health care, xviii, 3, 4, 5, 45, 69, 148, 153, 154–63, 302, 303, 309, 315–16
Affordable Care Act, 161–62
AMA and, 154–59, 161–62
desegregation of facilities for, 179–83
for elderly, xviii, 55, 63, 66, 155–56
Head Start and, 92
Medicaid, 1, 4, 87, 157, 161, 197, 278, 308, 314, 315
Medicare, 1, 4, 87, 122, 152, 156–63, 179–83, 185, 197, 199, 204, 251, 278, 279, 302, 308, 314, 315
Heller, Walter, 39–40, 48–52, 55–57, 81, 184, 220
Henry, Aaron, 110, 262
Herblock, 59, 267
Herr, Michael, 213
Hersh, Seymour, 213
Hess, Arthur, 181–82
Higher Education Act (HEA), 199
highways, 150, 202, 280
Ho Chi Minh, 209, 210
Hodges, Luther, 39
Hoffman, Abbie, 293
Hofstadter, Richard, 43
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 31
Hoover, J. Edgar, 139, 271
Hope, Bob, 107
Hopkins, Harry, 42, 273
House, Edward M., 273
House of Representatives, U.S., 12, 185, 187
LBJ in, 13, 70, 164
Rules Committee, 14, 71, 185
Ways and Means Committee, 297
housing, 4, 43–44, 245, 279, 303
G.I. Bill and, 43, 97
mortgage policies and, 97, 238
racial discrimination and open housing legislation, 97–98, 176, 237–40, 242–43, 253–54, 258, 284
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department, 153, 197–98
Houston, Sam, 124
Howard University, 258–59
Howe, Harold, 178
Howe, Irving, 51
Humphrey, Hubert, 38, 55, 86, 111, 168, 231, 245, 251, 264, 292
LBJ and, 111, 112, 302
presidential campaign of, 293–95, 299–305, 317
Vietnam War and, 293, 301–2
Hunt, E. Howard, 108
immigration, 185, 192–97
Immigration Act (1924), 194, 195
Immigration and Nationality Act (1965), 192, 195–97
income, 3, 4, 48, 50, 51, 54, 55, 82, 92, 97, 308–9, 312–14
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IMA), 220
Jackson, Jimmie Lee, 19
Jacobsen, Jake, 216, 273, 276
Janeway, Eliot, 94
Jay, John, 296
Jenkins, Beth, 19
Jenkins, Margie, 19
Jenkins, Walter, 2, 18–20, 28, 37, 38, 58, 60, 126
arrest and resignation of, 116–17, 125, 143, 269
background of, 18
LBJ’s relationship with, 18–19
and presidential campaign of 1964, 104
jobs, see employment
John Birch Society, 102, 103, 252
Johns, Lem, xvi
Johnson, Lady Bird, xvii, 19, 30, 34, 135, 202, 219, 227, 307
Busby and, xv–xvi
Head Start and, 90
Jenkins and, 116–17
LBJ’s relationship with, 113
southern campaign tour of, 113
West Wing and, 123, 124
Johnson, Luci, 19
Johnson, Lyndon Baines:
character of, 1, 125, 131, 141–43
daily routine of, 58–59
death of, 311–12
first week of presidency, 14–16, 26, 28, 29, 32, 36–38, 70
first year of presidency, 16
last months of presidency, 295, 297, 306
as political operator, 1, 2, 6–7, 284
political worldview of, 1, 14, 39–41
public image of, 129, 132
ranch of, xi, 52, 122, 130, 142–43, 185, 223, 226, 263
as schoolteacher, 70–71, 93, 167
swimming of, 58–59, 62, 63, 122, 125, 136–37, 242
sworn in as president, xvi–xviii, 20, 29
as vice president, 17, 32, 71, 126, 129, 227
work ethic and habits of, 58, 59, 142
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, speeches of, 2, 11–12, 25, 28–29, 35, 38, 53–54, 71, 291
at Gettysburg Cemetery, 23
on Great Society, 25, 64–66, 69–70, 113, 197, 201
at Howard University, 258–59
in New Orleans, 113–14
Thanksgiving remarks to nation, 11–12
on voting rights, 190–91
Johnson, Paul, 110–11, 170
academics and, 184, 225
assembling of staff, 2, 6, 16–17
