by Nancy Gibbs
Vietnam bombing halt called by, 189, 229, 232, 234–35, 240, 263–64, 273–74, 285
Vietnam peace process and, 221–22, 227–28, 230, 232, 234–49, 266
Vietnam War and, 6, 171, 172–76, 189, 221–22, 224–25, 263, 274–75, 526
vitality of, 525
wiretapping by, 263, 282–83, 287–89
Johnson library, 266–67
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 80, 103, 109, 119, 130, 137, 151, 166, 237, 443
Jonassaint, Emile, 447
Jones, Bobby, 89
Jordan, 349
Jordan, Vernon, 421
Julius Caesar, 524
Justice Department, U.S., 166, 283, 467
Kalb, Marvin, 239, 389
Katrina, Hurricane, 497–99, 515
Keating, Kenneth, 145
Kendall, Don, 268
Kennebunkport, Maine, 493, 515
Kennedy, Caroline, 162, 459
Kennedy, Jacquelyn, 124, 133, 156, 162
Kennedy, John F., 6, 9, 98, 100, 121, 158, 262, 279, 337, 414, 470, 525
approval rating of, 143
assassination of, 6, 100, 154, 159, 161, 162, 282, 375
Bay of Pigs invasion of, 101–2, 122–23, 126–44, 160, 172
Bundy’s memo on methods of, 141
in Cuban Missile Crisis, 10, 145–51, 173
defense spending increased by, 144
denunciation of Catholicism of, 255
Eisenhower given golf balls by, 141–42
Eisenhower not respected by, 104–5
Eisenhower’s dislike of, 109–10, 159
Eisenhower’s meetings with, 118–23
favorite poems of, 151
first State of the Union of, 128
funeral of, 155–56, 165
illnesses of, 104, 105
inauguration of, 92, 123–25
J. Edgar Hoover praised by, 262–63
Khrushchev’s meeting with, 143
LBJ’s envy of, 167
management style of, 8, 116–17, 118, 141, 150
“missile gap” accusation of, 107
moodiness of, 144
narrow victory in 1960 of, 101, 103
at 1960 convention, 197
in 1960 election, 13, 107–8, 111, 198
Nixon on, 261–62
Nixon’s friendship with, 105
Nixon’s post-election visit to, 112–15
in Pentagon Papers, 270
self-confidence of, 179
South Vietnam supported by, 171
taping of, 269
Truman’s opposition to election of, 107–8
Truman’s visit to, 125
young appointees of, 116
youth of, 101, 108
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 162
Kennedy, Joseph, 108, 112–13, 141, 198
Kennedy, Robert, 9, 101, 124, 130, 147, 162, 166, 171
bombing halt called for by, 186
in Cuban Missile Crisis, 146
election of, 215
at JFK’s funeral, 156
in 1968 campaign, 209, 215, 267
Reagan’s debate with, 209, 215
Kennedy, Ted, 279, 312, 433
Kennedy Center, 501–3
Kennedy or Nixon: Does It Make Any Difference? (Schlesinger), 106
Kent State shootings, 268, 525
Kerry, John, 486
KGB, 386
Khrushchev, Nikita, 106, 134, 137, 142, 143, 144, 148–49, 150, 525
Killian, James, Jr., 141
Kim Il Sung, 12, 435–37, 438, 440, 441, 517
Kim Jong Il, 517, 518
Kim Jong-un, 518
Kim Young Sam, 438, 442
King, Larry, 431, 518
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 155–56, 185
Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 342
Kirkpatrick, Lyman, 140
Kissinger, Henry, 269, 272, 313, 332, 333, 335, 342, 420
on bombing halt file, 273–74
China trip with Ford of, 317
Ellsberg criticized by, 273
on Ford’s selection as vice president, 301
foreign policy hard-liners’ opposition to, 333–34
Nixon criticized by, 238
Paris peace talks and, 238, 243, 266, 284, 285
on Pentagon Papers, 270, 273–74, 275–76
Reagan’s views on weapons opposed by, 362, 364
at Sadat’s funeral, 342, 344–45, 348
Vietnam warning of, 221
Klein, Herb, 112, 113
Kleindienst, Richard, 287
Knebel, Fletcher, 95
Knox, William, 151
Kohler, Walter, 83, 84
Korean War, 66–68, 69–70, 72, 79, 91, 93, 175, 189, 242
