by Ted Sorensen
see also England and Macmillan
Great Debates, 196–203
Greece, 568, 571, 628, 631, 660–661
Green, Abel, 387
Green, Edith, 121
Green, Theodore Francis, 45, 63
Green, William J., Jr., 124
Grewe, Wilhelm, 559
Gridiron Club, 64, 91, 98, 119, 144, 261n., 355, 363, 477
Gromyko, Andrei A., 544n., 549n., 586, 597, 598, 599, 618, 642, 649, 689–691, 700, 735
Guantánamo Bay, 676, 681, 684, 687, 697, 704, 705
Guatemala, 206, 296, 306, 689
Gudeman, Edward, 277, 456
guerrilla warfare, 632–633, 646, 649, 650- 652, 653, 654–655, 656–657,
Guevara, Ernesto “Che,” 632
“guidelines,” 438, 439–440
Guinea, 228
Gullion, Edward, 66, 279, 637
Guns of August, The, 388, 513
H
Hackett, David, 120, 154
“Hail to the Chief,” 387
Haile Selassie, 578
Hailsham, Lord, 734, 735
Haiti, 689
Halaby, Najeeb E., 277
Hall, Leonard, 195
Halleck, Charles, 341, 350, 431, 500, 702, 736–737
Hamilton, Fowler, 630–631
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 255, 293, 520–521, 635, 636
Hand, Judge Learned, 744
“hard liners,” 696, 709, 712
Harding, Warren G., 183
Harlech, Lady, 378
Harlech, Lord, 378
Harper’s Magazine, 67, 291
Harriman, Averell, 78, 81, 98, 174, 236, 287, 289, 369, 542, 555, 556, 579, 648, 663, 728, 733, 734, 735, 736
Harriman, John, 13
Harris, Rev. Frederick Brown, 143
Harris, Louis, 106–107, 119, 131, 333
Harris Polls, 106–108, 131, 132, 133, 134, 139, 162, 184, 208n., 221, 411, 737
Harris, Seymour, 13, 118, 395–396
Harris, Mrs. Seymour, 395
Hart, Philip, 148
Hartke, R. Vance, 124, 130
Harvard University, 71
Hastie, William, 273, 482
Hatcher, Andrew, 171, 448, 458, 473, 478, 505
Hatfield, Mark, 147n.
Havana, 683
Hayden, Carl, 44, 115, 344, 345
Hayes, Al, 52, 335
Haywood County (Tenn.), 479
“Heart of My Heart,” 387
Hechler, Kenneth, 84
Heller, Walter, 237, 261, 264–265, 272, 275, 282, 284, 323, 391, 395, 399, 404, 407, 409–410, 419, 420, 422, 424, 428–429, 430, 436, 448, 449, 454, 456, 457, 462
Hemingway, Ernest, 371, 385
Henry VIII of England, 148
Herblock, 316
Herter, Christian, 73, 205, 567
HHFA, 480, 481
Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 737n., 742
“High Hopes,” 151
Higher Education Act, 359
Hill, Lister, 44, 343, 475
Hilsman, Roger, 118
Hitch, Charles, 604
Hitler, Adolf, 513
Hodges, Luther, 81, 124, 172, 253, 259, 275, 276, 283, 285, 395, 410, 411, 424, 432, 454, 455, 456, 462, 466, 469
Hoffa, James, 52n., 53, 135, 150, 170, 335, 439
Hogan, Ben, 378
Holborn, Fred, 66
Holcombe, Arthur, 14, 15
Hoover, Herbert, 32, 76, 207, 208, 230, 232, 235, 421, 430, 465, 531, 701
Hoover Commission, 45, 75–76
Hopkins, Harry, 261
Hornig, Donald, 237
Horsky, Charles A., 277
“hot line,” 727
Hound Dog missile, 566
House, Edward M., 261
House Armed Services Committee, 347
House Judiciary Committee, 475n., 499, 500
House Rules Committee, 330, 339–341, 342, 348, 361, 362, 475, 481, 498, 500, 501
House Ways and Means Committee, 343
housing, 480–481
Housing Act, 397
Housing and Home Finance Agency, 480, 481
Houston, 299
Hovde, Frederick, 238
Howe, Mark DeWolfe, 50, 66
Hughes, Charles Evans, 270
Hughes, Emmet, 5
Hull, Cordell, 252, 410
Humphrey, Hubert H., 45, 82, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 96, 98, 118, 121, 123 ff., 133 ff., 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 155, 157–158, 161, 162, 165, 173, 196, 221, 277, 355, 356, 424, 476, 531, 729
Hungary, 547n., 681
Huntley, Chet, 212
