personal life of, 161–67, 177–79, 183–84
physical appearance of, 160, 162–64, 169, 171, 173, 177, 183
politics of, 161, 164–66, 179–80, 190
popularity and fame of, 160–66, 176–78, 181–82
Roosevelt and, 161, 166, 180–81
and son’s kidnapping and murder, 161, 163–65, 179
transatlantic flight of, 160–63, 165, 167, 169–77, 179, 183
writing of, 174–75, 178
Lindbergh, Reeve, 179
Long, Breckinridge, 202–3
Louisiana, 52, 62, 119
MacArthur, Douglas, 181, 207, 213–14, 222, 227–28
McCarthy, Joe, 208, 211, 238
McClellan, George, 151–53
McCloy, John J., 202, 224–25
McCullough, David, xv on Adams, 26–44, 115
on history, 26–27, 30, 35, 37
McNamara, Robert, 245, 295
Madison, Dolley, 46, 89, 117–18 Jefferson and, 63, 118, 130, 133
physical appearance of, 125–27, 131–32
Madison, James, 7, 46, 68, 82, 119, 261 and Articles of Confederation, 12–13, 18
Constitution and, 12–13, 79–80
Franklin and, 91, 114
Hamilton and, 71, 77–78, 83–84, 89
personal life of, 55, 118, 131, 133
presidency and, 15, 52, 131, 133
Magna Carta, xii–xiii
Mansfield, Mike, 284–85
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 246–47, 251–52, 264–66
Marshall, George C., 191, 207–8, 214–16, 218–20
Marshall, John, 41, 55, 63, 208
Marshall, Thurgood, 161, 262, 308, 357
Master of the Senate (Caro), 273–74, 278, 283, 294
Meacham, John, 45–66 on Jefferson, xiv, 45–59, 61–66, 104
Means of Ascent (Caro), 273–74, 278, 294
Miranda, Lin–Manuel, 68–70
Monroe, James, 52, 63, 71, 119, 127
Monticello, xiii, 20, 46, 53, 66
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 201–2, 205
Morgenthau, Robert, 292
Morris, Edmund, 319–21
Morris, Robert, 75, 80
Moses, Robert, 273–74, 277–78
Mount Vernon, xiii, 60 Rubenstein’s visits to, 1–2
slaves at, 23, 126
Washingtons and, 1–4, 6, 10–11, 13, 21–23, 86, 118, 125, 128–30
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 11, 41, 49
National Archives, x, xiii, 59–60, 120
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 257–59, 262
National Book Festival, x, xiv
New York Times, 26, 60, 265–66, 294, 298, 302, 304
9/11 attacks, 310–11
1944 (Winik), 185–87, 195, 204–5
Nixon, Richard M, 20, 247 Eisenhower and, 208–9, 223–24, 226–28
executive power and, 297, 303
final days of, 305–6, 313–14
Kennedy and, 237, 240–42, 304–5
pardon of, 306–7, 314
physical appearance of, 240–41, 297, 303, 313
presidency and, 143, 227–28, 234, 240–41, 263, 297–99, 303–6, 309–10, 312–14, 331
resignation of, 298–99, 304–6, 314, 332
speeches of, 128, 224, 305
tapes of, 143, 297, 303–4
vice presidency and, 208–9, 223–24, 226–27
Watergate and, 298–99, 301, 304, 307, 313
Woodward on, 297–99, 301–7, 309–10, 312–14
No Ordinary Time (Goodwin), 137–38, 158
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 220–22
Obama, Barack, xv, 298, 310–11, 316
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 343, 351, 353, 355
O’Reilly, Bill, 339
Orteig, Raymond, 168–70
Paine, Thomas, 10, 56
Paris, Treaty of, 40, 75, 77, 92, 110, 112, 114
Parting the Waters (Branch), 249–50, 253, 255
Passage to Power, The (Caro), 273–74, 278, 294
Path to Power, The (Caro), 273–74, 278, 294
Patton, George, 203–4, 207, 215
Pearl Harbor, 141, 166, 179–80, 186, 191, 214, 280
Pershing, John J., 213
Pierce, Franklin and Jane, 133–34
Pillar of Fire (Branch), 249–50, 253, 255
Plan of Attack (Woodward), 298, 311
