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by David Nasaw


  Gore, Albert, 707

  Gort, John, 447

  Gould, Edwin, 627

  Gould, Jay, 627

  Goulding, Eddie, 137, 141, 142–43, 554

  Gowen, Franklin, 375, 441, 445, 525

  Gower Street Company, 112, 131

  Grace, Eugene, 52, 55, 56, 72

  Graham, Billy, 743, 757–58

  Graham, Cecil, 73

  Graham’s of London, 73, 74

  Grange, Red, 97

  Gray, William, 94, 95

  Great Britain:

  bombing preparations in, 341, 343

  in buildup to World War II, 289, 290, 292–94, 301, 302–3, 323, 329–31, 332, 334–35, 338–47, 368, 373, 399–407

  declaration of war against Germany, 406–7, 408, 410, 411, 415, 416

  economic difficulties of, 509–10

  German attacks on, 458, 461, 462–63, 466, 468, 469, 473–75, 477, 478, 479, 480–81, 496, 516, 529–31, 568

  gold sales and, 437–38

  gold supplies of, 448–49

  import restrictions of, 420–21

  Italy and, 303–4

  Jewish refugees and, 308–9, 324, 329, 349–52, 361–65

  JPK as ambassador to, xxi, 80, 272–78, 283–311, 323–47, 249–70, 371–97, 399–407, 408–22, 427–43, 444–56, 457–72, 473–86, 491, 496, 512

  JPK’s resignation as ambassador to, 496, 502–4, 526

  Labour Party in, 484

  lend-lease program and, 510, 511–13, 515, 516–20, 525

  oil needs of, 475

  Palestine and, 286–87, 307, 351–52, 358, 359, 361–62, 385–93

  U.S. aid to, 441–43, 451–54, 458–59, 461, 466–72, 498, 503, 510, 517, 519, 605

  U.S. loan to, 599, 617

  U.S. trade agreements with, 352–53, 380–81

  war debt payments of, 185, 411

  in World War I, 40, 44, 49–50

  in World War II, 408–20, 427–31, 433–34, 438–43, 448–55, 458, 460–63, 466, 468, 469, 473–75, 477–81, 483, 486, 496, 516, 529–31, 579, 581, 633, 745

  Great Depression, see Depression, Great

  Great Dictator, The, 501–2

  Greater Houston Ministerial Association, 743

  Greece, 497, 529, 530, 605

  U.S. aid to, 605, 607, 608, 616, 617, 618, 636, 637

  Green, Angela, 556

  Green, William, 389

  Gridiron Club dinner, 186–87, 190, 206, 716–17

  Grober, Bert “Wingie,” 719, 736

  Gruenther, Alfred, 679

  Guild of Saint Apollonia, 62–63, 591

  Gunther, John, 33

  Gurnett, Daniel, 65

  Hacker, Louis, 601–2

  Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, Lord, 289, 291, 294, 300, 302, 303, 307, 336, 340–41, 345, 360, 376, 394–95, 416–17, 422, 433, 437, 439, 440, 448, 483, 507, 547, 575

  appeasement policy of, 303, 382, 416

  Catholic refugees and, 309

  Czechoslovakia and, 330, 333–34

  and German attacks on England, 458, 469

  Jewish refugees and, 308, 329, 349, 350, 351, 352, 362, 363–64

  Kathleen Kennedy and, 551, 573

  Palestine and, 352, 385–86

  Poland and, 400, 403–4, 405

  Halifax, Lady, 300, 376

  Hall, Frank, 66–67

  Hallmark Pictures, 66–67

  Hannegan, Bob, 573, 575–76

  Harmonie Club, 639–40

  Harris, Lou, 726, 749

  Hartington, William Cavendish, Marquess of (Billy Hartington), 324

  death of, 572–73, 577, 580, 589

  Kathleen Kennedy’s marriage to, 564–67

  Kathleen Kennedy’s relationship with, 324, 438, 531–32, 551, 552–53, 561–67, 620

  military service of, 567, 568, 571, 572

  Harvard Business School, JPK’s lecture series at, 100–102, 109

  Harvard College, 78, 89

  Boston Latin and, 17, 22

  Edward Kennedy at, 647–48, 649, 650

  JFK at, 240, 298, 317, 321, 424, 457

  Joe Kennedy, Jr. at, 221–22, 239, 298, 310, 312, 317, 321

  JPK at, xx, 21–26, 30–31, 55, 64–65, 259

  JPK passed over for honorary doctorate from, 312

  JPK’s degree from, 32, 33, 34, 100

  JPK’s 1936 reunion speech at, 259–61, 269

  reunions of, 47, 78–79, 259–61, 312

  social life at, 25

  Harvard Crimson, 424

  Harvard Department of Fine Arts, 101, 102

  Harvard Law School, 216, 244

  Joe Kennedy, Jr. at, 423, 424, 457, 476, 526, 527

  Harvard University, 696–97, 702

  Harvey, Oliver, 419

  Haussermann, Oscar, 79

  Hawaii, 442

  Pearl Harbor, xxii, 509, 538, 567

  Hayden, Charles, 58, 64, 66

  Hayden, Stone & Co., 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 66, 67, 69, 70, 77–78, 87, 88, 91, 256, 613