Hyannis Port, 21, 36, 73, 120, 130, 151, 170, 327, 368, 369, 376, 377, 378, 521, 553, 587
I
“I Have a Rendezvous with Death,” 748
ICA, 631
ICBMs, 611–612, 677, 725
Ickes, Harold, 252 “If India Falls,” 106
IL-28 bombers, 684, 720, 721
India, 228, 372, 383, 395, 482, 522, 523, 537, 538, 564, 565, 638, 662–665, 717
Indochina, 639, 642, 655, 681
Indonesia, 539, 580
Inland Steel, 456, 458
Inter-American Economic and Social Council, 534
intercontinental ballistic missiles, see ICBMs
intermarriage, racial, 502, 503
intermediate-range ballistic missiles, see IRBMs
International Access Authority, 598, 599
International Atomic Energy Agency, 733
International Control Commission, 648
International Monetary Fund, 407, 409
Interstate Commerce Commission, 443, 478
Iran, 546–547, 628, 680–681, 687, 713
IRBMs, 677, 680, 711
Ireland, 581–582 “Irish Mafia,” 261
“Irish Sing Along,” 387
Israel, 540, 558
Italy, 568, 579, 681, 691, 696, 701
Izvestia, 515, 556
J
Jackson, Henry, 52, 120, 165, 172, 220, 252, 523, 736
Jackson, Mahalia, 91
Jackson (Miss.), 494, 496
Japan, 229, 650
“jawbone” method, 436
Jefferson, Thomas, 152, 183, 384, 386, 414–415, 514
Jeffrey, Mildred, 148
Jessup, Philip, 335
JFK: The Man and the Myth, 25
Job Corps, 403
John XXIII, Pope, 194
John Birch Society, 335
Johnson, Alexis, 674
Johnson, Andrew, 67
Johnson, Lyndon B., 115, 196, 233, 235, 253, 255, 346, 356
as ambassador, 577, 594, 653
in campaign for JFK (1956), 89–90
in campaign for JFK (1960), 168–170, 187–188, 210, 211, 222, 265–267, 501, 702
at Convention (1960), 156 ff.
and Cuba, 686, 692, 697
in Dallas, 749
and “Labor Bill of Rights,” 54
as Majority Leader, 43, 524
and National Security Council, 674–675
and National Space Council, 525
in nomination contest for Presidency (1960), 96, 98, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 138, 141, 147–151
and nomination for Vice President (1956), 39
and nomination for Vice President (1960), 162–167
as politician, 105
and tax reduction, 429
as Vice President, 323, 340, 341, 344, 450, 494, 499
Johnson, Mrs. Lyndon B. (Lady Bird), 165, 187
Johnson, Paul, 483
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 347, 587, 605, 606, 607–608, 610, 618, 621, 644, 645, 652, 674, 678, 684, 692, 697, 701, 705, 738
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 618, 696, 729, 736
Jones, Boisfeuillet, 274
Jones, Roger, 288
Jordan, Sara, 40
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., 710n.
Joyce, James, 582n. Judd, Walter, 39
Judiciary Committee, see House Judiciary Committee
“Jungle Jim” units, 632
&nb
sp; Jupiter missiles, 3, 609, 680, 691, 695- 696, 712
K
Kaiser, Edgar, 456
Kaiser Steel, 456, 458
Kansas City Register, 109
Kasavubu, Joseph, 635, 636
Kashmir, 664, 717
Katanga Province, 637, 638–639
Katzenbach, Nicholas, 277, 485, 487, 493
Kaysen, Carl, 118, 264, 285, 613, 717, 730, 731, 734
Kazakstan, 741
Keating, Kenneth B., 669, 670, 672, 698, 707
Kefauver, Estes, 78, 80, 81, 84, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 98, 99–100,118, 164, 352, 455, 459
Kefauver Drug Bill, 352
Kennan, George, 256, 540, 542
Kennedy, Caroline, 170, 227, 375, 379- 381, 384, 388, 676, 747–748, 758
Kennedy, Edward, 34, 38, 249, 253
in campaign for JFK, 117, 120, 135, 140, 161, 162, 172
campaign of, 13n., 35, 354–355, 701
and Meader, 383
singing of, 387
and Presidency, 366, 756
Kennedy, Eunice (Mrs. Sargent Shriver), 32, 36, 88, 173
Kennedy, Jean (Mrs. Stephen Smith), 36, 173
Kennedy, John F.
