The Kennedy Men_ 1901-1963 - Laurence Leamer [551]
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph (Joe Sr.’sgrandfather), 4, 9, 683
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph “P.J.” (JoeSr.’s father), 4–5, 8–11, 13–14, 27–28, 32–33, 38, 41, 58–59, 138, 201, 269, 572, 696
Kennedy, Robert Francis, 55, 210–43, 258–77, 328–36, 359–75, 386–87, 398, 528–31, 541–42, 553–57, 559–70, 577–84, 596–619, 690–94
ambitions of, 264–65, 307, 309, 360, 362–63
anti-Semitism of, 128, 263
anxieties and self-doubt of, 553—54
arms control and, 529, 703
articles written by, 263, 361–62
Asian tours of, 284, 288, 290–91, 360–62, 515–16
athletic abilities of, 164, 200, 239–40, 253–55, 266, 306, 332, 363, 368, 425, 457, 478, 515–16, 567, 588, 597, 714
attorney general appointment of, 475–76, 478, 665
awards and honors of, 351, 367
books written by, 374, 635
candor of, 124, 584
celebrity of, 367, 375
childhood and upbringing of, 62–67, 124, 128–29, 139, 163–66, 200, 224, 241, 262, 265, 287, 290, 362, 366–67, 371
civil rights and, 275, 361, 460–61, 554–57, 559–62, 614–19, 704–13
communism and, 263, 329, 360–61, 371, 512, 515–16, 556, 563–64, 567, 597–98, 606, 628, 675, 678, 709–10, 712–13
competitiveness of, 270
congressional staff positions of, 307–9, 329–31, 342–43, 363–75, 475, 517, 598
courage valued by, 262, 275, 284, 290, 373–75, 516, 553–54, 564, 567, 644, 678
Cuba and, 485, 491, 498, 504, 506–8, 510–21, 529–31, 562–66, 607–13, 617, 621, 625–26, 628–30, 632, 634–36, 640–44, 648–53, 656–57, 661–63, 673–75, 677–79, 708, 713, 728–29, 739–40
education of, 63–64, 117–18, 164–65, 199–201, 233, 238–43, 256, 266, 269, 271, 273–77, 302, 333, 385, 425, 457, 478, 555
Ethel Skakel courted by, 265–66, 268–70
European visits of, 261–64, 269
as father, 362, 367, 436, 463–64, 478, 516, 553–54, 567, 569–70, 607, 714
finances of, 272–73
heritage of, 264, 561
Hickory Hill seminars and, 568
honesty of, 200
Hoover Commission job of, 332
illnesses and injuries of, 63, 124, 255, 262, 360–61, 515–16
JFK’s assassination and, 739–41
JFK’s drug use and, 545–46
at JFK’s funeral, 741, 743
JFK’s 1956 vice-presidentialcampaign and, 355–58
JFK’s 1960 presidential campaignand, 374, 402–7, 419–21, 424–27, 431–32, 435–37, 441–44, 450–51, 460–65, 468, 475, 478, 578, 599
JFK’s 1964 reelection plans and, 714
JFK’s Senate campaigns and, 296, 298, 305–6, 388–89
Joe Sr.’s British ambassadorship and, 117–18
Joe Sr.’s stroke and, 591–93
Kennedy Foundation and, 394
McCarthy and, 302–3, 307–9, 329–31, 342–43, 367, 371
manhood as viewed by, 201, 233
married life of, 272–73, 331–32, 362–63, 367, 384, 461–62, 478, 568, 570, 588, 607, 688, 714
Middle Eastern tours of, 261–64, 269, 286–88
in military, 233–34, 238
moralism of, 165, 201, 233, 262, 274, 277, 334, 369, 665
O’Donnell scandal and, 694
personality of, 63, 124, 129, 199, 200, 201, 224, 233, 239, 254–55, 257, 262, 264, 268, 270, 306, 308, 329–30, 332, 419–20, 424, 460–61, 508, 510–11, 512–13, 516, 553–56, 584, 611–12, 630, 649
physical appearance of, 63, 199, 233–34, 239, 264, 330, 373, 461, 516, 597, 608, 618, 657, 678, 714
press relations of, 577–79, 582–84
racketeering and organized crimeinvestigations of, 364–75, 517, 598–605, 607–9, 713
religious beliefs of, 64, 164, 199–200, 239, 241, 263–64, 360, 363, 628
romances of, 264–65, 268–70
self-promotion of, 367–68
sense of humor of, 334, 462, 478, 570
Soviet Union visited by, 360–62
speeches of, 129, 361–63, 379, 403, 554–56
Stevenson’s 1956 presidentialcampaign and, 363–64
Ted’s 1962 Senate campaign and, 581–84, 665–68
temper of, 460–61, 510–11, 513
veterans honored by, 686
Vienna Summit and, 529–30, 629
Vietnam and, 290–91, 719–22
wedding of, 271–72, 397
womanizing of, 605–7, 693
World War II and, 187, 197, 199, 219, 264
Kennedy, Robert Francis, Jr., 367, 569
Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 315, 394, 513, 587–91, 684, 738–39
childhood of, 44
education of, 13–14, 22, 35
finances of, 257
illnesses of, 61
JFK’s assassination and, 739, 741
JFK’s 1952 Senate