by John Kerry
Rove, Karl, 277, 278, 282, 291, 360
RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades), 101, 102
Rubio, Marco, 535
Ruby, Jack, 34
Rumsfeld, Donald, 245
Rung Sat Special Zone (RSSZ), 84, 88
in map, 66
Runyon, Pat, 69–71
Russel, Danny, 561, 562
Russert, Tim, 241, 254
Russia, 370, 403, 439, 477, 479, 487, 492, 529, 571
New START arms reduction treaty with, 394–402
sanctions imposed on, 437, 438, 552
Syria and, 525–27, 529, 530–32, 538–40, 548–55
Ukraine and, 434–39, 549, 552
Rutherford, Lewis, 21
Rwanda, 576
Saban Forum, 476, 477
Saddam Hussein, 188, 235, 246–49, 255, 266, 293, 315, 490
Safer, Morley, 132
Saigon, 93–95
in map, 66
press corps in, 48
St. Albans School, 12
Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, 7–10
St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast, 216–18, 256
St. Paul’s School, 118, 205–6
Kerry at, 19–21, 26, 27, 29, 44, 151, 170, 171, 445
Salehi, Ali, 490, 496, 506–7, 514
Salehi, Yeganeh, 522–23
Salter, Mark, 195
salvific suffering, 172
Sampley, Ted, 194–95, 299
Sandinistas, 163–64, 182
Sandusky, Del, 99, 100, 103–4, 106, 107
Santorum, Rick, 287, 289, 405
Santos, Juan Manuel, 429–34
Sarbanes, Paul, 184
Sasser, Jim, 335
Sasso, John, 321
Saud al-Faisal, Prince, 547
Saudi Arabia, 387, 478, 485, 530, 546–547, 550, 555
Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America’s Slide into Socialism (DeMint), 395
Schacte, Lieutenant, 69
Schieffer, Bob, 319
Schlech, Walter F., 111, 118
Schmid, Helga, 500
Schneider, Ronna, 138
Schumer, Chuck, 501
Scouting, 12–13
Scowcroft, Brent, 247, 249
Second Amendment, 281–84, 287
Seeger, Pete, 60
Senate, U.S., 149–55, 228–29, 335, 340, 376, 393–94, 406
Armed Services Committee, 153, 290
Banking Committee, 368
civility and collegiality in, 166, 167
Clinton impeachment and, 234–36
Commerce Committee, 151, 155, 350, 368
diversity in, 153–54
Finance Committee, 350, 353, 354, 357–59, 368
gym of, 168
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, 353
Hillary Clinton in, 336, 341
Intelligence Committee, 243, 274
Judiciary Committee, 155
Kerry in, 79, 115, 149–81, 189, 207, 212–15, 227, 332–38, 340–44, 345–67, 368–407, 583
Afghanistan and, 369–76, 416
BCCI investigation, 187–89, 245
climate change and, 360–65
as Foreign Relations Committee chairman, 368–407, 412, 448, 487, 536, 544, 560, 561
health care and, 350, 353–54, 363, 364
Iraq and, 247–49
New START and, 394–402
Nicaragua and Iran-Contra investigation, 162–67, 182–89
Pakistan and, 372, 374, 376–88
Philippines and, 177–81
POW/MIA issue and, 155, 190–201
reelection in 2008, 344, 345, 349
Syria and, 388–93
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and, 402–4
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and, 402–6
YouthBuild and, 202–5, 227, 228
Kerry’s campaign for (1984), 146–148, 160–61, 192
Kerry’s reelection campaign for (1996), 211–27, 232, 349
debates in, 220–23
McCain defended by members of, 238–39
New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) and, 394–402
Obama in, 270–71, 279, 336, 341, 347
Prayer Breakfast of, 168–74, 275, 282
rhythms of, 159
Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, 155, 193–201
Small Business Committee, 155, 336, 368
women in, 152
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 153–55, 160, 166, 176, 177, 179, 182–84, 187, 244, 247, 336, 337, 339, 350, 351, 368, 407, 430
Kerry as chairman of, 368–407, 412, 448, 487, 536, 544, 560, 561
Afghanistan and, 369–76, 416
