| | Introduction | p. xi |
| | Broken Hearts and Greek Role Models | p. 1 |
| | A Rebel Joins the Cause | p. 19 |
| | Turning Back the British Tide: The Battle of Saratoga | p. 32 |
| | French Egos and Colonial Conspirators | p. 40 |
| | Washington's West Point Architect | p. 52 |
| | A Rock, an African Prince, and America's Traitor | p. 71 |
| | A Polish Yankee Goes South | p. 94 |
| | Love and Rockets | p. 112 |
| | Fiddling Lords and Enslaved Hordes | p. 120 |
| | Europe's First Constitution and the Polish Revolution | p. 134 |
| | The "Noble" Traitors | p. 156 |
| | Kosciuszko's Rebels: Peasant Scythemen, a Burgher Militia, and a Jewish Cavalry | p. 179 |
| | Poland Is Wiped Off the Map | p. 204 |
| | Kosciuszko Tries to Free Jefferson's Slaves | p. 219 |
| | Napoleon Comes Up Short | p. 239 |
| | A Peasant Without a Country | p. 266 |
| | Endnotes | p. 285 |
| | Bibliography | p. 337 |
| | Index | p. 361 |