Abel, Rudolf, 580
Abernathy, Ralph, 412
ABMs (antiballistic missiles), 447, 450, 493, 522
Acheson, Dean, 14–15, 174, 202
Adams, Sherman, 21–22, 25, 122, 151, 324
Army-McCarthy hearings and, 187
Eisenhower on, 481
Eisenhower’s heart attack and, 273, 275, 279
as Eisenhower’s possible successor, 282, 289
Eisenhower’s second term and, 281–82, 288–90
Eisenhower’s stroke and, 437
government land purchases and, 277–78
Little Rock school integration and, 414–16
on Meet the Press, 366
Modern Republicanism and, 391
resignation of, 468–69, 480–82
Suez crisis and, 359, 368, 370
unpopularity of, 467–69
Adenauer, Konrad, 19, 216, 503, 641
disarmament and, 569
Eisenhower’s visit and, 538, 540
German reunification and, 120, 521
U-2 bases and, 340
agriculture, see farm policy
Agriculture Department, U.S., 299
Agronsky, Martin, 258
Air Force, U.S., 88–89
atomic plane of, 395–96
desegregation of, 126
“weather balloons” of, 309–10, 396, 475–76
see also specific missiles and aircraft
Ajax Operation, 111–12, 129–30, 193
Alaska, statehood for, 157–58, 539
Alcorn, Meade, 481
Aldrich, Winthrop, 50, 372, 481
Allen, George, 28, 270–71, 303, 366, 529
dependent tax cut and, 252
Eisenhower’s second term and, 287, 289
at Key West, 287
Alsop, Joseph, 563
American Medical Association (AMA), 157, 199
Amman Pact, 356
Anderson, Clinton, 267–68, 530
Anderson, Robert, 126, 221–22, 366, 433, 518, 607, 645
disarmament and, 447
Lebanon and, 470
as Middle East mediator, 316–17
as possible 1956 running mate, 320–21
as possible presidential candidate, 254, 282, 289, 545–46, 560
Anglo-Persian Oil Company, 109–10
Arbenz Guzmán, Jacobo, 192–96
Arkansas, school integration in, 414–23
Arkansas National Guard, 414–23
arms control and disarmament, 94, 131–35, 246, 553, 613
Bricker amendment and, 343
conditions for, 246
date set for, 344
economy and, 394
Eisenhower on, 123–24, 153, 257–258, 402, 404
five-point program for, 401
Geneva summit discussion of, 262–265
international control for, 401, 403
Khrushchev’s call for, 542–43
manpower cuts and, 394–95
on-site inspection and, 246–47, 257, 311–12
post-Suez offer suggested for, 374
propaganda and, 447–53, 490, 591
Strauss’s proposal for, 448
U.S. revised proposal for, 311–12
see also “Atoms for Peace” proposal; London disarmament talks; Open Skies proposal; test ban
arms race, 131–35, 149–51, 153, 621
“Atoms for Peace” proposal and, 149–50, 153, 311–12
Eisenhower on, 92, 94–95, 132–35, 148, 247, 523
Army, U.S.:
in Little Rock situation, 418–23
McCarthy hearings on, 163–68, 170–71, 186–89
manpower cuts ordered for, 394–95
Peress case and, 161–63
segregation in, 125–26
Arrowsmith, Marvin, 559
At Ease: Stories 1 Tell to Friends (Eisenhower), 635
Atlas missiles, 312
atomic energy:
information sharing on, 145–51
international control of, 94, 134, 148–51, 310–12
peaceful use of, 131–35, 147–51, 204, 399, 565, 620
private development of, 157, 310
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), 123, 157, 342, 345
atomic weapons control relinquished by, 225
Castle nuclear tests and, 168–69
on fallout, 246
on missile delivery systems, 312
new reactor of, 493
on Soviet missiles, 314
Strauss’s disarmament proposal and, 448
test ban and, 448, 450–51, 479–80, 492, 541
TVA and, 201
see also specific tests
atomic weapons, 397
China as proposed target for, 205–206, 213, 229, 238–39, 243, 245–246, 482–84
construction rate of, 93
Eisenhower on, 71, 87, 95, 131–35, 148, 205–6, 224, 239
first strike policy for, 123, 258
Formosa Straits crisis and, 238–39, 243–44, 482–84
international disapproval of, 51, 238, 243
overseas deployment of, 224–25, 259
tactical, 398–99
“Atoms for Peace” proposal, 147–51, 153, 310–11
at Geneva summit, 263
Augusta, Ga., 93–96, 139–40, 228, 551, 604, 639
Austrian peace treaty, 248–49
Autobahn (Germany), 502–4
auto industry, 249–50
Baldwin, Hanson, 480
Bartlett, Charles, 600
Baruch, Bernard, 314
Batista, Fulgencio, 504–5, 545
Battle Monuments Commission, 670–671
Belgium, Congo and, 586–87
Ben-Gurion, David, 316–17, 329, 352–353, 356, 359, 365, 367
Gaza withdrawal and, 370–71, 385–388
Benson, Ezra Taft, 24, 159–60, 496
soil and water conservation and, 277–78, 299–300
Bentley, Elizabeth, 137
Berlin crisis, 502–4, 511, 515–21
activism urged in, 516–20
Eisenhower’s calm in, 517–21
Foreign Ministers meeting and, 504, 524–26
Soviet motives in, 544
