by Nancy Gibbs
as cochair of Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Viet Nam, 188
concealed weapons permit of, 155
creation of “shadow” government considered by, 139–40
Cuban Missile Crisis and, 10, 145, 147–48
death and funeral of, 256–57, 265, 305
defense spending and, 106–7, 144
election of, 53
in election of 1952, 75–76, 77, 78–79, 88–89, 107
European trip of, 69
FDR’s legacy secured by, 4
golf played by, 9
Goodpaster’s briefing of, 176, 179, 183, 184
heart attacks of, 185, 251–52
historians’ ranking of, 152–53
honors bestowed on, 60–61
inauguration of, 5, 92–94
JFK disliked by, 109–10, 159
at JFK’s funeral, 155, 156–58
JFK’s gift of golf balls to, 141–42
at JFK’s inauguration, 124–25
JFK’s lack of respect for, 104–5
JFK’s meetings with, 118–23
Johnson’s senatorial work with, 163–64
Korean War and, 67–68, 91, 93, 94, 175, 177, 189, 242
LBJ given military advice by, 6, 160, 172–85, 186–88
LBJ’s address on JFK assassination drafted by, 6, 163, 165–67
LBJ’s gift of cuff links to, 4, 170
LBJ’s Vietnam policy supported by, 225
Lincoln’s portrait painted by, 525
McCarthy vs., 83–86, 87–88
management style of, 117–18, 150
military management style of, 8
1960 election and, 13
Nixon chosen as running mate by, 377
Nixon on, 261
Nixon’s relationship with, 105–6, 107, 110–11, 226
party affiliation of, 73
popularity of, 106, 110, 185, 251–52, 367
as president of Columbia, 62, 66, 155
prestige of, 524
Reagan’s 1966 California run and, 203–4
self-confidence of, 179
South Vietnam supported by, 171, 181–82
as Supreme Allied Commander, 55, 57–58, 68, 75
Taft’s rumors on, 77
televised address on internationalism by, 70–71
Truman disliked by, 56
Truman given globe by, 61, 90–91
Truman’s attempt to make politician of, 61–63, 72, 73–74, 75–76
Truman’s feud with, 7, 55–56, 95, 96–98, 118, 223
Truman’s first meeting with, 55, 57
Truman’s handoff of presidency to, 89–92, 249
Truman’s invitation to foreign policy meeting to, 80–81
Truman’s offer to be running mate of, 3
use of nuclear weapons considered by, 177
Vietnam unification blocked by, 181
Eisenhower, John, 68, 93, 94, 136, 142, 153
Eisenhower, Mamie, 58, 65, 69, 77, 89, 97, 110, 111, 125, 155, 156, 157, 251, 253, 256
Eisenhower, Milton, 168
Eisenhower library, 142
elections, California:
1960, 193
1962, 193
1966, 200–206
elections, U.S.:
1928, 20
1932, 20
1940, 19, 21
1946, 38–39, 43, 48
1948, 61–64, 376
1952, 51, 55, 75–76, 77, 78–79, 88–89, 107, 295
1956, 96, 295
1960, 13, 95, 101, 103, 107–8, 110–11, 145, 193, 198, 223, 248
1964, 6, 169, 170, 200, 206, 274–75, 277, 375
1966, 224, 225–26, 227
1968, 187, 205, 206–7, 208–17, 221, 227–40, 262, 264, 267, 268, 278, 281, 282, 284, 285, 353, 357
1970, 278, 376–77
1972, 207, 260, 278–81, 283, 284–85
1974, 310
1976, 301, 313, 315–28, 432
1980, 327, 328–36, 353, 355
1988, 365–71
1992, 285, 387, 388, 389, 392–93, 412, 491, 492
2000, 460–62, 463
2004, 10, 486
2008, 13, 507, 508–11
2010, 520
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 456
Ellis, Nancy, 476
Ellison, Ralph, 188
Ellsberg, Daniel, 270, 272, 273, 278
Elson, Edward, 186
Emancipation Proclamation, 177, 522
Emanuel, Rahm, 513, 516
Endara, Guillermo, 401
Enron, 425
Environmental Protection Agency, 513
Ervin, Sam, 288
Europe:
post–World War II food crisis in, 11, 15–16, 17–18, 22–23, 25–27
World War I food crisis in, 17, 19, 30
evangelical Christians, 316
Evans, Rowland, 212
Ewald, William, 84, 89, 95, 123, 185
ExComm, 151
executive branch, Hoover’s
