JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President (64 page)

Fitzgerald, Thomas, 27

Fleming, Ian, James Bond books by, 184–85, 250

Ford, Gerald R., 26

Forrestal, James V., 63

Forrestal, Michael V.:

and Cable 243, 90–91, 105–6, 117

and coup, 105, 106, 279, 282

and Vietnam travel, 62–63, 188, 322

Fra Giovanni, 89n

France:

and JFK’s death, 349–50

and Vietnam, 54–56, 59, 62, 360

Frankenheimer, John, 98

Fritchey, Clayton, 229

From Russia with Love
(movie), 250

Frost, Robert, 10, 256–60

Fulbright, William, 35, 179

and test ban treaty, 22, 23, 49, 77, 214

warning about Dallas, 210, 211, 347

Furcolo, Foster, 27

Gagarin, Yuri, 102, 307

Galbraith, James K., 165

Galbraith, John Kenneth, 43, 59

Galitzine, Princess Irene, 231, 244–45, 255, 263, 265, 297

Gallagher, Mary, 69, 171, 224, 335, 336

Garbo, Greta, 297–98

Garfield, James, 149

Gary, Romain, 257

Germany:

Berlin in cold war, 58, 89, 165, 217, 250, 284, 290, 358, 360

Ich bin ein Berliner
speech in, 4

Stasi (East Berlin), 80n

Getty, J. Paul, 247

Giancana, Sam, 83

Gilpatric, Roswell, 64, 91, 209, 244, 284, 350, 359

Glenn, John, 139

Goldberg, Arthur, 179

Golden Rule, 315

Goldfine, Bernard, 25

Gold Star Mothers, 196

Goldwater, Barry M., 199, 237

as cold war hawk, 22, 101

and 1964 campaign, 77, 144–45, 167, 197, 210–11, 221–22, 292–93, 320, 322, 331, 335, 356–57

and test ban treaty, 101, 196, 197

Gonzales, Henry, 331, 332, 333

Goodwin, Richard, 110, 197

Gordon, Kermit, 177, 247

Great Contemporaries
(Churchill), 130–31

Green, William, 274

Greer, Bill, 313, 344, 345

Grissom, Gus, 305–6

Gromyko, Andrei, 102, 175, 183, 223, 224–27, 250

Gronouski, John, 145, 155, 167–68

Gross, H. R., 268

Guevara, Che, 67, 191

Guild of Apollonia, 14

Gullion, Edmund, xi, 50, 54, 63

Guthman, Edwin, 261, 262

Halberstam, David, 53, 65, 78, 117

Hall, Gus, 339

Halle, Kay, 43, 131, 222

Halleck, Charles, 249, 270, 356

Halsey, William “Bull,” 216

Hamilton, William, 189, 190

Harding, Warren G., 149

Harkins, Paul, 61, 117, 118, 143

Harriman, W. Averell, 184, 187–88, 348

and Cable 243, 90, 105, 106, 118

and Laos, 57

and test ban treaty, 160, 214, 354

and Vietnam, 63, 64, 90, 137, 158, 188, 282

Harris, Louis, 144

Harvard University:

JFK’s visit to, 239–41

presidential library at, 202, 288, 355, 362

Hassan, king of Morocco, 232, 238, 249

Hecksher, August, 257

Heller, Walter, 164, 177–78, 179–80, 221, 242–43, 311, 323, 356

Helms, Richard, 191, 283, 322

Henderson, Deirdre, 44

Hennessey, Luella, 40–41

Hersey, John, 3

Hill, Clint, 45, 90, 255

Hilsman, Roger, 276, 319, 326

and Cable 243, 90, 105, 106, 282

and Diem’s death, 280–81, 282

and Vietnam, 63, 137, 143, 158, 188

Hiroshima, Japan, 77

Hirsh, Jacqueline, 288–89

Hiss, Alger, 125

Hitler, Adolf, 96

Ho Chi Minh, 54, 56

Hodges, Luther, 9, 282

Honey Fitz
(boat), 4, 91, 125, 154, 171, 185

Hoover, Herbert, 133

Hoover, J. Edgar, 23, 29, 38, 79, 261–62, 266–68, 275–76, 284, 355

Hopper, Edward,
Nighthawks,
71

Howard, Lisa, 190–91, 192, 283, 291, 321–22

Humphrey, Hubert H., 347

Huntley, Chet, 158, 270, 359

Hyannis Port, Kennedy family houses in, 21, 42, 91–92

immigration:

anti-Irish prejudice, 51–52, 110

Jews and education, 115

JFK’s book on, 156–57

legislation, 155–57, 354, 355

and multiculturalism, 157

quota system of, 156, 157

Ireland, JFK’s trip to, 4–5, 42, 150, 169, 235, 312

Israel, 225

Jackson, Andrew, 129

Jackson, Henry M. “Scoop,” 22, 23, 158–60

Jacobson, Max, 35–36

Jefferson, Thomas, 132

Jefferson Memorial, 147

John Birch Society, 188n, 199

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 256

Johnson, Alexis, 326

Johnson, Lady Bird, 212, 219, 333, 335, 336

Johnson, Leon, 166

Johnson, Lyndon B., 31, 214, 221

and Baker, 218–19, 303, 318, 335

and Cuba, 358

and Dallas, 212, 316

and election campaigns, 34, 211, 212, 250, 291–92, 295, 302–3, 318, 330, 341

and goodwill trips, 140, 172

Great Society of, 355–56

and presidency, 127, 150, 154n, 287, 292, 318, 353, 355–57, 360

ranch of, 255, 319, 330, 335

and second term, 360

and Texas tour, 330, 333, 334–36, 337–38, 341

as vice president, 138–41, 210, 246, 292, 295, 330

and Vietnam, 292, 356, 358–60

and Yarborough, 316, 321, 330, 334–35, 337

Joint Chiefs of Staff:

and cold war, 165, 292

and Cuba, 58, 95–98

JFK’s distrust of, 216

and Operation Northwoods, 95–97, 100

and test ban treaty, 23, 100, 160

and Vietnam, 57–58, 59, 61, 63, 105–6, 143

Katzenbach, Nicholas, 29–30, 311, 355

Kaysen, Carl, 251

Kazin, Alfred, xii–xiii, 125–27

Keeler, Christine, 80, 81

Kellerman, Roy, 341, 344, 346

Kelly, Gene, 236

Kennan, George, 268

Kennedy, Arabella, 11, 73

Kennedy, Caroline, 5, 108, 222

birth of, 11, 40

and her father, 21, 88, 150, 171, 195, 209, 230, 269, 296–97, 303, 329, 360

and her mother, 237–38, 361

in photographs, 71–72, 92, 286, 287, 361

schooling of, 288–89

Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 5, 18, 21, 42, 51, 52, 136, 153

Kennedy, Ethel, 69, 327

Kennedy, Eunice, 152, 168, 264

Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier:

and Arabella, 11, 73

arts and cultural interests of, 72, 254, 256, 289

and Caroline,
see
Kennedy, Caroline

and Dallas, 128, 342–46

death of, 362

and family gatherings, 152, 215

fashion taste of, 43–44, 212, 328, 336, 342

and Greek cruise, 89–90, 120, 148, 174–75, 201–2, 209, 220, 223, 230, 231–32, 247

and health issues, 34, 36, 39

and JFK’s death, 150, 346–49, 353, 360–62

on JFK’s personality, xii, 16, 28, 69

JFK’s relationship with, 4, 19, 45, 71, 83, 169, 231–32, 244, 287, 296, 299, 304, 331, 342, 361, 362

and John Jr.,
see
Kennedy, John F., Jr.