withdrawal deadlines for, 502, 525–26, 543–44
Berlin Wall, 643
Bethe, Hans, 452
B-52 bombers, 313, 427, 429, 432, 454
big business, Eisenhower on, 302
Bissell, Richard, 193–94, 340–41, 514–515, 557, 569, 584, 589, 608–9, 615
Bitter Woods, The (J. Eisenhower), 674
Black, Eugene, 329–30
blacks, 304–9
Eisenhower’s lack of contact with, 387, 529
in Montgomery bus boycott, 307
see also civil rights; integration; school segregation cases
Boggs, Hale, 301
Bohlen, Charles E. (Chip), 59–61, 96, 577–78, 591
Borden, William, 141
Borman, Frank, 641
Bourguiba, Habib, 383
Bradley, Omar, 15, 26, 30, 51, 71, 86, 663–64
Bravo nuclear test, 168–69
Bricker, John, 60, 66, 68–70, 154–55, 488
Bricker Amendment, 56, 66, 68–70, 151–52, 154–55, 260, 343
Bridges, Styles, 55, 64, 99, 220, 559
foreign aid and, 379–80 1958
budget and, 390
Nixon supported by, 273
on Rhee, 104
on summit meetings, 260
Brown, Rusty, 633–34, 655, 660, 670
Brownell, Herbert, 22–24, 30, 60, 191, 221, 302, 645, 673
on Bricker Amendment, 69
civil-rights bill and, 304, 307–8, 326–27, 406
congressional subpoenas and, 162–163, 165–66, 186–87
Eisenhower on, 124
as Eisenhower’s possible successor, 254, 282, 289
on H. D. White, 137–40
Little Rock school integration and, 414–19
martial law studied by, 256
1956 Republican platform and, 327–28
Oppenheimer and, 142
resignation of, 441
Rosenbergs and, 84
school segregation cases and, 124–126, 142–43, 189–90
second term dinner and, 288–90
on “undesirables” in government, 45–46, 136–42
Brown v. Topeka, 143, 189–92, 303–7, 327–28, 408–9, 620
Eisenhower on, 190–92, 327–28, 337–38, 498
southern reaction to, 305–7
Buckley, William, 536
balancing of, 70–71, 85, 158, 433, 496–97, 549, 607
debt limit and, 91
Eisenhower’s letter campaigns on, 497, 527
national security and, 433–35
budgets, federal:
of 1956, 223–24
of 1958, 388–91
of 1959, 549
of 1960, 495–97
of 1961, 605–7
surplus in, 549
Bulganin, Nicolai, 248, 260, 445–46
at Geneva summit, 262–66
on Hungary, 371
new U.S. arms control proposal and, 311–12
resignation of, 451
Suez crisis and, 367–68
test ban urged by, 349–50, 447–51
Bullis, Harry, 81–82
Bundy, McGeorge, 656–58
Bundy, William, 121
bureaucracy, federal, 45–46
Civil Service and, 151, 595–96
cutbacks in, 136–37
“leaks” from, 46
national security and, 45–48, 136, 141
“undesirables” in, 55, 63–65, 136–142
unionization and, 200
Burke, Arleigh, 331–32
Burma, 464
Burns, Arthur, 158–59, 345, 460
Bush, Vannevar, 135
Butcher, Harry, 499
Butler, Richard Austen (Rab), 372
Byrnes, James F. (Jimmy), 126–27, 142–43
Cabinet, 69, 78–79, 101–3, 283
appointments to, 20–24
cost control in, 90–91, 396, 433
Eisenhower’s heart attack and, 272–73, 275, 279
in elections, 218
evacuation practiced by, 256
McCarthyism discussed in, 83
meetings of, 45, 345, 441, 509
1953 State of the Union speech and, 46–48
patronage and, 151–52
as policy body, 37
preinaugural meetings of, 36–39
Rosenbergs discussed in, 84–85
stockpiling and, 377
Caccia, Sir Harold, 371
Cambodia, 207–10
Eisenhower-Kennedy meeting at, 638–39
Eisenhower-Khrushchev meeting at, 542–43
Candor Operation, 132–33
Carney, Robert, 232–33, 240–41, 274
Castillo Armas, Carlos, 193–97
Castle nuclear tests, 168–70
Castro, Fidel, 504–7, 526–27, 555–58, 582–84, 590
anti-Americanism of, 555
assassination attempts against, 557
Communism and, 506, 545, 555–56
Cuban missile crisis and, 642–43
Eisenhower on, 555–57
U.S. embassy and, 609
Catton, Bruce, 81
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 92, 226, 285–86, 328
on Chinese Nationalists, 236
Congo and, 588
covert activity of, 285–86, 395, 506–7
Cuba and, 506–7, 527, 555–57, 582–584, 608–10
Doolittle committee and, 189, 226–227
Eastern Europe and, 285–86, 355, 367
5412 Committee and, 506–7, 588–89
Hungarian revolt and, 355, 367
intelligence gathering by, 227–28, 395
MIG defectors and, 112–13
in North Vietnam, 215
Operation Pbsuccess of, 192–97
oversight committee proposed for, 135
Soviet bomber and missile estimates of, 456
Suez crisis and, 353
Swan Island radio station of, 582
on Vietnam, 210
see also U-2 reconnaissance airplanes
Chambers, Whittaker, 137
Chamoun, Camille, 463–67, 469–71
“Chance for Peace” speech, 94–96
Chandler, Alfred D., Jr., 654
Chehab, Faud, 464–66
Chiang Kai-shek, 47, 49, 99, 202, 231, 482–85
compromise accepted by, 485
Formosa Doctrine and, 235–37
