"Previously unpublished documents and personal interviews reveal the Pentagon's attempt to establish a "mini-CIA" after the doomed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt and the role it played in the Iran-Contra affair" -- From Amazon.com.

Includes index. Out of print. Used copies in very good condition priced at $69.99 as of 03/23/06.

Prologue. Rebirth. The Pentagon's CIA -- 1. Iran rescue: death and rebirth -- 2. Spooks and soldiers -- 3. The army's special operators -- 4. Helicopter to Lebanon -- 5. Kidnapping in Italy -- 6. Going "black" -- 7. Bungling in Laos -- 8. Four miles over Central America -- 9. Fun in Baltimore -- 10. The quick reaction team -- 11. Target: Noriega -- 12. Bugging the Soviets -- 13. The NSC-CIA-Contra connection -- 14. "Crazies in the basement" -- 15. The old players return -- 16. Prelude to North -- 17. Yellow Fruit's demise -- 18. The secret courts-martial -- 19. Our men in Beirut -- 20. Hijackings and capture -- 21. The enterprise takes over -- 22. North's secret notebooks.