  Hayes, Carlton, 549

  Hays, Will, 75–76, 100, 101, 104, 421

  Headley Park, 479

  Hearst, Millicent, 28, 176

  Hearst, William Randolph, 28, 74, 96, 137, 143, 146, 173–74, 175, 187, 209, 245, 249, 250, 313, 317, 501, 505, 545

  death of, 644

  Garner and, 173–74, 176–77

  JPK’s work on restructuring business of, 254–55, 257–58, 264

  Roosevelt and, 176–77, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 254

  tax measures and, 231–32, 237

  Heddal, Mathilda, 589

  Henlein, Konrad, 336

  Henderson, Nevile, 336, 399–400, 401, 403, 404

  Hennessey, Luella, 267, 297, 406, 410, 777, 778

  Henri, Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudraye, 110, 114, 115, 116–17, 118, 137, 140, 141, 143–44, 147, 156

  Hersey, John, 561, 598

  Hertz, John, 88, 89

  Hesburgh, Father Theodore, 680, 715, 723

  Hialeah, 559, 580, 581, 610, 693, 720

  Hillman, Sidney, 327

  Hillman, William, 418–19, 441

  Hinton, Harold, 291

  Hirohito, 580

  Hitler, Adolf, 272, 287–90, 293, 341–46, 356, 372, 376, 385, 394, 399–407, 413, 416, 418, 432, 437, 438, 447, 479, 486, 494, 511, 530, 567, 579, 581, 605, 633

  appeasement of, see appeasement of Nazi Germany

  Arvad and, 540–41

  assumption of power and first actions of, 199–200, 258

  Chamberlain’s meetings with, 336–38, 340

  death of, 579

  declaration of war against U.S., 538

  Dirksen and, 741–42

  Dunkirk and, 449

  Hollywood and, 501–2

  Jewish emigration and, 322, 358–59

  Jewish persecution initiated by, 199–200

  Joe Kennedy, Jr. on, 200, 201–2

  JPK and, 741–42, 748; see also appeasement of Nazi Germany, JPK and

  Munich Agreement with, 346–47, 348–49, 359–60, 400, 402, 435–36, 485, 633, 745

  Roosevelt and, 341, 344, 346, 381–82, 385, 413–14

  speeches of, 335–36, 342

  sterilization law and, 201

  see also Nazi Germany

  Hoare, Samuel, 336, 346, 371, 413, 414

  Hodkinson, W. W., 74, 85

  Holland, 439–40

  Hollywood, see motion picture industry

  Holmes, J. H., 161

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 198

  Hoov
er, Herbert, 135, 171, 183, 246, 248, 362, 503, 531, 579, 580, 616, 637–38, 675, 676, 752–53, 760–61, 783

  British war debt payments and, 185

  Depression and, 167, 171, 172

  JPK’s leaking of information to, 676–77

  Truman and, 584

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 446, 508, 541, 559, 675, 769

  Hoover Commission, see Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government

  Hopkins, Harry, 230, 231, 251, 278, 332, 492

  Horizon House, 778

  Horton, Rip, 369

  Hot Springs, Va., 162

  Houghton, Arthur, 65, 77, 78, 162, 241, 299, 369, 375, 398, 403, 554, 572, 578, 604, 610, 645, 649, 668–69, 679–81, 749

  death of son, 577–78

  Hourigan, Mollie, 264, 265–66

  House, Edward M., 181

  House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 511–12, 518–20, 525

  House Committee on Un-American Activities, 508

  Houston, David, 67

  Howard, Roy, 208, 317, 376, 503, 505

  Howard, Sidney, 157

  Howe, Louis, 179, 182, 183, 188, 206, 207, 233, 275

  Howey, Walter, 88, 571, 646

  Hufty, Page, 511

  Hull, Cordell, 191, 206, 296, 301–3, 326, 330–32, 334, 340, 342, 343, 346, 347, 364, 368–70, 382, 384–85, 394, 403, 405, 411, 414, 434, 439, 441, 443, 446, 448–49, 452, 458–61, 465, 496, 507–8, 512