Poor Richard’s Almanac, 93, 100, 109
Powell, Colin, 309
Power Broker, The (Caro), 273–74, 277–78
Presidency of George Washington, The (Warren), 1–2
President Kennedy (Reeves), 229–30, 232, 234, 236
Profiles in Courage (Kennedy), 237–38
Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania, 104
Ray, James Earl, 251, 272
Rayburn, Sam, 274, 279–80, 282, 288
Reagan, Nancy, 319, 322–23, 326–27, 336–37, 340
Reagan, Ronald: acting career of, 317, 321–23, 325–29, 339
assassination attempt on, 338–39
Brands on, 317–41
childhood and adolescence of, 319, 324–28
debates of, 334–35, 339–40
finances and, 325, 329, 337
GE employment of, 329–30
governorship of, 317–18, 322–23, 327–28, 330, 334
injuries and death of, 338–40
personality and demeanor of, 317–20, 326–27, 332–37, 340
personal life of, 318, 322, 324–27, 339–41
physical appearance of, 317, 322, 325, 330, 336, 339, 341
politics of, 317–19, 321, 324, 328–30, 333–35, 337, 335–36
presidency and, 65, 234, 309, 315, 317–24, 330–40, 349
radio career of, 325, 328
Roosevelt and, 317, 328–29
SAG presidency of, 327–29
speeches of, 321–24, 330–31, 335
vice presidency and, 332–34
Woodward on, 309, 315
writing of, 325–27
Reeves, Richard, 229–48
Rehnquist, William H.: death of, 343, 352–53
Roberts and, 342–43, 348–49, 352–53, 360
Residence Act, 15–17
Revolutionary War, 51, 129, 132, 140, 261 Adams and, 27, 32, 36, 38, 85, 110, 124
duration of, 32–33
end of, 40, 75, 77, 110
finances and supplies in, 77, 80–81, 84
Founding Mothers and, 117–20, 124–26, 128, 134
Franklin and, 38, 93, 109–10, 136
Hamilton and, 7, 18–19, 68, 72–77, 80, 84–85, 90
Jefferson and, 7, 18–19, 30, 38
letter writing in, 73–74
Washington and, xvi, 1–11, 18–19, 23–24, 40, 59, 68–69, 73–77, 118, 125–26, 134
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, The (Morris), 320–21
Roberts, Cokie, xv, 116–36
Roberts, John G., Jr.: in arguing before Supreme Court, 343, 349–50
clerkships of, 342–43, 347–49, 364
on compensation for judges, 361–62
early judicial career of, 343, 350–51
as lawyer, 342–44, 349
personality and demeanor of, 343–44, 364
on Supreme Court, xv, 342–64
Supreme Court nominations of, 343, 351–54
Roe v. Wade, 308–9
Rommel, Erwin, 192–93
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 137–38, 141, 144, 158
Roosevelt, Franklin D., xvi, 156 Churchill and, 141, 195–97
death of, 186, 197
Eisenhower and, 207, 210, 215–16
and extermination of Jews, 186, 200–204
fireside chats of, 166, 190, 201
Goodwin on, 137–42, 144, 158
illnesses of, 186–87, 194–97, 202
Johnson and, 274, 279–81
Lindbergh and, 161, 166, 180–81
Meacham on, 46, 49–50
personality and demean
or of, 190, 194, 204, 328
physical appearance of, 185, 195–96, 281
presidency and, 35, 65, 161, 166, 180–81, 185–86, 190–92, 195–97, 201, 204, 207, 210, 215–16, 274, 284, 317, 324, 328
Reagan and, 317, 328–29
Winik on, 185–87, 190–92, 194–97, 200–204
World War II and, 139, 141, 144, 161, 166, 180–81, 185–86, 190–92, 195–97, 204, 207, 214–16
Roosevelt, Theodore, 194, 318, 320–21 Goodwin on, 137–39, 150
Rowe, James H., 280
Rubenstein, David M.: awards and honors of, 2, 68
background of, xii–xiii, 46, 229–31, 250, 298, 314, 318
Berg interviewed by, xv, 161–84
Branch interviewed by, xv, 250–72
Brands interview by, 318–41
Caro interviewed by, xv, 274–96
Chernow interviewed by, xv, 68–90