and Johnson, 139, 255, 316, 357

and media interviews, 248, 249, 326

in Morocco, 232, 236

in Newport, 172

and Patrick, 4, 11–13, 17, 19, 40–41, 89, 235, 244, 255, 303, 304, 327

personal traits of, 69–71

photographs of, 21, 71–72, 286

and politics, 279, 295, 318, 357

and pregnancies, 5, 11, 22, 89

and reelection, 250, 292, 304, 318, 321

and Selassie’s visit, 205–6

and Texas tour, 128, 247, 255, 304, 316, 321, 325, 328, 329, 331–32, 334–36, 338–46

and Virginia house (Wexford), 43, 262–65, 286–87, 303

and wedding anniversary, 163, 170–71

Kennedy, Joan, 153

Kennedy, John F.:

achievements of, 353–54, 362

ambition of, 129–30, 132, 354

on art and civilization, 256–61

assassination in thoughts of, 148–51, 253, 312, 316, 340

assassination of, 346, 347–53, 361

books read by, 72–74, 184–85

childhood illness of, 14

doodles and notes of, 17, 65–66, 114–15, 142, 325, 335

election campaign (1960), 135–36, 199, 200, 332

election of, 21, 110, 111, 130, 151

and emotions, 17–19, 21, 31, 32, 70, 71

and ethical standards, 26–30, 271, 285

and fatherhood, 4, 5, 11, 171, 209–10, 215, 222, 230–31, 296–97, 303

funeral of, 349–50, 357

great men admired by, 83–84, 128–30, 178, 256, 285, 354

health of, 32–39, 70, 82, 120, 129, 131, 137, 145, 151, 224, 235, 296, 353

inauguration of, 18, 29, 57, 108, 130, 131, 256

interest in history, 125–34, 136, 181, 225, 268, 281, 285, 355, 362

international reactions to death of, 348–50

media stories about, 34, 68–69, 87, 119, 126–27, 132, 139, 158, 301, 314–15, 320

memoirs planned by, 24, 129, 258, 281–82, 355

memorials to, 350–53

and money matters, 43–44, 68

nation mourning for, 347–53

in the Navy, 44, 216, 217

and Patrick’s death, 17–18, 31, 240, 244, 280, 303

personal traits of, xii–xiii, 3, 6, 14–15, 68–71, 126, 224, 228–29, 267, 297, 343, 354

portraits and photographs of, ix–xi, xiii, 21, 71–72, 91–92, 269, 286–87, 326, 327, 350, 362

post–White House plans of, 154

press conferences of, 76–77, 166–68, 221, 295, 299

public image of, 7, 181, 224, 228, 293

and Pulitzer Prize, 354, 355

and reelection, 64, 144–45, 155, 178, 179, 183, 193, 196, 197, 200, 210–11, 221–22, 233–34, 260, 273–74, 291–94, 295, 317–18, 320–21, 330

and religion, 16–17, 135, 199, 292, 354

rituals and ceremonies, 146, 187, 214, 288, 290

speeches by, 4, 7, 8–11, 28, 29, 56, 59, 77, 102, 107, 108, 130, 131, 160, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 182–83, 194–95, 196–200, 223, 239, 242, 256–61, 281, 285, 301–2, 307, 312, 315–16, 333, 354

temper of, 41–42, 58

in Texas,
see
Dallas; Texas

and Vietnam,
see
Vietnam; Vietnam War

and Western U.S. trip, 144–45, 193–201, 239

womanizing of, 11, 15, 31, 35, 38, 70, 79–87, 129, 261–62, 275, 284

Kennedy, John F., Jr., 222–23, 237

birth of, 4, 11, 12, 18, 40, 89

and his father, 4, 5, 171, 209–10, 269, 282, 296, 303, 329, 330, 360–61

in photographs, 71–72, 220, 222, 230–31, 286, 287, 317, 361

and salute, 287, 288, 361

Kennedy, Joseph P., 14

birthday party for, 151–54

and family, 17, 19, 40, 42, 151–54, 269

influence on JFK, 20, 27, 153, 241, 275, 284, 310

and prejudice, 42, 51–52, 53

stroke and incapacity of, 152, 153, 241

and wealth, 42

and women, 82, 163

Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 18, 20–21, 150, 152, 217, 306, 325

