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Bobby Kennedy

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by Chris Matthews

Batista, Fulgencio, 189, 190

  Bayh, Birch, 258

  Bay of Pigs, 203–6, 216, 220, 225, 226, 232–33, 236

  Beck, 146, 147, 149–51, 155, 156, 158

  Bedford-Stuyvesant, 280–81

  Belafonte, Harry, 199, 207, 209, 240, 241, 312

  Bell, David, 237

  Berlin, 72, 80, 226, 228, 229, 245, 259

  Bethlehem Steel, 217

  Billings, Lem, 5, 45, 47, 59, 60, 62, 67, 119, 151, 157, 254

  Birmingham, Ala., 234, 238–41, 243, 244

  Bissell, Richard, 203, 205

  Blitz, 40

  Blough, Roger, 217

  Bolshakov, Georgi, 226–27, 231

  Boston Globe, 43

  Boston Museum of Science, 273

  Boston Post, 65, 114–15

  Boynton v. Virginia, 206

  Bradlee, Ben, 172, 235

  Branigin, Roger, 328

  Braun, Eva, 57

  Brazil, 277

  Breslin, Jimmy, 278

  Britain, see Great Britain

  Brown, Edmund G. “Pat,” 201, 280

  Brown v. Board of Education, 241

  Buchan, John, 337

  Buchanan, Pat, 333

  Bunche, Ralph, 81–82

  Bundy, McGeorge, 226–28, 251

  Burns, James McGregor, 127

  Cabot, George, 85

  California primary, 311, 319, 330, 333, 340

  Campbell, Judith, 219, 220

  Camus, Albert, 278–79

  Canada, 273–74, 339–40

  capital punishment, 278–79

  Caplin, Mortimer, 212

  Capone, Al, 158, 212

  Carlyle, Thomas, 331

  Caro, Robert, 236

  Castro, Fidel, 189–90, 203–6, 220, 232–33

  Operation Mongoose and, 226

  Catholics, Catholicism, 24, 29, 250, 286, 296–97

  Communism and, 74, 111

  Diem and, 248

  Ethel Kennedy and, 75

  Eugene McCarthy and, 74, 118

  Irish, 9, 10, 19–21, 33, 54, 111, 267

  JFK and, 20–21, 132, 137–38, 165–68, 176, 185–86, 197, 209, 254, 286

  Joseph McCarthy and, 109–11, 118

  New York Times and, 278

  in Poland, 260

  Republican, 167–69

  RFK and, 6, 21, 24–25, 38, 74, 141–42, 186, 296–97

  Roosevelt and, 30, 41–42, 74, 101, 132

  Smith and, 20

  Catholic Worker movement, 279

  Cavalier Daily, 80

  CBS, 122–23, 168, 186, 188, 253, 294, 305, 312, 334

  Chamberlain, Neville, 27, 34, 35, 39, 41, 179, 283

  Chancellor, John, 196

  Chavez, Cesar, 283–84, 296

  Chavez, Helen, 283

  Chicago Herald-American, 57, 59

  Chile, 277

  Chiltern Hundreds, The, 73

  China, 75–76, 79, 101, 111, 189, 283

  British trade with, 113–14

  Churchill, Winston, 34–35, 40, 41, 71

  CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 280

  Cuba and, 190, 203–5, 219–20, 228

  City Club, 327

  civil rights, 137, 191–92, 238–47

  Birmingham and, 234, 238–41, 243, 244

  Boynton v. Virginia, 206

  Brown v. Board of Education, 241

  Civil Rights Act, 246, 260–61, 262

  Evers murder, 246–47

  Freedom Riders, 206–9, 216, 242

  JFK and, 4, 16, 191–94, 245–47, 260

  Justice Department and, 214–15, 239, 242, 244

  Little Rock High School, 221

  RFK and, 13, 16–17, 191, 193–94, 207–9, 213–15, 220–23, 238–47, 266, 279, 280, 285–86, 310, 322

