Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction: Changing the Story 1
6. Part One: 1952–1957
7. 1. The Nominees 15
8. 2. The Fund Crisis 29
9. 3. To Victory 55
10. 4. The General as a Manager 69
11. 5. The Worst Kind of Politician 91
12. 6. The Collision 103
13. 7. Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Civil Rights 125
14. 8. Eisenhower and Civil Rights: The First Term 136
15. 9. Ike, Nixon, and Dulles 157
16. 10. Nixon in Asia 170
17. 11. The Battles over Asia 193
18. 12. Trouble with Good Neighbors 206
19. 13. The U.S. Response to Neutralism 222
20. 14. Incumbent Politics 232
21. 15. The Ill- Will Tour versus the Big Lie 240
22. 16. The Incapacitated President 259
23. 17. The Hutschnecker Fiction 273
24. 18. Ike’s Decision to Run 285
25. 19. Nixon’s Agony 302
26. 20. Stassen’s Folly 314
27. 21. The Land of Smear and Grab 331
28. 22. The Hungarian Revolution and the Freedom Fighters 348
29. Part Two. 1957–1961
30. 23. Ike and Dick Return 363
31. 24. Prelude to the Struggle 372
32. 25. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 379
33. 26. Little Rock and Its Consequences 402
34. 27. The Implosion 425
35. 28. The Steel Solution 448
36. 29. Nixon in Africa 462
37. 30. Ike’s Cold War 483
38. 31. A Near- Death Experience 494
39. 32. Inside and Outside the Kitchen 514
40. 33. Ike’s Hopes Collapse 536
41. 34. Ike, Nixon, Kennedy, and Castro 543
42. Conclusion: Ike and Dick 563
43. Appendix: Eisenhower’s Notes on the “Checkers Speech” 571
44. List of Abbreviations 577
45. Notes 579
46. Bibliography 711
47. Index 777