Kennedy, Kathleen, 21, 150, 152

Kennedy, Patricia, 40

Kennedy, Patrick:

birth of, 3, 4, 11–12, 40

death of, 17–18, 19, 21, 31, 45, 71, 88–89, 90, 148, 163, 171, 194, 201, 235, 240, 244, 280, 296, 303, 304, 327

respiratory distress syndrome of, 12–14, 15–16

Kennedy, Robert F.:

and Adams, 25–26

as attorney general, 26, 27, 29, 152

and Baker, 219, 266–67

and civil rights, 9, 113, 173, 181, 188, 234

and Cuba, 184, 192, 322, 358

and family matters, 11, 15

and health issues, 40

and his brother, xii, 4, 18, 144, 152, 215, 354–55, 362

and his brother’s womanizing, 79–80, 81, 261–62

and Johnson, 140, 302–3

and Lodge, 50, 52

and the presidency, 154

and reelection, 291, 302–3

resignation of, 355

and Soviet Union, 94–95, 98, 285, 303

and Texas tour, 283, 327, 334

and Vietnam, 54, 55, 143, 206, 271, 282, 360

and White House bugs, 23, 24

and women, 229

Kennedy, Rose, 40, 42–43, 73

Kennedy, Rosemary, 20

Kennedy family:

photographs of, 71–72, 91–92, 151–52, 286–87

as “royal family,” 254

wealth of, 42–44, 194

Kennedy Library, 202, 288, 355, 362

Keynesian economics, 177

Khiem, General, 117–18

Khrushchev, Nikita, 72, 93–95, 200

and arms race, 8, 94, 225

and Berlin, 58, 89

and Cuba, 59, 94–95, 102, 191, 192

and détente, 93, 183, 225–27, 303, 321

and Frost, 257

and hotline, 93, 225

and JFK’s death, 349, 354, 357

secret contacts with, 9, 22, 59, 93, 105

and space, 103, 223, 225

and test ban treaty, 22, 93, 100–101, 160, 165, 225, 227

and Vienna summit (1961), 16, 103, 357

Khrushchev, Sergei, 100

Kiernan, Thomas, 18, 52, 235

King, Coretta Scott, 110

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 8, 24

and Birmingham, 180, 184, 189, 227

“I have a dream,” 108–9

imprisonment of, 110

and March on Washington, 107–9

at White House meetings, 109–12, 181–82

Klejman, John, 163–64, 170, 182

Knebel, Fletcher, 27, 68–69

and
Seven Days in May,
95–99

Knudsen, Robert, 185

Kohler, Foy, 175

Kraft, Joseph, 7

Kraus, Hans, 37–39, 120–21, 138, 145, 235

Krulak, Victor, 105, 106, 143, 161–62, 188, 206, 270

Ku Klux Klan, 172, 227, 313

Landis, James, 29–30, 119

Lanigan, James, 113

Laos, 57–58, 63, 75, 102, 159, 217, 360

Lasky, Victor,
JFK: The Man and the Myth,
159, 164, 167

Lattre de Tassigny, Bernard de, 55

Lawrence, David, 275

Lawrence, William, 150

Lawton, Agent, 313

Lazarus, Emma, 157

League of Nations, 22

Lechuga, Carlos, 183–84, 190–92, 202, 283, 321, 357

Lecouvreur, Adrienne, 73

Lemass, Seán, 235–36

LeMay, Curtis, 59, 95, 97–98, 99, 165

Lemnitzer, Lyman, 57, 96, 165

Lenin, V. I., 81, 129

Lewis, Anthony, 234, 270

Lewis and Clark, 103, 308

Libonati, Roland, 269

Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 30, 194, 214–16

Lincoln, Abraham:

assassination of, 130, 149, 348

and cabinet, 61