chief of staff role and, 18, 20, 116
as coalition of Kennedy and Johnson people, 17, 28–29, 38, 204
credibility gap and, 128, 131, 215–17, 273, 274
Executive Office of the President, 17–18
last days of, 306
number of workers in, 17–18
relationship among staff in, 60–61, 140
relationship between LBJ and members of, 58–60, 141–43, 151–52
salaries and perks in, 141
workload and burnout in, 265–66
Justice Department, 48, 49, 74, 281
Civil Rights Division of, 166–68, 170, 172, 190, 243, 310
juvenile delinquency, 49, 50, 81, 253
Katzenbach, Nicholas, 169, 233, 237, 271
Kearns, Doris, 318
Kennedy, Edward M., 196, 230, 288, 317
Kennedy, Ethel, 227
Kennedy, Jacqueline, xii–xiv, xvii, 30, 58, 124, 228, 233
Kennedy, John F., 2, 12–13, 40, 65, 80, 94, 100, 104, 123, 142, 184–88, 200, 209, 222, 226, 267, 268, 289–90, 312
Addison’s disease of, 226, 227
assassination of, xiii–xviii, 16, 19–20, 26, 28, 29, 33, 37–38, 135, 228, 229, 233, 320
can-do ethos and, 3
Civil Rights Act and, 11, 14, 62, 71
education commissioner and, 153
McPherson and, 135, 136
Medicare bill of, 156, 251
meetings with members of Congress, 186–87
New Frontier of, see New Frontier
O’Brien and, 29
O’Donnell and, 36
popularity and achievements of, 69
poverty initiatives and, 40, 47–49, 53–55, 62
reelection prospects of, xi–xii
Salinger and, xiv, xv, 36–37, 129
Shriver and, 25, 76, 77
staff of, 17, 28–29, 38, 60–61, 41, 151, 186
tax cut of, 11, 14–16, 40, 52, 56, 62, 82, 220
televised conferences and debates of, 129
Texas tour plans of, xi–xiii
unfinished legacy of, 11, 14, 62, 123, 204
Vietnam and, 210
Kennedy, Joseph P., 76, 226–27
Kennedy, Robert F., 29, 35, 36, 204, 245, 276, 302
assassination of, 292–93, 318
food support programs and, 229–30
Hackett and, 49
LBJ and, xi, 32, 38, 77–78, 226–35, 263
at Milton Academy, 49
Moyers and, 231, 232
in presidential election of 1968, 284, 286–90, 292–93
Senate campaign of, 229
Shriver and, 77–78
Vietnam War and, 230–32, 234–35, 288–89
Kennedy Foundation, 89–90
Keppel, Francis, 139, 147–49, 153, 154, 169–71, 177–78
Kerner, Otto, 239
Kerner Commission, 239–40
Keyserling, Leon, 56
Kilduff, Malcolm, xiv–xv
Kilpatrick, Carroll, 20
King, Coretta Scott, 76
King, Ed, 109, 110
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 64, 76, 80, 111, 254–55
assassination of, 292
in Chicago, 243–44
Selma campaign of, 188–89
Knowland, William, 250
Knowles, John, 49
Korean War, 134, 209, 218
KTBC, 24
Ku Klux Klan, 103, 105, 106, 295
labor, 13, 72, 155, 176, 179, 185, 285, 301, 303, 311
Labor Department, xiv, 48, 86, 255–56
Lampman, Robert, 47–50
Landrum, Phil, 173
Lattimore, Owen, 35
Lehrer, Tom, 251
LeMay, Curtis, 301–2
Leuchtenburg, William, 205
Libassi, Peter, 175–76, 182
liberalism, 53, 67, 98, 99, 185
capitalism and, 2, 42, 44
economy and, 3, 42–47, 50, 56–57, 63, 68, 312, 314
expanded agenda of, 201–2
Great Society and, 4
growth, 50–51, 68, 69, 315
LBJ and, 1, 6, 13–14, 39–41, 66, 99, 204–5, 225, 276, 312
qualitative and quantitative, 3, 63, 69, 302, 312–15
RFK and, 229–30, 232
supermarket image and, 46
Life, 46
Lincoln, Abraham, 5, 23, 71, 72, 147
Lincoln, Evelyn, xiii, xvi
Lindsay, John, 220
Linton, Ron, 227
Lippmann, Walter, 12, 51–52, 63, 65, 117, 293
Lipset, Seymour Martin, 255
