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Index
Acheson, Dean, 126
Adams, Charles Francis, 13, 17
Adams, Henry, 63
Adams, John, 1
Aga Khan III, Prince, 82
Agnelli, Giovanni, 168
Agnelli, Marella, 138
Aldrich, Harriet, 51, 96
Aldrich, Winthrop, 96
Aldrich cousins, 22, 78
Alexander II, Czar, 3
Algerian War, 95
Alphand, Hervé, 123
Alsop, Augusta “Gussie,” 51
Alsop, Corinne, 10, 146
Alsop, Elizabeth, 134
Alsop, Joseph “Joe”
angry outbursts of, 135, 139
on Carter, 166
on China détente, 148
China trip of, 149
death of, 183
De Gaulle’s ’ 1958 coming into power observed by, 97–98
divorce from Susan Mary, 170
FBI file on, 114
friendship with Bill Patten, 12–13, 115
friendship with Susan Mary, 73, 115, 160, 165, 169, 181–83
godfather to Billy, 62
homosexuality of, 113–14, 144
at Hyannis Port, 111
and Indochina War, 92–93
“Joe Mayflower” character based on, 143–44
at Johnson White House, 130
and President Kennedy’s assassination, 128–29
-Kennedy relationship, 112, 127
Kennedy’s inauguration night visit to, 119–20
as Kennedy supporter, 110, 111–12
in Kennedy White House social circle, 120–29
and Henry Kissinger, 147
marital problems of, 135, 138, 139–41
marriage proposal and acceptance, 112–16
and Moscow 1957 incident, 114, 144
with Pattens in France, 86, 97–98, 100, 107
The Rare Art Traditions, 179
Roosevelt connections of, 10, 127
self-confidence of, 138–39
separation from Susan Mary, 151–54
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