The Passage of Power

by Robert A. Caro

  Cuban fishing boats incident and

  Kennedy team retained by

  Kennedy team’s departure from

  1965 budget and

  Johnson Ranch, 1.1, 3.1, 21.1

  JFK’s and Jacqueline’s visit to

  private phone system of

  RFK’s visit to

  Johnson Ranch Christmas vacation (1963)

  business of state in

  Erhard state visit and, 21.1, 21.2

  family photo session in

  Joint Chiefs at

  LBJ’s image creation in, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3

  media criticism of

  1964 election and

  outings in

  press conferences in

  press tour in

  Stonewall state dinner in

  Johnson–R. F. Kennedy feud

  Corbin dispute and

  first face-to-face encounter and, itr.1, 3.1

  Hughes appointment and

  impact of

  Indonesia mission and, 24.1, 24.2

  JFK and

  and LBJ’s public humiliation in meetings

  Mann appointment and, 24.1, 25.1

  mutual hatred in

  remembrance plaque incident and

  RFK on

  RFK’s vulnerability and

  social class and

  and vice-presidency offer to LBJ, 4.1, 8.1

  White House misunderstood confrontation and

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 21.1, 21.2

  Jones, James

  Jones, John T., Jr., 10.1, 21.1, 21.2

  Jones, Larry

  Jones, Luther “L. E.,”

  Jones, Winnie

  Jordan, B. Everett

  Judd, Walter

  Just, Ward

  Justice Department, U.S., 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 18.1, 18.2, 21.1, 24.1, 24.2

  Anti-Trust Division of, 21.1, 21.2

  “get Hoffa” squad of, 3.1, 8.1, 24.1

  RFK’s staff at

  Kansas

  Democratic Party of

  Kantol, Prince of Cambodia

  Kappel, Frederick

  Katzenbach, Nicholas deBelleville, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 17.1, 17.2, 23.1, 23.2

  Kefauver, Estes, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1

  Kellam, Jesse, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3

  Kellerman, Roy, 11.1, 13.1

  Kempton, Murray, 10.1, 10.2, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4

  Kennedy, Caroline, 2.1, 7.1, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 26.1

  Kennedy, Dorothy

  Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 8.1, 15.1, 15.2, 24.1

  in Chappaquiddick incident

  Kennedy, Ethel, 3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 24.1

  Kennedy, Eunice, 2.1, 15.1

  Kennedy, Jacqueline, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 15.1, 15.2, 17.1, 20.1, 24.1, 25.1

  in funeral procession, 15.1, 15.2

  JFK assassination and, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 24.1, 26.1

  in Johnson Ranch visit, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

  LBJ’s gifts to

  Kennedy, John, Jr., 13.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 26.1

  Kennedy, John F., itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, itr.4, itr.5, itr.6, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 23.1, 25.1, 25.2

  Addison’s disease diagnosis of, 2.1, 3.1

  assassination of, see Kennedy, John F., assassination of

  back ailment of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

  Bay of Pigs fiasco and

  Big Steel crisis and

  celebrity of

  charm and charisma of, 2.1, 5.1

  in Cuban Missile Crisis, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

  descriptions of, 2.1, 2.2

  funeral of

  Gold Star Mothers speech of

  illnesses of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  inaugural speech of, 6.1, 16.1

  in Johnson Ranch visit

  LBJ as treated by, 7.1, 7.2

  LBJ’s 1960 debate with

  LBJ’s executive order request and

  LBJ’s misreading of, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1

  LBJ’s office request and, 6.1, 6.2

  LBJ’s Senate power grab and

  LBJ’s vice-presidency talks with, 4.1, 4.2

  marriage of

  as martyr

  McCarthy censure vote of

  in 1946 campaign

  in 1952 senatorial campaign

  in 1956 election, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  in 1960 election, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14