stalled armistice in, 177
Kosovo, 412
Kosygin, Alexei, 240
Krauthammer, Charles, 385
Krock, Arthur, 50, 73–74
Kuwait, 383, 404, 405, 480, 485
labor, 232
Laird, Melvin, 424
Lake, Tony, 420, 423, 437, 439, 440, 441, 442
Laney, James, 441
Laos, 120, 122, 142, 236
Latin America, 36, 288, 356, 400
Lawrence, William, 72
Laxalt, Paul, 332
Lay, Ken, 425
League of Women Voters, 31
Lebanon, 97
Le Duc Tho, 284
Lee, Euna, 517
Legal Services Commission, 432
Lemnitzer, Lyman, 130, 143
Lerner, Max, 60
Lewinsky, Monica, 450, 459, 463, 468
Liddy, G. Gordon, 282
Life, 70
Lincoln, Abraham, 1, 3, 28, 55, 152, 177, 525–26
Eisenhower’s portrait of, 525
funeral of, 256
inauguration of, 411
Lincoln Memorial, 124
Lindsay, John, 223–24, 297
Ling, Laura, 517–18
Ling, Lisa, 518
Linowitz, Sol, 342
Lippmann, Walter, 92, 134, 173, 232
Lithuania, 383
Little Rock, Ark., 433–34, 497–98
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 74, 109, 218, 296, 297, 367
Logan Act (1799), 317, 407
Longest Day, The (Ryan), 124
Longworth, Nicholas, 253
Look, 95
Los Angeles Times, 64, 200
Lott, Trent, 455
Lovett, Robert, 523–24
Luce, Clare Boothe, 23, 89
Luce, Henry, 31
Lugar, Richard, 435
MacArthur, Douglas, 62, 67, 69–70
McCaffrey, Stan, 198
McCain, John, 462
McCann, Kevin, 83
McCarthy, Eugene, 189, 239, 267
McCarthy, Joe, 66, 67, 72, 78, 81–86, 87–88
McCone, John, 141, 147–48, 149, 153
McCullough, David, 28, 64
McEntire, Reba, 501–2
McGovern, George, 279, 280–81, 283
McKinley, William, 106, 154
McLarty, Mack, 426
McNamara, Robert, 51, 121, 144, 162, 167, 179
made secretary of defense, 121
Pentagon Papers commissioned by, 270
resignation of, 189
three options on Vietnam laid out by, 180
use of nuclear weapons pushed by, 177
at Vietnam meeting, 176, 177
Maldives, 493
Malta, 382, 384
Manchester, William, 155
Mann, James, 212
Mansfield, Mike, 149, 299
Mao Zedong, 66, 317
Marble Collegiate Church, 254–55
Marsh, John, 303, 328, 332, 333
Marshall, George, 39, 40, 58, 62, 67, 72, 78, 251
funeral of, 98
McCarthy vs., 81–86, 87–88
Marshall Plan, 42, 82, 110
Martin, Joe, 44
massive retaliation, 143
Matsu, 97
Mazo, Earl, 108
M
eany, George, 188
Meatless Mondays, 30
Medicare, 13, 170, 181
Meese, Ed, 332, 333, 335
Meet the Press, 247, 366, 519
Mellon, Andrew, 21
“Memorandum for the Record,” 281
Mesta, Perle, 244
Meyer, Edward C., 342
Meyer, Eugene, 31
Michel, Bob, 331, 332
Michigan, 392
Middle East, 249, 288, 335, 344, 356, 399, 405, 408, 425, 427, 486, 487
Reagan’s talks on, 399
Miller, Bill, 139
Miller, Jack, 306
Miller, Merle, 85–86
minimum wage, 29
minorities, 232
Missouri, 369
“Missouri Waltz, The” (song), 265
Mitchell, John, 230, 238, 239, 244, 278, 283, 287
and Pentagon Papers, 271–72, 276
Moley, Raymond, 296
Monroe Doctrine, 145
Morocco, 120
Morris, Dick, 415
Morrison, Toni, 505
Morton, Thruston, 139, 296, 297
Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers, 39
Moyers, Bill, 180, 227
Mubarak, Hosni, 345, 407–8
Mulroney, Brian, 407
Murphy, George, 202, 211
Murphy, Jim, 201–2
Muskie, Ed, 275–76, 279
Myers, Dee Dee, 441
My Life (Clinton), 455
Nader, Ralph, 279
Napoleon, Emperor of the French, 176
Nasser, Abdel, 346
National Assembly, South Vietnamese, 242, 244
National Cathedral, 468
National Governors Association, 210
National Guard, U.S., 433
National Intelligence Estimate, 173
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 231
National Opposition Union (UNO), 403
National Park Service, 123–24