Congressional Dialogues and, xiii–xiv
C. Roberts interviewed by, xv, 117–36
Goodwin interviewed by, xv, 138–59
on history, xi–xiii, xvii
Isaacson interviewed by, xv, 92, 94–115
J.G. Roberts interviewed by, xv, 343–64
McCullough interviewed by, xv, 27–44
Meacham interviewed by, xiv, 45–66
Mount Vernon visits of, 1–2
patriotic philanthropy of, x, xiii
Reeves interviewed by, 230–48
Smith interviewed by, 207–28
Warren interviewed by, 2–25
Winik interviewed by, 186–205
Woodward interviewed by, xv, 298–316
Russell, Richard, 274, 282–84, 293–94
Scalia, Antonin, 353, 355, 362–63
Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 327–29
Seward, William H., 144–45, 148–49, 153, 156–57
Shadow (Woodward), 297, 306
Shannon, Claude, 97
Shriver, Sargent, 180, 245, 263
Silence Dogood essays (Franklin), 99
slaves, slavery, 16, 58, 126, 131 abolitionism and, 33, 51–52, 113, 146–48
Adams and, 33, 56
Civil War and, 53, 64, 153–54
Constitution and, 52, 138, 146–47, 152
freeing of, 1, 3, 23–24, 52–55, 65, 113, 146–47, 152–54, 157, 204, 255
Jefferson and, xvi, 46–47, 51–56, 64–65
Lincoln and, xvii, 145–47, 152–54, 157, 204
Washington and, 1, 3, 23–24
Smith, Jean Edward, 206–28
Smith, Truman, 165
Sorensen, Ted, 230, 238, 241
Soviet Union, 95, 233, 272, 313, 323 Eisenhower and, 210, 226
Kennedy and, 231, 242–45
Reagan and, 315, 319, 349
World War II and, 180, 186, 189–91, 193, 197–98, 203
Spielberg, Steven, 138, 158–59
Spirit of St. Louis (airplane), 160, 169–76
Spirit of St. Louis, The (Lindbergh), 174–75, 177
Stalin, Joseph, 185–86, 195–97, 210, 216
Stanton, Edwin, 148–49, 157
Stevens, Ned and Thomas, 71–72
Stevenson, Adlai, 224, 237
Stevenson, Margaret, 106
Stewart, Potter, 180, 308
Stone, William, 60
Stuart, Gilbert, 15, 132
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 262–63
Suez Crisis, 210, 226
Summary View of the Rights of British America, A (Jefferson), 56
Summersby, Kay, 208, 218–19
Sumner, Charles, 147
Supreme Court, U.S., 88, 208, 223, 293 on abortion, 308–9
Ali case and, 307–8
briefs read by, 354–55
cases argued before, 343, 349–50, 354–57
cases discussed by, 354–55, 357–60
civil rights and, 211, 250–51, 256, 258–59, 268, 293, 357
clerks of, 342–43, 348–49, 360–61
in deciding which cases to hear, 353–55, 357
duties of chief justice of, 343, 358
Roberts on, xv, 342–64
Roberts’s nominations to, 343, 351–54
Woodward on, 297, 307–9
writing opinions of, 358–60
Taft, Robert, 222–24, 284–85, 329
Taft, William Howard, 137–39
Talmadge, Herman, 283
Team of Rivals (Goodwin), 137–39, 143–44, 158
Tehran Conference, 195–96, 215–16
Travell, Janet, 236
Treasury building fire, 42
Truman, Harry S., 26, 31, 210, 284, 328 Adams and, 28, 30, 35, 44
Eisenhower and, 35, 218, 220–21
Trump, Donald, 297–98, 316
U-2 spy planes, 225–26, 244
Valley Forge, 8, 59, 125–26
Vienna Summit, 236, 242–43, 245
Vietnam, Vietnam War, 33, 95, 179, 300, 304, 336 Johnson and, 142, 247, 275, 294–95
Kennedy and, 232, 247
opposition to, 142, 207, 250, 271
voting rights, 53, 142, 156, 250, 255, 267–69, 275
Vrba, Rudi, 200–201
Wallace, George, 245, 268–69
War of 1812, 59, 125, 131–32
Warren, Earl, 293–94, 359
Warren, Jack D., Jr.: on Revolutionary War, 2–11, 18–19, 23–24
on Washington, 1–25
Warren, Mercy Otis, 124, 136
Washington, D.C., ix, 2, 59, 63, 88, 90, 141, 232, 237, 243, 306, 344 Adams and, 27, 29, 42
