Astounding Science Fiction November 1959 (Volume 64, Number 3)
Illustrations by H. R. Van Dongen, Kelly Freas, Martinez, Bernklau. Cover by H. R. Van Dongen (for "The Best Made Plans.")

Serial: "The Best Made Plans" (Part 1 of 2) by Everett B. Cole

Novelette: "The Unnecessary Man" by Randall Garrett
"I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon" by Richard Sabia.

Stories: "Panic Button" by Eric Frank Russell
"A Filbert Is a Nut" by Rick Raphael [his debut - an absolutely whacky story]
"Certainty" by Robert Silverberg.

John W. Campbell's editorial is "How to Lose a War"; Book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller.