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The Kennedy Men

Page 120

by Laurence Leamer


  Hersh, Seymour, 551

  Herter, Christian, 671–72

  Heyser, Richard, 629

  Hialeah Racetrack, 249

  Hickey, John and Catherine, 13, 28–29, 55

  Hicks, Granville, 104–5

  Hilsman, Roger, 564, 720, 723–26

  Hirshey, Gerri, 551

  Hiss, Alger, 302

  Hitler, Adolf, 119–23, 134, 141–42, 283, 531, 680, 720

  anti-Semitism of, 82–83, 113–15, 128

  Arvad and, 173, 175

  JFK on, 134, 141, 227–29, 677

  Joe Jr. on, 82–83, 129–30

  Joe Sr. and, 83, 112–15, 119–20, 123, 130, 149

  Ho Chi Minh, 288–90, 293, 328

  Hoffa, James R. “Jimmy, ” 553, 740

  JFK’s 1960 presidential campaignand, 461, 465

  RFK’s investigation of, 369–71, 373–75

  Hofmannsthal, Raimund von, 146–47

  Holborn, Fred, 357

  Holcombe, Arthur, 301, 332

  Holeman, Frank, 529, 648–49

  Hollings, Fritz, 448

  Holmes, Hamilton, 555–56

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 7

  Holt, L. Emmett, 44

  Homage to Catalonia (Orwell), 125

  Home, Earl and Lady, 318

  Hooker, John, Jr., 588

  Hooton, Claude, Jr., 276, 333, 461–62, 478

  Hooton, Earnest A., 104–5

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 180–81, 310, 383, 476, 491, 689, 693

  anti-Communist campaign of, 596–98, 691

  civil rights movement and, 709–13

  Cuba and, 608–9

  organized crime and, 408, 598, 601–4, 608–9

  RFK’s relationship with, 360, 362, 596–98, 600–601, 605, 608–9

  Hopkins, Harry, 109, 222

  Horton, Ralph “Rip, ” 86, 98–100, 103, 249

  Ho Tan Quyen, 722

  Houghton, Arthur, 37

  Houghton, Charles, 108

  House of Representatives, U.S., 13, 162, 244–45, 384, 559, 659

  JFK in, 243–54, 273–74, 280–85, 290–91, 444, 472, 659, 684, 716

  JFK’s campaigns for, 223–24, 229–37, 248, 258, 293–306, 320

  Select Committee on Assassinations, 411

  Vietnam and, 289, 717

  see also Congress, U.S.

  Houston, Lawrence, 607–8

  Howard, Lisa, 676

  Howard, Roy, 70–71

  Howe, Louis, 71

  “How the Kennedys Spoil Wedding Anniversaries” (JacquelineKennedy), 380

  Hughes, Harold, 715

  Hughes, Howard, 488

  Hull, Cordell, 113, 120, 148–49

  Humphrey, Hubert, 343, 378–79

  1960 presidential campaign of, 403, 416–17, 421–22, 423, 424–25, 426–27, 429–30, 431, 434

  Humphrey, Muriel, 424

  Humphreys, Jeanne, 412

  Humphreys, Murray “the Camel, ”412

  Hundley, William, 598

  Hunter, Charlayne, 555–56

  Hurst, Q. Byrum, 39

  Hurwitch, Robert A., 496

  lies, John, 191

  Imhoff, Susan, 159

  Immoor, Frederick, 410

  India, 288–89

  “Intervention in Spain” (J. P. Kennedy, Jr.), 125

  isolationism, in World War II, 113, 119–20, 122, 125, 130, 142–43, 146–47, 150, 152–53, 157, 160–62, 175

