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by Matthews, Chris


  Dallas, Tex., Stevenson assailed in, 394, 397

  Dallas Morning News, 397

  Dallas Times Herald, 394

  Dallek, Robert, 182

  Dalton, Mark, 81, 113, 154, 155, 388, 394

  Curley petition and, 102

  election of 1946 and, 126

  Hyannis visit of, 108–9

  JFK’s first House speech and, 93

  JFK-Thomas debate and, 103–4

  Senate race of 1952 and, 126, 127, 132–33, 148

  Dante O’Shaughnessy, 83

  Davis, Mary, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106, 107, 151–55

  “Davy Crockett,” 259

  Decker, G. H., 346

  Defense Department, U.S., 322

  Democratic National Convention:

  of 1948, 256

  of 1952, 141, 244

  of 1956, 2–3, 196, 202–11, 216, 217, 225, 229, 241

  of 1960, 4, 262–63, 272, 277–84

  Democratic Party:

  Catholic vote and, 201–2, 206, 209, 211

  civil rights movement and, 256

  Dixiecrats and, 256

  Eleanor Roosevelt and, 206–7

  “Kennedy Party” as distinct from, 83–84, 136–37, 139–40, 147, 152–53, 195, 216, 218, 255, 278

  liberal wing of, 206–7, 213, 216, 223, 226–33, 245, 250–51, 253–54, 257, 260, 273–74, 313, 322, 389

  DeSapio, Carmine, 207–8, 255, 313

  Dever, Paul, 115, 116, 128, 134–35, 138, 145, 146, 147

  Dewey, Thomas E., 8

  Dickens, Charles, 130

  Diefenbaker, John, 338–39

  Dien Bien Phu, Battle of (1954), 172

  Dillon, C. Douglas, 322, 369

  Dirksen, Herbert von, 143

  DiSalle, Mike, 241, 249, 255, 272, 371

  Disney, Walt, 239

  Dixiecrats, 256

  Dobrynin, Anatoly, 371–72

  Dorchester, U.S.S., 290

  Dougherty, Dennis Cardinal, 290

  Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 113, 251, 291, 295

  Douglas, William O., 393

  Dowd, Martin, 193

  Drew, Robert, 380

  Du Bois, W. E. B., 359

  Dulles, Allen, 321, 332, 335, 336

  Dulles, John Foster, 332

  Dumbarton Oaks, 168, 183

  Dutton, Fred, 246, 273–74

  Ebenezer Baptist Church, 310–11

  Eden, Anthony, 69

  Egypt, 366

  Ehrlichman, John, 281

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1–2, 6, 9, 238, 239, 274, 284–85, 308, 323, 328, 340

  Cuba and, 307, 332, 336–37

  election of 1952 and, 126, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144–45, 148, 156, 201, 202, 217

  election of 1960 and, 311–12, 318, 376

  heart attack of, 197, 204

  Indochina and, 173, 228

  JFK’s contempt for, 233

  JFK’s criticism of foreign policy of, 227–29

  JFK transition and, 324

  Lodge and, 126, 140, 141, 144

  NATO and, 126

  election of 1960, 3–7, 254, 262, 284–319, 397

  African American voters and, 310–11

  Eisenhower and, 311–12, 318, 376

  JFK-Nixon debates and, 284–85, 291–304, 307–8

  Johnson and, 314

  Nixon and, 5, 6, 254, 262, 284–86, 291–304, 305–6, 307–8, 310, 311–12, 315–19, 376, 397

  popular vote in, 319

  Roman Catholics and, 4, 5–7, 286–90

  Truman and, 287, 301

  U.S. unemployment rate and, 308, 376

  elections, U.S.:

