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Jack Kennedy

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by Chris Matthews


  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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