  Israel, 476, 670

  JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign and, 303–4

  JFK’s visit to, 286–87

  RFK’s visits to, 262–63, 286–88

  “Issues in the Defense of the West” (J.F. Kennedy), 284

  “Jack Kennedy’s Challenge” (J. F.Kennedy), 248

  Jackson, Henry M., 330–31

  Jacobson, Max, 449–50, 526–28, 536, 543–47

  James, Henry, 159, 179–80

  James, William, 18

  Jefferson, Thomas, 353, 419, 605

  Jennings, Peter, 551

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 379, 740

  1960 presidential campaign of, 403, 417, 422, 434, 436

  1960 vice-presidential campaign of, 434–36, 441–42, 444, 462

  Johnson, Marlin, 599

  Johnson, Priscilla, 341

  Johnson, Robert H., 454

  Johnston, William, 188–89

  Jones, Clarence, 706, 710–12

  Jones, Evelyn, 580

  Jones, John Clark, III, 49

  Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 234

  Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, 393–94

  Kane, Joe, 28, 222, 231, 234

  Karson, Stan, 355

  Kater, Florence May, 406, 550, 692

  Kater, Leonard, 406

  Kattenburg, Paul, 717

  Katzenbach, Mrs. Nicholas, 568

  Kazin, Alfred, 586

  Kearney, Pierce, 164–65

  Keating, Kenneth, 597, 625

  Keeler, Christine, 690

  Kefauver, Estes, 285, 357, 365, 367

  Kelley, Kitty, 551

  Kelly, Arthur, 20

  Kelly, Gene, 701

  Kelly, J.J., 310

  Kelly, Mrs., 325

  Kempton, Murray, 368

  Kennan, George, 533

  Kennedy, Bridget Murphy, 4–5, 17, 683

  Kennedy, Caroline Bouvier, 381, 408, 474, 523, 543–44, 575, 586, 590, 652, 696, 700–701

  Kennedy, Christopher, 41, 554

  Kennedy, David, 589

  Kennedy, Edward Moore, Jr., 581, 585

  Kennedy, Edward Moore “Teddy, ”255–58, 384–89, 397–401, 408, 580–89, 593, 614, 664–72, 689

  African trips of, 357, 581, 583

  alleged Communist associates of, 309–10, 584

  athletic abilities of, 255–56, 277, 332–36, 420–21, 588

  birth of, 61

  charisma of, 668

  childhood and upbringing of, 63, 67–69, 124, 129, 139, 150, 163–69, 171, 199, 202, 219, 232, 236, 255–57, 261, 276, 318, 335, 385, 389, 420

  debating of, 669–70

  education of, 68, 117–18, 129, 139, 150, 165, 202, 255–57, 261, 275–79, 332–36, 373, 384–85, 398–401, 583–84, 666–67

  European visits of, 278–79, 359, 664–65, 670

  as father, 421, 580–81

  finances of, 255, 257, 385

  Harvard’s expulsion of, 277–78, 333, 335, 384, 584, 666–67

  heritage of, 202, 333, 701

  honors of, 664

  illnesses and injuries of, 124, 165–66, 398–99, 420

  JFK’s assassination and, 738–39

  at JFK’s funeral, 741, 743

  JFK’s 1958 Senate campaign and, 344, 388–89, 392, 398

  JFK’s 1960 presidential campaignand, 401, 420–21, 434, 461–62, 468, 478, 580

  Joan Bennett courted by, 386–88

  Joe Sr.’s British ambassadorship and, 117–18

  Latin American tour of, 665, 670

  married life of, 400–401, 421, 580–81, 585

  military service of, 278–79, 309, 581, 687

  nickname of, 385, 4001962 Senate campaign of, 581–85, 664–71

  personality of, 256–57, 276, 333, 336, 385–86, 388, 398–99, 420, 582–83, 585, 668–69, 687

  physical appearance of, 165, 202, 255–56, 279, 336, 386, 399, 588, 668

  press relations of, 582–84

  recklessness of, 385–86

  Senate career of, 671–72

  sense of humor of, 278–79, 461, 478, 582, 671–72

  speeches of, 386, 389, 420–21, 581, 583, 585, 668

  veterans honored by, 686–87

  wedding of, 397–400

  womanizing of, 333–34, 359, 387–88, 409, 462, 584, 665, 670

  World War II and, 150, 199

  Kennedy, Ethel Skakel, 234, 265–73, 373, 386, 446, 498, 592

  athletic abilities of, 266, 270, 363, 567–68, 589

  competitiveness of, 266, 268, 270

  family of, 266–68

  finances of, 272

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nbsp; married life of, 272–73, 331–32, 362–63, 367, 461–62, 478, 568, 570, 588, 607, 688, 714

  as mother, 362–63, 367, 567–70, 607

  pranks of, 265–66

  pregnancies of, 273, 569

  religious beliefs of, 265

  RFK’s courtship of, 265–66, 268–70

  wedding of, 271–72

  Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier “Jackie, ”287, 357–60, 373, 405–8, 446, 482–83, 544, 548–50, 573–77