Chief Joseph Dam, 77–79
China, Nationalist (Formosa, Taiwan), 581–82
morale in, 236–37
U.S. mutual defense treaty with, 214, 231–32
see also Formosa Doctrine; Formosa Straits crisis
China, People’s Republic of (Communist China), 202
A-bomb attack proposed for, 205–206, 213, 229, 238–39, 243, 245–246, 482–84
blockade urged against, 214
CIA and, 285–86
Greek shipowners and, 62–63
Japanese trade with, 201–2
in Korean War, 34–35
Soviet involvement with, 205–6, 213, 483
U.S. fliers held by, 213–14, 229–30, 244
see also Formosa Straits crisis
Chou En-lai, 207–8, 231, 483–84
on Formosa Doctrine, 235–37
Formosa Straits crisis defused by, 244
Church, Frank, 408
Churchill, Winston, 19, 503, 636–37
EDC and, 207
Eisenhower on, 222, 268, 500–501
Eisenhower’s meetings with, 19, 145–47, 197–98, 501
Formosa Doctrine and, 235–37
French Vietnam War and, 174
Indochina and, 207–8
on J. F. Dulles, 21
retirement of, 248
on Suez crisis, 373
United Action and, 178–79, 181–82
Citizens Committee for Peace and Freedom in Vietnam, 663–64
civil defense program, 591
civil rights, 406–26, 497–99, 625, 652
equal rights amendment and, 412
violent resistance to, 497–98
voting rights as, 406–13, 498–99
see also integration; school segregation cases; segregation
Civil Rights Act (1957), 497–99
Eisenhower’s ignorance of, 407
jury-trial amendment to, 407–13
Civil Rights Commission, 413, 497
Clay, Lucius, 22–24, 32, 221–22, 645
on highway financing, 251
Stevens and, 162
Clifford, Clark, 615–16
Cochran, Jackie, 647
Colby, William, 355
Cold War, 226–27
Eisenhower on, 380
Eisenhower’s heart attack and, 274
Eisenhower’s policies and, 520–21
elections during, 554–55
Farewell Address and, 612
Geneva summit and, 266–67
propaganda and, 445
surprise attack feared in, 256–57
Cole, Sterling, 398
Collins, J. Lawton, 215
colonialism, Eisenhower on, 333, 371, 539, 587
Communism:
CIA and, 285–86
Eisenhower Doctrine and, 381–82
integration and, 307
international “conspiracy” of, 464
Japan and, 582
in Latin America, 555–56
U.S. foreign aid and, 377–81
see also McCarthy, Joseph; McCarthyism
Communist Control Act (1954), 157
Congress, U.S.:
Brown decision opposed in, 306–7
civil rights bill in, 406–13
Communist China in U.N. and, 99–100
Democratic control of, 219, 252–53, 369, 467, 480–81, 488
DOD reorganization and, 458
education budget cuts and, 115
Eisenhower Doctrine and, 382–83, 388
farm bills in, 299–301, 460–61
foreign aid program and, 379–81
Formosa Straits crisis resolution sought from, 232–35
highway financing and, 251
and Israeli occupation of Gaza, 387–88
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy of, 403, 567
Latin America and, 504
natural-gas regulation and, 301–3
1958 budget and, 388–91
Nixon vice-presidential candidacy and, 322
presidential news conferences and, 54–55
Republican control of, 218
Rhee supported in, 104–5
RIAA and, 78–79
school construction and, 251–52, 303, 336
subpoenas from, 162–63, 186–89
see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Conservation Reserve, 299
Constitution, U.S., 56, 68, 124–25, 222, 343, 548, 614
Coulson, J. E., 358
Cousins, Norman, 611
Couve de Murville, Maurice, 479, 502
Craig, May, 54, 343, 411–12, 429, 518
Crawford, Ken, 55
Cronkite, Walter, 631–32, 651, 667
Crusade in Europe (Eisenhower), 610–11, 633–34
Cuba, 477, 504–7, 526–27, 555–58, 582–84, 608–9
Bay of Pigs invasion in, 623, 637–40
CIA and, 506–7, 527, 555–57, 582–584, 608–10
exile brigade and, 584, 608–10, 615–16, 637–38
government-in-exile for, 556–57, 584, 608–10, 615
military action urged for, 583, 615
refugees from, 545
Soviet Union and, 582–84, 641–43
U.S. sugar quota for, 583
Cuban missile crisis, 641–43
Cullen, Roy, 303
Culzean Castle, 540
Cutler, Robert, 25, 67–68, 456, 469
atomic energy policy and, 134
disarmament and, 402
on French Vietnam War, 184, 205
Korean War settlement and, 101
Lebanon and, 470
Oppenheimer and, 142
United Fruit and, 192
Czechoslovakia, Egyptian arms deal with, 315
Davies, John Paton, 56
Deadline Operation, 480
Defense Department (DOD), U.S., 553
discipline in, 475–76
on effects of nuclear war, 311
election year spending by, 218
interservice rivalry and, 427–29, 457–58
missile programs and, 427–29, 567–568
new projects of, 395–96
nuclear carriers and, 495–96, 549–550
nuclear-weapon “requirements” of, 493–94, 553
reorganization proposed for, 458
