Hamilton and, 79–80, 83, 90
Jefferson and, 18, 83
King and, 258, 272
ratification of, 13, 40, 79–80
signing of, 40, 92, 112
slavery and, 52, 138, 146–47, 152
Supreme Court and, 211, 293, 354, 357
Washington and, xvi, 7, 12–14, 40
Constitution, U.S., Amendments to: Twelfth Amendment to, 63
Thirteenth Amendment to, xiii, xvii, 138, 147, 255
Fourteenth Amendment to, xvii, 255–56
Fifteenth Amendment to, xvii, 255, 268
Constitutional Convention, 52, 77–79, 129 Franklin and, 111–13, 115
Washington and, 2–3, 7, 12–13, 69, 78
Continental Congresses: Adams and, 27, 31–33, 56–57, 108, 122–24
and Declaration of Independence, 32–34, 47, 50, 57–59, 108
Hamilton and, 77–78
Jefferson and, 38, 56–57, 61, 108
Revolutionary War and, 5, 7–9, 74
Coolidge, Calvin, 177
Crisis, The (Paine), 10
Cuba, 10, 232, 234, 241–42
Cuban Missile Crisis, xvii, 231, 243–45
Declaration of Independence, xi–xiii, 12, 272 and Adams, 32–36, 56–58, 108–9
dating of, 34, 36, 59
fiftieth anniversary of, 36, 50
and Franklin, 47, 57–58, 92, 108–10, 112, 136
and Jefferson, xvi, 33, 36, 46–51, 55–59, 61, 108–9
Preamble to, xvi, 46–47, 51, 58, 108–9
signing and approval of, 34, 36, 59–61, 92, 109, 112, 136
writing of, 58–59, 108–9
Dewey, Thomas, 221–22, 224–25
Dirksen, Everett M., 143
Doar, John, 268
Douglas, Stephen, 146–47, 240
Dunlap Broadside, 59–60
Dutch (Morris), 319–21
Eichmann, Adolf, 205
Einstein, Albert, 91–92, 94–96
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: civil rights and, 208, 211, 256–57
Columbia University presidency of, 220–21, 224
education of, 212–13, 217–18, 228
finances and, 208, 211–12, 214, 221
illnesses and injuries of, 212, 226, 228
Interstate Highway System and, 208, 211, 225
Kennedy and, 227, 236–37, 241–42
military career of, 191, 204, 206–10, 212–22, 225, 227–28, 236
Nixon and, 208–9, 223–24, 226–28
personality and demeanor of, 206–7, 211, 214
personal life of, 208–9, 212, 217–19, 224–25
physical appearance of, 204, 206, 216, 219, 223
presidency and, 35, 207–12, 220–28, 236–37, 241, 284, 289
religion and, 212, 227–28
Smith on, 206–28
U-2 shoot down and, 225–26
World War II and, 191, 206–8, 210, 212, 214–21
writing of, 211, 213, 216–20, 224
Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 208–9, 217–19
Emancipation Proclamation, xiii, xvii, 152–54, 204
Emperor, The (Kapuściński), 232
executive power, 83, 297–98, 303
Farmer, James, Jr., 262
Faucette, Rachel, 71–72, 74
Fear (Woodward), 297–98
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 251, 266–67, 302
Federal Housing Administration (FHA), 260, 263
Federalist Papers, The (Hamilton, Madison, and Jay), 68, 79–80, 83
Felt, Mark (Deep Throat), 297, 302–3
Final Days, The (Woodward and Bernstein), 297–98, 305
First Indochina War, 210–11
Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, The (Goodwin), 137–38
Ford, Gerald R., 120, 180 Nixon and, 306–7, 314
presidency and, 306–7, 331–34, 336
Reagan and, 331–34, 336
vice presidency and, 332–34
Founding Mothers: letters of, 116–18, 121–25, 127, 130, 132–33, 136
Roberts on, 116–36
France, 17, 128, 167–69, 179 Adams and, 21, 36–38, 41, 85, 123
Eisenhower and, 210–11, 213, 218, 222
Franklin and, 38, 49, 93, 103, 109–10, 112, 114, 136
Jefferson and, 18, 38, 54–55
Lindbergh and, 160–63, 167–68, 171, 175–77, 183
Revolutionary War and, 10–11, 36, 74, 109–10, 136
U.S. threatened by, 21–22, 41, 85–86, 122
World War II and, 180, 186, 189–93
Franklin, Benjamin, xvi, 71, 318 Adams and, 38, 107, 114–15
birth of, 93, 99
Constitution and, 79, 92, 99, 111–13
and Declaration of Independence, 47, 57–58, 92, 108–10, 112, 136
diplomacy of, 98–99, 105–7, 109–10, 136
education of, 7, 93, 99
illnesses and death of, 38, 104, 112
Isaacson on, 91–115
Jefferson and, 57–58, 61, 66, 91, 103–4, 108–14
longevity of, 66, 93, 111–12
Madison and, 91, 114
personality and demeanor of, 12, 93, 101, 106, 114, 135
personal life of, 93, 106, 108, 111, 113, 135–36
physical appearance of, 91, 93–94, 103, 107, 113–15
popularity and fame of, 38, 92–93, 103, 106, 109–10
postal system and, 100, 135
and printing and newspaper business, 93, 99–100, 103–6, 108–10, 113
religious thinking of, 112–13
Revolutionary War and, 38, 93, 109–10, 136
scientific work and inventions of, 92–93, 95, 98–103, 110, 135
speeches of, 111–12
Washington and, 7, 12, 91, 103, 114
writing of, 93, 99–100, 107, 109
Franklin, Deborah, 93, 106, 113, 135–36
Franklin, James, 99–100, 113
Franklin, William, 106, 108, 111
French and Indian War, 5, 109
Friendly, Henry J., 342, 347–48, 360
Gallatin, Albert, 132
Gandhi, Mahatma, 260–62
Gates, Bill, 96–97, 346
General Electric (GE), 223, 329–30
George III, King of England, 10, 39–40, 47, 58–59
George V, King of England, 174, 177
Germany, 9, 208, 225, 227, 254 and Hitler’s rise to power, 186–89
Jews and, 165, 186–88, 197–205
Lindbergh and, 161–65, 176, 178–79
Nazis and, 161, 164–65, 187–88, 191, 197–200, 202–4, 207
World War II and, 189–94, 197–98, 202–3, 206–7, 217, 220
Gerry, Elbridge, 61
Gettysburg, Battle of, 154–55, 199
Gettysburg Address (Lincoln), 154, 252
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 363
Goldwater, Barry, 294, 313–14 Reagan and, 317, 321–22, 331, 336
Gomez, Tomas, 295
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, xv, 137–59 on Johnson, 137–39, 142–43
on Lincoln, 137–40, 143–59
on Roosevelt, 137–42, 144, 158
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 315, 319
Gorsuch, Neil, 356, 358, 362
Grant, Ulysses S., 67, 90, 118, 152, 155–56, 208, 318
Great Britain, xii, 4–5, 17, 39, 49, 95, 128, 141, 169, 176, 235, 243, 351–52 and Declaration of Independence, 33, 57, 61
Eisenhower and, 210, 214–15, 217–19
Founding Mothers and, 118, 125
Franklin and, 93, 105–7, 109–11, 114, 135
Lindbergh and, 165, 175, 177
Revolutionary War and, 2, 8–10, 27, 32, 36, 59, 73, 75, 109–10, 118, 124, 134, 140
and War of 1812, 59, 125, 131–32
World War II and, 180, 186, 189–92, 214–17
Gulf War, 309–10, 315
Haig, Alexander, 305, 307
Haldeman, Bob, 301–2
Hamilton (musical), 68–70
Hamilton, Alexander: Adams and, 71, 85–86
/> awards and honors of, 68–70, 88–90
Burr and, 62, 68–69, 71, 86–88
Chernow on, 67–90
childhood and adolescence of, 68, 71–73
Constitutional Convention and, 78–79, 115
Constitution and, 79–80, 83, 90
death of, 62, 68, 70–71, 88–89
education of, 7, 72–73, 75–76
finances and, xvi, 18–19, 68, 70, 75, 77, 80–84, 89–90
French threat and, 22, 86
heritage of, xvi, 71–72, 74, 76, 85
intelligence of, 67–68, 73–74, 80, 90
Jefferson and, 18–19, 69, 71, 83, 86, 120
law career of, 75–77, 80, 82
Madison and, 71, 77–78, 83–84, 89
personality and demeanor of, 68, 76–77, 83, 85, 87, 126
personal life of, 68, 70, 76, 82, 84, 87, 135
physical appearance of, 67, 72–73
public opinion on, 69, 73, 87–88
Revolutionary War and, 7, 18–19, 68, 72–77, 80, 84–85, 90
