And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won off Fatty Hagan in a Poker Game

No one, not even Fatty Hagan himself, could have imagined that this lonely rock in the middle of the Channel would cause such a stir. But, when a Soviet spy ship runs aground in one half of the island and the Marines of the U.S. Sixth Fleet occupy the other half, this insignificant territory becomes the subject of intense confrontation between Washington and Moscow.