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 94–95
Loeb, John, 108
Long, Russell, 295–96
Los Angeles Times, 133
Lowell, Robert, 225, 287
Lowenstein, Allard K., 285–86, 294
Low Income Population and Economic Growth, The, 47
lynching, 13, 70, 164
Macdonald, Dwight, 44, 47–48, 69
Maddox, Lester, 74
Mailer, Norman, 46
Manac’h, Étienne, 234
Manatos, Mike, 306
Manchester, William, 233–34
Manger, Julius, 74
Mankiewicz, Frank, 79, 82, 85
Mansfield, Mike, 45–46, 192
Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race (Montagu), 194
Marder, Murrey, 215
Marshall, Burke, 166–67
Martin, Louis, 80
McCarthy, Eugene, 286–90, 292–94, 298
McCarthy, Joseph, 35, 95, 134, 136
McChung, Ollie, 74
McClellan, John, 280, 296
McCormack, John, 190
McDonald, Dave, 15, 71
McGovern, George, 283, 286, 317
McGrory, Mary, 288
McKinley, William, 147
McNamara, Robert, 80, 121, 135, 217, 218, 225, 233, 237, 276, 277, 290, 291
McPherson, Harry, 2, 27, 132, 133–38, 140, 142, 152, 183, 190, 216, 222, 224, 225, 232–33, 244, 249, 258, 260, 269–71, 276, 278, 281–82, 291, 298, 306–8, 316–17, 319
background of, 133–34
Califano and, 281
Fortas and, 271–72
memoir of, 319
Moyers and, 216, 272
Moynihan and, 255, 258
and presidential election of 1968, 289–90
on Watson, 139
Meacham, Stewart, 51
Mead, Margaret, 194
Meadlo, Paul, 213
Meany, George, 158, 222, 239
Medicaid, 1, 4, 87, 157, 161, 197, 278, 308, 314, 315
Medicare, 1, 4, 87, 122, 152, 156–63, 179–83, 185, 197, 199, 204, 251, 278, 279, 302, 308, 314, 315
Miller, William, 103, 107, 108, 116, 117
Mills, Wilbur, 157, 297–98
Milton Academy, 49
Minton, Sherman, 296–97
Mississippi, 75, 109–10, 112, 181, 183, 204, 244, 245, 309
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), 109–13, 262
Mitchell, John, 310
Mobilization for Youth, 50, 85–86
Montagu, Ashley, 194
Morse, Wayne, 148
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), 267
Mouton, Edgar, 192
Moyers, Bill, 2, 5–6, 17, 24–26, 38, 58, 60, 63, 65–70, 75, 82–85, 87, 98–99, 128, 130, 132–33, 136–37, 139–41, 184–85, 201, 216, 217, 223, 232–34, 236, 265, 266, 268, 272–77, 283, 302, 316, 319–20
background of, 24–25
brother’s suicide and, 276
Busby and, 67, 268
Califano and, 121
credibility gap and, 216, 273, 274
departure of, 276–77, 281–82
on Goldwater, 102
Goodwin and, 62, 80
JFK and, xvii, xviii, 25, 67
LBJ’s relationship with, 24–26, 77, 216, 272–73, 275–77, 319
marriage of, 276
McPherson and, 216, 272
office of, 124, 125
poverty programs and, 52, 53
and presidential campaign of 1964, 100, 104–8, 130
Reedy and, 67, 126, 129, 140
Reedy replaced as press secretary by, 133, 272
RFK and, 231, 232
role in Great Society, 26, 80
Shriver and, 25, 26, 77–79
as untitled chief of staff, 116
Vietnam War and, 215–16, 274–75
Moyers, Judy, 24
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 80, 86, 92, 140, 255–61, 297–98, 313
Moynihan Report, 256–61
Murphy, Charles, 186
Murphy, George, 251
Murray, Reid, 154
Muskie, Ed, 305
Myrdal, Gunnar, 51
Nation, 45, 171, 230
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorder (Kerner Commission), 239–40
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 26, 109–10, 259
Legal Defense Fund, 165
National Education Association (NEA), 148
National Endowment for the Arts, 202
National Endowment for the Humanities, 202