  Dallas trip of, 731–35, 737

  European visits of, 535, 538

  illnesses of, 527

  illustrations and sketches of, 323–24, 380

  JFK’s assassination and, 740

  JFK’s courtship of, 314–17, 319–21

  at JFK’s funeral, 741–43

  JFK’s illnesses and, 340–41, 344, 346–47, 379, 528

  JFK’s inauguration and, 474JFK’s 1960 presidential campaignand, 405, 424, 431, 433, 437, 456–57, 468

  JFK’s 1964 reelection plans and, 699, 731–32

  JFK’s womanizing and, 347–48, 381, 405, 407, 548, 550, 688, 692, 700

  Joe Sr.’s stroke and, 592

  married life of, 321–24, 326–27, 340–41, 344–46, 354–55, 358–60, 362, 380–81, 406–7, 456, 481–82, 503, 508, 513, 522, 527, 535, 548–49, 570, 575, 585–86, 588, 632, 635–36, 645, 650, 652, 688, 698–701

  as mother, 381, 474, 575, 652, 741

  Onassis’s cruise with, 698–99, 732

  pregnancies of, 344, 354, 358–59, 381, 437, 456–57, 651, 695–98

  sense of humor of, 314–15

  Stevenson’s 1956 presidentialcampaign and, 354

  wedding of, 319–20

  and White House cultural and socialstyle, 571, 573–74

  White House decor and, 482, 575–76

  will of, 407–8

  writings of, 322, 360, 381

  Kennedy, Joan Bennett, 397–401, 408, 569

  married life of, 400–401, 421, 580–81, 585, 588

  as mother, 421, 580–81, 585

  pregnancies of, 580–81

  Ted’s courtship of, 386–88

  Ted’s 1962 Senate campaign and, 581, 583–85

  wedding of, 397–400

  Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 39, 98–107, 130–35, 155–56, 158–64, 174–96, 223–38, 243–58, 261–62, 280–329, 334–36, 339–60, 362, 375–468, 471–516, 518–52, 557–66, 570–93, 595–96, 600–601, 620–77, 679–704, 706–43

  ambitions of, 62, 155, 158–59, 175–77, 182, 206–7, 223–24, 229, 275–76, 295, 311, 313–14, 321, 340, 354–55, 389–90, 420, 432

  amphetamines used by, 450, 466, 527–28, 543, 545–47

  anti-Semitism of, 181, 183

  and aristocratic conception of life, 325–27

  articles written by, 161–62, 226–28

  Asian tour of, 284, 288–91, 300, 328, 486–88, 716–18, 728

  assassination of, 485, 698, 738–41

  athletic abilities of, 49–51, 53, 62, 65–68, 79–80, 102, 106, 132, 139, 163–64, 167, 253–55, 334, 340, 539, 586

  atomic weapons and, 245, 262, 283–84, 350, 473, 485, 509, 540–42, 630–32, 636–38, 640, 643–44, 647, 655, 659, 703, 734

  awards and honors of, 92, 190, 207, 213, 351–52, 435

  Billings’s relationship with, 80–81, 83–84, 92–93, 96, 98–101, 103, 105, 130–31, 133–34, 159, 178, 200–201, 532

  birthday celebrations of, 236, 606–7

  birth of, 31

  books read by, 134–35, 145–46, 158–59, 161, 185–86, 223–24, 325–26, 648

  books written by, 144–45, 158–59, 186, 223, 229, 344, 349–52, 472

  celebrity of, 354, 358, 364, 379

  charm and charisma of, 104, 159, 161–62, 174, 225, 236, 249, 321, 334, 379, 395–96, 432, 463, 549

  childhood and upbringing of, 36–37, 43–51, 53, 61–69, 84–85, 91–92, 102, 106, 158, 166–67, 189, 193, 195, 200, 213, 224, 229, 233–34, 257, 259, 290, 293, 327, 341, 350, 380, 383, 466, 472, 481, 513, 548, 684, 735–36, 742

