CONTENTS

Foreword
1 Abilene, West Point, World War I
2 Between the Wars
3 Preparing the First Offensive
4 North Africa, Sicily, and Italy
5 D-Day and the Liberation of France
6 The West Wall and the Battle of the Bulge
7 The Last Offensive
8 Peace
9 Columbia, NATO, and Politics
10 Candidate
11 Getting Started
12 The Chance for Peace
13 Peace in Korea—Coup in Iran—Atoms for Peace
14 McCarthy and Vietnam
15 ChiNats and ChiComs
16 The Geneva Summit and a Heart Attack
17 The 1956 Campaign
18 Little Rock and Sputnik
19 1958—A Most Difficult Year
20 A Revival
21 1960—High Hopes and Unhappy Realities
22 Transition and Assessment
23 Elder Statesman
Epilogue
Photographs
About the Author
Notes
Bibliography
Index
MAPS
North Africa and Sicily and the Invasion of France
The Defeat of Germany