speeches of, 73, 78–79
Washington and, xvi, 7, 18–22, 68–69, 73–78, 80, 84, 86, 89
writing of, 68, 70–75, 77–80, 83–84
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 76, 82, 84, 88–89, 117, 135
Hamilton, James, 71–72
Harlan, John Marshall, II, 308, 359
Harriman, Pamela, 235
Harrison, Benjamin, 61
Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 161, 163–64
Hayden, Carla, ix–x, xv
Hemings, Sally, 46, 53–56, 65
Hitler, Adolf, 140, 225 rise to power of, 186–89
Winik on, 186–94, 197, 200
World War II and, 186–87, 189, 191–94, 207, 217, 256
Hoover, J. Edgar, 266–67, 270, 292
Houdon, Jean–Antoine, 103
Hume, David, 106, 108–9
Humphrey, Hubert, 284–85, 336
Hussein, Saddam, 132, 311–12
“I Have a Dream” (King), 247, 251–52, 264–66
Innovators, The (Isaacson), 91, 96–97
Interstate Highway System, 208, 211, 225
Iran-Contra affair, 309, 340
Iraq War, 95, 311–12, 316
Isaacson, Walter, xv on Einstein, 91–92, 94–96
on Franklin, 91–115
on geniuses, 94–98
on Jobs, 91–92, 94–97
on Kissinger, 91–92, 94–95, 98, 109
on Leonardo, 91–92, 98
Israel, 205, 210, 314
Italy, 192, 207, 215–17, 228
Jackson, Andrew, 71, 89, 120, 318 Meacham on, 46, 49–50, 65
Jacobson, Max, 234, 236, 243
Japan, 140, 166, 186, 191, 214, 237, 256
Jay, John, 68, 79–80, 83, 110, 136
Jefferson, Martha, 30, 54, 127
Jefferson, Thomas: Adams and, 27, 29–30, 33, 35–36, 38, 50, 56, 58, 61–62, 66
Constitution and, 18, 83
death of, 36, 42, 48, 50–51, 53–55
and Declaration of Independence, xvi, 33, 36, 46–51, 55–59, 61, 108–9
D. Madison and, 63, 118, 130, 133
finances and, 19, 64, 82
France and, 18, 38, 49, 54–55
Franklin and, 57–58, 61, 66, 91, 103–4, 108–14
Hamilton and, 18–19, 69, 71, 83, 86, 120
legislative career of, 38, 52, 56–57, 61, 108
longevity of, 65–66
Louisiana and, 62, 119
Meacham on, xiv, 45–59, 61–66, 104
personality and demeanor of, 38, 56, 61, 64, 83
personal life of, 30, 46, 53–56, 127
physical appearance of, 30, 35, 45, 55, 63–64, 66
popularity and fame of, 30, 50, 56
presidency and, 27, 40–42, 45–46, 48, 52–53, 55–56, 61–65, 71, 85–86, 118, 130, 133
public speaking of, 61, 63–64, 133
Revolutionary War and, 7, 18–19, 30, 38
as secretary of state, 18–20, 48–49, 52, 55, 81, 83, 130
slavery and, xvi, 46–47, 51–56, 64–65
tombstone of, 47–48, 59
vice presidency and, 20, 41, 48–49, 62, 85–86
Washington and, 7, 18–20, 52, 63–65
Jews: anti–Semitism and, 161, 164–65, 188, 194, 197, 200
extermination of, 186–87, 191, 197–205
Germany and, 165, 186–88, 197–205
hiding bodies of, 199–200
Jobs, Steve, 91–92, 94–97
Johnson, Andrew, 156–57
Johnson, Lady Bird, 120, 280, 282, 286, 288, 290–91
Johnson, Lyndon B., 120 Caro on, 273–96
civil rights and, xvii, 142–43, 246, 267, 269, 275, 282, 294, 296
death of, 142, 296
finances and, 278–79, 295
Goodwin on, 137–39, 142–43
illnesses of, 280, 286, 296
Kennedy and, 239–40, 246–48, 275, 287–94, 296
legislative career of, 274–75, 278–86, 288–89
personality and demeanor of, 138, 142–43, 275, 285–86, 295–96
physical appearance of, 269, 273, 281, 286, 295
presidency and, 137–39, 142–43, 275, 278, 286–87, 291–96, 331
press and, 278, 284, 294
Roosevelt and, 274, 279–81
teaching career of, 295–96
vice presidency and, 239–40, 275, 287–91
Vietnam and, 142, 247, 275, 294–95
Johnson, Samuel Ealy, Jr., 278–79
Kapuściński, Ryszard, 232
Keating, Kenneth, 244
Kendall, Don, 143