overhauling of, 5–6, 43–46, 48–51
Executive Order 11456, 265
Face the Nation (TV show), 216
Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia, 407–8
Fair Deal, 73
Fay, Red, 110
FBI, 145, 195, 242, 283, 284, 422
LBJ’s request of Nixon wiretapping by, 263, 288–89
Watergate break-in investigated by, 282
Watergate cover-up of, 379
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 497
Federal Reserve, 185, 294
Felt, Mark, 284
financial regulations, 519
Finch, Robert, 202, 204
Finland, 19, 21, 35
First Baptist Church, 100
Fischer, Dean, 324
Flying Tigers, 230
Folliard, Edward, 95, 155
Ford, Betty, 8, 294, 296, 297, 298, 302, 329, 350
Ford, Gerald, 3, 7, 10, 12, 14, 184, 337–38, 354, 379, 380, 381, 409, 411, 417
Carter’s self-promotion disparaged by, 395
censure of Clinton organized by, 291, 454–55
China trip of, 317
in Chowder and Marching Society, 261, 294, 295
Clinton and, 410, 424
death and funeral of, 351, 456
as disrupted by Nixon’s legacy, 301–2, 303–4
as first to stay in Lafayette townhouse, 266
Haig’s meeting on Nixon with, 303–5, 308
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award given to, 312
on loneliness of presidency, 307
at NAFTA event, 426–27
New York Times op-eds on Clinton by, 451–54
in 1976 election, 313, 315–28
at 1976 Republican Convention, 321–25
1980 election and, 314, 328, 329–30
1988 election and, 369
Nixon pardoned by, 13, 291, 302–3, 305–9, 311–12, 353, 526
Nixon’s offer of vice presidency to, 291, 293, 296, 298–301, 308
Nixon’s vice-presidential nominations supported by, 295–96
Panama elections monitored by, 11
as passed over as Nixon’s vice presidential candidate, 291, 293, 296–98
press conference held by, 301–2
radical normalcy of, 8
Reagan considered as vice-presidential candidate by, 321–24
Reagan offered cabinet spot by, 319
Reagan’s offer of vice-presidency nomination to, 330–36
religion of, 337
Rockefeller considered as vice-presidential candidate of, 318–19, 322
at Sadat’s funeral, 337, 339–51
at September 11 memorial, 468
sunny personality of, 295
Ford, Henry, II, 155–56
Ford library, 350
Ford Motor Company, 121
Foreign Affairs, 359
foreign policy, 159–60, 279, 512
Forrestal, James, 66, 104
Fort Chafee, 433
Fox News, 519
France, 408
as defeated in Vietnam, 181
quasi-war with, 3
Franklin, Ben, 63
Frederika, Queen of Greece, 155
Friedman, Thomas, 390
Fritchey, Clayton, 95–96
Fuchs, Klaus, 66
Fulbright, J. William, 132, 163, 188
G7, 416
Gaddafi, Muamar, 343, 344
Gallucci, Robert L., 436, 437, 439
Gallup, George, 31
Gates, Thomas, 121
Gati, Toby, 416, 418
Gavin, Tom, 158
Gelb, Leslie, 264, 270, 390
gender revolution, 316
General Electric, 195
General Electric Theater, 199
General Foods, 31
General Services Administration, 6, 266, 356
Geneva Accords, 181
Geng Hui Jang, 466–67
George Herbert Walker Bush Library, 459
George R. Ford Foundation, 456
Georgia, 383
Gergen, David, 422
Germany, 39
postwar refugees in, 17
Germond, Jack, 367
Gettysburg, Pa., 105, 125, 153, 156, 157, 163, 165, 179, 184, 202, 226, 375, 525
GI Bill, 62
Gingrich, Newt, 452, 509
Girl Scouts, 498
Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961–1969 (David Eisenhower), 136–37
Goldwater, Barry, 169, 172, 197, 200, 206, 317, 375
LBJ’s spying on, 277
in 1968 election, 282
Reagan’s similarity to, 201
Good Morning America, 347
Goodpaster, Andrew, 128–29, 166, 176, 179, 183, 184
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 162, 167, 172, 173, 186, 289–90, 526