test ban and, 449–51, 479, 492, 522–23, 541, 567–68
defense industry:
cost-plus contracts of, 496
defense policy:
allies in, 90–91
H-bomb in, 171–73
massive overkill capacity as basis for, 123, 172–73
New Look as, 171–72, 174, 224–26
in 1960 campaign, 598–99
nuclear retaliation as, 145
preventive attack as, 206
defense spending, 47, 86–91, 454–56, 591, 625–26
Air Force objections to, 88–89
Berlin crisis and, 515–19
cuts in, 70–71, 86–91, 143–45, 517–519
Democratic attacks on, 299, 560
Eisenhower on, 88–89, 225–26, 454, 476, 560–63
fallout shelters and, 494–95
Gaither Report and, 434–35
after Korean War, 143–45
mutual security funds and, 516–17
national security and, 433–35
in 1955 budget, 223–24
in 1958 election, 494
in 1960 budget, 495–96
Taft on, 86–88
technology and, 549–51
deflation, 158–59
de Gaulle, Charles, 19, 478–79, 502, 567, 641
Eisenhower’s relationship with, 538–39
Eisenhower’s visit and, 537–40
Khrushchev and, 577–79
on nuclear war, 552
Paris summit and, 537, 544, 569–70, 577–79
triumvirate proposed by, 538–39, 552, 615
de Guingand, Freddie, 501–2
Democrats, Democratic Party, 157, 201, 301, 396–97, 426, 567
Adams and, 467–69
Congress controlled by, 219, 252–53, 369, 467, 480–81, 488
defense spending attacked by, 299, 560
depression and, 200–201
Eisenhower on, 488
Eisenhower Doctrine and, 382–83
on Eisenhower’s association with millionaires, 113
farm-parity issue and, 300–301
farm policy of, 159
federal bureaucracy controlled by, 45–46
Formosa Straits crisis and, 239
J. F. Dulles criticized by, 442, 523–525
Little Rock and, 425–26
missile gap and, 312–14, 487, 513–15
New Look defense policy and, 225
1956 presidential nomination and, 325
1958 budget and, 388–91
on Republican split, 487–88
southern, 389, 426, 488–89, 497–99, 528
on Yalta agreements, 54
Denver, Colo., vacations in, 122–29, 218, 268, 270
Development Loan Fund, 379
Dewey, Thomas E., 20, 22, 218, 281, 663
Diem, Ngo Dinh, 210, 214–15, 314–15, 648, 657
Dillon, C. Douglas, 83, 101, 176, 179, 533, 535
Cuba and, 608
Kennedy and, 606
on Lumumba, 586–88
Dirksen, Everett, 55, 60, 161–63, 220, 496, 499, 548–59, 596, 644–45, 650
disarmament, see arms control and disarmament
Divine, Robert, 169–70, 245, 400
Dixon, Pierson, 359
Dodge, Joseph M., 22, 32, 46, 144
Dominican Republic, 556, 582–83
domino theory, 180, 197, 236–37, 482
Donald, David, 653–54
Donovan, Robert, 44
Doolittle, James H., 189, 226, 568
Doud, Mrs. John, 72
Draper, William, 50
Dry, Sergeant, 611
Dulles, Allen, 21, 111, 113, 192, 395, 487, 513, 571
Berlin crisis and, 516
Congo and, 587–88
covert activity as interest of, 395
Cuba and, 505–7, 557, 584, 608–9
on Dien Bien Phu, 176
disarmament and, 449–51
Doolittle on, 226–27
5412 Committee and, 506–7, 588
Guatemala and, 192–95
Hungary and, 355
Iran and, 111–12
Kennedy and Johnson briefed by, 598–99
Khrushchev’s anti-Stalin speech and, 328
McCarthy rebuffed by, 121
Oppenheimer and, 142
Powers’ U-2. flight and, 574, 576
Quemoy-Matsu situation and, 482
on Rosenbergs, 83
Suez crisis and, 331–32, 357, 360–61, 363, 368, 370
Vietnam and, 214
Dulles, Eleanor, 193
Dulles, Foster Rhea, 81
Dulles, John Foster, 16, 20–22, 32, 34–35, 48, 122–24, 192, 297, 405, 469, 507–8, 551
on ABM tests, 477
Air Force “weather balloons” and, 310
Aldrich’s appointment and, 50
anti-Communism of, 64, 442, 444–446, 464
on atomic attack proposed for Korean War, 51
atomic power policy and, 133–34, 147
background of, 20–21
on balancing the budget, 70–71
Berlin crisis and, 502–4
Bohlen’s nomination and, 60
Bricker Amendment and, 69–70
Castle nuclear tests and, 169–70
Chief Joseph Dam and, 78–79
Chief Justice appointment offered to, 128
on Chinese Communists, 240
Churchill’s meeting with, 174
CIA and, 395
Cold War and, 226
on containment, 33
criticism of, 442–44
death of, 525
defense spending and, 90, 144, 394, 454–56
de Gaulle and, 502
disarmament and, 344, 350, 402–4, 443, 447–54, 492
on Eastern Europe, 363
EDC and, 49–50
Eden’s talks with, 314–16
EEC and, 405
Eisenhower’s heart attack and, 273, 275–76
Eisenhower’s relationship with, 21–22, 216, 297, 442–47, 508–9, 523–25, 535
on Eisenhower’s second term, 288–290, 295
Eisenhower’s stroke and, 438–39
Eisenhower’s wine imported by, 198–99, 217
European nuclear stockpiles and, 405
Foreign Ministers meeting and, 275–76
in Formosa Straits crisis, 213, 232–234, 237–44, 483–85