appearance of, 12, 14, 23–24, 29
as Congressman, 4, 11, 21, 26, 28, 36
death of, 758
and drinking, 29
as driver, 29
education of, 16–17
family of, 30–38; see also individual entries
and gambling, 28
growth of, 23
health of, 28, 38–42, 81, 100, 103, 108, 157, 368–369
inauguration of, 234, 240–248, 533
marriage of, 28, 37
marriage, former, unfounded report of, 383
military service of, 16, 18
and prejudice, 33
and public service, 4
and Pulitzer Prize, 4, 68, 69, 315, 758
and reading, 27, 100, 314, 324
and religion, 17, 19–20, 21, 33, 81–84, 97, 102, 104, 108–113, 118, 123, 124, 126–127, 136–137, 138, 139, 142–145, 146, 148, 151, 168, 169, 175–176, 186, 188–195, 210, 213, 217–222, 223, 357 ff., 390, 753, 757
as Senator, 11, 21, 26, 28, 36
as smoker, 28–29
and social life, 35–36
and touch football, 29–30, 37
and travel, 25, 27, 28, 30, 100–106
and wealth, 20, 33–34, 135, 156, 334
work habits of, 25
youth of, 97, 108, 151–153, 154. 155, 157, 169, 334
Kennedy, Mrs. John F. (Jacqueline Bouvier), 64n., 91, 170, 179, 211, 239, 265, 373, 374, 384, 388, 478, 487, 664, 705, 747–748, 750
as ambassador, 372, 383, 409–410, 536, 559, 577, 581, 752
and bomb shelter, 693
as campaigner, 77, 101, 103, 106, 132, 135, 140, 150, 174, 178, 207, 210
and children, 162, 233, 234–235, 367, 379–380, 381
and coat of arms, 582
and Cubans, 308n,
and culture, 384–386
and Davids, Jules, 67
and death of JFK, 751
and De Gaulle, 562
and fashions, 317
and food, 41
homes of, 376–377
as hostess, 378
at Hyannis Port, 376–377
and John, Jr., 162, 233, 234–235
and Kennedy family, 35, 37
and Khrushchev, 543
and languages, 66, 103, 230–231
marriage of, 28, 37
and Patrick (son), 367
personality of, 382–383
and Presidency, 99, 120
role of (with JFK), 30, 379, 381–382
and Ted, 756
and White House, 249, 375, 379, 383, 384–386
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 162, 233, 235, 375, 379–380, 748, 758
Kennedy, Joseph P., 1, 11, 14–15, 17, 30- 34, 35, 45, 46, 59, 74, 85, 88, 91, 96, 117, 118, 119, 136, 156–157, 166, 208n., 217, 353, 367–368, 376–377, 449, 461, 462, 512, 747
Kennedy, Mrs. Joseph P. (Rose), 20, 35, 36–37, 582
Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 14–15, 30, 34, 35, 36, 72, 377, 747, 748, 751
Kennedy, Kathleen, 14, 559, 582, 747
Kennedy, Patricia (Mrs. Peter Lawford), 35, 36, 173, 210
Kennedy, Patrick B., 367
Kennedy, Patrick J., 37, 380
Kennedy, Robert F., 41, 42, 141, 230, 249, 253, 266, 267, 288, 315, 353, 369–370, 459, 691
as ambassador, 577, 578
as Attorney General, 257, 265, 268–269, 272, 273
and Berlin crisis, 399
and Cabinet members, 255
as campaigner for JFK, 87, 88, 89, 91, 103, 117, 119, 120, 135, 154, 162–163, 165–166, 171, 175, 179, 211
and CIA, 630, 631, 644, 668, 674
and civil rights, 474, 476, 478, 479, 480, 483, 484, 485, 486–487, 489,490, 491, 492, 494, 497, 499, 500, 501
and Cuban crisis, 684, 686, 692, 697, 709, 714, 715
and Dobrynin, 555
and Ex Comm, 679
and Gallo, 170
and investigation committee, 51–52, 53, 158
and Jacqueline, 382
and King, 188, 216
and McCarthy, 46
and personnel selection, 255, 275
and “the President,” 374
and reading, 23
role of (with JFK), 30, 34–35, 86
as singer, 387
and steel strike, 449, 450, 454, 462
and Sukarno, 540
and Ted, 355
Kennedy, Rosemary, 14, 320
“Kennedy’s Children,” 532
Kennedy-Ervin Bill, 54
Kennedy-Ives Bill, 54
“Kennedy round,” 412
Kenya, 531
Keppel, Francis, 118, 237, 274, 359
Kerner, Otto, 221
Kerr, Robert, 344, 348, 351–352, 430
Key, V. O., Jr., 219
Keynes, John M., 395–396, 466
Khrushchev, Nikita, 170, 183, 188, 199, 206, 230, 240, 270, 292, 313, 330–331, 463, 516, 561, 571, 637, 731, 733
and arms inspection, 728
and Berlin crisis, 549–550, 554, 564, 569, 583 ff., 724, 725
and Castro, 555
on Communism, 545–547
and correspondence with Kennedy, 514–515, 529, 552–555, 600, 667–668, 691, 694, 709, 710, 712, 713, 714, 716, 717–718, 719, 720, 721, 724–725, 727
and Cuban crisis, 390, 546–547, 629, 667 ff.
