JFK’s distrust of, 216
and Operation Northwoods, 95–97, 100
and test ban treaty, 23, 100, 160
and Vietnam, 57–58, 59, 61, 63, 105–6, 143
Katzenbach, Nicholas, 29–30, 311, 355
Kaysen, Carl, 251
Kazin, Alfred, xii–xiii, 125–27
Keeler, Christine, 80, 81
Kellerman, Roy, 341, 344, 346
Kelly, Gene, 236
Kennan, George, 268
Kennedy, Arabella, 11, 73
Kennedy, Caroline, 5, 108, 222
birth of, 11, 40
and her father, 21, 88, 150, 171, 195, 209, 230, 269, 296–97, 303, 329, 360
and her mother, 237–38, 361
in photographs, 71–72, 92, 286, 287, 361
schooling of, 288–89
Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 5, 18, 21, 42, 51, 52, 136, 153
Kennedy, Ethel, 69, 327
Kennedy, Eunice, 152, 168, 264
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier:
and Arabella, 11, 73
arts and cultural interests of, 72, 254, 256, 289
and Caroline, see Kennedy, Caroline
and Dallas, 128, 342–46
death of, 362
and family gatherings, 152, 215
fashion taste of, 43–44, 212, 328, 336, 342
and Greek cruise, 89–90, 120, 148, 174–75, 201–2, 209, 220, 223, 230, 231–32, 247
and health issues, 34, 36, 39
and JFK’s death, 150, 346–49, 353, 360–62
on JFK’s personality, xii, 16, 28, 69
JFK’s relationship with, 4, 19, 45, 71, 83, 169, 231–32, 244, 287, 296, 299, 304, 331, 342, 361, 362
and John Jr., see Kennedy, John F., Jr.
and Johnson, 139, 255, 316, 357
and media interviews, 248, 249, 326
in Morocco, 232, 236
in Newport, 172
and Patrick, 4, 11–13, 17, 19, 40–41, 89, 235, 244, 255, 303, 304, 327
personal traits of, 69–71
photographs of, 21, 71–72, 286
and politics, 279, 295, 318, 357
and pregnancies, 5, 11, 22, 89
and reelection, 250, 292, 304, 318, 321
and Selassie’s visit, 205–6
and Texas tour, 128, 247, 255, 304, 316, 321, 325, 328, 329, 331–32, 334–36, 338–46
and Virginia house (Wexford), 43, 262–65, 286–87, 303
and wedding anniversary, 163, 170–71
Kennedy, Joan, 153
Kennedy, John F.:
achievements of, 353–54, 362
ambition of, 129–30, 132, 354
on art and civilization, 256–61
assassination in thoughts of, 148–51, 253, 312, 316, 340
assassination of, 346, 347–53, 361
books read by, 72–74, 184–85
childhood illness of, 14
doodles and notes of, 17, 65–66, 114–15, 142, 325, 335
election campaign (1960), 135–36, 199, 200, 332
election of, 21, 110, 111, 130, 151
and emotions, 17–19, 21, 31, 32, 70, 71
and ethical standards, 26–30, 271, 285
and fatherhood, 4, 5, 11, 171, 209–10, 215, 222, 230–31, 296–97, 303
funeral of, 349–50, 357
great men admired by, 83–84, 128–30, 178, 256, 285, 354
health of, 32–39, 70, 82, 120, 129, 131, 137, 145, 151, 224, 235, 296, 353
inauguration of, 18, 29, 57, 108, 130, 131, 256
interest in history, 125–34, 136, 181, 225, 268, 281, 285, 355, 362
international reactions to death of, 348–50
media stories about, 34, 68–69, 87, 119, 126–27, 132, 139, 158, 301, 314–15, 320
memoirs planned by, 24, 129, 258, 281–82, 355
memorials to, 350–53
and money matters, 43–44, 68
nation mourning for, 347–53
in the Navy, 44, 216, 217
and Patrick’s death, 17–18, 31, 240, 244, 280, 303
personal traits of, xii–xiii, 3, 6, 14–15, 68–71, 126, 224, 228–29, 267, 297, 343, 354
portraits and photographs of, ix–xi, xiii, 21, 71–72, 91–92, 269, 286–87, 326, 327, 350, 362
post–White House plans of, 154
press conferences of, 76–77, 166–68, 221, 295, 299