Gaza withdrawal and, 386–87
Geneva summit and, 260–63, 267
German rearmament and, 216–17
Guatemala and, 192–95
Hungarian crisis and, 372
Indochina and, 173, 177–81, 204–211
Iran and, 111
on Korean settlement, 92, 96–97, 101–3, 105–6
Lebanon and, 464–66, 470–71, 474–475
McCarthy and, 60–65
Macmillan and, 524
on massive retaliation, 172–73
Middle East and, 314–19, 328–34, 462–63
on Nasser, 315, 317–18, 329–30, 462–63
Nehru and, 98
on nuclear deterrence, 284
nuclear testing and, 399–400
oil import policy and, 446–47
Open Skies and, 259
on Operation Teacup, 246
personality of, 21
postwar Korean aid and, 107–8
on price and wage controls, 51–52
propaganda and, 445
resignation offered by, 443–44, 508, 524
Saud and, 384
on Soviet Union, 92, 283, 445–46
as Stassen’s conflict with, 401
Suez crisis and, 330–34, 339, 351–53, 356–57, 359–60, 362–64, 372–73
on summit meetings, 145, 247, 534
surgery of, 366
Third World and, 110
U-2 flights and, 341
Vietnam and, 214–15
VOA and, 81–83
White case and, 137
Zaroubin and, 309–10
Eastern Europe, 263–64, 371–72, 622
anti-Soviet rebellions in, 354–56, 367, 371–73
Eisenhower on U.S. support for, 363, 520
J. F. Dulles on, 363
Khrushchev’s anti-Stalin speech and, 328
Soviet apology to, 361
U-2 flights over, 340
Eastland, James, 327, 420, 528
economy, U.S., 624–25
arms control arid, 394
boom in, 249–50
highway expenditures and, 250–51, 301
politics and, 200–201
public-works programs and, 460
Eden, Anthony, 50, 146, 197–98, 207, 248
Bulganin’s message to, 367–68
Eisenhower and, 314–16, 359–61, 365
Formosa Doctrine and, 237
at Geneva summit, 262–65
Iran and, 109–10
J. F. Dulles and, 21, 197, 314–16
on Middle East, 315–16, 328, 367, 369–70
Suez nationalization and, 330–34, 338, 360
U-2 flights and, 340
vote of confidence for, 360
education, 459–60
federal aid for, 459–60, 496–97
Egypt:
Amman Pact and, 356
Anglo-French invasion of, 362–70
Anglo-French ultimatum to, 360
Aswan Dam and, 318, 323, 329–30
Communist China recognized by, 329
Eisenhower’s support of, 358–65
Israel and, 316–18, 328, 357–70
UAR and, 462
U.S. mediation attempted with, 316–17
see also Suez Canal; Suez crisis
Eisenhower, Arthur (brother), 13
Eisenhower, Barbara (daughter-in-law), 43, 72–73, 139, 271, 285, 335, 530, 552, 570, 603, 630, 672–73
Eisenhower, Barbara Anne (granddaughter), 630
Eisenhower, Doud Dwight (Icky) (son), 669–70
Eisenhower, Dwight David:
abdominal surgery of, 322, 674
assessment of, 618–27
on bad years, 486
basic chores done for, 16, 616–17
bridge-playing by, 93–94, 96, 198, 287, 335, 366, 385–86, 417, 461, 604, 646, 655, 670
concentration of, 28
conflicting views sought by, 79–80, 203–4
conversations tape-recorded by, 202–3
crisis decisions of, 245, 417, 419, 509–10, 534, 623–26
crusader theme used by, 40–41, 43, 625
death of, 675
death anticipated by, 291–92, 322, 508–9, 529–30, 669–75
firing as difficult task for, 298–99, 480
five-star rank regained by, 611
golf and, 72–75, 198, 268, 280, 291, 335, 417, 646, 655, 669–70
on greatness, 222
heart attacks of, 270–81, 669, 672
hobbies of, 28
hunting and fishing by, 268, 385–86, 461, 617, 646
irritability of, 440–41
leadership of, 19–20, 37, 53, 85, 114, 164–65, 327, 435, 579, 620–27
liberalism of, 115–16
memoirs of, see At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends; Crusade in Europe; Eisenhower diary; White House Years, The
millionaire friends of, 113, 303, 647
name use and, 631
as nation’s steward, 277–78, 295–96, 625
1959 trip of, 551–53
painting by, 275, 279, 437, 467, 629
personal finances and, 74, 610–11
physical condition of, 17, 94–96, 268–69, 289–91, 296–97, 334–35, 384, 435, 439–40, 602, 646, 669–75
post-Presidential briefings of, 641–642
on Presidency, 15–16, 44, 71, 549, 562
private life of, 27
recuperations of, 273–81, 287–88, 439–40
resignation considered by, 437, 439
on retirement, 278–79, 366, 486, 529–30, 558–59, 592, 628–29
second term decision and, 203, 221–22, 253–55, 268–69, 272, 278, 280–82, 285–96
sleeping habits of, 290–91, 501
staff and, 344–46
stroke of, 435–40
television commentary of, 631–32, 652–53
time allocations of, 344–46
travel and, 535, 537, 551–53, 631–32
trustworthiness of, 17
women and, 28–30
Eisenhower, Dwight David, II (grandson), 94, 140, 279, 485, 529, 551, 617, 630–31, 671, 673–75
Eisenhower, Edgar (brother), 68, 129, 155, 219, 290, 335, 610
