《TRB VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRESIDENCY》

THE ROOSEVELT YEARS (1943-1945)3

Strout's First Column5

The Trouble with Congress8

The War vs. "Normalcy"11

A Look at the Seventy-eighth Congress13

Barkley Resigns15

War and the Future17

Fala Speech19

Roosevelt-Dewey21

FDR's Death24

THE TRUMAN YEARS (1945-1952)29

The Greatest Scientific Gamble in History31

The First Six Months34

Reuther vs. GM36

Vandenberg39

Bilbo41

Postwar Internationalism43

Alter, Quick, Breezy44

Time for Leadership46

Dewey vs. Truman in48

Full Dinner Pail for Europe50

Herbert Hoover52

Taft-Hartley54

Hollywood Red Probe56

Five Decisions for58

Truman Will Be Licked61

Campaign Special63

Can Dewey Snoot Truman?66

Harry's Gallant Fight68

"The Dewey Victory"70

Victorious Harry72

The State of the Union74

The Two-Headed Turtle77

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?79

Acheson82

"That's Our Harry"84

J. Edgar Hoover86

Executive Order on Korea87

The MacArthur-McCarty Team89

General Eisenhower and Senator Taft91

"Truman Can't Avoid Firing MacArthur"94

Russian Aggression and the "Middle Way"95

Ike Didn't Say No97

The A-Bomb and McMahon99

Cabot Lodge101

Churchill and Sir Walter Raleigh103

Margaret Chase Smith105

Ike in Abilene107

Stevenson111

Will Ike Beat Ike?114

THE EISENHOWER YEARS (1952-1960)117

The President-Elect Meets with Taft119

The 80-Percent Press121

The Senate Still Fears Joe McCarthy123

Millionaire Cabinet126

Dulles Sees Pink Elephants128

GOP Dream World Collapses131

The Vice-President133

Herbert Brownell136

Eisenhower's Program138

Indochina141

Some Praise for Eisenhower143

"The Most Electrifying Words in the English Language"146

Midterm Security148

A Visit with Lincoln151

Stevenson No Match for Prosperity153

Kick-off Dinner155

Stevenson vs. Kefauver157

The Republican Convention159

Stevenson Disappoints164

First Lame-Duck President166

Inaugural Parade168

Regulatory Agencies171

Civil Rights174

Little Rock175

Space Age177

1957-Incredible Year178

Sherman Adams181

Quemoy and Matsu183

Nixon Moves In185

Something But the Truth188

JohnsonMartin Halleck190

"Imagine Him as President Kennedy"192

The Khrushchev Visit194

The Upper-class Accent197

U-2199

Johnson-Kennedy Confrontation202

Are Nixon and Kennedy Two Peas in a Pod?204

The Catholic Issue207

By 300,000 Votes Out of 67 Million210

THE KENNEDY YEARS (1961-1963)213

Ring Up the Curtain215

Wake Up, America217

Sail On219

The Worst and the Best221

"A Major Risk of War"224

The Big Four226

The Congressional Cycle228

The Rules Committee231

The Lobbies234

The Kennedy Technique236

Unemployment239

Limitations of the Office241

The Political Risks244

Civil Rights246

How We Look249

THE JOHNSON YEARS (1963-1968)253

What About 1964?255

Hand It to Lyndon258

TRB's Twentieth260

The War on Poverty263

Martin Luther King266

Johnson-Humphrey vs. Goldwater-Miller268

"Goldwater Will Be Badly Defeated"271

Johnson Wins273

New Deal II276

TRB's Mother278

Papa Knows Best281

The McCarran Act284

Predictions286

Stuffed with Goodies289

Capital Portraits291

"Fellow Amuricans"294

Three, Two, One...Ignition!297

Robert Kennedy302

Nuclear Balance of Terror305

Step Up or Escalate307

Jobs and Social Justice310

"The Likability Gap"312

Cloudy Crystal Ball315

Off the Track318

Johnson Won't Run Again320

What Happens to Our Most Cherished: Kennedy and King323

Resurrection City326

Gun Control and the Death of Bobby Kennedy328

Riots in Chicago331

Nixon Will Beat Humphrey334

Humphrey's Logorrhea336

THE NIXON YEARS (1968-1974)341

"Mr. Nixon Will Offer Bad Solutions"343

The Nixon Coalition345

The Warren Court348

Senate Hearings351

Lindsay and Muskie354

Nixon and the Press356

The Crime Men: Clark and Hoover359

The Greatest Problem in the United States362

The Record of the Ninety-first365

Arthur Burns368

Veteran Protest370

Noncandidate Kennedy373

Pilgrimage376

Press Conferences-Harding to Nixon379

Busing382

Nixon vs. McGovern384

The Watergate Caper387

The Two-Party System Is Collapsing390

Kissinger Explains the Christmas Bombing393

Does He Believe What He Say?396

Faults in the Constitution399

TRB Remembers402

Agnew-Not Like Other Men405

The Era of Scarcity407

James Madison on Impeachment410

Mr. Middle America413

The Call of Duty416

Remembering D-Day419

Nixon Resigns422

THE FORD YEARS (1974-1976)425

Our Form of Government427

An Incredible Year430

I Dissent432

House of File Cards435

The Bicentennial438

Groping for Myths441

Great Political Speeches444

Muskie447

Campaigning in New Hampshire449

What Carter's Not452

The Incumbent455

Listen to Fritz458

The Electoral College461

Waiting for the Last Act464

THE CARTER YEARS (1976-1978)467

I Solemnly Swear469

Report Card472

Eight Million Illegal Immigrants475

Silent Cal478

Senator Byrd481

Terror484

When Isolationism Died486

The Economic Report489

Tax Time492

A Puff for Jimmy495

E. B. White Defines Democracy498

Jimmy Parts the Red Sea501

Strout's Far-from-Last Word505

Index515