  communism and, 246–47, 283–84, 288, 292–93, 300–301, 328–29, 438–39, 453, 455, 487–88, 509–10, 540, 564, 566, 625, 631, 681, 703, 709–10, 712, 716, 719

  competitiveness of, 46, 49–50, 62, 67, 77–80, 106, 190, 195–96, 213, 550

  congressional campaigns and careerof, see House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.courage valued by, 186, 189–91, 195–96, 203, 207, 211, 221, 225, 232–33, 247, 251, 262, 284, 288, 290, 343, 350–51, 357, 385, 429, 452, 472–73, 564, 627, 647, 655–56, 659–60, 683–85, 697, 736

  Dallas trip of, 731–37, 742–43

  death threats against, 734

  debating of, 424–25, 448–56, 462

  domestic policy and, 245–48, 291, 298, 301, 313, 378, 390, 392–93, 437, 449, 452, 457–61, 473, 481, 534, 541–42, 555, 557–61, 575, 613–17, 671–72, 706–12, 715–16, 731

  education of, 47–51, 53–54, 61, 63–66, 75–76, 78–81, 84–93, 98–107, 130–33, 139, 141, 143–47, 159–61, 181–82, 194, 212, 223–24, 238, 242–43, 246, 248, 251, 256, 275–77, 334, 341, 409, 504, 707

  European visits of, 131–35, 227–29, 251–52, 262, 283–86, 317–18, 347–48, 358–59, 535–38, 680–84, 694, 698

  on fate, 162, 190, 192, 220, 698

  as father, 381, 474, 523, 543–44, 546, 575, 586, 645, 652, 696–98, 700, 727, 732–33

  finances of, 85–86, 104, 130–31, 311, 323, 340, 351, 405, 586–87, 733, 736

  foreign policy and, 244–46, 283–93, 300, 328–29, 350, 375–78, 381, 392–93, 437, 439–40, 448, 451–57, 473, 477, 481, 483–516, 518–22, 525, 527, 529–31, 533–34, 536–41, 558, 562–66, 609–13, 617, 621–63, 635, 656, 672–77, 680–81, 702–3, 708, 713–14, 716–31, 734, 736

  funeral of, 740–73

  heritage of, 49, 54, 104, 176, 251–52, 298–99, 301, 326, 392, 415, 681–84, 701–2

  illnesses and injuries of, 36–38, 45–47, 49, 64–66, 75, 78–79, 87–90, 98–101, 106, 132–33, 144, 159–60, 167–68, 179, 181–85, 187, 190–92, 202, 206, 210, 213–14, 219–21, 223–24, 236–37, 250–53, 259, 280–82, 284, 291, 299, 323–25, 334, 339–47, 349–50, 354, 359, 379–80, 391, 397, 414, 420, 434–35, 440–41, 449, 462, 522–28, 532–33, 536, 538–39, 543–47, 550, 586, 643, 651, 679–80, 685, 730–31, 734–36

  inauguration of, 471–75, 481, 524, 539, 592, 647, 741–74

  Jackie courted by, 314–17, 319–21

  and Jackie’s cruise with Onassis, 698–99

  Jackie’s pregnancies and, 358–59, 695–98

  Joe Sr.’s stroke and, 591–93, 595, 620–21

  Kennedy Foundation and, 394

  King and, 457–61, 557–58, 560, 710–12

  McCarthy and, 299, 301–3, 307, 309, 342–43, 351, 356–57, 378

  manhood as viewed by, 146, 167, 184, 233–34, 293, 493, 501, 546, 564, 742

  marriage planned by, 314–21

  married life of, 321–24, 326–27, 331, 340–41, 344–46, 354–55, 358–60, 380–81, 384, 406–7, 414, 456, 481, 503, 508, 513, 522, 535, 549, 570, 575, 585–86, 588–92, 632, 635–36, 645, 650, 652, 688, 693, 698–701

