| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction: The Birth of a Legacy |
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1 "President Kennedy Died at 1 P.M. Central Standard Time" |
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6 | (28) |
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34 | (24) |
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3 Victory Without a Mandate |
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58 | (16) |
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74 | (24) |
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5 Steel at Home and Abroad |
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98 | (20) |
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6 Europe, Space, and Southeast Asia |
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118 | (14) |
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7 Echoes from Dealey Plaza |
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132 | (28) |
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8 11/22/63: Questions, Answers, Mysteries |
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160 | (26) |
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9 Rounding Up the Usual Suspects: The Assassination's Puzzle Palace |
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186 | (22) |
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10 Examining the Physical Evidence: Old and New Controversies |
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208 | (23) |
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11 Inevitability: The Assassination That Had to Happen |
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231 | (9) |
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12 The Assassination and the Kennedy Legacy |
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240 | (17) |
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13 "Let Us Continue": Lyndon Johnson---Pretender to the Throne |
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257 | (18) |
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14 Crossed Swords: Camelot vs. the Great Society |
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275 | (24) |
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15 "Tin Soldiers and Nixon Coming": JFK's Repudiation and Revival |
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299 | (23) |
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16 The Carters and the Kennedys: Democratic Hatfields and McCoys |
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322 | (15) |
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17 Reagan and Kennedy: Opposites Attract |
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337 | (33) |
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18 Clinton Grabs Kennedy's Torch |
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370 | (20) |
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19 G. W. Bush: Back to the Republican Kennedys |
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390 | (5) |
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20 Full Circle: The Twinning of Barack Obama and John Kennedy |
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395 | (11) |
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21 The People's President |
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406 | (13) |
| Conclusion: A Flame Eternal? |
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419 | (10) |
| Notes |
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429 | (154) |
| Index |
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