National Press Club, 99, 188, 202
National Security Council (NSC), 6, 119, 177, 242, 245, 250, 272, 321, 333, 356, 517
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 127, 131, 141, 142
Naval Observatory, 463
Neal, Steve, 99
Nebraska, 320
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 177
Nessen, Ron, 310, 311
Neustadt, Richard, 115–16
New Deal, 4, 44, 45, 49, 51, 65
New Frontier, 123
New Hampshire, 12, 214, 227, 267, 313, 318, 329, 366, 387, 509
New Orleans, La., 497–99
New School, 187
Newsweek, 22, 146, 209, 223, 226, 296, 333
New York Daily News, 455–56
New Yorker, 88
New York Times, 17, 20, 23, 33, 39, 40, 50, 58, 73–74, 79, 80, 85, 87, 115, 119, 138, 143, 146, 148, 152, 178, 182, 189, 201, 205, 225, 227, 253, 254, 255, 259, 329, 389, 390 408, 417, 418, 428, 430, 434, 515, 517
Baker’s piece on Iraq War in, 482
Clinton’s defensive op-ed in, 465
Nixon’s op-ed on foreign policy by, 413, 415
op-eds on Clinton in, 451–54
Pentagon Papers printed by, 270–78
New York World Telegram and Sun, 79
Ngo Dinh Diem, 171, 172, 181, 183, 245, 273
Nguyen Van Kieu, 230
Nguyen Van Thieu, 228, 236, 237, 240, 241–42, 243, 244, 248, 285
Nicaragua, 400, 402–4
Nicklaus, Jack, 425
9/11 Commission, 469–70
Nixon, Hannah, 106
Nixon, Harold, 106
Nixon, Julie, 111, 270, 310, 388, 418, 459
marriage of, 252–56
Nixon, Pat, 6, 112, 114, 124, 155–56, 249, 253, 270, 294, 298, 310
death of, 421, 422, 426
Nixon, Richard, 3–4, 8, 14, 69, 79, 83, 164, 184, 211, 337, 409, 411
aid for Russia desired by, 389, 392, 413
“America’s Role in the Emerging World” conference of, 391–92
in attempt to rehabilitate image, 328, 338, 353–54, 380
background of, 106, 373
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 135
burglary memo approved by, 273–74
China opened by, 12, 271, 282, 288, 327, 339, 377
as chosen as Eisenhower’s running mate, 377
in Chowder and Marching Society, 261, 294, 295
Clinton advised on China by, 420, 421
Clinton advised on Russia by, 417–19, 421
Clinton’s friendship with, 1, 7, 10
clubs started by, 261
congressional committee on communism of, 194–95
on daughter’s marriage, 253
death of, 10, 191, 291, 396, 410, 429–31
and desire to end Vietnam War, 263–64
and desire to keep LBJ neutral in 1968 election, 229–30, 232–33, 237–39
in disagreement with G. H. W. Bush on Soviet Union, 383–86
on Eisenhower’s deviousness, 118
Eisenhower’s eulogy delivered by, 257
Eisenhower’s relationship with, 105–6, 107, 110–11, 226
“enemies list” of, 389
Ford offered vice presidency by, 291, 293, 296, 298–301, 308
Ford passed over as vice presidential candidate of, 291, 293, 296–98
Ford’s support for vice presidential nominations of, 295–96
G. H. W. Bush considered as running mate of, 375–76
G. H. W. Bush’s senate runs encouraged by, 376–77
Goldwater introduced at dinner by, 200
Gorbachev as viewed by, 358–59
“How to Lose the Cold War” memo of, 388–90, 391
on Iran-contra scandal, 357–58, 366, 368
JFK assassination and, 154–55
JFK’s friendship with, 105
at JFK’s funeral, 155–56
Lafayette Square guesthouse created by, 266, 328
late night walks of, 524–25
LBJ’s desire to wiretap, 263, 288–89
LBJ’s gift of cuff links to, 224
LBJ’s insult towards, 225–27
LBJ’s refusal to help, 259–60
LBJ’s sixty-first birthday celebrated by, 267–68
LBJ’s two meetings with, 229–30, 262
LBJ’s Vietnam policy criticized by, 224–25
memoirs of, 269
NAFTA event not attended by, 426–27
in 1960 election, 13, 110–11, 145, 193, 198, 223, 248
