Prologue xi
Part I
Chapter 1 The War and the Weapons 3
Chapter 2 Destruction 21
Chapter 3 The Hunters and the Hunted 35
Chapter 4 Liberation 46
Chapter 5 The Captured and Their Interrogators 65
Part II
Chapter 6 Harnessing the Chariot of Destruction 87
Chapter 7 Hitler's Doctors 108
Chapter 8 Black, White, and Gray 133
Chapter 9 Hitler's Chemists 142
Chapter 10 Hired or Hanged 166
Part III
Chapter 11 The Ticking Clock 191
Chapter 12 Total War of Apocalyptic Proportions 219
Chapter 13 Science at Any Price 247
Chapter 14 Strange Judgment 266
Part IV
Chapter 15 Chemical Menace 279
Chapter 16 Headless Monster 299
Chapter 17 Hall of Mirrors 322
Chapter 18 Downfall 348
Chapter 19 Truth Serum 364
Part V
Chapter 20 In the Dark Shadows 375
Chapter 21 Limelight 393
Chapter 22 Legacy 413
Chapter 23 What Lasts? 424
Afterword 439
Acknowledgments 446
Principal Characters 451
Notes 463
Author Interviews and Bibliography 543
Index 567
Reading Group Guide 583