  of 1860, 296

  of 1928, 220

  of 1946, 7, 63, 67, 68–69, 75–87, 88, 91, 125–26, 133–34, 185, 216

  of 1948, 89

  of 1950, 112–13, 291

  of 1952, 1, 8, 115–49, 156, 178, 201, 202, 205, 210, 216–17, 222, 244, 285

  of 1954, 184–87

  of 1956, 2–3, 213, 233, 292

  of 1958, 3, 234, 241

  of 1960, see election of 1960

  of 1964, 395–96

  governors and selection of nominees in, 244–46, 271–72

  primaries as force in, 216–17, 221, 244–45, 252–53

  Enemy Within, The (Kennedy), 247

  espionage, 112

  evolution, 263

  ExComm (Executive Committee), 365–66

  Farley, James A., 206

  Faubus, Orville, 360

  Fay, Paul “Red,” 8, 40, 48–49, 50–51, 54, 159, 163, 259, 311

  election of 1946 and, 82, 85

  JFK presidency and, 323, 328–29, 337–38, 351, 354, 370, 385

  JFK’s convalescence and, 189–90

  JFK’s honeymoon and, 166–67

  JFK’s political aspirations and, 75–76

  JFK’s wedding and, 164–65

  UN founding and, 69–70

  Fay, Sally, 404

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 321–22, 355

  Arvad and, 44, 45, 356

  organized crime and, 235

  Feldman, Mike, 292

  Ferber, Paul, 45–46

  Finian’s Rainbow, 110

  Finnegan, Jim, 202

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 167

  Fitzgerald, John F. “Honey Fitz,” 13, 20, 80, 124

  Fitzwilliam, Peter, 109

  Flanders, Ralph, 177, 179

  Flying Tigers, 80

  Forbes, Alistair, 73, 162, 230

  Ford Motor Company, 322

  Formosa (Taiwan), 111, 300–303

  Forrestal, Michael V., 391, 397

  Fort Sumter House Hotel, 45

  Fort Worth, Tex., 396–97

  France:

  Algeria and, 228, 229

  Berlin issue and, 326, 327, 367

  Czech crisis and, 32

  Indochina and, 117, 119, 172–73, 228, 229, 303

  Jackie’s love of, 160

  JFK and Jackie’s trip to, 339–40

  Kennedy family vacation in, 33–34

  nuclear weapons and, 349

  Rhineland remilitarization and, 30

  Suez crisis and, 366–67

  Fraser, Hugh, 73, 138, 191

  Freedom Riders, 359

  Friendship 7, 352

  Fulbright, J. William, 345

  Furcolo, Foster, 121–22

  Senate bid of, 184–87, 202

  Gagarin, Yuri, 331, 352

  Galbraith, John Kenneth, 28

  Gallup poll, 273, 299, 348

  Galvin, John, 144, 164, 183, 394

  Garbo, Greta, 394–95

  Gardner, Arthur, 251, 306

  Gardner, Rose, 251

  Gaulle, Charles de, 339–40

  General Electric Defense Quarterly, 226

  Geneva Convention (1954), 386

  George Washington University, 160

  German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 111, 327, 340, 342, 343, 363, 382

  Germany, Federal Republic of (West Germany), 111

  Germany, Nazi:

  anti-Jewish violence in, 32, 33

  defeat of, 73, 74, 99

  JFK’s trip to, 29–30

  Poland invaded by, 36

  prewar aggression of, 31–32, 34, 35, 304

  Rhineland remilitarized by, 30

  Getty, J. Paul, 376

  Giancana, Salvatore “Sam,” 235, 357

  GI Bill of Rights (1944), 140

  “Give Me That Old Time Religion,” 263

  Glenn, John, 352

  Glen Ora, 328

  Gold Star Mothers, 80

  Goldwater, Barry S., 7, 173, 395

  Goodwin, Richard, 307, 312

  Gore, Albert, Sr., 204, 208, 209

  Göring, Hermann, 44

  Gosser, Richard, 250

  Graham, Henry, 380

  Graham, Phil, 280

  Great Britain:

  Berlin issue and, 326, 327, 367

  Czech crisis and, 31, 32, 34, 304

  Jefferson’s embargo on, 172


  JFK’s analysis of unpreparedness of, 37–38

  JFK’s visit to, 383

  Joseph P. Kennedy as ambassador to, 30–38, 41, 44, 218, 238, 304

  Munich and, 32, 34, 99, 100, 173, 304

  national health service in, 106

  nuclear weapons and, 349, 350, 384

  postwar political struggle in, 72–73

  Rhineland remilitarization and, 30

  Suez crisis and, 366–67

  Greater Houston Ministerial Association, 287–90

  Greece, Truman Doctrine and, 96

  Green, Bill, 274–75, 390

  Green, Ernest, 359

  Guantánamo, Cuba, 306, 336

  Haldeman, H. R., 93

  Halle, Kay, 100

  Hammersmith Farm, 164, 166

  Hannon, K. K., 162

  Hanoi, Vietnam, 117

  Harriman, W. Averell, 3, 69, 70, 276, 384, 386, 391

  Harris, Lou, 228, 248, 258, 262, 292, 299

  Harris (PT-109 crewman), 52

  Hartington, Billy, 62, 106, 109

  Hartley, Fred A., Jr., 93

  Harvard Crimson, 36

  Harvard Law School, JFK-Thomas debate at, 103–4

  Harvard University:

  Bradlee and, 237

  JFK and, 24, 26, 27–29, 30, 36, 46, 97, 142, 162, 180, 184, 218, 237

  Joe Kennedy, Jr. and, 26, 27, 28, 46

  Marshall’s speech at, 99

  O’Donnell and, 123

  sailing team at, 46

  Smoker Committee at, 28

  Spee club at, 28, 142, 181

  student council at, 27

  swim team at, 24, 30

  Healey, Joe, 102, 103, 136, 158, 394

  Heller, Walter, 322, 353, 376

  Hemingway, Ernest, 59, 169

  Henry V (Shakespeare), 215

  Hersey, John, 66, 83, 348

  Herter, Christian, 305

  Hewitt, Don, 292, 293, 294

  “High Hopes,” 258

  Hilsman, Roger, 391

  Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 57

  Hiroshima, Japan, 348, 349, 372

  Hiss, Alger, 111, 112, 142, 175, 181, 199

  Hitler, Adolf, 30, 31–32, 34, 36, 37, 44, 99, 101, 143, 173, 201, 280, 283, 304

  Ho Chi Minh, 172, 173

  Hoffa, Jimmy, 233–34, 309

  Holtzman, Lester, 151

  Holy Cross, 123, 124, 180

  Holy Name societies, 77

  Hood, James, 379

  Hoover, Herbert C., 220, 317–18

  Hoover, J. Edgar:

  Arvad and, 44, 45, 356

  JFK and, 44, 321–22, 356–57

  Hopkins, Harry, 277

  Horton, Ralph “Rip,” 19, 24, 26–27, 74, 136, 276, 329

  Hospital for Special Surgery, 183–84, 187

  House of Representatives, U.S.:

  Adams post-presidential service in, 68

  civil rights bill and, 389–90, 394

  Education and Labor Committee of, 93, 97–99, 105, 233, 298, 318–19

  election of 1946 and, 91

  election of 1952 and, 202

  freshman members of (1946), 88

  JFK and, 88, 89–113, 117

  Judiciary Committee of, 390

  McCormack as majority leader in, 198

  O’Neill as Speaker of, 7–8

  Rayburn as Speaker of, 281–82

  Rules Committee of, 94, 390, 394

  see also Congress, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

  Humphrey, Hubert H., 204

  civil rights and, 256

  Democratic race of 1960 and, 232, 240, 248, 249, 253, 256, 257, 259–61, 262–63, 266, 273

  JFK’s 1960 debate with, 240

  JFK’s celebrity and, 225–26

  Hungarian Revolution (1956), 367

  Hunt, H. L., 376

  Hyannis Port, Mass., 24, 47, 61, 74, 108–9, 193–94, 218, 231, 247, 314–15, 316–17, 337, 357, 395, 399

  hydrogen bomb, 173, 175, 176, 349

  Hyman, Lester, 276

  “I Have a Rendezvous with Death” (Seeger), 161

  Illinois, 317

  India, 117

  Indiana, 261

  Indochina, French, 117, 119, 172–73, 228, 229, 301, 303

  Inherit the Wind, 263

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 354

  Iowa, 315

  Ireland, 31, 383

  Israel, 117, 143–44, 366–67

  Italy, Czech crisis and, 32

  Izvestia, 379

  “Jack Kennedy: The Senate’s Gay Young Bachelor,” 163

  Jacksonville, Fla., 46

  Japan, 117, 348, 349, 367

  Javits, Jacob, 143

  Jefferson, Thomas, 172, 405

  Jews, Judaism, 32, 33, 143–44, 277, 287

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 4, 222, 232, 245, 252, 255, 275, 326

  Democratic convention of 1956 and, 204, 208

  Democratic convention of 1960 and, 262–63, 277–82

  election of 1960 and, 314

  JFK’s 1952 win and, 148

  Peace Corps and, 330

  vice presidential nomination and, 280–82

  Vietnam and, 387

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 335, 346, 365, 368, 369, 393

  Junior Chamber of Commerce, 189

  Jupiter missiles, 371–72

  Justice Department, U.S., 131, 322–23, 336, 360, 361, 364, 371–72, 379–80

  Katzenbach, Nicholas, 361, 362, 380

  Keating, Kenneth, 365

  Kefauver, Estes, 8

  civil rights movement and, 206

  Democratic convention of 1956 and, 204–5, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 216, 229

  election of 1952 and, 205, 210, 244

  election of 1956 and, 2–3, 216–17

  Kennedy, Caroline Bouvier, 225, 226, 237, 392, 401

  Kennedy, Edward M., 4, 202, 212, 322, 398, 404–5

  Democratic convention of 1960 and, 277

  JFK’s presidential run and, 257

  Kennedy, Ethel, 114, 178

  Kennedy, Eunice, 129, 142, 383

  Kennedy, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, 13, 89, 159–67, 251, 345, 379, 395, 398

