| | List of Maps | p. xiii |
| | Principal Characters | p. xiv |
| | Prologue: Accounts Receivable, September 1996 | p. 1 |
| | Blood Brothers, November 1979 to February 1989 | p. 19 |
| | "We're Going to Die Here" | p. 21 |
| | "Lenin Taught Us" | p. 38 |
| | "Go Raise Hell" | p. 53 |
| | "I Loved Osama" | p. 71 |
| | "Don't Make It Our War" | p. 89 |
| | "Who Is This Massoud?" | p. 107 |
| | "The Terrorists Will Own the World" | p. 125 |
| | "Inshallah, You Will Know My Plans" | p. 147 |
| | "We Won" | p. 170 |
| | The One-Eyed Man Was King, March 1989 to December 1997 | p. 187 |
| | "Serious Risks" | p. 189 |
| | "A Rogue Elephant" | p. 205 |
| | "We Are in Danger" | p. 225 |
| | "A Friend of Your Enemy" | p. 240 |
| | "Maintain a Prudent Distance" | p. 257 |
| | "A New Generation" | p. 266 |
| | "Slowly, Slowly Sucked into It" | p. 280 |
| | "Dangling the Carrot" | p. 301 |
| | "We Couldn't Indict Him" | p. 314 |
| | "We're Keeping These Stingers" | p. 336 |
| | "Does America Need the CIA?" | p. 353 |
| | The Distant Enemy, January 1998 to September 10, 2001 | p. 369 |
| | "You Are to Capture Him Alive" | p. 371 |
| | "The Kingdom's Interests" | p. 397 |
| | "We Are at War" | p. 416 |
| | "Let's Just Blow the Thing Up" | p. 437 |
| | "The Manson Family" | p. 451 |
| | "That Unit Disappeared" | p. 470 |
| | "You Crazy White Guys" | p. 487 |
| | "Is There Any Policy?" | p. 504 |
| | "Daring Me to Kill Them" | p. 520 |
| | "What Face Will Omar Show to God?" | p. 538 |
| | "Many Americans Are Going to Die" | p. 553 |
| | "What an Unlucky Country" | p. 567 |
| | Notes | p. 577 |
| | Bibliography | p. 653 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 665 |
| | Index | p. 669 |