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by Robert A. Caro


  Dirksen, Everett, 10.1, 10.2, 16.1, 17.1, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3

  tax bill amendment of

  DiSalle, Mike, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1

  Dobrynin, Anatoly, 8.1, 8.2, 15.1, 16.1

  Docking, George, 3.1, 3.2

  Dodd, Thomas J., 13.1, 18.1

  Dolan, Joseph

  Douglas, Helen Gahagan

  Douglas, Paul, 3.1, 6.1, 6.2, 10.1, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 19.2

  Douglas, William O., 2.1, 8.1, 8.2

  Douglas-Home, Alec

  Downs, Bill

  Draper, Theodore

  Drennan, Lorin, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

  Drevlow, William E.

  Drummond, Roscoe, 8.1, 25.1

  Dubinsky, David, 4.1, 16.1

  Duke, Angier Biddle, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 16.1, 16.2

  Dulles, Allen, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3

  Dungan, Ralph, 7.1, 8.1, 16.1, 20.1, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2

  Duong Van (Big) Minh

  DuPont

  Dutton, Fred, 3.1, 4.1, 25.1

  Eastland, James, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 19.1, 23.1

  Economic Defense Board

  education bill, 20.1, 25.1

  Edwards, India, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 7.1

  Edwards, Willard

  82nd Airborne Division, U.S.

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 13.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7, 16.8, 17.1, 18.1

  Eisenhower Administration, 2.1, 7.1, 10.1

  election of 1960, itr.1, itr.2, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 16.1, 16.2, 21.1, 21.2

  Adolphus Hotel incident in

  age issue in

  alleged fraud in, 5.1, 5.2

  black anti-Johnson sentiment in, 3.1, 3.2

  civil rights issue in, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 13.1

  Democratic Convention in, see Democratic National Convention of 1960

  Democratic field in, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

  health issue in

  Indiana primary in

  LBJ-Pat Brown meeting in

  LBJ’s central headquarters in

  LBJ’s criticism of JFK in

  LBJ’s southern campaign in

  LBJ’s strategy in, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

  LBJ’s western tour in

  LBJ-Woods meeting in

  Mexican-American vote in

  organized labor and, 3.1, 3.2

  Parr problem in

  Parr’s vote getting in

  Pennsylvania delegate vote and

  religious issue in, 3.1, 3.2

  southern vote in

  televised debates in

  Texas laws and

  Texas vote in

  U-2 incident and

  western states and, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6

  West Virginia primary in, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1

  Wisconsin primary in

  election of 1964, itr.1, itr.2, 4.1, 4.2, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 17.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5, 21.6, 24.1, 24.2, 26.1

  civil rights bill and

  drop Johnson rumors in, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1

  New Hampshire primary in, 13.1, 24.1

  RFK and, 16.1, 16.2, 21.1

  Texas and, 9.1, 9.2

  elections

  of 1848, 1.1, 4.1

  of 1876

  of 1926

  of 1928

  of 1932, 3.1, 4.1

  of 1934

  of 1937, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

  of 1938

  of 1940, 3.1, 6.1

  of 1941

  of 1946, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 10.1

  of 1948, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 8.1, 10.1, 18.1, 18.2

  of 1952, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 17.1, 19.1

  of 1954, 1.1, 3.1, 5.1

  of 1956, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 19.1

  of 1958, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 10.1

  of 1960, see election of 1960

  of 1961

  of 1962, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

  of 1964, see election of 1964

  of 1968, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, 9.1, 24.1, 25.1

  of 1972

  of 2008

  Ellender, Allen

  Ellington, Buford, 3.1, 5.1

  Ely, Walter, 3.1, 3.2

  Enemy Within, The (Robert Kennedy), 3.1, 8.1

  Engle, Clair

  Enterprise, USS

  Erhard, Ludwig, 15.1, 16.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 25.1

  Esquire

  Essex, USS

  Evans, Roland, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 9.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 17.1, 20.1, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1

  ExComm, itr.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5

  Executive Order No. 11130

  Exercise of Power, The (Evans and Novak), 16.1

  Export-Import Bank

  Face the Nation

  Fairchild Stratos Corporation

  Fair Deal, 18.1, 21.1

  Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC), 6.1, 6.2

  Farley, Jim

  Farmer, James, 20.1, 20.2, 23.1

  Faubus, Orval

  Fawcett, Truman

  Fay, Paul B. “Red,” 9.1, 9.2

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 3.1, 8.1, 10.1, 17.1

  JFK assassination investigation and, 16.1, 17.1

  Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 10.1, 21.1

  Federal Reserve, 16.1, 21.1

  Feeney, Father

  Fehmer, Marie, 3.1, 7.1, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3

  Feild, John G.