Eisenhower, Ida (mother), 29
Eisenhower, John (son), 26, 42–43, 72–73, 84, 105, 113, 284, 335, 505, 530, 551–52, 570, 589, 591, 603, 630
as adviser, 509
in Augusta, 139
Berlin crisis and, 502–4, 511, 515–516, 519
father’s death and, 672–75
on father’s health, 646
father’s heart attack and, 271–72
father’s memoirs and, 559, 592, 633–34
father’s pride in, 630
father’s second term and, 281, 285, 289
father’s stroke and, 436–37
5412 Committee and, 507
Hardtack tests and, 426–27
Kennedy transition and, 606–7, 616
1956 campaign and, 350, 352–53
test ban and, 492–93
Eisenhower, Mamie (wife), 29, 72–75, 335, 413, 474, 537, 552, 628–32, 643
in Augusta, 93–94, 551, 604, 639
on auto dealers’ wives, 250
Batista and, 545
at Geneva summit, 259
Gettysburg farm and, 122, 280, 628–29
gregariousness of, 139
husband’s death and, 672–75
on husband’s health, 441
husband’s heart attack and, 270–71
husband’s relationship with, 29, 72–74, 630
husband’s second term and, 280–81, 287–90
husband’s stroke and, 436–38
on Inauguration Address prayer, 41
National Cultural Center and, 631
1960 campaign and, 602
in post-election transition, 26
P. Slater on, 139–40
at Walter Reed, 671–75
Whitman and, 647
Eisenhower, Mary Jean (granddaughter), 630
Eisenhower, Milton (brother), 24, 41, 57, 80, 128–29, 152–53, 268–69, 275, 277, 335, 345–46
Dwight’s papers and, 653–54
on Dwight’s reputation, 290
on Latin America, 192, 197, 504
in Moscow, 534
as possible vice-presidential and presidential candidate, 282
Scranton nominated by, 652
Eisenhower, Susan (granddaughter), 630, 673
Eisenhower College, 631
Aswan Dam in, 330
Brownell in, 124
“duty” in, 222
Formosa Straits crisis in, 241
Gromyko in, 526
Kennedy in, 607
Knowland in, 118
lobbyists in, 114–15
Middle East in, 317
natural-gas bill in, 302
Nixon in, 319
press in, 161
Taft in, 86–87
Eisenhower Doctrine, 381–83, 397
atomic weapon use and, 397
summarized, 381
Eisenhower gang, 73–75, 93–94, 96, 268, 279, 417, 461, 646, 655
in Augusta, 94, 139–40, 551, 604, 639
Augusta house built by, 94
at Camp David, 198
at Culzean Castle, 540
Eisenhower’s heart attack and, 271
“Ike” nickname and, 610
at 1956 Republican Convention, 335
on 1960 election, 668
pre-election weekend with (1956), 366
Eisenhower Library, 558, 636, 656
Eisenhower Museum, 636
Eisenhower the President (Ewald), 618
election of 1952, 14
election of 1954, 199, 202, 217–19, 305
election of 1956, 203, 221–22, 253–55, 268–69, 272, 278, 280–82, 285–96, 347–50, 369–70
Eisenhower on, 326, 347–48, 350
election day in, 368–69
Jewish vote in, 352–53
Middle East in, 364
Republican platform in, 327–28
Stevenson in, 346–50
test-ban issue in, 342–43, 347–50
election of 1958, 480–81, 487–88, 494
election of 1960, 593–604
debates in, 601
defense policy in, 598–99
Eisenhower on, 593, 597–98, 603
Eisenhower as potential candidate in, 548–49
Eisenhower’s activity in, 489, 599–602
Eisenhower’s record in, 593–94, 597–98, 601–4
Nixon-Rockefeller issue and, 545–546, 559–60, 597
Nixon’s decision-making claims in, 593, 600–601
Nixon’s partisanship in, 594
election of 1962, 642
election of 1968, 664–68, 671–73
elections:
Cold War and, 554–55
defense spending and, 591
equal rights amendment, 28–29, 412
Europe, United States of, 120
European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), 404–6
European Defense Community (EDC), 49–50, 197
France and, 100, 183, 207, 210–11, 539
European Economic Community (EEC), 404–5
executive privilege, 186–89, 619–20
Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC), 125, 127
Faisal, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, 462
Fallon, George, 301
fallout, 168–69, 246, 262–63, 341–43, 350, 397–400
Eisenhower on, 398–400
see also test ban
fallout shelters, 494–95
Far East trip, 581–82
Farewell Address, 611–13
farm-parity issue, 300–301
farm policy, 159–60, 392, 496, 620
1956 bill and, 299–301
1958 bill and, 460–61
court injunction and, 417
Eisenhower’s meeting with, 415–16
National Guard and, 414–17
Faure, Edgar, 248
fifties decade, 424–26
Flohr, Richard, 616–17
Folliard, Edward, 519
Folsom, Marion, 459
Food for Peace program, 589
Foreign Affairs, 131–32
defense spending and, 90–91
Eisenhower’s defense of, 119
Knowland’s opposition to, 118–19
to neutral countries, 379–80
to Third World, 377–81
Foreign Intelligence Activities Consultants Board, 568