  background of, 160, 161

  Bay of Pigs and, 337

  Bradlee and, 237, 402

  Canada trip and, 338–39

  celebrity of, 225

  children of, 225, 226, 237, 384–85, 389, 391–92, 394, 401

  Democratic convention of 1956 and, 210, 211

  education of, 160

  engagement of, 161, 162

  failed first pregnancy of, 212–13, 226

  French trip and, 339–40

  Glen Ora and, 328

  honeymoon of, 166–67, 212

  infant son’s death and, 385, 388

  JFK’s convalescence and, 190

  JFK’s courtship of, 159, 161

  JFK’s funeral and, 402

  JFK’s legacy and, 399–402

  JFK’s presidential run and, 259, 269, 312, 315

  JFK’s womanizing and, 162–63, 166, 183, 358

  newspaper photographer job of, 161

  Onassis and, 389

  personality of, 160, 162, 402

  Profiles in Courage and, 225

  religion and, 188

  Schlesinger and, 231–32

  Vienna summit and, 341

  wedding of, 150, 164

  White House renovations and, 330–31, 358

  Kennedy, Jean, 15, 129, 244, 383

  Kennedy, John F.:

  Alliance for Progress and, 333

  ambition of, 26, 89, 93, 115, 118–19, 122, 152–53

  American Legion and, 110

  anti-Communism of, 97–101, 104, 105–6, 111–13, 115, 120–21, 135, 142, 156, 172–73, 181, 206, 228–29, 283–84, 285, 296–97, 305–8, 321, 333, 334, 377, 385

  appeasement issue and, 35–38, 100–101, 173, 252, 279, 304

  Asquith compared with, 42

  assassination possibility and, 329

  author’s fascination with, 7–10

 
back operation convalescence of, 189–92

  back problems and surgeries of, 60–61, 130–31, 144, 169, 182, 183–84, 186, 187–89, 190, 218, 223–24, 279, 339, 356, 384

  Bay of Pigs invasion and, 331–38, 343, 347, 360, 362, 373

  Berlin and, 327, 337, 338, 339–45, 362–64, 366–67, 368, 373, 374, 381, 382–83

  Billings and, see Billings, Kirk Lemoyne “Lem”

  birth of, 13

  Bradlee and, 237–38

  Bunker Hill Day parade and, 64, 86

  cabinet of, 321–23

  Camelot likened to presidency of, 400–401

  campaign “teas” held for, 128–29, 138, 139

  Canada trip of, 338–39

  charisma of, 26, 225–26, 271, 288

  cheapness of, 151–55, 163

  Choate school and, 14–23, 26, 27, 29, 162, 326

  Churchill as hero of, 17, 33, 34–35, 41, 59, 108–9, 235, 239, 252, 285, 325

  civil rights address of (1963), 380–81, 383

  civil rights and, 229–31, 309–11, 323, 359–62, 375, 379–81, 384, 389–90, 394, 396

  companionship as need of, 17, 29, 106, 167, 323, 355, 357

  compartmentalization of life by, 25–26, 38, 106, 159, 282–83, 317, 327, 357, 401

  congressional race of 1946 and, 7, 63, 67, 76–87, 133–34, 185, 216

  Cuba and, 9, 306–8, 331–38, 363, 364–73, 396

  Curley petition and, 101–3, 124, 170

  dating and flirtations of, 106–7, 160, 162, 166

  decision to enter politics of, 75–77

  de Gaulle and, 339–40

  Democratic Convention of 1956 and, 2–3, 202–11, 216, 225, 229, 241

  Democratic Convention of 1960 and, 4, 277–84

  Democratic nomination and, 271–84

  Democratic primary races of 1960 and, 252–69

  diary of, 73–74, 78–79

  dirty tricks and, 259

  discharge from Navy of, 66

  Eisenhower disliked by, 233

  Eisenhower policy criticized by, 227–29

  Eleanor Roosevelt and, 206–7, 276

  election of 1956 and, 213

  election of 1958 and, 234, 241

  election of 1964 and, 395–96

  engagement of, 161, 162

  European trips of, 29–30, 33–34, 36, 105–6, 202, 212–13, 218, 339–40, 382–83

  failure to file congressional campaign papers by, 82, 185

  Far East fact finding trip of, 116–17, 119, 120, 173, 229, 305

  foreign policy as prime interest of, 116, 119–21, 283–84

  funeral of, 402

  Furcolo and, 121–22, 184–87, 202

  Garbo White House visit and, 394–95

  gravesite of, 401

  Harvard and, 24, 26, 27–29, 30, 36, 46, 97, 142, 162, 180, 184, 218, 237

  Hiss and, 111, 142

  honeymoon of, 166–67, 212

  Hoover and, 44, 321–22, 356–57

  House of Representatives and, 88, 89–113, 117, 233, 298–99, 318–19, 389–90

  Hyannis political reunion picnic and, 193–94

  illnesses of, 15–16, 17, 18–19, 25, 26, 27, 29, 60–61, 66–67, 74, 86, 105–6, 117, 130–31, 144, 169, 182–84, 187–89, 217–18, 224, 233, 253, 278–79, 290–91, 356, 400

 

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