  Feldman, Myer, 7.1, 7.2

  Ferguson, Thomas C.

  Fifth Marine Expeditionary Brigade, U.S.

  Fillmore, Millard, 4.1, 13.1

  financial aid bill, 16.1, 20.1, 20.2

  Fine Arts Commission

  Finland

  Fish, Mary

  Fitzgerald, “Honey Fitz,”

  Fitzgerald, James F.

  Fleeson, Doris, 3.1, 4.1, 10.1, 10.2, 16.1, 20.1

  Fleishman, Alfred

  Florida, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2

  Ford, Gerald R., 17.1, 17.2, 20.1

  foreign aid bill, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 20.1

  Fortas, Abe, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 6.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 25.1

  Fort Worth Star-Telegram

  Forty Acres Club

  Fowler, Henry H., 16.1, 19.1

  France

  Frankel, Max, 9.1, 16.1

  Frankfurter, Felix

  Fredericksburg Standard

  Frederika, Queen of Greece, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1

  Freeman, Orville L., 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 19.1, 21.1, 21.2, 25.1

  Fritchey, Clayton

  Frost, Robert

  Fulbright, J. William, 8.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1

  Fullerwood, Fannie

  Galbraith, John Kenneth, 4.1, 7.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 25.1

  Gallagher, Mary, 12.1, 13.1

  Gallo, “Crazy Joey,”

  Galloway, George B.

  Garfield, James

  Garner, John Nance, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

  Garrison, Jim

  Gatov, Elizabeth

  General Accounting Office

  George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

  Georgia

  Germany, Federal Republic of (West Germany), 9.1, 13.1, 21.1

  Gettysburg Address

  Giancana, Momo “Sam,”

  Gibbons, William C.

  Gilpatric, Roswell L., 8.1, 21.1

  Glass, Carter

  Glimco, Joey

  Glynn (LBJ’s valet)

  Goldberg, Arthur, 4.1, 6.1, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2

  Goldfine, Bernard

  Goldman, Eric F., 8.1, 16.1, 25.1

  Gold Star Mothers, 2.1, 2.2

  Goldstein, E. Ernest

  Goldwater, Barry, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 21.1, 23.1, 23.2, 25.1

  Gonella, Ashton, 3.1, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2

  Gonzalez, Henry

  Goodman, Andrew

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sp; Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 2.1, 3.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 16.1, 19.1, 23.1, 26.1

  Goodwin, Richard, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 14.1, 16.1, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3

  Gordon, Kermit, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 22.1, 25.1

  Gore, Albert, 6.1, 6.2, 19.1

  Gould, Jack, 2.1, 13.1, 15.1

  Government Accounting Office

  Government Printing Office

  Graff, Henry, itr.1, 13.1

  Graham, Katharine, 17.1, 18.1, 25.1

  Graham, Philip, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2

  and vice-presidency offer to LBJ, 4.1, 4.2

  Grant, Ulysses S., 18.1, 25.1

  Graves, Ralph

  Great Britain

  Profumo Affair of

  Greater Houston Ministerial Association

  Great Society, itr.1, 26.1

  Greenland

  Gronouski, John

  Grozny, 8.1, 8.2

  Gruening, Ernest

  Gugler, Eric

  Gulf of Tonkin

  Guns of August, The (Tuchman), 8.1

  Gunther, John

  Guthman, Ed, 13.1, 24.1, 24.2

  Hackett, David

  Haddad, William

  Haganah

  Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 26.1

  Halleck, Charles, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3

  Hamilton, James

  Harbin, Estelle

  Hardeman, D. B., 1.1, 4.1, 5.1

  Harding, Warren G., 2.1, 4.1

  Harding Administration

  Harlow, Bryce

  Harper, Reverend

  Harriman, W. Averell, 8.1, 13.1, 13.2, 20.1, 24.1

  Harrington, Michael

  Harris, Charles

  Hartke, Vance, 3.1, 19.1, 22.1

  Hartson (NASA aide)

  Hatcher, Andrew, 13.1, 20.1, 25.1

  Hatcher, Jessie

  Hayden, Carl, 1.1, 3.1, 15.1, 18.1, 19.1, 23.1

  Hayes, Rutherford B.

