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Contents
Cover
Title Page
FOREWORD by Caroline Kennedy
INTRODUCTION by Michael Beschloss
THE FIRST CONVERSATION
John F. Kennedy's presidential aspirations
1956 vice-presidential nomination
Fight for control of Massachusetts delegation
1953–54 Boston politics
Early married life
1954 surgery
JFK's temperament
Georgetown social life
White House parties
JFK's impact on others
Adlai Stevenson
1958 Massachusetts Senate campaign
THE SECOND CONVERSATION
JFK's reading habits
JFK's childhood interests and heroes
JFK's opinions of Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
JFK's temperament
Charles de Gaulle
1960 rivals
1960 campaign
Profiles in Courage authorship
JFK–Robert F. Kennedy relationship
JFK's political courage
1960 campaign
Wisconsin and West Virginia primaries
THE THIRD CONVERSATION
JFK and Joseph McCarthy
1960 primary election nights
Summer 1960–Hyannis Port
Democratic National Convention
Lyndon Johnson as running mate
Political adversaries
JFK's health
Presidential debates
Election Day 1960
JFK's religious beliefs
Relations with Catholic clergy
THE FOURTH CONVERSATION
Transition to the presidency
Birth of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Choosing the cabinet
Life in the White House
JFK's plans for life after the presidency
JFK-RFK-Edward M. Kennedy relationship
Early days in the White House
White House restoration and guidebook
JFK–Jacqueline Kennedy relationship
Inaugural address
Inauguration Day and Inaugural balls
Social life in the White House
JFK's daily routine
JFK's back problems
JBK's staff and friends
THE FIFTH CONVERSATION
The Cuban Revolution
The Bay of Pigs
Latin America
Heads of state and state visits
Harold Macmillan
Visit to Canada
Visit to France
Charles de Gaulle
André Malraux and the Mona Lisa
THE SIXTH CONVERSATION
U.S.-German relations
Berlin Crisis
JFK's temperament
Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi
Nuclear disarmament
Harold Macmillan
Hickory Hill Seminars–JFK on Lincoln
Steel Crisis
J. Edgar Hoover
Civil Rights
1963 March on Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Lyndon Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Other staff and friends
THE SEVENTH CONVERSATION
Harold Macmillan and Skybolt
Charles de Gaulle and the Common Market
JBK's trip to India
JFK and State Department
Vietnam
Henry and Clare Boothe Luce
Latin America
JFK and Dean Rusk, Chester Bowles, Averell Harriman, Douglas Dillon
Supreme Court appointments
New York Times v. Sullivan
JBK on her "image"
JFK's relations with staff
JFK and children
JFK's plans for second term
1964 campaign
NOTES
INDEX
SOURCE NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CREDITS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
COPYRIGHT
FOREWORD
by Caroline Kennedy
In 1964, as part of an oral history project on the life and career of John F. Kennedy, my mother sat down with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., to share her memories and insights. Recorded less than four months after the death of her husband, they represent a gift to history and a labor of love on her part. In order to treat them with the appropriate respect, my children and I took very seriously the decision to publish them now, in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of my father's presidency. The moment seems right—enough time has passed so that they can be appreciated for their unique insight, yet the Kennedy presidency is still within living memory for many who will find her observations illuminating. I hope too that younger generations who are just learning about the 1960s will find these reminiscences a useful introduction to how history is made, and will be inspired to give back to this country that has given us all so much.
When I was growing up, my mother spent much of her time meeting behind closed doors with members of my father's administration, planning his gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery, making sure that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts would reflect his commitment to our country's cultural heritage, executing his wishes