Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Illustrations xiii
5. Introduction: An Idealistic Vision of America's National Purpose 1
6. 1. Manhattan, Washington, and Hartford 7
7. 2. From America Firster to Liberal Interventionist 25
8. 3. A Connecticut Yankee in Mr. Nehru's Court 43
9. 4. Spotlighting Economic Assistance 63
10. 5. The China Card and an Asian Monroe Doctrine 80
11. 6. Dealing with South Asia 94
12. 7. Exporting the American Revolution to the Third World 113
13. 8. Search for a Political Base 136
14. 9. Freshman in Name Only 154
15. 10. House Liberal in the Kennedy Camp 164
16. 11. Number Two at Foggy Bottom 182
17. 12. Running Afoul of the Kennedys 202
18. 13. The Thanksgiving Massacre 220
19. 14. Inconsequential Interlude 232
20. 15. "Chester Bowls Again" 239
21. 16. Mission Unaccomplished 252
22. 17. A New Deal for India 275
23. 18. Southeast Asia as Seen from New Delhi 302
24. 19. "Only the Historians Can Determine" 316
25. Bibliographic Note 333
26. Notes 337
27. Index 375