  Catholic refugees and, 309

  Jewish refugees and, 307

  and JPK as proposed envoy to Ireland, 506–7

  JPK’s speeches and, 292–95, 354

  Lindbergh report and, 339

  Palestine and, 352, 385–86, 387, 392, 393

  and safety of British ships, 409

  U.S.-British trade agreement and, 381

  Humphrey, Hubert, 703, 720, 730, 732, 733, 734, 735

  Hurd, James, 74, 229

  Hutchins, Maynard, 531

  Hyannis Port, Mass., 92, 99, 126, 132–33, 190, 220, 247, 248, 263–64, 266, 678–79, 719, 766–67, 782, 786

  Hyannisport Club, 178

  Ickes, Harold, 207, 230, 231, 272, 299–300, 308, 315–16, 319, 332, 344, 367, 393, 429, 505, 516

  JPK and, 231, 274–75, 299

  I’m for Roosevelt (JPK), 212, 246, 247, 249–50, 256, 271

  Indo-China, 636, 640, 655, 656, 658–59, 660, 689

  influenza epidemic, 56–57

  Inside U.S.A. (Gunther), 33

  Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, 329, 350, 393

  Iran, 655, 656, 658–59

  Iraq, 392

  Ireland, 410

  emigration from, 4, 9

  Irish Poor Law Extension Act and, 3–4

  JFK’s visit to, 617

  JPK proposed as envoy to, 506–7

  Kennedy family in, 4

  potato blight in, 3, 4–5, 9

  Irish Catholics, 582

  JPK’s identity as one of, xix, xx, 22–23, 33, 49, 58, 61, 80, 104, 251, 272, 277, 291, 374

  Roosevelt and, 539, 549

  Irish Catholics, in Boston, 9, 12

  Democratic Party and, 9, 10–11, 14, 15

  political success of, 10

  prejudice against, 10–11, 105

  isolationism:

  communism and, 604–5, 607–8

  JPK and, xxii, 289, 292, 295, 366, 431, 433, 434, 486, 498–500, 503, 504, 517, 607–8, 637–38, 639, 641

  World War II and, 289, 292, 295, 431, 433, 434, 486, 498–500, 503, 504, 517, 607–8

  Italy, 301, 368, 373, 377, 381, 414, 416, 433, 440, 475, 575, 617, 636, 679, 753

  Christian Democrats vs. Communists in, 618–19, 634, 679, 699, 700

  Ethiopia invaded by, 258, 287, 303–4

  Great Britain and, 303–4

  Star of Solidarity award of, 662

  in Tripartite Pact, 479–80

  Vatican, see Vatican

  in World War II, 451, 479–80, 497, 529, 581

  Jabotinsky, Ze’ev, 359

  Jackson, Henry, 673

  Jackson, “Pat,” 667

  Jackson, Shoeless Joe, 55–56

  Jacobs, Rose Gell, 359

  Japan, 258, 272, 287, 368, 373, 394, 395, 414, 497, 636

  atomic bombs dropped on, 580

  Pearl Harbor attack, xxii, 509, 538, 567

  in Tripartite Pact, 479–80

  U.S. trade with, 538

  in World War II, 479–80, 538, 577, 580, 581

  Jewish Agency for Palestine, 359, 385

  Jews, 22, 202, 316, 356–58, 393, 540, 576, 634, 672–73

  in Hollywood, 75, 97, 103, 104, 501–2, 503, 559

  JFK and, 742, 743, 748

  JPK and, 356–57, 358, 359, 367, 434, 501–2, 507–9, 539, 559, 582–83, 667, 742

  Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation and, 695

  Lady Astor’s statements about, 305, 357

  media influence of, 357, 365, 393

  Palestine and, see Palestine

  political influence of, 365–66, 507–9, 574, 582–83, 723

  refugees, 306–9, 322, 324, 329, 349–52, 361–65, 387, 390, 507, 508–9

  Roosevelt and, 349–52, 362, 390, 508, 509, 583

  Zionism and, 286–87, 351–52, 358, 359, 385, 386, 388–93, 712

  see also anti-Semitism

  John XXIII, Pope, 755, 771

  Johns Hopkins University, 698, 760

  Johnson, Herschel, 417, 444, 445, 446, 453, 474

  Johnson, Hugh, 317, 357

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 684–85, 687, 711–12, 716, 718, 720, 736, 754, 786