and disarmament, 518–519, 549
and Dulles, 545
and Eisenhower, 231, 549, 555
and espionage, 549, 617
and Geneva Conference, 642
and “hot line,” 727
and “kitchen debate,” 169, 182–183, 196
and Laos, 548–549, 643, 646–647, 648
and meetings with Kennedy, 543 ff.
and missiles, 611–612, 619, 725–726
and Moscow meeting, 729
Nehru and, 663
“New Lands” and, 741
Nixon and, 169, 173, 182–183, 185, 196, 201, 544
and peace treaty, 293, 583
and Red China, 724–725
and “salami” tactics, 625
and space race, 524, 527, 529
and television exchange, 557–558, 730
and test-ban treaty, 549, 551, 620, 728, 729, 733, 734–735, 736, 737
and U-2 incident, 550
and UN, 169, 520
U.S. defense budget and, 460
and U.S. election (1960), 54
at Vienna, 44, 518–519, 529, 543 ff., 617
and visit by Kennedy, 552, 752
and “wars of liberation,” 634
and World War II, 552
see also Soviet Union
Khrushchev, Mrs. Nikita, 382, 543, 562
Killian, James, 630
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 33, 188, 215–216, 476, 489, 490, 491, 493–494,504–505
King, Mrs. M
artin Luther, Jr., 489
King Henry V, 256
“kitchen debate,” 169, 182–183, 196
Klinkert, Kenneth, 145
Knebel, Fletcher, 82
Knowland, William, 52, 66
Kohler, Foy, 691, 701
Kong Le, 640, 648
Korea, 419, 513–514, 535, 641, 681, 686
Kraft, Joseph, 176–177, 240
Kraus, Hans, 369
Krock, Arthur, 66, 67, 103, 317, 318, 450, 477
Ku Klux Klan, 478
L
labor, 51–54
Labor-Management Advisory Committee, 442
labor movement, 403–404
labor relations, 438–443
Labouisse, Henry R., 279
Lafayette Park, 386
LaFollette, Robert, Sr., 74
Lamont, Corliss, 46
Land Grant College Act, 359
Landis, James, n, 66, 67, 236
Landon, Alfred M., 183, 207
Landrum-Griffin bill, 54
Laos, 228, 292, 510–511, 548–549, 553, 577, 625, 631–632, 634, 639–648, 649, 652–653, 661, 724
Laski, Harold, 32, 394
Lasky, Victor, 25, 336
Last Hurrah, The, 72
Latham, Earl, 117
Latin America, 228, 229, 510, 533–540, 581, 625, 628n., 630, 631, 662, 669, 671, 672, 677, 681, 682, 683, 685, 686, 687–688, 689, 692, 697, 700, 701–702, 706
Lattimore, Owen, 12
Lausche, Frank J., 98, 124, 131, 202, 289, 739
Lawford, Peter, 35
Lawford, Mrs. Peter (Patricia Kennedy), 35, 36, 173, 210
Lawrence, David, 82, 88, 91, 98, 124, 161, 195, 206–207, 482
Lawson, Marjorie, 120, 473
League of Nations, 737
Lee, Robert, 46
Lehman, Herbert, 48
LeMay, Curtis E., 608, 739
Lemnitzer, Lyman L., 296, 589
Le Monde, 316
Lenin, Nikolai, 677
Lenin Peace Prize, 544
Lewis, Jean, 116–117
Lexington (N.C.), 493
Liddell Hart, B. H., 626
Life magazine, 106, 419, 615
Lincoln, Abraham, 131, 153, 198, 223, 234, 240, 252, 392, 489, 497, 506
Lincoln, Evelyn, 55–56, 99, 243, 263, 264, 370, 374
Lindbergh, Charles A., 527
Linder, Harold F., 277
Lippmann, Walter, 108, 155, 243, 255
literacy tests, 480
Little Big Horn, 744
Little Rock (Ark.), 471, 479
“little tax bill,” 431
Living for Young Homemakers, 106
Lloyd George, David, 560, 582n.
lobbyists, 341
Lodge, George, 354
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 12, 46, 74, 75, 168, 169, 187, 196, 207, 208, 215, 354, 631n., 659, 660, 753
Loeb, William, 210
Look magazine, 82, 109, 111, 189, 190, 316
L’Osservatore Romano, 148