  sit-ins, 191

  University of Alabama and, 244–45, 322

  University of Mississippi and, 210, 220–23, 240

  Vietnam War and, 242, 245, 246, 322

  Wallace and, 243–45

  Civil War, 86, 243, 299

  Clark, Joseph, 295

  Clark, Kenneth, 241

  Clifford, Clark, 202, 315

  Clinton, Bill, 306

  Cohn, Roy, 112–22, 124–26

  Cold War, 72, 74, 75, 78, 82, 122, 189, 232, 248

  Coles, Robert, 296–97

  College of the Holy Cross, 10

  Committee on Government Operations, 110

  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 110, 112–26, 131, 145, 147, 178, 278

  Communists, Communism, 80, 113, 211, 303

  Army and, 118, 120–23

  Catholics and, 74, 111

  Eugene McCarthy and, 74

  Hiss and, 76–77

  JFK and, 76, 80

  Joseph McCarthy and, 77, 80, 102–3, 110, 111, 117–23, 128, 283

  King and, 247

  National Security Council report on, 77–78

  Nixon and, 76–77, 190

  Oswald and, 260

  RFK and, 74–75, 226, 247, 249, 277, 282

  Roosevelt and, 30

  Truman and, 76, 78, 80, 101

  in Vietnam, 248, 249

  see also China; Cuba; Soviet Union

  Congo, 286

  Connally, John, 176, 182

  Connor, Eugene “Bull,” 238

  Constitution, 82, 284, 286

  Coolidge, Calvin, 27

  Corbin, Paul, 168, 214, 256–57, 267–68

  CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), 206, 242

  Crash of 1929, 28–30

  crime:

  juvenile delinquency and, 212–13

  organized, 211–12, 218–20

  Cronkite, Walter, 168, 253, 312–13

  Cuba, 189–90, 203–6, 219–20, 225–33, 248

  Bay of Pigs invasion of, 203–6, 216, 220, 225, 226, 232–33, 236

  Missile Crisis in, 4, 226–33, 237, 266

  RFK and, 204–6, 219–20, 226–33, 236, 266

  Soviet Union and, 189, 206, 225–33

  Curley, James Michael, 28, 89

  Cushing, Richard, 6, 117

  Czechoslovakia, 34, 35, 39, 79

  Daily Tar Heel, 299

  Daily Worker, 121–22

  Daladier, Édouard, 34, 41

  Daley, Chuck, 302

  Dalton, Mark, 91, 97

  Danachair, Caoimhín Ó, 37

  Dante Alighieri, 255

  Darden, Colgate W., 81–82

  Davis, Jefferson, 243

  Day, Dorothy, 279, 296

  Definition of Communism (Schine), 113

  de Gaulle, Charles, 290

  Democratic National Committee (DNC), 256, 257

  Democratic National Conventions:

  of 1932, 29

  of 1956, 132–40

  of 1960, 160, 176, 178–82, 305

  of 1964, 257, 261–65

  of 1968, 11, 319, 341

  Democrats, 2, 9, 74, 86–87, 90, 99–100, 103, 105, 109–10

  Depression, Great, 28, 30, 57, 283

  Des Moines Register and Tribune, 145

  Dever, Paul, 87, 93, 99–101, 104, 105, 108

  Dewey, Thomas E., 73–74

  Dillon, Douglas, 237

  Dioguardi, John (“Johnny Dio”), 158

  Dirksen, Herbert von, 33

  DiSalle, Michael, 164–66

  Doar, John, 208, 214

  Dobrynin, Anatoly, 231, 233

  Dodd, Tom, 116

  Donovan, James B., 232

  Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 102

  Douglas, William O., 81

  Duff, James, 151

  Dutton, Fred, 201, 302

  Edelman, Peter, 266, 284

  Edmondson, J. Howard, 138

  Edwards, India, 176

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 9, 86, 90, 101, 104, 105, 108, 109, 117, 131–32, 134, 143, 162, 178, 188, 190, 195, 199, 221