public image of, 7, 181, 224, 228, 293
and Pulitzer Prize, 354, 355
and reelection, 64, 144–45, 155, 178, 179, 183, 193, 196, 197, 200, 210–11, 221–22, 233–34, 260, 273–74, 291–94, 295, 317–18, 320–21, 330
and religion, 16–17, 135, 199, 292, 354
rituals and ceremonies, 146, 187, 214, 288, 290
speeches by, 4, 7, 8–11, 28, 29, 56, 59, 77, 102, 107, 108, 130, 131, 160, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 182–83, 194–95, 196–200, 223, 239, 242, 256–61, 281, 285, 301–2, 307, 312, 315–16, 333, 354
temper of, 41–42, 58
in Texas, see Dallas; Texas
and Vietnam, see Vietnam; Vietnam War
and Western U.S. trip, 144–45, 193–201, 239
womanizing of, 11, 15, 31, 35, 38, 70, 79–87, 129, 261–62, 275, 284
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 222–23, 237
birth of, 4, 11, 12, 18, 40, 89
and his father, 4, 5, 171, 209–10, 269, 282, 296, 303, 329, 330, 360–61
in photographs, 71–72, 220, 222, 230–31, 286, 287, 317, 361
and salute, 287, 288, 361
Kennedy, Joseph P., 14
birthday party for, 151–54
and family, 17, 19, 40, 42, 151–54, 269
influence on JFK, 20, 27, 153, 241, 275, 284, 310
and prejudice, 42, 51–52, 53
stroke and incapacity of, 152, 153, 241
and wealth, 42
and women, 82, 163
Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 18, 20–21, 150, 152, 217, 306, 325
Kennedy, Kathleen, 21, 150, 152
Kennedy, Patricia, 40
Kennedy, Patrick:
birth of, 3, 4, 11–12, 40
death of, 17–18, 19, 21, 31, 45, 71, 88–89, 90, 148, 163, 171, 194, 201, 235, 240, 244, 280, 296, 303, 304, 327
respiratory distress syndrome of, 12–14, 15–16
Kennedy, Robert F.:
and Adams, 25–26
as attorney general, 26, 27, 29, 152
and Baker, 219, 266–67
and civil rights, 9, 113, 173, 181, 188, 234
and Cuba, 184, 192, 322, 358
and family matters, 11, 15
and health issues, 40
and his brother, xii, 4, 18, 144, 152, 215, 354–55, 362
and his brother’s womanizing, 79–80, 81, 261–62
and Johnson, 140, 302–3
and Lodge, 50, 52
and the presidency, 154
and reelection, 291, 302–3
resignation of, 355
and Soviet Union, 94–95, 98, 285, 303
and Texas tour, 283, 327, 334
and Vietnam, 54, 55, 143, 206, 271, 282, 360
and White House bugs, 23, 24
and women, 229
Kennedy, Rose, 40, 42–43, 73
Kennedy, Rosemary, 20
Kennedy family:
photographs of, 71–72, 91–92, 151–52, 286–87
as “royal family,” 254
wealth of, 42–44, 194
Kennedy Library, 202, 288, 355, 362
Keynesian economics, 177
Khiem, General, 117–18
Khrushchev, Nikita, 72, 93–95, 200
and arms race, 8, 94, 225
/> and Berlin, 58, 89
and Cuba, 59, 94–95, 102, 191, 192
and détente, 93, 183, 225–27, 303, 321
and Frost, 257
and hotline, 93, 225
and JFK’s death, 349, 354, 357
secret contacts with, 9, 22, 59, 93, 105
and space, 103, 223, 225
and test ban treaty, 22, 93, 100–101, 160, 165, 225, 227
and Vienna summit (1961), 16, 103, 357
Khrushchev, Sergei, 100
Kiernan, Thomas, 18, 52, 235
King, Coretta Scott, 110
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 8, 24
and Birmingham, 180, 184, 189, 227
“I have a dream,” 108–9
imprisonment of, 110
and March on Washington, 107–9
at White House meetings, 109–12, 181–82
Klejman, John, 163–64, 170, 182
Knebel, Fletcher, 27, 68–69
and Seven Days in May, 95–99
Knudsen, Robert, 185
Kohler, Foy, 175
Kraft, Joseph, 7
Kraus, Hans, 37–39, 120–21, 138, 145, 235