  Head Start, itr.1, 26.1

  Hearst, William Randolph, Jr.

  Heller, Walter W., 13.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 19.1, 21.1, 25.1

  War on Poverty and, 21.1, 21.2

  Hell’s Canyon Dam, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Helms, Richard

  Henry V (Shakespeare), 8.1

  Heren, Louis

  Herring, Charles, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1

  Herseth, Ralph, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Hersey, John

  Hickey, George

  Hill, Clint, 11.1, 15.1

  Hill, Lister

  Hill, Ralph, 10.1, 10.2

  Him and Her (Johnson family beagles)

  Ho Chi Minh Trail

  Hoff, Irvin, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

  Hoffa, Jimmy, 3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 24.1, 24.2

  Hoffman, Frank Nordhoff “Nordy,”

  Holland, Spessard L., 9.1, 18.1

  Holleman, Jerry R.

  Holton, John

  Hoover, Allen

  Hoover, Herbert

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 10.1, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 24.1, 24.2

  Hopkins, Welly, 1.1, 3.1

  House of Representatives, Texas, 1.1, 1.2, 21.1

  House of Representatives, U.S., 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1, 9.1, 13.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 20.1, 26.1

  Appropriations Committee of, 3.1, 18.1

  Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed by, 23.1, 23.2

  in Constitution

  discharge petition and, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 23.1

  District of Columbia Committee of

  Finance Committee of

  Housing Committee of

  JFK assassination inquiry in

  Judiciary Committee of, 7.1, 13.1, 18.1, 20.1, 20.2

  Rules Committee of, 9.1, 13.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4

  Un-American Activities Committee of

  U.S.-Soviet wheat deal and

  Ways and Means Committee of, 7.1, 18.1

  see also Congress, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

  Houston, Sam

  Houston Chronicle, 8.1, 10.1, 21.1

  Houston Endowment

  Hughes, Sarah T., 7.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1

  Humphrey, Hubert, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 24.1, 25.1

  civil rights bill and, 9.1, 18.1, 23.1

  foreign aid bill and, 16.1, 16.2

  LBJ’s power grab and, 6.1, 6.2

  in 1960 election campaign, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 8.1

  Hunt, George P., 10.1, 11.1, 11.2

  Hunt, H. L.

  Hurst, J. Willis, 13.1, 21.1

  Hurxthal, Lewis

  Iceland, 10.1, 10.2

  Idaho, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

  Ikeda, Hayato

  Illinois, 5.1, 5.2, 19.1, 23.1

  Indiana, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2

  Indonesia, 24.1, 24.2

  Inside U.S.A. (Gunther), 19.1

  Interior Department, U.S., 6.1, 19.1, 23.1

  Internal Revenue Service, 3.1, 8.1, 10.1, 21.1

  International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 3.1, 3.2

  International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, 4.1, 16.1

  Iowa, 3.1, 3.2

  Iran, 8.1, 21.1

  Ireland

  isolationism

  Israel

  Itz, Anna

  Jacks, Herschel, 11.1, 11.2

  Jackson, Albert, 21.1, 21.2

  Jackson, Henry M. “Scoop,”

  Jackson, Robert M.

