Introduction: "What the hell's the presidency for?" ix
PART I JOHNSON VS. KENNEDY: 1960
1 The Prediction
3(24)
2 The Rich Man's Son
27(27)
3 Forging Chains
54(55)
4 The Back Stairs
109(35)
5 The "LBJ Special"
144(15)
PART II "RUFUS CORNPONE"
6 "Power Is Where Power Goes"
159(17)
7 Genuine Warmth
176(23)
8 "Cut"
199(52)
9 Gestures and Tactics
251(24)
10 The Protege
275(32)
PART III DALLAS
11 The Cubicle
307(12)
12 Taking Charge
319(20)
PART IV TAKING COMMAND
13 Aboard Air Force One
339(34)
14 Three Encounters
373(5)
15 The Drums
378(13)
PART V TO BECOME A PRESIDENT
16 EOB 274
391(46)
17 The Warren Commission
437(15)
18 The Southern Strategy
452(14)
19 "Old Harry"
466(18)
20 "The Johnsons in Johnson City"
484(19)
21 Serenity
503(49)
22 "Old Harry" II
552(6)
23 In the Books of Law
558(13)
24 Defeating Despair
571(16)
25 Hammer Blows
587(11)
26 Long Enough
598(9)
Debts, Sources, Notes 607(86)
Index 693