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 11, 365, 385, 407
coup against, 386
G. H. W. Bush’s meeting with, 382, 384
Nixon’s view of, 358–61
Reagan’s view of, 358–59
Gore, Al, 428, 441, 442, 444, 453, 462, 463, 517
Gosden, Freeman, 203
government, size of, 43–44
Governor Reagan (Cannon), 206
Graham, Billy, 175, 178, 267, 281, 302, 375, 429, 435, 457
call from Nixon to G. H. W. Bush engineered by, 387
at JFK’s funeral, 155–56
Nixon’s friendship with, 232–34, 280
popularity of, 286
Grandy, Fred, 255
Gray, Gordon, 139, 140, 142
Gray, L. Patrick, 288
Great Britain, 41
Great Debate, 71
Great Depression, 20–21, 47, 104, 194, 327
Great Mississippi Flood, 20
Great Society, 173, 289–90
Greece, 41, 289
Greene, Bob, 261–62
Greenspan, Alan, 332
Gridiron Dinner, 42, 208, 224
Gromyko, Andrei, 360
Guatemala:
Bay of Pigs invaders trained in, 122–23, 127–28, 131
overthrow of government of, 131, 134
guinea worm disease, 399
Gulf War, 12, 383–84, 404–8, 422, 480, 485
G. H. W. Bush’s Presidents Club memo on, 380
Nixon’s desire to drag out, 285
Habitat for Humanity, 399, 434
Hagel, Chuck, 480
Hagerty, James, 168, 169
Haig, Alexander, 270, 285
Ford’s meeting on Nixon with, 303–5, 308
made secretary of state, 356–57
Nixon’s aides given information on Ford by, 306, 308
Nixon’s resignation engineered by, 342
at Sadat’s funeral, 342, 344–45
Sadat’s funeral delegation proposed by, 340, 342
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, 155
Haiti, 427, 442–49
earthquake in, 499–500
Haldeman, H. R., 246, 267, 268, 272, 280, 281, 285
on bombing halt, 263–64, 273–74
G. H. W. Bush criticized by, 377
on Hunt, 277
on Johnson’s collapse, 276
on LBJ’s wiretapping, 287, 288
Watergate break-in and, 282, 284
Hall, Len, 265
Halleck, Charles, 83
Hamburg, Germany, 29
Harlow, Bryce, 117, 164, 165, 184, 223, 237, 238, 246, 275, 276
Harriman, Averell, 72, 88, 189, 234, 236, 523–24
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1
health care system, 62, 418
reform of, 519
health insurance, 29
Helms, Richard, 277
Hersh, Seymour, 243, 284
Hewitt, Edward, 391
Hillings, Patrick, 204
Hiss, Alger, 105, 271, 294, 295
Hitler, Adolf, 21, 85
Ho Chi Minh, 181
Holbrooke, Richard, 238
Holland, 17, 21, 29
Holton, Linwood, 299
Holtzman, Elizabeth, 309
Homeland Security Department, U.S., 471
Hong Kong, 466–67
Hoover, Allan, 154
Hoover, Herbert, 57, 64, 88, 89, 94, 101, 102, 103, 121, 124, 159, 164, 168, 211, 337, 411, 414
Argentina trip of, 36–37
background of, 19
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 135
book on Wilson by, 524
Cuban Missile Crisis and, 147
cuts in American diet requested by, 30, 32
executive branch overhauled by, 5–6, 43–46, 48–51, 68
FDR’s dislike of, 20, 21–22, 48, 89, 120
Germany relief effort organized by, 39–43
historians’ ranking of, 153
isolationism of, 69, 71
1960 election and, 13
Nixon’s visit to JFK facilitated by, 112–13
popular dislike of, 20–21
postwar humanitarian crisis averted by, 11, 15–16, 17–18, 22–23, 25–37, 39–43, 68
Presidents Club started by, 5–6, 14, 15
radio addresses on food crisis by, 34–36
and Truman’s invitation to White House, 22–25, 163
Truman’s political differences with, 5, 47
as upset by JFK’s death, 154
World War I relief efforts of, 17, 19, 30
Hoover, J. Edgar, 163, 248, 273, 283, 287
on JFK assassination, 154–55
LBJ’s praise of, 262–63
Hoover, Lou, 42
Hoover Commission, 6, 44–45, 112
Hoover Dam, 21, 42
Hopper, Hedda, 196
House of Representatives, U.S.