New START and, 394–402
Pakistan and, 372, 374, 376–88
Syria and, 388–93
Kerry’s Vietnam testimony to, 130–131, 132–33, 339, 532
Syria and, 534, 536
September 11 attacks, 243–47, 273, 282, 290, 294, 298, 306, 309, 319–20, 370, 386, 416, 547
SERE (survival, evasion, resistance and escape) training, 62–65
Sessions, Jeff, 228
Shaheen, Jeanne, 517
Shalit, Gilad, 458
Shamie, Ray, 148
Shannon, Jim, 146, 148
Shannon, Tom, 409–10, 431
Sharon, Ariel, 441, 452
Shaw, Bernard, 222
Shaw, George Bernard, 59
Shaw, Robert Gould, 25
Sheehan, Neil, 56
Shepard, Matthew, 293
Shepard, Scott, 242
Sherman, Wendy, 481, 497, 498, 501, 503, 506, 507, 509, 516, 517
Shia Muslims, 388, 489–90, 531, 543, 544
Shin Bet, 465
Shir LaShalom, 445
Short, Fred, 107
Shourd, Sarah, 488
Shrum, Bob, 215, 220, 232, 269, 310, 312, 315, 317, 324
Shtayyeh, Mohammad, 462
Shultz, George, 162, 177, 180, 396, 409, 415
Shultz, Obie, 415
Shumadine, Bill, 113
Silent Spring (Carson), 122, 559
Silver Star, 83–84, 114, 129
awarded to Kerry, 104, 223, 225, 302
Simon, Paul, 157
Simpson, Alan, 151
Sisi, Abdel Fattah al-, 478
Six-Day War, 481
60 Minutes, 132
Sklenkar, Marge, 116
Small Business Administration, 155, 336
Small Business Committee, 155, 336, 368
Smedinghoff, Anne, 417–18, 421, 424
Smith, Bob, 193, 199–200
Smith, Fred, 44
Smith, Gordon, 229
Smith, Neal, 162
Smith, Stephen, 22
Social Security, 318, 320
Soi Rap River, 84, 88, 89, 91, 93
Somoza family, 163
Sopoaga, Enele, 568
South Africa, 571
South China Sea, 80, 83, 94, 98
in map, 66
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 177
South Korea (Republic of Korea), 94
South Sudan, 412–13
Soviet Union, 147, 165, 172, 177, 426, 439, 505, 582
Afghanistan and, 165, 379, 549
Cuban Missile Crisis, 432, 582
dissolution of, 195
Nicaragua and, 163–65, 167
Ukraine and, 434
Vietnam War and, 195–96
Spanish-American War, 175
Spin Alley, 312
Spirit of St. Louis, 556
Springsteen, Bruce, 320, 331
Sragow, Roanne, 142–43
Starr, Ken, 229, 230, 233–35
State Department, 12, 21, 43, 165, 177, 179, 364, 371, 391, 408, 487, 491, 545
Clinton as secretary of state, 349, 370, 371, 375, 376, 384, 385, 390, 396, 400, 409
Kerry as candidate for secretary of state in 2009, 346–49
Kerry as secretary of state, 408–39, 583
Afghanistan and, 416–24
climate change and
, 556–79
Colombia and, 429–34
confirmation and swearing in, 407, 408, 496, 539–40, 561
Cuba and, 424–29, 431
Egypt and, 413–15
Iran nuclear program and, 485–523
Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and, 440–84
Obama’s nomination of, 406–7
Syria and, 524–55
Ukraine and, 434–39
policy guidance cables of, 565
Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review of, 565–566
Steinmeier, Frank-Walter, 514
Stennis, John C., 152–53
Stern, Todd, 561–63, 567, 569, 570, 578
Stevens, Ann, 173
Stevens, Ted, 173–74
Stevenson, Adlai, 21
Stewart, Potter, 7
Stone, John, 579
Stone, Roger, 179
Stoneman, Dorothy, 202–5
Strickland, Ted, 287
Strolz, Othmar, 30
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, 53
Sudan, 233, 245
suffering, 172
Suharto, 176
Sullivan, Jake, 494–95
Sullivan, Tom, 512
Sumar, Fatema, 386
Sun Also Rises, The (Hemingway), 36, 39
Sunni Muslims, 388, 443–44, 489–90, 531, 539, 542–43, 546, 547
Sununu, John, 146
Supreme Court, 7
Bush v. Gore, 241–42, 327
Sussman, Lou, 271
Suu Kyi, Aung San, 237
Swift Boating, strategy and use of term, 273, 307
Swift boats (Patrol Craft, Fast; PCF), 52, 61, 113–14, 127, 300