National Guard, 237, 271, 281, 293
National Independent Committee for Johnson and Humphrey, 108
National Mobilization Committee to End the War (the MOBE), 294
National Public Radio, 203
National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), 241–42, 308
National Youth Administration (NYA), 13, 17, 40, 53, 66, 82, 83, 87, 88
Nazi Germany, 194, 257
Neighborhood Youth Corps, 83
Newark, N.J., 85, 237, 240, 263, 278
New Deal, 2, 6, 12–14, 19, 30–32, 34, 35, 39, 40, 42–43, 51, 52, 80, 148, 151–52, 183, 201, 209, 242, 252, 315
Busby and, 2, 21, 22
Civilian Conservation Corps, 83, 88
Goldwater and, 102, 103
Great Society and, 16, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 81, 157, 316
idea and components of, 66
National Youth Administration, 13, 17, 40, 53, 66, 82, 83, 87, 88
War on Poverty and, 83, 87
Works Progress Administration, 39–40, 66, 257
New Frontier, 11, 12, 14, 23, 25, 28, 37–38, 136, 201, 204, 227, 232, 255, 268
achievements of, 69
Great Society and, 2, 63, 70
Peace Corps, 25, 26, 76–79, 81–83, 85, 249, 276
New Republic, 225
; Newsday, 249, 276
Newsweek, 17, 94, 116, 125, 151, 234, 259
New York, N.Y., 85–86, 220, 239, 284
New Yorker, 47
New York Post, 147
New York Review of Books, 299
New York Times, 25, 48, 60, 115, 128, 143, 152, 159, 188, 198, 217, 231, 232, 234, 265, 272–74, 294, 319
New York Times Magazine, 216
Ngo Dinh Diem, 210
Nguyen Van Thieu, 303–4
Night Comes to the Cumberlands (Caudill), 48
Nimetz, Matthew, 277
Nixon, Pat, 307
Nixon, Richard M., 4, 94, 114, 123, 125, 145, 245, 249, 283, 289–90, 306–7
Calley and, 213
domestic agenda of, 308
elected president, 304–5
Goldwater and, 283
JFK’s debates with, 129
“last press conference” of, 250
LBJ’s legacy and, 308–12
in presidential election of 1968, 283, 284, 289, 290, 292, 295, 299–305
Vietnam War and, 300, 301, 303–4
Novak, Robert, 84, 107, 244, 249, 259
nuclear weapons, 102, 105–6, 107, 298, 302
Obama, Barack, 161–62
O’Brien, Elva, 29–30
O’Brien, Larry, 29–30, 36, 72, 103, 104, 117, 139, 186–88, 222, 284, 285, 288, 317–18
JFK and, 29
LBJ’s relationship with, 29–30
resignation of, 302
O’Donnell, Kenneth, xii, xiii, 29, 36, 61, 77, 104, 124, 288
Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), 84–91, 93, 223, 262, 263–64, 308
Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE), 311
Ogilvy, David, 104
Ohlin, Lloyd, 50
Okun, Arthur, 220, 225
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), 156, 157
Opportunity Crusade, 279
opportunity theory, 49, 90, 149, 224, 256, 298, 308, 312–14
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 136
Other America, The (Harrington), 47, 80
Otten, Alan, 130–31
Pancho, 93
Panzer, Fred, 279, 306
Parks, Rosa, 34
Peace Corps, 25, 26, 76–79, 81–83, 85, 249, 276
Philadelphia Plan, 311
Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS), 277–78
Podhoretz, Norman, 255
Political Education, A (McPherson), 319
Porter, Paul, 30, 34–35, 36
poverty, xviii, 1, 2, 4, 44, 47–57, 65, 68, 138, 313
African Americans and, 4, 48, 45–55
causes and drivers of, 49, 87, 92
civil rights and, 54, 54, 242
employment and, 51, 256; see also employment
ghettos, 48, 50, 55, 97, 237–42, 254, 258, 259, 278, 284
health care and, see health care
income and, 3, 4, 48, 50, 51, 54, 55, 82, 92, 258, 297–98, 308–9, 312–14