  Middle Eastern tours of, 286–88

  mob connections and, 382, 408, 411, 413, 551–52, 601, 603–5, 609

  Muckers’ revolt led by, 90–92, 145

  narcissism of, 101, 133

  narcotics used by, 528

  nickname of, 187, 190

  1956 vice-presidential campaign of, 353–59

  1960 presidential campaign of, seeelection of 1960

  1960 vice-presidential running mateselected by, 434, 36

  1964 reelection plans of, 693, 699, 708, 714–16, 718, 729–32

  O’Donnell scandal and, 693

  patriotism of, 194, 684–85

  personality of, 43, 46, 77–78, 84–88, 101, 107, 130–31, 133–35, 158, 185, 224–25, 228, 230, 243–44, 248–51, 261, 310–11, 340, 353, 396, 407–8, 415–16, 419, 450, 508, 511, 513, 523, 540, 621, 637, 650

  physical appearance of, 45–47, 49
, 61–62, 65, 78–80, 84, 86, 91, 93, 98–99, 102–3, 132–33, 158–59, 167, 176, 190, 199, 213, 220, 223, 226, 228, 230, 236–37, 243, 249, 252–53, 272, 282, 299, 315, 323–24, 340, 345, 364, 373, 395–96, 421, 432, 436–37, 466, 471, 523, 548, 576, 586, 650–51, 702, 730, 736, 742

  playboy lifestyle of, 102, 104, 130, 160, 194

  on politics, 415–16, 736–37

  popularity of, 62, 515, 519, 672, 735

  presidential appointments of, 475–83, 665

  press relations of, 574–79, 586, 666–67, 736

  racketeering investigations and, 365–67, 372–73, 404–5

  recklessness of, 396, 407–8

  religious beliefs of, 48–50, 65, 76, 104, 171, 178, 183, 191, 249, 298, 301, 303, 325, 348, 355, 393, 407, 421–22, 427–30, 434, 442–46, 457, 461, 571, 684, 698

  sense of humor of, 80, 84, 86, 89, 92, 103–4, 159–62, 223, 253, 310–11, 347, 391, 478, 549

  sexual boasts of, 100–103, 201, 224–25

  sexual fantasies of, 86, 89–90, 99–100, 341

  speeches of, 230–31, 234–36, 245–48, 284, 291–94, 300–301, 304, 313, 328–29, 364, 375–76, 379–80, 391, 396–97, 415, 419, 429, 437–38, 444–45, 447–48, 456, 460, 467, 471–73, 481, 524, 539–41, 566, 616–17, 637, 640, 645–47, 674, 680–81, 703, 708–9, 731, 734–35, 742

  Stevenson’s 1956 presidentialcampaign and, 363–64

  Ted’s 1962 Senate campaign and, 581–84, 664–71

  Ted’s Senate career and, 671–72

  temper of, 130–31, 621

  veterans honored by, 684–86

  wedding of, 319–21, 397–98

  and White House cultural and socialstyle, 571–74

  womanizing of, 100, 102–3, 105–7, 131, 134, 144, 159–62, 172, 174–79, 181, 191–93, 203, 213, 224–26, 228, 242, 249–50, 264–65, 268, 280, 314–18, 324–26, 334, 341, 345, 347–49, 358–59, 381–82, 387, 395–97, 399–400, 405–14, 422–23, 430, 433, 477–78, 523, 527, 531, 548–52, 570, 600, 603–7, 636, 680, 688–93, 700–701

  World War II and, 134, 140–41, 143–45, 147, 160–63, 167–68, 172, 175–77, 181–96, 198–203, 206–7, 212–14, 221, 223, 225, 227–29, 232–35, 252, 275, 294, 327, 350, 374, 385, 426–27, 429, 435, 439, 444, 479, 481, 627, 677, 686

  Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Jr., 474, 523, 546, 575, 652, 696, 700, 727, 732–33, 742

  Kennedy, Joseph Patrick, Jr., 75–84, 87, 90, 92, 149, 162–64, 178, 195–215, 318

  ambitions of, 82–83, 127–28, 155, 162, 195, 206, 209–12, 257

  anti-Semitism of, 82–83, 122, 137

  articles written by, 126–27, 204

  athletic abilities of, 50–51, 53, 62, 66–68, 77, 79, 95–96, 102, 105–6, 110–11, 124, 139, 163–64, 200, 239, 334–36

  awards and honors of, 80–81, 86, 196, 207, 234, 258

 

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