Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I The Making of a Brahmin
5. 1. Early Life 7
6. 2. First Political Steps 29
7. 3. U.S. Senate 42
8. Part II The Making of an Internationalist
9. 4. World War II 55
10. 5. Return to the Senate 76
11. 6. Drafting Ike 96
12. 7. A Lodge-Kennedy Rematch 120
13. Part III The Eisenhower Years
14. 8. The UN (1953–1957) 133
15. 9. The UN (1957–1960) 155
16. 10. The 1960 Campaign 170
17. 11. Saigon 189
18. 12. Diem 212
19. 13. A Coup 237
20. Part V The Johnson Years
21. 14. Lodge for President 263
22. 15. LBJ and Vietnam 288
23. 16. West Germany and 1968 310
24. Part VI The Nixon and Ford Years
25. 17. The Paris Peace Talks 323
26. 18. Envoy to the Vatican 335
27. Retirement and Epilogue 345
28. Appendix: President Ngo Dinh Diem’s Handwritten Notes, November 1, 1963 353
29. Notes 357
30. Bibliography 449
31. Acknowledgments 495
32. Index 499