Contents

Cover

Title Page

Welcome

Dedication

Epigraph

Preface

PART ONE Growing Up

CHAPTER 1 Beginnings

CHAPTER 2 Privileged Youth

CHAPTER 3 The Terrors of Life

PART TWO Public Service

CHAPTER 4 Choosing Politics

CHAPTER 5 The Congressman

CHAPTER 6 The Senator

PART THREE Can a Catholic Become President?

CHAPTER 7 Nomination

CHAPTER 8 Election

PART FOUR The President

CHAPTER 9 The Torch Is Passed

CHAPTER 10 The Schooling of a President

CHAPTER 11 A World of Troubles

CHAPTER 12 Crisis Manager

CHAPTER 13 Reluctant Warrior

CHAPTER 14 The Limits of Power

CHAPTER 15 Frustrations and “Botches”

CHAPTER 16 To the Brink—And Back

CHAPTER 17 New Departures: Domestic Affairs

CHAPTER 18 New Departures: Foreign Affairs

CHAPTER 19 An Unfinished Presidency

EPILOGUE

EPILOGUE For the 2013 Edition

Photos

Acknowledgments

Also by Robert Dallek

Extraordinary praise for Robert Dallek’s An Unfinished Life

Sources

Bibliography

Notes

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