 196 |
| A Soviet Plot Fizzles | 198 |
| Hitler Counts on Wonder Weapons | 199 |
| Thwarting Japanese Torpedo Planes | 203 |
| A Bizarre Scenario in Zurich | 205 |
| A Tiny Fuse Balks the Fuhrer | 207 |
| Tactics to Obstruct the Soviets | 210 |
| A Polish Janitor Scores a Coup | 212 |
| Hitler Orders Lethal Gas Assault | 213 |
| A Trainload of German Brainpower | 213 |
| Japan's Secret Weapons Await Invasion | 217 |
| Treachery at Los Alamos | 219 |
| Notes and Sources | 225 |
| Index | 235 |
Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 242 pages