Foreign Ministers meeting (1955), 275–76
Foreign Ministers meeting (1959), 504, 524–26, 534–35
foreign policy, 625–26
containment in, 33
deterrence in, 33
German army in, 216
global resistance to Communism as, 102–3
J. F. Dulles and, 21–22
post-Korean War, 122–24
under Truman, 14
see also trade, foreign
Formosa, see China, Nationalist
Formosa Doctrine, 232–45
Asian reaction to, 237–38
congressional resolution and, 232–235, 484
Formosa Straits crisis, 231–45, 482–85
atomic weapons use considered in, 238–39, 243–44, 482–84
cease-fire in, 485
conflicting advice in, 244–45
domino theory and, 236–37, 482
retreat suggested in, 242–44
Seventh Fleet and, 47, 49, 233, 482
France, 502
Chinese-Vietminh alliance feared by, 205–6
Egypt invaded by, 362–70
Egypt ultimatum of, 360
Eisenhower’s visit to, 537–40
Guatemala and, 195–97
Iran and, 129
IRBMs for, 447
Israel and, 356
Middle East and, 315–16, 328, 341, 351–54
nuclear arsenal of, 401–4, 479
Open Skies proposal and, 265
Operation Vulture and, 177–79, 181
SEATO and, 209–10
Suez Canal and, 315, 330–34, 350–354, 356–73
test ban and, 403–4, 447, 478–79
U.S. aid to, 175–85
see also Vietnam War, French
Fulbright, William, 388, 471, 517
Gaither, H. Rowan, Jr., 434–35
Gaither Report, 434–35
Gates, Thomas S„ 561, 564, 568, 572, 616
5412 Committee and, 588
Powers’ U-2 flight and, 574
Geneva conference on Indochina (1954), 179, 181–82, 204–9
agreements signed at, 208–10
U.S. at, 204–9
Vietnam partitioned in, 208–9
Geneva summit (1955), 247–49, 254–255, 259–67
arms control discussed at, 262–65
“Atoms for Peace” proposal at, 263
Cold War and, 266–67
cultural exchanges suggested at, 263–65, 267
Eisenhower’s final statement at, 265–66
Eisenhower’s nationwide speech after, 267
Eisenhower’s nationwide speech before, 260
Eisenhower’s opening statement at, 260, 262–63
German reunification discussed at, 263–64
nuclear war discussed at, 262–66
Open Skies proposal at, 264–65
photographs at, 260
preparation for, 259–61
Soviet leadership at, 262–66
German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 502–1
Germany, Federal Republic of (West), 264
education in, 460
Eisenhower’s visit to, 537–38, 540
in NATO, 215–17, 263–64, 276, 538
rearming of, 119–20, 207, 209–10, 215–17, 228, 264, 276, 503, 538
reunification and, 119–20, 263–64, 276, 521
U.S. troops in, 394–95
U-2 bases in, 340
Gettysburg, battle of, 229, 392, 628
Gettysburg farm, 96, 279, 628–29
cattle herd at, 96, 198, 280, 543, 629, 655
Eisenhower’s recuperations at, 279–81, 437–39
farm policy and, 392
grandchildren at, 530, 543, 630
invitations to, 392
Khrushchev at, 543
Nevins’ stewardship of, 279, 366
weekends at, 391–92
Goldfine, Bernard, 467–69, 481
gold standard, 113–14
Goldwater, Barry, 60, 468, 481, 666
civil rights and, 652
Eisenhower’s endorsement of, 653
1964 election and, 645, 650–53
Gomulka, Wladyslaw, 354
Goodpaster, Andrew, 223–24, 245, 259, 345, 405, 445, 477, 505, 568, 650, 670
Air Force “weather balloons” and, 310
budget and, 605–7
CIA and, 395
disarmament and, 311, 344, 432, 449–51, 493, 522, 565
Eisenhower’s conciliation and, 532–33
Eisenhower’s memoirs and, 559
Eisenhower’s relationship with, 217, 509
Eisenhower’s stroke and, 436–37
5412 Committee and, 507
Formosa Straits crisis and, 238–39, 242–43, 482–84
Guatemala and, 196
Kennedy and, 607–8
Little Rock school integration and, 416
on Lumumba assassination, 588–89
Paris summit and, 535–37, 577–78
retaliatory capacity and, 495
Suez crisis and, 331–32, 351, 357–59, 368–70
U-2 flights and, 340–41, 455–56, 569, 571, 575, 585
Vietnam War and, 656–65
Gore, Albert, 490
on 5412 Committee, 506–7, 588–89
inspection systems and, 492
IRBM deployment and, 533
NSC and, 509–10
retaliatory capacity and, 495
Great Britain, 49–50
Communist China and, 62
Egypt invaded by, 362–70
Egypt given ultimatum by, 360
Eisenhower on alliance with, 360, 362
Eisenhower’s visit to, 537–38, 540–541
Guatemala and, 194–97
Middle East and, 315–16, 318, 328
military capability of, 478
nuclear arsenal of, 145–46, 401–4
Open Skies proposal and, 265
Suez Canal and, 315, 330–34, 338–340, 350–54, 356–73
Suez cease-fire accepted by, 369–70, 372–73
test ban opposed by, 403–4, 447, 478
U-2 bases in, 340
Yalta and, 66
Great Society legislation, 650
Griffith, Robert, 61
Gromyko, Andrei, 525–26
Gruening, Ernest, 665–66
Gruenther, Alfred, 49, 143, 183, 217, 453