  1964 Civil Rights Act and, 13.1, 18.1, 21.1

  presidential succession concern of

  PT-109 saga of, 2.1

  religion issue and, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1

  RFK’s relationship with, 4.1, 8.1, 11.1, 24.1

  Senate career of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  shyness of, 2.1, 2.2

  speechmaking style of, 2.1, 3.1

  television medium and

  vice-presidency offer to LBJ by, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4

  women and, 2.1, 2.2

  World War II service of, 2.1, 2.2

  Kennedy, John F., assassination of

  additional inquiries into

  Air Force One’s flight to Washington, D.C. and, itr.1, itr.2, 13.1, 13.2

  autopsy and

  conspiracy fears and, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 16.1, 17.1, 24.1, 26.1

  FBI and, 16.1, 17.1

  JFK’s death announced

  LBJ-RFK phone conversations and, 12.1, 12.2

  LBJ’s composed demeanor in, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1

  LBJ’s experience of, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1

  LBJ’s hospital vigil and

  LBJ’s trip to back Air Force One after

  prelude to, 10.1, 11.1

  presidential motorcade and

  public reaction to, itr.1, 13.1

  race to Parkland Hospital and

  and RFK’s grief and personality change

  rumors and

  sound of gunshots and

  swearing-in ceremony and, 12.1, 13.1, 26.1

  swearing-in debate and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4

  television coverage of, itr.1, 13.1

  time of death dispute and

  see also presidential transition of 1963; Warren Commission

  Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1

  Kennedy, Joseph P., Sr., 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  Kennedy, Kathleen (John Kennedy’s sister), 2.1, 8.1

  Kennedy, Kathleen (Robert Kennedy’s daughter)

  Kennedy, Pat

  Kennedy, Robert F., itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 23.1, 23.2, 26.1

  anticommunism of

  anti-Semitism opposed by

  Baker scandal and

  Baker’s confrontation with

  black-and-white outlook of, 8.1, 24.1

  closed coffin decision of

  compassion and gentleness of, 8.1, 24.1

  Cuban Missile Crisis and, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6

  death of, 24.1, 25.1

  on dumping LBJ from 1960 ticket

  as father

  “get Castro” obsession of

  grief and personality change of

  Hoffa obsession of, 3.1, 8.1, 24.1

  Hughes appointment and

  as instrument of JFK, 8.1, 8.2

  JFK assassination crisis and, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1

  JFK’s legacy and

  JFK’s relationship with, 4.1, 8.1, 11.1, 24.1

  Joseph Kennedy’s stroke and

  Justice Department staff of

  LBJ assessed by

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

  LBJ’s first encounter with, itr.1, 3.1

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bsp; LBJ’s transportation requests and

  on McCarthy Committee

  on McClellan Committee

  at 1956 Democratic Convention

  1960 campaign and

  1964 Civil Rights Act and

  1964 election and, 16.1, 16.2, 21.1

  presidential ambition of

  reading habit of

  rudeness of

  ruthless streak of, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 24.1, 24.2

  speechmaking of

  temper of, 8.1, 8.2

  underdogs favored by, 8.1, 8.2

  University of Virginia incident and

  vice-presidency offer to LBJ opposed by, 4.1, 4.2

  Vidal on

  in visit to Johnson Ranch

  vote counting by

  Warren Commission appointments of, 17.1, 17.2

  Warren Commission report doubted by

  Kennedy, Rose, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1

  Kennedy, Tom

  Kennedy Administration, itr.1, 16.1, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 26.1

  Camelot aura of

  LBJ’s exclusion from, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 10.1

  proposed civil rights legislation of, 9.1, 20.1

  southern conservative coalition and

  vice-presidency offer debate and, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 13.1

  Kennedy and Johnson (Lincoln), 10.1

  Kentucky, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 9.1

  Kerr, Robert, 4.1, 6.1, 10.1, 19.1

  Keynes, John Maynard

  Khmer Serei

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 13.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 21.1, 21.2

  Kiker, Douglas, 21.1, 21.2

  Kilday, Owen

  Kilday, Paul, 5.1, 5.2

  Kilduff, Malcolm, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4

  Kilgore, Joe, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 9.1, 16.1, 16.2

  Kimovsk

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., itr.1, 5.1, 9.1, 16.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 23.1, 23.2

  Kirwan, Mike

  Knight, John

  Knowland, William

  Korean War

  Krock, Arthur, 2.1, 3.1, 21.1

  Krulak, Victor H. “Brute,”

  KTBC-TV, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2, 21.1, 21.2

  Kuchel, Thomas

  Ku Klux Klan

  Labor Department, U.S.