Krulak, Victor, 105, 106, 143, 161–62, 188, 206, 270
Ku Klux Klan, 172, 227, 313
Landis, James, 29–30, 119
Lanigan, James, 113
Laos, 57–58, 63, 75, 102, 159, 217, 360
Lasky, Victor, JFK: The Man and the Myth, 159, 164, 167
Lattre de Tassigny, Bernard de, 55
Lawrence, David, 275
Lawrence, William, 150
Lawton, Agent, 313
Lazarus, Emma, 157
League of Nations, 22
Lechuga, Carlos, 183–84, 190–92, 202, 283, 321, 357
Lecouvreur, Adrienne, 73
Lemass, Seán, 235–36
LeMay, Curtis, 59, 95, 97–98, 99, 165
Lemnitzer, Lyman, 57, 96, 165
Lenin, V. I., 81, 129
Lewis, Anthony, 234, 270
Lewis and Clark, 103, 308
Libonati, Roland, 269
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 30, 194, 214–16
Lincoln, Abraham:
assassination of, 130, 149, 348
and cabinet, 61
and civil rights, 109, 111
and greatness, 128, 130, 132
speeches of, 8, 17
and White House, 361
Lincoln, Evelyn, 24, 246, 281
and election campaign, 144, 158, 291, 295–96, 313, 317, 318
and family matters, 4, 5, 13–14, 17, 206, 209, 220, 269, 296–97
and JFK’s privacy, xii, 296, 354–55
notes and doodles saved by, 17, 115, 202, 261, 266, 269
and Texas tour, 324, 329
and White House visitors, 112, 162
Lisager, Peter, 196, 200
Little Big Horn, 199
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.:
as ambassador to South Vietnam, 49–51, 64, 65–67, 76, 78, 137, 162, 176–77, 188, 322, 328, 358
and Cable 243, 90–91, 92, 106, 118, 121, 270, 271
and coup, 92, 106, 117–19, 121, 176–77, 213, 248, 254, 270–73, 279–81
and family rivalry, 51–54, 55, 353
parallels to JFK’s life, 53–54
and UN, 51, 66
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Sr., 51–52, 53
Louchheim, Katie, 179–80, 228
Lowe, Jacques, 71
Luce, Clare Boothe, 82, 85, 229
Luce, Henry, 301
Lyautey, Hubert, 302
MacArthur, Douglas, 59–60, 181, 241
McCarran-Walter Immigration and Nationality Act (1952), 156
McCarthy, Joe (reporter), 51
McCarthy, Joseph (senator), 15, 64
McCloskey, Matthew, 42, 169
McCone, John, 90, 159, 192, 271, 280, 282, 290
McCulloch, William, 234, 255
Macdonald, Torbert, 248–49, 280, 302, 310
McHugh, Godfrey, 41, 342
McKinley, William, 149
McKissick, Floyd, 115
McMahon, Margaret “Miggie,” 14
Macmillan, Harold, 80, 82, 222, 223, 254
McMillan, Priscilla, 83
McNamara, Robert S., 24, 27, 90, 91
and cold war, 159, 165, 166
and Cuba, 95, 98
and defense spending, 310–11
and Johnson, 355
and space, 103, 175
and Vietnam, 57, 60, 63, 105–6, 143, 162, 176–77, 187, 188, 206–9, 212–13, 270–71, 280, 282, 331, 359, 360
McPherson, Harry C., Jr., 139
McSorley, Father Richard, 235, 244, 361
Maguire, Richard, 291
Mahoney, Florence, 297
Mahoney, William, 319–21
Mailer, Norman, xii, xiii, 69
Malaya, British forces in, 61
Malraux, André, 255
Manhattan Project, 307
Mansfield, Joe, 198
Mansfield, Mike, 195–96, 201, 356
and Baker scandal, 218, 266–68, 275
JFK’s visit to father of, 198, 267
and test ban treaty, 23, 196, 214
and Vietnam, 61–62, 64, 75–76, 79, 137, 138, 158, 358
Mansfield, Patrick, 198
Marshall, Burke, 173, 188–89
Marshall Plan, 285
Martin, Joan Carol, 326
Martin, John Bartlow, 113
Mauldin, Bill, 348
media:
and Castro, 67, 191
interviews with Jacqueline, 248, 249, 326
and JFK, 34, 68–69, 87, 119, 126–27, 132, 139, 158, 301, 314–15, 320
JFK’s press conferences, 76–77, 166–68, 221, 295, 299
