In this impressive biography, Bruce L. R. Smith tells the story of this remarkable life, which also reflects much of the story of America in the last half of the twentieth century.
Through the eyes, diary, and notes of a key participant, the book provides a contemporaneous perspective on such major events as the Bay of Pigs fiasco and the CIA's Operation Mongoose against the Castro regime, the Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam, and the elections of the 1960s. This book is a firsthand, behind-the-scenes account of the people who dealt with the great issues and made critical life-and-death decisions for America during the cold war.
BOOK DETAILS
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Beginner Boy
2. Teacher's Pet
3. Student Federalist
4. With Bowles and Humphrey
5. Bowles in Congress
6. The 1960 Presidential Election
7. The New Frontier
8. Intelligence and Covert Operations
9. The Cuban Missile Crisis
10. Diplomacy
11. The Overthrow of Diem
12. The Gulf of Tonkin Crisis
13. The 1964 Vice Presidency
14. The Humphrey-Hughes Memo
15. Point of No Return
16. Speaking Out
17. The Most Turbulent Year
18. London
19. Carnegie: The House That Hughes Built
Epilogue
Notes
Index