  Committee on Foreign Relations and, 684–85, 711

  JPK and, 771–72, 785

  as presidential candidate, 737, 738, 746

  as vice-presidential candidate, 738–39

  Johnston, Alva, 320

  Jordan, Father Max, 695

  Jordan, Sara, 431, 464, 476, 567

  Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, 604, 611, 612–14, 625, 694–96, 755–56, 773, 778

  directors and infrastructure of, 613–14

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s work at, 613, 624, 696, 697–98, 760

  first gift of, 613

  mission statement of, 612–13

  Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Laboratories for Research on Mental Retardation, 698

  Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial, 623–26

  Jowett, Garth, 97

  J. Russell Young School of Expression, 284–85

  Kahn, Otto, 70

  Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 35

  Kane, Joe, 572, 583, 584, 595, 596, 599–600

  Kane, Robert, 107

  K-A-O (Keith-Albee-Orpheum), 112, 119–20, 121, 122, 128–29, 130–31, 135, 137

  Karmel, Joseph, 307

  Katzenbach, Nicholas, 770

  Keaton, Buster, 110

  Kefauver, Estes, 707–8, 711

  Keith, Benjamin Franklin, 65

  Keller, Father James, 586

  Kelly, Arthur, 24, 25, 54

  Kennan, George F., 378, 605

  Kennedy, Bridget Murphy (grandmother), 6

  Kennedy, Caroline (granddaughter), 163, 750, 767, 775

  Kennedy, Edward Moore “Ted” (son), xxiii, 132, 336, 343, 435, 457, 475–76, 490, 526, 557, 559, 611, 646, 668, 718, 749, 751–52, 765–66, 767, 775, 785, 786

  birth of, 60, 145, 163–64

  childhood of, 133, 134, 243, 253, 375, 423, 555

  in Counter Intelligence Corps, 648, 674–75

  education of, 424, 527, 547–48

  in England dur
ing JPK’s ambassadorship, 297, 298

  at Harvard, 647–48, 649, 650, 690–91

  JFK’s assassination and, 784–85

  JFK’s congressional campaign and, 602

  JFK’s inauguration and, 762, 763–64

  JFK’s presidential campaign and, 736, 738, 740

  Joe Jr.’s death and, 570, 571, 578

  JPK’s correspondence with, 12, 35–36, 680, 704

  JPK’s lecture to, 585

  JPK’s stroke and, 776, 779, 783

  Kathleen’s death and, 621

  military service of, 648–49

  in plane crash, 691

  Rosemary and, 425

  Senate campaign of, 649, 766, 779

  as senator, 712, 784

  shoulder injury of, 690–91

  at University of Virginia, 675–76

  World War II and, 410

  Kennedy, Ethel Skakel (daughter-in-law), 647, 654, 678, 688, 689, 695, 778, 780

  Robert Kennedy’s marriage to, 646–47

  Kennedy, Eunice Mary (daughter), see Shriver, Eunice Kennedy

  Kennedy, Francis B. (brother), 10

  Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier “Jackie” (daughter-in-law), 677, 678, 683, 713, 750–51, 758, 763

  JPK’s stroke and, 776, 779, 783

  Kennedy, Jean Ann (daughter), see Smith, Jean Kennedy

  Kennedy, Joan Bennett (daughter-in-law), 762, 763

  Kennedy, John Bright (journalist), 377

  Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Jr. (grandson), 758

  Kennedy, John Fitzgerald “Jack” (son), 241, 243, 255, 284, 325, 326, 331, 408, 423, 463, 475, 525–26, 541, 543, 548, 552, 554, 574, 645, 646, 678, 681, 709, 767

  Addison’s disease of, 527, 617, 654, 682, 683, 704–5, 737

  Algerian issue and, 711, 712

  appeasement issue and, 357

  appendicitis of, 163

  Arvad and, 525–26, 540–42, 559, 604, 675

  assassination of, xxiii, 80, 720, 784–85

  back surgeries of, 568, 570, 682–84, 685, 686–87, 691

  bank internship of, 528

  Bay of Pigs and, 767–68

  birth of, 49

  cabinet of, 760

  Catholicism of, 701–3, 707, 712–16, 721–25, 727–29, 731–35, 743–44, 747–48, 752, 753–55, 757–58

  childhood of, 61–63, 85, 90, 99, 113, 126, 134, 142, 151, 169, 178

  at Choate, 150–51, 162, 163, 169, 177, 182, 189, 195–97, 221, 224–26

  civil rights and, 711–12

  communism and, 641, 656, 668

  congressional campaign of, 594–98, 599, 602–4, 611, 635

  as congressman, 607, 617, 635, 639–42, 652–59, 663

  during Depression years, 169

 

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