  Lambert, William, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2

  Landau, Jack, 10.1, 10.2

  Lanin, Lester

  Laos

  Lawrence, David L., 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3

  Lawrence, W. H., 1.1, 3.1

  Lawson, Marjorie

  LBJ Company, 7.1, 11.1

  LBJ Ranch, see Johnson Ranch

  Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 3.1, 20.1, 23.1

  League of Nations

  Lee, Robert E., 18.1, 19.1

  Legislative Process in Congress, The (Galloway), 1.1

  Lehman, Herbert

  Lehman, Robert

  Lend-Lease

  Levinson, Larry

  Lewis, Anthony, 3.1, 20.1, 20.2

  Lewis, John L.

  Life, itr.1, 2.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1, 17.1, 18.1, 20.1

  Baker scandal covered by, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 21.1, 26.1

  Lincoln, Abraham, 1.1, 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 21.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1

  Gettysburg Address of

  Lincoln, Evelyn, 2.1, 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1

  Lincoln, Gould

  Linton, Ron

  Lippmann, Walter, 13.1, 18.1, 21.1

  Lisagor, Peter, 3.1, 21.1

  Liston, Sonny

  “Little Congress,”

  Lloyd, Bill

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 16.1, 21.1

  Loftus, Joseph

  Logevall, Fredrik

  Long, Edward V.

  Long, Huey

  Long, Russell, 16.1, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5

  Longworth, Alice Roosevelt

  Look, 2.1, 3.1

  López Mateos, Adolfo

  Lord, Thorn

  Los Angeles Times, 4.1, 11.1, 13.1, 21.1, 25.1

  Louisiana, 5.1, 5.2, 9.1

  Louviere, Vernon

  Loveless, Herschel C., 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Lübke, Heinrich

  Lucas, Scott

  Luce, Clare Boothe

  Luce, Henry R.

  Lyndon B. Johnson Library, 6.1, 13.1

  Maas, Peter

  Macapagal, Diosdado, 15.1, 15.2

  MacArthur, Douglas

  Macdonald, Dwight

  Macdonald, Torbert

  Macmillan, Harold, 8.1, 10.1

  MacNeil, Neil, 6.1, 19.1, 22.1

  Mafia, 17.1, 18.1, 24.1

  Magnavox Company, 10.1, 11.1

  Magnuson, John

  Magnuson, Warren, 3.1, 19.1

  Maguire, Richard, 10.1, 13.1, 24.1

  Making of the President, 1960, The (White), 5.1

  Malaysia, Federation of

  Malechek, Dale, 8.1, 21.1, 21.2

  Malechek, Jewel

  Manatos, Mike, 13.1, 19.1

  Manchester, William, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1

  Mankiewicz, Frank

  Mann, Thomas C., 24.1, 25.1

  Mansfield, Mike, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, 10.2, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3

  Dodd’s criticism of

  LBJ’s power grab and, 6.1, 6.2

  Mundt amendment and, 16.1, 16.2

  Marks, Leonard, 3.1, 3.2

  Marsh, Charles, 1.1, 1.2

  Marshall, Burke, 8.1, 9.1, 23.1

  Martin, John Bartlow, 4.1, 8.1, 24.1

  Martin, Louis

  Martin, William McChesney

  Maryland, 3.1, 10.1

  Massachusetts

  Mayer, Margaret, 21.1, 21.2

  Mazo, Earl

  McCall’s

  McCammon, Vicky, 21.1, 21.2

  McCarthy, Eugene

  McCarthy, Joseph, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1

  McClellan, John, 3.1, 10.1, 18.1, 19.1

  McClellan Committee, 3.1, 8.1

  McClendon, Sarah, 3.1, 3.2, 10.1

  McCloskey, Matthew, 4.1, 4.2, 10.1, 11.1

  McCloskey & Company

  McCloy, John J., 17.1, 17.2, 17.3

  McCone, John, 8.1, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 21.1, 24.1