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 235, 247–48, 290, 292–93
Kennedy, John F., xvi, 35, 50 assassination of, 207, 231–32, 247, 267, 289–94
awards and honors of, xiii, 230, 237–38
and Bay of Pigs invasion, 232, 241–42
civil rights and, 241, 245–47, 252, 263–64, 266–67, 289, 294
Cuban Missile Crisis and, xvii, 231, 243–45
Eisenhower and, 227, 236–37, 241–42
illnesses and injuries of, 230, 234–38, 243, 275, 287
Johnson and, 239–40, 246–48, 275, 287–94, 296
King and, 245, 247, 252, 263, 265–67
legislative career of, 237–38, 275, 287
military career of, 234–37, 241
Nixon and, 237, 240–42, 304–5
personality and demeanor of, 230–31, 240
personal life of, 230, 234, 236, 248
physical appearance of, 229, 231, 235, 239–41, 246, 248, 287, 304
popularity and fame of, 232, 241–42
presidency and, 6, 227, 229–34, 235, 237–48, 263–64, 275, 287–91, 294
press and, 236–37, 239
Reeves on, 229–48
speeches of, 229–30, 241, 246
Vienna Summit and, 236, 242–43, 245
Vietnam and, 232, 247
Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 237
Kennedy, Joseph P., Sr., 234–35, 237, 246
Kennedy, Robert, 234–35, 244–45 Johnson and, 239–40, 287–88, 292–93
King and, 245, 247, 251, 263, 266
Khrushchev, Nikita, 210, 226, 233 Kennedy and, 236, 242–43, 245
Killing Reagan (O’Reilly), 339
King, Coretta Scott, 245, 251, 263
King, Martin Luther, Jr., xvi arrests of, 245, 263, 270
assassination of, 207, 251, 271–72
Branch on, 249–55, 257–72
civil rights and, xvii, 245, 247, 250–52, 254–55, 257–61, 264–72
Kennedy and, 245, 247, 252, 263, 265–67
nonviolence of, 251, 254, 260–62
physical appearance of, 249, 265, 269–70
religious beliefs of, 254, 258, 272
speeches of, 247, 251–52, 258, 264–66
wiretapping of, 266–67
King, Martin Luther, Sr., 254, 258, 263
Kissinger, Henry, 91–92, 94–95, 98, 10
9, 244
Ladies of Liberty (Roberts), 116–17
Lafayette, marquis de, 11, 74
Lane, Harriet, 118, 134
Lansing, John, Jr., 79
Laski, Harold, 243
Leadership in Turbulent Times (Goodwin), 137, 139
Lee, Robert E., 151, 153, 155–56
Leonardo da Vinci, 91–92, 98
Lewis, John, 259, 262–63, 268
Library of Congress, ix–x, xiii–xvii, 19, 37, 94, 103, 121, 134, 178
Lincoln (film), 138, 158–59
Lincoln, Abraham, xiii, xvi–xvii, 50, 65, 89, 247, 263, 265 assassination of, 118, 156–57
cabinet of, 138, 144, 148–49, 152–54, 156
Civil War and, xvii, 140, 144, 151–56, 204
Goodwin on, 137–40, 143–59
law career of, 148–50, 158
personality and demeanor of, 140, 145, 147–50, 153, 155–56, 158
personal life of, 118, 135, 156
physical appearance of, 137, 149–50, 152, 154, 157
presidency and, 65, 144–48, 150–57
press and, 147, 156–57, 252
security concerns of, 150–51
Seward and, 144–45, 149
slavery and, xvii, 145–47, 152–54, 157, 204
speeches of, 154, 156, 252
Stanton and, 148–49, 157
writing of, 145, 150–51, 153, 155
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 117–18, 134–35, 144, 156
Lincoln–Douglas debates, 146–47, 240
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 161, 165, 167, 177–79, 183
Lindbergh, Charles: airmail piloting and, 160, 166, 168–70
anti–Semitism of, 161, 164
awards and honors of, 175–78
Berg on, 160–84
conservationism of, 161, 181–82
death and burial of, 178, 182–84
finances and, 160, 168, 170, 175, 182
illegitimate children of, 162, 178–79
media and, 161, 163, 172, 176, 178–79, 182–84
personality and demeanor of, 161–62, 167, 178, 184
The American Story Page 41