Prologue: How a Handful of Men Made a Difference --xiii -- Part I Before the Torch Was Lit -- 1 June 14, 1940: The Business of Barbarians -- 3 -- 2 Vichy-Washington-Algiers: A North African Story -- 27 -- 3 How to Become a Vice-Consul -- 45 -- 4 Casablanca: Of Pet Milk, Green Tea, and Sugar -- 59 -- 5 An Odd Couple: Algiers-Oran, Summer-Fall 1941 -- 81 -- 6 Man in Black: Algiers-Tunis, Summer-Winter 1941 -- 99 -- Part II Torch is Lit -- 7 Pearl Harbor: The OSS Enters the "Snake Pit" -- 121 -- 8 Why, Bob! What Are You Doing Here? -- 139 -- 9 Desperate Venture at Cherchel -- 161 -- Part III Torch Burns Brightly-Flickers -- 10 Furious Hours: Rebeccas and Dominican Robes -- 179 -- 11 Landings-Darlan Becomes the U.S. Noble Puppet -- 203 -- 12 Darlan Assassinated-A Dark Secret -- 223 -- Epilogue: Medals of Merit -- 237 -- Appendix Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil, French Patriot, and Robert Murphy -- 247.