  elections:

  of 1928, 19–20

  of 1940, 41–43

  of 1948, 73–74

  of 1952, 104

  of 1956, 132–40
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br />   of 1960, 2, 9, 143, 165–73, 170, 175–83, 185–97, 305

  of 1964, 237, 256–58

  of 1968, 2–4, 10, 302, 304–7, 309–15, 317–29, 330, 331–37, 338, 341

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 342

  Enemy Within, The (Kennedy), 157–58, 197

  Evers, Medgar, 246–47

  ExComm, 228–30, 237

  Face the Nation, 305

  “Family in Irish Tradition, The” (Danachair), 37

  Farley, James, 42

  farmworkers, 283–84

  Faubus, Orval, 136

  Fay, Paul “Red,” 61–63, 161, 195–96, 200

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 211–12, 217–19, 247

  Hoffa and, 149, 150

  King and, 247–48

  Fire Next Time, The (Baldwin), 241

  Fisher, Fred, 124

  Fitzgerald, John F. “Honey Fitz,” 17–18, 27–28, 86

  Flanagan, Francis “Flip,” 112

  Fleeson, Doris, 114

  food stamps, 295

  Forrestal, James, 58

  Frankfurter, Felix, 76

  Freedom Riders, 206–9, 216, 242

  Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 16–17

  Frost, Robert, 265

  Fuchs, Klaus, 79–80

  Fulbright, J. William, 281–82

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 284

  Garner, John Nance, 29

  Germany, 71, 228

  Berlin, 72, 80, 226, 228, 229, 245, 259

  Nazi, 32–35, 39–41, 79

  Giancana, Salvatore “Sam,” 158, 212, 218–20

  GI Bill, 89–90

  Glenn, Annie, 341

  Glenn, John, 310, 341–42

  Goldwater, Barry, 108, 147, 237, 258, 261, 262

  Goodwin, Richard, 167, 170, 195, 302, 306, 314, 328–29, 333, 336

  Gore, Albert, Sr., 137–39

  Go Tell It on the Mountain (Baldwin), 241

  Graham, Frank, 301

  Graham, Phil, 178

  Great Britain, 72

  Chinese trade with, 113–14

  Germany and, 32–35, 39–41

  Great Depression, 28, 30, 57, 283

  Greater Houston Ministerial Association, 185

  gun control, 332

  Guthman, Ed, 146–47, 149–51, 155, 156, 178, 204, 214, 222, 229, 235, 243, 246, 250, 254, 257–59, 262, 265–68

  Hackett, Dave, 47–48, 53–54, 56–58, 163–64, 177, 196, 213, 320, 336

  Hall, Robert, 121–22

  Hamlet (Shakespeare), 317

  Hansberry, Lorraine, 241, 243

  Hardball, 188

  Harlow, Dick, 65, 68

  Harrington, Michael, 279

  Harter, John, 188

  Hartington, William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of, 73

  Harvard University, 102

  RFK at, 50, 53–54, 56, 64–69, 74

  Harwood, Richard, 322, 336

  Hatcher, Richard, 328

  Hearst, William Randolph, 29

  Helms, Richard, 228

  Hersey, John, 64

  Herter, Christian, 108–9

  Hewitt, Don, 186

  Hiroshima, 58, 75

  Hiss, Alger, 76–77, 103

  Hitler, Adolf, 32–35, 39–41, 57, 58, 80, 86

  appeasement of, 34, 35, 39, 41, 80, 179, 229, 283

  Ho Chi Minh, 88, 283, 311

  Hoffa, Jimmy, 147, 152–53, 188, 193

  RFK and, 149–50, 152–58, 163, 168, 188, 212

  Hood, James, 244–45

  Hoover, Herbert, 19, 20, 27–28

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 149, 211–13, 219–20, 247, 250, 300