Foreign Affairs Committee of, 40
Judiciary Committee of, 308, 451, 453
Un-American Activities Committee of, 96
see also Senate, U.S.
housing, 29, 62, 181
Hoving, Walter, 151
“How Great Thou Art,” 178
“How to Lose the Cold War” (memo), 388–90, 391
Hughes, Emmet, 83
Hull, Cordell, 21
Humphrey, Hubert, 4, 107, 174, 187, 213
at JFK’s funeral, 162
in 1968 election, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 247–48, 284
1976 election and, 315
Vietnam peace talks and, 237, 238, 247–48
Hungary, 29
Hunt, E. Howard, 277, 282
Huntley, Chet, 279
Hurricane Katrina, 497–99, 515
Hussein, King of Jordan, 349
Hussein, Saddam, 383–84, 404–8, 421, 423, 480
Huston, Tom Charles, 273, 277
Ickes, Harold, 21, 64
Idaho, 215
Illinois, 111, 369, 392
India, 29, 34, 120, 177
Indonesia, 491
industry, 397
inflation, 331
insurance bailouts, 519
International Atomic Energy Agency, 439
International Monetary Fund, 95
Iran, 91, 468
hostage crisis in, 398, 419, 426
Iran-contra scandal, 357–58, 366, 368, 452
Iraq, 383–84, 421–24
Clinton’s attack on, 422–24
no-fly zone over, 422
Iraq War, 13, 424, 470, 475, 482–85, 487, 496, 500, 509
IRS, 166, 283, 356
Isaacson, Walter, 238, 481
isolationism, 69, 71, 392
Israel, 348, 350, 405, 486
Jackson, Jesse, 366
Japan, 26, 27, 34, 58–59, 356
Javits, Jacob, 179
Jefferson, Thomas, 3, 9, 90, 449
Jenner, William, 78, 82–83, 87
John Birch Society, 140, 203–4
John Paul II, Pope, 494
Johns Hopkins University, 179
Johnson, Haynes, 343, 344, 345, 348, 350
Johnson, Lady Bird, 155–56, 167, 174, 180, 226, 229, 249, 251, 266, 268, 290, 363, 459
Johnson, Luci, 252
Johnson, Lynda Bird, 270
Johnson, Lyndon B., 1, 6, 10, 13, 100, 154, 155, 160, 439
address on assassination by, 6, 163, 165–67
approvals rating of, 167, 185, 186
Chennault surveilled by, 242, 244–45, 263, 281, 289
collapse of, 276
death of, 4, 260, 290
depression of, 180
drive of, 513
Eisenhower as similar to, 168
Eisenhower given cuff links by, 4, 170
at Eisenhower’s funeral, 256–57
Eisenhower’s military advice to, 6, 160, 172–85, 186–88
former presidents granted privileges by, 6, 164–65, 251–52
frequent requests of Nixon administration by, 265–66
Goldwater spied on by, 277
Great Society of, 173, 289–90
JFK as envied by, 167
at JFK’s funeral, 155–56
memoirs of, 223
moral qualms about Vietnam of, 180, 185–86, 221
in 1960 election, 108
in 1964 election, 6, 169, 170, 200, 274–75, 277
1968 election and, 213, 221, 227–30, 231–36, 239, 267, 268, 284
1972 campaign and, 278–81
Nixon given cuff links by, 224
Nixon insulted by, 225–27
Nixon refused aid by, 259–60
Nixon’s celebration of sixty-first birthday of, 267
Nixon’s criticism of Vietnam policy of, 224–25
Nixon’s desire for neutrality in 1968 of, 229–30, 232–33, 237–39
Nixon’s transition with, 249–50
Nixon’s two meetings with, 229–30, 262
peace activists opposed by, 276
in Pentagon Papers, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275–76
as Presidents Club’s unofficial secretary, 169–70
self-confidence of, 179
in Senate, 163–64
sixtieth birthday party of, 231
swearing-in of, 159, 161, 162
taping of, 269
Truman visited by, 186
vice presidency hated by, 162