in 1962 California election, 193
in 1968 election, 187, 206, 207–17, 221, 228–29, 232–36, 239–40, 262, 264, 268, 281, 284, 285, 353
in 1972 election, 260, 278–81, 283, 284–85
1988 election and, 365–71
operation on blood clots of, 310–11
pardoning of, 13, 291, 302–3, 305–9, 311–12, 316, 317, 353, 526
Pentagon Papers denounced by, 259, 270–78
popularity of, 286
post-election visit to JFK by, 112–15
post-presidential China trips of, 316–17
post-presidential Russia trips of, 416–17, 427–28
presidential knowledge of, 10
presidential library of, 268
presidential models of, 262
presidential resolutions made by, 264–65
Presidents Club studied by, 261–62, 268
press conferences held by, 301
Reagan advised on 1980 election by, 355
Reagan advised on lame-duck period by, 365–71
Reagan advised on presidency by, 355–57, 381
Reagan advised on Soviet trip by, 11, 358–65, 385
Reagan considered as vice president for, 218–19
Reagan’s “Business, Ballots and Bureaus” speech admired by, 195–96
Reagan’s correspondence with, 3, 191, 193–94, 195–97, 208, 209, 210, 211
Reagan’s 1966 election and, 200, 202–6
Reagan’s political advice
to, 197, 198–99
realism and moodiness of, 191, 295
and release of Pentagon Papers, 270–78
as reserved, 191, 194
resignation of, 7, 303–5, 316, 342, 363, 378, 411
reunion club organized by, 6–7
at Sadat’s funeral, 340–51
Saudi trip of, 345, 347–48
Senate race of, 105
Silent Majority invoked by, 187, 232, 385
as skeptical of G. H. W. Bush, 366–67, 373, 377, 387–90
taping system removed by, 268–69
Time essay on Gorbachev by, 385
Times op-ed on foreign policy by, 413, 415
in transition with LBJ, 249–50
Truman’s dislike of, 109
Vietnam peace process disrupted by, 221–22, 230–31, 235–49, 271, 285, 289
views on China as aligned with G. H. W. Bush’s, 382–83
Watergate scandal of, 259, 272, 278, 281–90, 299, 302–4, 307–8, 316, 378, 379, 416, 451
wiretapping by, 286–87
Yeltsin admired by, 383, 385, 413, 418–19, 428
Nixon, Robert, 92, 94
Nixon, Tricia, 135, 254, 256, 270, 310, 418
Nixon Center, 388, 389
Nofziger, Lyn, 318, 323, 324–25, 326, 330, 335
Noriega, Manuel, 400–402, 480
Norman, Greg, 494
Normandy invasion, 436
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 350–51, 425–27, 436, 462, 508
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 55, 71, 72, 73, 77, 82, 98, 119, 165, 356
North Carolina, 320
North Korea, 66, 177, 440, 468
Carter’s trip to, 12, 435–37, 517
Clinton’s trip to, 11, 12, 517–18
Northrop, 200
North Vietnam, 171, 227–28, 230, 234, 236, 268
see also Paris peace talks
Norway, 21, 33
Novak, Robert, 206, 212
nuclear codes, 122
nuclear weapons, 177
Nunn, Sam, 435, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448
oats, 34
Obama, Barack, 8, 13, 471, 502
in campaign of 2008, 508–11
campaigning for candidates by, 519
Carter’s mission for, 3
Clinton compared to, 513
Clinton criticized by, 507–10, 516
Clinton sent to North Korea by, 11, 517–18
Clinton’s relationship with, 2, 5
election of, 505, 509–10
G. H. W. Bush admired by, 514–16
Haiti relief and, 499–500
Hillary Clinton made secretary of state by, 511–12
Hurricane Katrina work of, 515
Iraq War opposed by, 509
Lincoln admired by, 525–26
presidential education of, 512–13
Reagan praised by, 507, 510, 520–21
tax bill of, 521–22
Oberdorfer, Don, 438
O’Brien, Larry, 117, 234
O’Connor, John Cardinal, 462
O’Donnell, Ken, 109, 114, 144, 279
O’Neill, Tip, 298, 300
Operation Rolling Thunder, 178