  Hoover Commission, 118–19

  Horne, Lena, 241

  House Education and Labor Committee, 72

  Hugo, Victor, 175

  Humphrey, Hubert, 137, 139, 262, 282, 301, 323, 336, 340

  Johnson and, 263, 323, 340

  in 1960 elections, 165–73, 186, 187

  RFK’s campaign and, 323

  war record of, 170–71

  Humphrey, Muriel, 173

  Image of America and the Youth of the World, The, 294

  India, 286

  Indianapolis, 324–27

  Indiana primary, 328

  Ireland, 15–17, 20, 29–30

  Great Famine in, 15, 19

  Irish Americans, 16–18, 102, 216, 286

  Crash of 1929 and, 28

  Irish Catholics, 9, 10, 19–21, 33, 54, 111, 267

  see also Catholics, Catholicism

  IRS (Internal Revenue Service), 212

  Issues and Answers, 335

  Jackson, Gardner “Pat,” 103

  Jackson, Henry “Scoop,” 117, 124–25, 178, 262, 264

  Jackson Daily News, 221

  Japan, 79

  atomic bombing of, 58, 75

  Javits, Jacob, 101–2

  Jews, 33–35, 186

  Joseph Kennedy Sr. and, 33–34, 101–2

  John Paul II, Pope, 260

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 9, 112, 123, 162, 225, 299

  Corbin and, 256–57

  draft and, 293–94

  “Dump Johnson” movement, 301–2, 304, 318

  Eugene McCarthy and, 2, 4, 304–6, 322–23

  Great Society programs of, 279, 280

  Humphrey and, 263, 323, 340

  JFK and, 108, 132, 139, 137, 162–63, 174, 175–80

  as JFK’s running mate, 178–83, 196–97

  Joseph Kennedy Sr. and, 132, 139, 162, 179

  McCarthy and, 2, 4

  in 1960 presidential elections, 170, 177

  in 1964 presidential elections, 256–58, 261–64

  in 1968 presidential elections, 2, 4, 302, 305–6, 313–14, 317–20, 322–23

  presidency of, 1, 3, 255–57

  renomination rejected by, 322

  RFK and, 1–2, 4, 108, 112–13, 137, 162–63, 171, 175–83, 202–3, 236–37, 255–57, 261, 263, 292, 301, 302, 304, 305, 307, 310–12, 314–15, 318–20, 322

  and Roosevelt’s conversation with Joseph Kennedy Sr., 42–43, 112

  Stevenson and, 179–80

  Vietnam War and, 1, 3, 9, 281–83, 289, 291–94, 300–301, 304–5, 310–15, 340

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, 228, 229

  Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 58–59

  Joyce, James, 51

  Justice Department, 209, 212, 257

  civil rights and, 214–15, 239, 242, 244

  Meredith’s letter to, 220–21

  minorities at, 214–15

  RFK as attorney at, 88–89, 96, 97

  RFK as attorney general at, 13, 198, 201–3, 211–23, 235–36, 278

  juvenile delinquency, 212–13

  Kansas State University, 320–21

  Katzenbach, Nicholas, 212, 214, 222, 244, 260

  Keating, Kenneth, 227, 228, 262, 266, 268

  Kefauver, Estes, 132, 135, 137, 138–40, 145–46, 148, 164

  Kefauver Committee, 146

  Kempton, Murray, 149–50

  Kennedy, David, 336

  Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 14, 22, 78, 140, 152, 184, 185, 254–55, 261, 279, 291–92

  in plane crash, 258, 273

  RFK’s presidential campaign and, 302, 306, 309–10, 317–18

  as senator, 272, 274–76

  Kennedy, Ethel Skakel, 11, 62, 69, 71, 75, 76, 82, 96, 97, 99, 120, 129, 150, 200, 230, 250, 255–56, 268, 277, 296, 330, 335–37, 341–42