  McCormack, John W., 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 18.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 21.1

  McCracken, Tracy, 3.1, 3.2

  McCulloch, William M., 20.1, 20.2, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3

  McDonald, Admiral

  McDonald, David, 4.1, 16.1, 20.1

  McDowell, Bart

  McFarland, Ernest

  McGrory, Mary, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 5.2, 10.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1, 24.1

  McHugh, Godfrey, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2

  McIntyre, Thomas J., 10.1, 16.1

  McKinley, William

  McKinnon, Clinton D.

  McMahon, Pat “Pappy,”

  McNamara, Robert, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 19.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 24.1, 25.1

  bases closings issue and

  Cuban Missile Crisis and, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

  JFK assassination and, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1

  LBJ’s transportation issue and, 7.1, 8.1

  Vietnam conflict and, 16.1, 21.1, 21.2

  McPherson, Harry, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 16.1

  Means, Marianne

  Meany, George, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3

  LBJ’s telephone conversation with

  Medicaid, itr.1, 26.1

  Medicare, itr.1, 18.1, 26.1

  Meet the Press

  Meredith, James, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

  Mesta, Perle

  Metcalf, Lee

  Meyner, Robert, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2

  Miami Herald

  Michigan, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2

  Mid-Atlantic Stainless Co. Inc.


  Mikoyan, Anastas, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4

  Miles, Marvin

  Military Air Transport Service (MATS), 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

  Miller, Fishbait

  Miller, Loye, 16.1, 16.2

  Miller, Merle

  Miller, Ray

  Mills, Wilbur

  minimum wage, 18.1, 21.1

  Minnesota, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Mississippi, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2

  civil rights violence in

  Meredith crisis in, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

  Missouri, 3.1, 5.1

  Mitchell, Andrea

  Mitchell, Clarence, 19.1, 20.1, 23.1

  Model Cities

  Mohole (ocean drilling project)

  Mollenhoff, Clark, 10.1, 10.2

  Mongoose, Operation, 8.1, 24.1, 24.2

  Monroney, Mike, 3.1, 23.1

  Montana, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

  Mooney, Booth, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1

  Morgenthau, Robert, 8.1, 24.1

  Morse, Wayne, 8.1, 10.1

  Moss, Frank Edward

  Moursund, A. W., 21.1, 21.2, 21.3

  Moursund & Ferguson

  Moyers, Bill, 4.1, 5.1, 8.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 17.1, 21.1, 25.1, 25.2

  Forty Acres Club incident and

  on LBJ’s transformed demeanor

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

  Mundt, Karl E., 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 18.1, 20.1, 23.1

  Murphy, Bruce

  Murphy, George

  Murrow, Edward R., 3.1, 4.1, 4.2

  Mutual Contempt (Shesol), 8.1

  Nashville Tennessean

  Nathan, Robert

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 6.1, 23.1

  National Aeronautics and Space Council, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 3.1, 3.2, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 23.1

  St. Augustine dinner episode and

  National Bank of Commerce (Houston)

  National Broadcasting Company

  National Council of Churches, 20.1, 23.1

  National Guard, Alabama

  National Guard, Mississippi

  National Interreligious Convocation

  National Opinion Research Center

  National Press Club, 10.1, 21.1

  National Science Foundation

  National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM), 9.1, 16.1, 21.1

  National Security Council, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 13.1, 24.1

  National Urban League, 16.1, 20.1

  National Youth Administration (NYA), 21.1, 21.2

  Navy, U.S.

  NBC

  Nelson, Richard H.

  Neustadt, Richard, itr.1, 6.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

  Nevada

  Neville, Mike

  New Deal, 1.1, 9.1, 16.1, 18.1, 21.1, 21.2

  New Frontier, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 16.1

  New Hampshire, 13.1, 24.1

  New Jersey

  New Mexico, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1

  New Republic

  Newsweek, itr.1, 1.1, 4.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 16.1, 16.2, 20.1, 21.1, 25.1