building of, 15–16, 82, 129
Carter and, 314, 336
Civil War and, 151, 153
Congressional Dialogues and, xiii–xiv
Eisenhower and, 213–14, 218, 225
Founding Mothers and, 118, 125, 131–34
G. Washington and, 4, 6, 15–16
Home Rule and, 120–21
Jefferson and, 56, 63
Johnson and, 279–80, 282, 284–85, 292–93
King and, 251, 271
Lincoln’s secret trip to, 150–51
Lindbergh and, 167, 177
naming of, 17–18
physical appearance of, 42–43, 129, 132
Residence Act and, 15–17
Roberts and, 343, 349–52, 363
Rubenstein and, xii–xiv, 230
and War of 1812, 125, 131–32
Watergate and, 300, 303
Washington, George, 67–69, 71, 179 Adams and, 14–15, 20–22, 27, 29, 33, 35, 40–41, 85–86
ambitions of, 4–5, 12–14
awards and honors of, x, xiii, 89, 115
cabinet of, 18–20, 50, 62, 80–83
childhood and adolescence of, 2, 4, 7, 12
Constitutional Convention and, 2–3, 7, 12–13, 69, 78
Constitution and, xvi, 7, 12–14, 40
Continental Congress and, 5, 74
death and funeral of, 1, 3, 22–23, 25, 129
farewell address of, 20–21, 84
finances and, 7–8, 337
Franklin and, 7, 12, 91, 103, 114
French threat and, 21–22, 85–86
Hamilton and, xvi, 7, 18–22, 68–69, 73–78, 80, 84, 86, 89
Jefferson and, 7, 18–20, 52, 63–65
personality and demeanor of, 3, 5–6, 8, 12–14, 17, 25, 40, 91, 113
personal life of, 118, 125–30
physical appearance of, 1, 5–7, 11, 15, 24, 35, 64, 125, 131–32
presidency and, xvi, 2–3, 13–15, 18–19, 27, 35, 40–41, 52, 62–65, 80–83, 127–28, 130, 337
public opinion on, 4, 6, 8, 12, 17, 21–22, 40, 86
retirements of, 3, 10–11, 21–22, 40–41, 86, 129
Revolutionary War and, xvi, 1–11, 18–19, 23–24, 40, 59, 68–69, 73–77, 118, 125–26, 134
slavery and, 1, 3, 23–24
Warren on, 1–25
Washington, D.C. and, 4, 6, 15–16
will of, 3, 23–24
as Your Excellency, 14–15
Washington,
Martha, xvi on Hamilton, 76–77
husband’s death and, 23, 129
personal and public life of, 117–18, 125–30
physical appearance of, 24, 125–27
Revolutionary War and, 6, 118, 125–26
slavery and, 23–24
Washington Post, 265–66, 284, 298–302, 306
Watergate: Nixon and, 298–99, 301, 304, 307, 313
Woodward on, 297–304, 307, 315
Wetzler, Fred, 200–201
Wiesel, Elie, 202
Wilkins, Roy, 262
Winik, Jay, 185–205 on Hitler, 186–94, 197, 200
on Roosevelt, 185–87, 190–92, 194–97, 200–204
Wofford, Harris, 241, 246, 263
Woodward, Bob, xv, 297–316 background of, 298–300
on Carter, 314–15
on Clinton, 315–16
on executive power, 297–98, 303
on G. H. W. Bush, 309, 315
on G. W. Bush, 311–12, 316
on 9/11 attacks, 310–11
on Nixon, 297–99, 301–7, 309–10, 312–14
on Obama, 298, 310–11, 316
on Reagan, 309, 315
on Supreme Court, 297, 307–9
on Watergate, 297–304, 307, 315
World War I, 168, 187, 190–91, 271, 293 Eisenhower and, 206–7, 213–14, 217, 225
World War II, 137, 280 D-Day invasion in, 49, 186, 190–93, 206–7, 212, 214–17
Eisenhower and, 191, 206–8, 210, 212, 214–21
and extermination of Jews, 197–98, 200–204
Hitler and, 186–87, 189, 191–94, 207, 217, 256
Kennedy and, 235–37, 241
Lindbergh and, 161, 164, 166, 179–81, 190
North African Campaign in, 192, 215–19
Reagan and, 326–27
Roosevelt and, 139, 141, 144, 161, 166, 180–81, 185–86, 190–92, 195–97, 204, 207, 214–16
Yalta Conference, 185–86, 197
Years of Lyndon Johnson, The (Caro), 273–74, 278, 283, 288, 294
Young, Whitney, Jr., 262
Youngblood, Rufus W., 290
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