  Catholicism of, 75

  marriage of, 70, 78–79

  in Poland, 259, 260

  Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 6, 23, 186, 197, 203, 255

  JFK’s assassination and, 251

  marriage of, 117, 141

  stillborn daughter of, 140–41

  Kennedy, Jean, 22–23, 49, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 84, 101, 138, 147

  Kennedy, Joe, Jr., 6, 22, 31–32, 36, 40, 41–42, 65, 73

  death of, 55–57, 60, 72, 73, 166

  Joseph Sr. and, 5, 55–56, 59

  naval service of, 45, 51–52, 54–56

  Navy destroyer named
for, 58–59

  Kennedy, John F., 10, 12–13, 21, 22, 40, 46, 47, 65, 68, 73, 78, 81, 116, 117, 256, 272, 283, 309, 319–20, 336, 337, 338

  Addison’s disease of, 72–73, 88, 89, 127–28, 176–77

  as ambassador’s son, 26, 31

  anti-Communism of, 76, 80

  assassination of, 1, 3, 7–8, 12, 16, 250–51, 253–55, 259–60, 272–73, 276

  Bay of Pigs invasion and, 205, 206

  Berlin and, 259

  Campbell and, 219, 220

  Catholicism of, 20–21, 132, 137–38, 165–68, 176, 185–86, 197, 209, 254, 286

  charisma of, 6–7, 11, 46, 60, 64, 100, 134, 175

  civil rights and, 4, 16, 191–94, 245–47, 260

  in Congress, 72

  Congressional campaign of, 7, 60–64, 68, 164

  Cuban Missile Crisis and, 4, 227–33

  elected president, 197, 199, 213

  entry into politics, 59–60

  funeral for, 252

  illnesses and back problems of, 23, 54, 64, 65, 72–73, 88, 89, 127–28, 176–77

  Joe Jr.’s death and, 56

  Johnson and, 108, 132, 137, 139, 162–63, 174, 175–80

  Johnson as running mate of, 178–83, 196–97

  Joseph McCarthy and, 80, 102–3, 109, 125–27, 166, 167

  Joseph McCarthy’s censure and, 126, 128, 167, 179

  Joseph Sr.’s relationship with, 23, 92, 96

  liberalism and, 103, 127, 167

  marriage of, 117, 141

  Native Americans and, 271

  navy service and heroism of, 45, 51–54, 57, 60, 64, 169

  New Frontier of, 4, 9, 309

  Nixon and, 72, 102–3

  Nixon’s televised debates with, 186–89

  photographs of, 26, 36, 84, 94, 130, 144, 174, 198, 224

  poverty and, 170, 279

  presidential appointments of, 199–201, 237

  presidential campaign of, 9, 143, 175–83, 185–97, 305

  presidential candidacy announced by, 1, 2

  presidential inauguration of, 203, 220, 273–74

  presidential nomination of, 180

  in presidential primaries, 161–73, 177

  Profiles in Courage, 133

  reading of, 23, 46

  RFK as attorney general to, 13, 198, 201–3, 211–23, 235–36, 278

  RFK compared with, 6–7, 13

  RFK’s political partnership with, 7, 10–11, 13

  RFK’s presidential candidacy announcement and, 2–4

  Rose’s relationship with, 23

  Senate campaign of, 84, 85–93, 94, 95–101, 104–5, 107–8, 145

  on Senate Rackets Committee, 144, 147–48

  as senator, 109

  sexual affairs of, 219

  steel industry and, 216–18

  stillborn daughter of, 140–41

  on tour of Europe and Asia, 87–88

  vice presidential nomination sought by, 132–40, 146

  Vietnam and, 248–50, 292, 304–5

  Why England Slept, 41, 44

  Kennedy, Joseph P., Sr., 5, 17–19, 27–35, 36, 47, 51, 65, 67, 73, 109, 117, 135, 138–39, 147, 149, 258, 310, 336

  as ambassador, 26, 31–35, 38–44, 55, 179

 

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