A minute-by-minute account of the secret World War II operation that foreshadowed the Cold War. - From the cover.

"Prepare the plans" -- Stalin: "We favor your plan" -- "Is Russia on our side?" -- The target controversy -- "Frantic Joe" -- Soviet sojourn -- Axis Sally: "We'll be waiting" -- "Move the He-III aircraft to Minsk!" -- "Frantic II" -- Disaster at Poltava -- "Where was the Red Air Force?" -- The crisis -- The tragedy of Warsaw -- "Leave now!" -- The indictment.