and Nixon, 127, 136
television news, 135–37
Medicare, 311, 355
Melbourne, Lord, 228
Mendenhall, Joseph, 143, 161–62, 270
Meredith, James, 111
Merrill’s Marauders, 63
Meyer, Mary, 83, 194, 280
Micronesia, polio in, 282
Mikoyan, Anastas, 349, 357
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 238
Miller, Chester, 24
Mills, Wilbur, 210, 332
Milteer, Joseph, 312
Minh, Duong Van “Big Minh,” 280, 281
Mollenhoff, Clark, 261, 262
Monnet, Jean, 128, 349–50
Morrison, Kay, 260
Morrissey, Francis, 19, 27
Morse, Wayne, 323, 359
Moses, Robert, 300
Mudd, Roger, 136
Mueller, George, 305–6
Mumford, Lewis, 257
Munich agreement (1938), 99
Murphy, Charles, 311
NAACP, 107, 234, 320, 332
Nagasaki, Japan, 77
Nagler, Willibrand, 120–21
Napoléon Bonaparte, 129
NASA, 103, 104, 175, 305–9
National Library Week, 184
National Origins Act (NOA) (1924), 155–56
National Poultry and Egg Board, 318
National Security Council (NSC), 161
National Turkey Foundation, 318–19
Nation of Immigrants, A (JFK), 156–57
NATO, 225
Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NES), 164–66
New Deal, 194
New Frontier, 28, 103, 193
Newman, Larry, 11–12, 72, 149, 241, 275
Newport, Rhode Island, 169–73
Newton, Frank, 189–90
Nhu, Madame, 62, 65, 67, 178, 2
29, 248, 280
Nhu, Ngo Dinh, 62, 65, 137, 142
and Buddhists, 78, 137
and Cable 243, 90–91, 92
and coup, 66, 92, 118, 143, 162, 188, 206, 249, 272, 279–81
death of, 280–81, 282
Nixon, Richard M., 35n, 56, 221
and elections, 133, 145, 178, 233, 361
and family, 230
Ford’s pardon of, 26
and Lodge, 52, 54
and media, 127, 136
TV debates with, 76, 108, 265
and White House tapes, 24
Nkrumah, Kwame, 319
Nolting, Frederick, Jr., 60, 61–62, 76
Nolting, Richard, 118
North Vietnam, see Vietnam War
Oberdorfer, Dan, 266, 267
O’Brien, Lawrence, 45, 240, 291, 337
O’Connor, Frank, 333
O’Donnell, Ken, 24, 37, 45, 50, 52, 97, 142, 148, 180, 240
and Baker scandal, 261, 267
and Johnson, 138, 302, 355
and reelection, 291
and test ban treaty, 215
and Texas tour, 327, 329, 341–42
and Vietnam, 62, 64, 137
O’Leary, James B., 14, 15
O’Leary, Muggsy, 44–45, 209
Olivier, Sir Laurence, 349
Onassis, Aristotle, 89–90, 120, 148, 175, 201, 202, 247, 250, 328
Operation Aphrodite, 20
Operation Northwoods, 95–97, 100
Ormsby-Gore, David, 7, 15, 254, 255, 284–85, 350, 353
Orwell, George, 351
Palmer, Arnold, 91
Panama Canal, 307
Pavlick, Richard, 148–49
Peace Corps, 159, 351
Pearson, Drew, 34, 89
Pell, Claiborne, 170, 172
Pellegriti, Thomas, 240
Pentagon:
and Bay of Pigs, 6
and cold war, 166
and Vietnam, 61, 64, 106, 166, 177, 188
Pentagon Papers, 35n, 360
Pereira, Father Albert, 287
Peterson, Esther, 229–30
Petrie, Richard, 12
Pham Ngoc Thao, 248
Philadelphia, campaigning in, 273–74
Pinchot, Gifford, Jr., 194
Pinchot, Ruth, 194
Polk, James K., 133
Powers, Dave, 201, 213
and campaigns, 196, 302, 330
and crowds, 149, 196, 316, 334
as JFK’s buddy, 5–6, 15, 24, 44, 45, 150, 180, 215, 240, 310, 326, 342
and Johnson, 138, 302, 355
presidency:
and assassination, 130, 148–51, 253, 312–13, 332, 346, 347
avoiding war, 100–101, 134, 209
crucial qualities of, 132–33
executive powers of, 296
history’s ranking of, 127–28, 130, 132–33, 178, 354
and press conferences, 166–67
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