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, 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
inauguration of, 7, 320, 325–26
independence of, 100, 101–3, 107, 115, 134, 154, 157, 170, 190, 215, 237, 250, 252
infant son’s death and, 385, 388
Inga Arvad and, 40, 43–45, 50, 56–59, 356
Ireland and, 383
“Irish mafia” of, 355–56, 401
Jackie Kennedy’s failed first pregnancy and, 212–13, 226
Jewish voters and, 143–44
Joe Kennedy, Jr.’s death and, 61–63, 66, 67, 75, 106, 109, 116, 388
Joe Kennedy, Sr.’s anti-Semitism and, 143–44
Joe Kennedy, Sr.’s financial power and, 71, 154, 266, 322
Joint Chiefs and, 335, 346, 365, 368, 369, 393
Kathleen Kennedy’s death and, 109–10, 116
Kennedy Secretaries party and, 163
Khrushchev and, 320, 339–44, 350, 363, 372
labor and, 93–96, 97–99, 142, 233–37, 242, 249–50, 353, 354, 387
legacy of, 399–406
letter writing and, 49
liberals and, 216, 223, 226–33, 245, 250–51, 253–54, 257, 260, 273–74, 313, 322, 389
London embassy job of, 34, 35, 218, 398
MacArthur and, 358–59
McCarthy and, 141, 142–43, 158, 178–82, 184, 206, 207, 232–33
McCarthy censure vote and, 188–89, 206
McCormack and, 90–91, 143–44
“Magic” nickname of, 212
media coverage of, 56, 88, 95–96, 98, 118–19, 163, 182, 225–26, 255, 261
military awards of, 61, 80
mother’s coolness toward, 16, 400
Muckers group and, 19–23, 164, 181, 326
nationalism issue and, 117, 119, 120, 173, 229, 334, 393
newspaper career of, 69–72, 77, 78
Nixon’s debates with, 291–304, 306–8
Nixon’s post-election meeting with, 318–19
Nixon’s relationship with, 8, 89, 92–96, 105, 107, 112–13, 142, 156, 181, 188, 251–52, 260, 279, 293–94, 312, 336, 395
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