Coastal Division 11, 72, 77, 79, 82, 83, 98, 112
Coastal Division 13, 75, 81
Coastal Division 14, 68
design of, 61, 80, 86
Kerry’s command of, 52, 58, 59, 61–62, 67–109, 124
PCF-44, 72, 73, 84, 88, 98, 300, 306
PCF-57, 73
PCF-94, 98, 99, 101, 105–8, 224, 225, 306, 409
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), 301–7, 317, 364, 374
Switzerland:
Davos, 5
Kerry’s schooling in, 7, 14–15, 18–20, 29, 32
Syria, 249, 388–93, 439, 524–55, 572
Aleppo, 549–50, 553–55
Arab Spring and, 392, 393
bombing of humanitarian convoy in, 553–55
cease-fire and humanitarian aid in, 551–54
chemical weapons in, 393
Ghouta attack, 524–30, 532, 534–538, 541, 546
military response to Ghouta attack, 527–38
removal of, 536–41
civil war in, 527, 539, 540, 542–43, 546, 552
Daesh (ISIL) in, 543–48, 552, 553
Foley and, 544–45
Hama, 525
International Syria Support Group, 550
Iran and, 549, 550, 555
Iraq War compared with, 530, 532, 535, 536
Israel and, 388–91, 539, 541
jihadis and, 542–43
nuclear facility in, 389–90
Obama and, 389, 390, 393, 525–30, 533–35, 537–38, 544, 548, 551, 555
Russia and, 525–27, 529, 530–32, 538–40, 548–55
UN and, 529–32, 536, 538, 539, 541, 542, 550, 554–55
TACA Airlines, 162
Taft, Bob, 291–92
Taft, William Howard, 175
Takht-Ravanchi, Majid, 500
Taliban, 245, 370, 372, 377, 379, 383, 416, 418, 420
Talwar, Puneet, 494–95
Tanzania, 233
Tea Party, 358, 359, 363, 365, 395, 399, 401–5
technology, 411
Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif), 467, 475
terrorism, 188, 245, 266, 314, 320, 338, 341, 370, 388, 411, 416, 463, 464, 483, 490, 518, 542
al-Nusra, 550, 552–54
al-Qaeda, 188, 233, 245, 315, 319, 370, 378, 379, 416, 531, 543, 550, 552
Hezbollah, 388, 390, 391, 485, 548
ISIL (ISIS; Daesh), 486, 512, 513, 543–48, 552, 553
Foley and, 544–45
Lashkar-e-Taiba, 379
9/11 attacks, 243–47, 273, 282, 290, 294, 298, 306, 309, 319–20, 370, 386, 416, 547
Paris attacks, 556–57
terror threat alerts, 301
Tet Offensive, 55–56, 190, 259
This Moment on Earth (Kerry and Kerry), 361
Thomas Aquinas, 171
Thorne, David, 28–29, 31–32, 44–45, 52, 53, 59, 120, 122–23, 133, 134, 277, 313, 315, 331, 351, 410
on European trip with Kerry, 36–41
military service of, 42, 51, 53, 55
Thorne, Julia, 41, 57, 59, 65, 110, 111, 119, 133, 134, 207, 220, 221
Alexandra’s birth to, 137–38
cancer of, 264–65, 315–16, 339
Chestnut Hill home of, 139–40
death of, 339–40, 366
depression suffered by, 144
John’s divorce from, 208, 221, 265, 340
John’s engagement to, 65, 119
John’s marriage to, 122–23
John’s meeting of, 32
John’s separation from, 144, 154, 159, 160, 208
Lowell home of, 137, 139
Vanessa’s birth to, 140
Thorne, Lanny, 119
Thorne, Rose, 122–23, 133
Thorson, Gene, 99, 258
Three Cups of Tea (Mortenson and Relin), 373
Thurlow, Larry, 105, 106, 107
Thurmond, Strom, 151, 152, 190, 289, 290, 335, 345, 395
Tillerson, Rex, 364
Tillich, Paul, 171
Time, 265, 300
Titanic, RMS, 16
Tora Bora, 246, 314, 386
torture, 65
To Seek a Newer World (Kennedy), 124
Tour of Duty (Brinkley), 300
Tracy, Jim, 428
Treasure Island Naval Station, 47–49, 110
Treasury Department, 567
Treaty of Lausanne, 507
Treaty of Versailles, 398
True Compass (Kennedy), 356
Truman, Harry S, 150, 154, 176, 188, 357
Trump, Donald J., 204, 350, 482, 555, 577
climate change and, 577, 578
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and, 480
Tryner, Ken, 107
Tsongas, Paul, 137, 146, 149, 155, 168, 173, 183
Turkey, 388, 390, 471, 472, 540, 550, 555
Tuvalu, 568