  Jacobsen, Jake

  Janeway, Eliot

  Japan

  Javits, Jacob

  Jaworski, Leon

  Jefferson, Thomas, 4.1, 21.1

  Jenkins, Walter, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 16.1, 20.1, 21.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 26.1

  Baker scandal and, 10.1, 10.2

  Lady Bird and

  1960 campaign and, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8

  Jetton, Walter

  Jews

  John F. Kennedy Library, 6.1, 24.1

  Johnson, Andrew, 1.1, 4.1, 13.1

  Johnson, Edwin “Big Ed,”

  Johnson, Eliza Bunton

  Johnson, Lady Bird, itr.1, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 16.1, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1

  in Adolphus Hotel incident

  Baker’s phone conversation with

  business holdings of, 10.1, 10.2

  Jenkins and

  JFK assassination and, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2

  in JFK funeral procession, 15.1, 16.1

  JFK’s ranch visit and

  Johnson Ranch Christmas vacation and, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4

  in move into White House, 15.1, 20.1

  in 1960 southern tour, 5.1, 5.2

  on Salinger’s resignation

  Johnson, Lucia

  Johnson, Lucy Baines, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 11.1, 17.1, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2

  Johnson, Lynda Bird, 7.1, 7.2, 11.1, 17.1, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2

  Johnson, Lyndon B.

  “Bunton strain” legacy of

  business interests of, 21.1, 21.2

  as champion of rights

  childhood of, 1.1, 1.2, 8.1

  childhood poverty of, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3

  college years of, 6.1, 13.1

  compassion of, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1

  cruelty of

  deception and secrecy of, 21.1, 21.2

  education of, 6.1, 13.1

  elected to House

  elected to Senate

  failure and humiliation feared by, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1, 8.1, 13.1, 26.1

  family background of

  first national political experience of

  Gettysburg speech of

  handshake technique of

  heart attack of, 4.1, 7.1, 11.1, 19.1

  iconic swearing-in photograph of
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  JFK misread by, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2

  JFK’s 1960 debate with

  JFK’s vice-presidency offer to, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

  Kennedy staff’s contempt for, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 12.1, 16.1, 16.2

  LBJ moniker of

  in 1960 southern campaign

  personal image of

  physical descriptions of, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 12.2, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4

  political genius of

  political pressure applied by

  popularity of, 25.1, 25.2

  presidential ambition of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1, 13.1, 20.1

  private phone lines of

  RFK’s feud with, see Johnson–R. F. Kennedy feud

  ruthlessness of, 21.1, 21.2

  “sales pitch” of

  as Senate Majority Leader, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 18.1

  sense of conviction of

  southernness as liability of, 1.1, 4.1

  speechmaking style of, 3.1, 5.1, 9.1

  vote-counting skill of

  wealth of, 10.1, 11.1

  World War II experience of

  see also presidential transition of 1963

  Johnson, Lyndon B., vice presidency of

  Agriculture Department appointment and

  Baker scandal and, see Baker scandal

  Bay of Pigs fiasco and

  Camelot aura and

  CEEO mandate change and

  Cuban Missile Crisis and, see Cuban Missile Crisis

  “dump Johnson” rumor and, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1

  Finland visit and

  foreign trips in, 7.1, 8.1

  formal dinner invitations sought by

  at formal meetings

  former Senate colleagues of

  Gettysburg speech in, 13.1, 16.1

  Hughes appointment and

  JFK-Connally meeting and

  JFK’s editing of LBJ’s speech in

  Kennedy Administration’s civil rights bill and

  Kennedy Administration’s exclusion of, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 10.1

  LBJ’s attempts to see JFK and

  LBJ’s demeanor and, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2

  LBJ’s gift giving and

  LBJ’s Senate power grab and

  LBJ’s waning influence in

  loyalty pledge and, 7.1, 7.2

  media and, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  Meredith crisis and

  office issue and, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1

  presidential succession matter and

  proposed executive order and

  psychological and physical toll of

  remembrance plaque episode and

  St. Augustine episode in, 9.1, 16.1

  Senate sessions and

  Seward episode and, 7.1, 7.2

  transportation issue and, 7.1, 8.1

  White House dinners and

  Johnson, Magnus

  Johnson, Rebekah, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 21.1

  Johnson, Sam Ealy, Jr., 1.1, 4.1, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4

  Johnson, Sam Ealy, Sr.

  Johnson, Sam Houston, 1.1, 1.2, 7.1, 8.1

  Johnson, Tom

  Johnson, U. Alexis

  Johnson Administration, 16.1, 21.1, 21.2

 

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