Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Maps     viii
Introduction     1
Gun-Barrel Diplomacy     16
Down, but Not Out     29
Enter the Colonel     46
Landing Behind Enemy Lines     55
The Battle of Rivas     65
Victory at La Virgen     84
Walker's Secret Plan     99
Taking Granada     108
The Walker Way     117
Closing In on the Prize     136
On a Collision Course     145
Blindsiding Vanderbilt     151
The Gathering Storm     162
Going to War with Walker     172
The Battle of Santa Rosa     179
Courts-Martial and Firing Squads     186
A Killing or Two     193
The Second Battle of Rivas     205
President Walker     221
Battles on All Fronts     236
New Battlegrounds     250
Wheeling and Dealing     262
Here Was Granada     275
Closing Nicaragua's Back Door     284
Operation San Juan     295
To the Victor, the Spoils     309
The Surrender     324
Epilogue     329
The Protagonists' Motives     341
Bibliography     343
Notes     347
Index     359