John Kennedy : A Political Profile.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Epigraph -- Inauguration 1961-A Foreword -- Preface -- I Room at the Top -- To the Land of the Shanties -- Behind the Lace Curtain -- Upward Bound -- No Terrors at Home -- II The Green Bloods -- Canterbury and Choate -- Harvard -- Alone at the Top -- III War and Peace -- Why England Slept -- "Jesus Loves Me" -- War's End -- IV The Poor Little Rich Kid -- Political Baptism -- Free-for-All -- Safe Seat -- V The Gentleman from Boston -- Bread-and-Butter Liberal -- Defying the White House -- A Subject of the Pope? -- Kennedy as a Congressman -- VI Green Blood versus Blue Blood -- The Battle Joined -- By the Left-or Right? -- Battle of the Teacups -- VII The Senator from New England -- The Open Door -- What's the Matter with New England? -- The Girl from Newport -- VIII McCarthyism: The Issue That Would Not Die -- Kennedy and the Liberals -- On the Fence -- "The Honor and Dignity of the Senate" -- "A Reasonable Indictment"? -- IX The Anatomy of Courage -- Grace in a Vacuum -- Profiles in Courage -- The Meaning of Courage -- X Vice-Presidential Politics -- Fight for the Electoral College -- Melee in Massachusetts -- Who but Kennedy? -- The First Hurrah -- XI Senator from the United States -- A Democrat Looks at Foreign Policy -- Civil Rights: A Profile in Cowardice? -- Hooverism and Housekeeping -- XII Swinging for the Fences -- Room 362 -- Home Run in Massachusetts -- The Senate as Testing Ground? -- "Victura"? -- XIII Kennedy and the Catholics -- Render unto Caesar? -- Kennedy Takes His Stand -- What Kind of Catholic? -- "No Catholics Need Apply"? -- XIV A Profile in Leadership -- What Sort of Man? -- What Sort of Democrat? -- What Sort of President? -- A Place of Moral Leadership? -- Bibliographical Note -- Chapter Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Copyright Page.

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