Twain, Mark, 43–44, 302
Two for the Road, 65
Two Viet-Nams, The (Fall), 48
Udall, Mo, 330
Ukraine, 434–39, 549, 552
U Minh forest, 78
in map, 66
Unfit for Command (O’Neill and Corsi), 301–4
United Arab Emirates (UAE), 478, 547
United Kingdom, 370, 487, 531–32, 534, 535
United Nations (UN), 247, 394, 415, 421, 423, 438, 477, 496, 517
Convention on the Law of the Sea, 402–4
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 402–6
General Assembly (UNGA), 487, 497, 553, 556, 565
Green Climate Fund, 567
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), 448
Security Council, 247–49, 480–81, 485, 487, 523, 529, 532, 538, 539, 550, 554–55
Syria and, 529–32, 536, 538, 539, 541, 542, 550, 554–55
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 557, 561
Conferences of the Parties (COPs), 564, 566, 567, 569
Bali (2007), 342, 363
Copenhagen (2009), 559, 560, 564
Kyoto (1997), 559, 564, 569
Marrakesh (2016), 577–78
Paris (2015), 556–57, 559, 561–73
Paris Agreement, 570–73, 575–76, 578
Rio Earth Summit (1992), 206, 559, 560, 564, 572
Upton, Pete, 114
U.S.-China Climate Change Working Group (CCWG), 562
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 294, 295
USO shows, 68–69, 95
U.S. Trade Representative’s Office, 567
Vallely, Tom, 135, 214, 224, 331
Vallely, Tory, 331
Valley Forge, Pa., 124, 125, 581
Vandenberg, Arthur, 369
Venezuela, 433
Veterans of Foreign Wars, 126
Victory at Sea, 54
Vietnam, 192, 243, 426, 429, 583
South Vietnam
government of, 60, 82, 101, 176, 177
map of, 66
Vietnam Moratorium Committee, 116, 257
Vietnam veterans, 125–26, 132, 136, 339, 405
Burch and, 238
PTSD in, 125, 126, 127
Shannon’s remark and, 148
support groups for, 126
VA hospitals and, 125–26
Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), 124, 135, 299, 301, 305
agendas and divisions in, 133
finances of, 129, 133
Kerry’s involvement with, 124–30, 132–33, 136, 254, 266, 322
congressional testimony, 130–31, 132–33, 339, 532
military awards returned by, 129
Operation Dewey Canyon, 128–31, 132–33
Operation Rapid American Withdrawal (RAW), 124
Operation Winter Soldier, 127–28
media response to, 128
Valley Forge event, 124, 125
Washington march, 129–30
Vietnam War, 20, 26–27, 37, 42, 43, 45, 48–50, 110, 123, 136, 153, 177, 186, 192, 248, 259, 290, 298, 306, 333, 337, 371, 404, 449, 528, 582
activism against, see anti-war activism
Agent Orange used in, 84, 94
atrocities in, 127
and blacklist of Vietnamese, 91–92
Coastal Surveillance Force in, 81, 83
domino theory and, 43, 82, 109, 163
end of, 136
fishing junks and, 69–72, 74, 75, 78–79, 90–92, 108, 109, 127
free-fire zones in, 56, 69, 70, 87, 102, 127
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in, 35, 123
harassment and interdiction missions in, 77, 127
Harkin’s photographs and, 162–63
helicopters in, 198
Kerry’s questioning of, 53, 55, 58, 60, 82, 108–9
Kerry’s Senate testimony on, 130–131, 132–33, 339, 532
Kerry’s service in, 20, 28, 31, 67–109, 118, 148, 190, 288, 308, 322, 583
ambush and beaching of boats, 103–4, 112, 223–25
arrival in Vietnam, 67, 72
awards, 104, 223, 225, 301, 302
presidential election of 2004 and, 298–307
return to U.S. following, 108, 110–11, 120, 124, 171
shrapnel wound and, 102
Swift boat command, 52, 58, 59, 61–62, 67–109, 124
Warsh’s Boston Globe column on, 223–25
locations in
An Thoi, 72, 76–81, 92–93, 98–100, 102, 104, 108
Bay Hap River, 101–3, 105–7, 583
Bo De River, 76–78, 82, 83
Cai Nuoc, 100, 101, 102, 106