Formosa Doctrine and, 235–36
on French anti-Americanism, 206, 209
J. F. Dulles and, 443
at Key West, 287
Lebanon and, 464–65
Little Rock school integration and, 419
1956 campaign and, 347
Suez crisis and, 365–66
Guatemala, 192–97
arms shipped to, 193–94
Cuban exile base in, 584, 608–10, 615–16
naval blockade of, 194
radio broadcasts to, 193–94
revolt in, 194–97
U.S. planes in, 195–96
Hagerty, James C., 25, 52, 122, 156, 198, 297, 507, 663
Army-McCarthy hearings and, 187
Bricker Amendment and, 154–55
desegregation and, 190
Eisenhower-McCarthy break and, 220–21
Eisenhower’s heart attack and, 272–74
Eisenhower’s observation of atomic bomb test and, 245–46
Eisenhower’s second term and, 281–82, 288–90
Eisenhower’s stroke and, 439
Formosa Straits crisis and, 233–34, 237, 240–41
French EDC vote and, 211
Guatemala and, 194
H-bomb tests and, 168–69
Indochina involvement and, 181–182
Lebanon and, 471
Little Rock situation and, 417
1960 election and, 603
Oppenheimer case and, 166–67
on “undesirables” in government, 136
U-2 flights and, 572
Warren and, 294
White case and, 138
Zaroubin interview and, 309–10
Halleck, Charles, 79, 181, 221, 254, 496, 529, 548–49, 644–45, 650
Hammarskjold, Dag, 351, 361, 467
Hardtack nuclear tests, 426–27, 431, 449, 452–53, 493–94
Hardtack II nuclear tests, 480
Harkness, Richard, 89
Harlow, Bryce, 596
Harriman, W. Averell, 14–15, 281–82, 325
Hauge, Gabriel, 25, 75–76, 302, 345
as Eisenhower’s possible successor, 254, 289
Eisenhower’s second term and, 254
highway bill and, 301
1954 elections and, 218
1960 election and, 597–98
Hawaii, statehood for, 157–58, 299, 539
Hays, Brooks, 414
Hazlett, Swede, 116, 152–53, 268, 297
Army-McCarthy hearings and, 167–168
civil rights and, 408–10
Eisenhower’s health and, 435
Eisenhower’s second term and, 296
Eisenhower’s sleeping habits and, 290–91
foreign aid and, 381
McCarthy and, 121
New Look and, 225–26
1956 campaign and, 348
school desegregation and, 191
Health, Education and Welfare Department (HEW), 115
Health Reinsurance Bill, 199, 252
Herald Tribune, 281–82
Herling, John, 400–401
Herter, Christian, 323–25, 464–65, 492, 508, 524–26, 538, 553, 570, 579, 590
Congo and, 587
Cuba and, 505, 526–27, 545, 582–83, 609
German reunification and, 521
on Johnson, 582
Powers’ U-2 flight and, 574
RB-47 plane case and, 585–86
Soviets and, 520–21
highways, see Interstate Highway System
Hobby, Oveta Culp, 24, 115, 423, 560, 595
Ho Chi Minh, 209–10
Hoffman, Paul, 468
Honduras, 193
Hong Kong, 181–82
Hoover, Herbert, Jr., 221, 254
as Acting Secretary, 366
post-Suez disarmament proposal and, 374
Suez crisis and, 331–32, 351, 357, 359, 368, 370
U-2 flights and, 374
Hoover, J. Edgar, 137, 139, 157, 307, 446
Horner, Garnett, 518
House of Representatives, U.S.:
civil-rights bill and, 327
Formosa Straits resolution and, 234
four-year term proposed for, 548
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of, 467–69
Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) of, 55, 81, 137
Hughes, Emmet John, 21–22, 25, 32, 79, 154, 203, 595
civil rights and, 413
Inaugural Address and, 36
1956 election and, 369–70
Nixon and, 320
patronage and, 151
peace speech and, 92–93
Suez crisis and, 356, 360, 362, 368
Humphrey, George M., 23, 32, 39, 80, 254, 433, 644, 650–51, 662
on Aswan Dam, 329
on bureaucratic security, 46
CIA and, 395
on civil-rights bill, 308
on defense spending cuts, 90–91
Eisenhower at plantation of, 385–386, 617
Eisenhower’s letters to, 475, 486
as Eisenhower’s possible successor, 282
Formosa Straits crisis and, 242–43
on full employment, 224
on Inaugural Address, 37–38
Israel-Gaza situation and, 386–87
Korean settlement and, 102
land purchases opposed by, 278
New Look and, 225
on 1953 State of the Union speech, 47
1958 budget and, 389–91
on Nixon, 273
post-Korea defense spending and, 144
second term dinner and, 288–90
stockpiling and, 377–78
Taft and, 87
on Third World, 377–78
Humphrey, Hubert, 157, 448, 563
Hungary, 354–56
Soviet announcement of withdrawal from, 360–61
Soviet invasion of, 355–56, 367, 371–73
Hunt, H. L., 303
Hunt, Howard, 193
Hussein, king of Jordan, 469
Hutchins, Robert M., 81
hydrogen bombs (H-bombs), 38, 168–173
Castle tests of, 168–70
as centerpiece of defense policy, 171–73
Eisenhower on, 123–24, 132–33, 168–70, 262–63
Oppenheimer and, 166
radiation from, 168–69
see also nuclear weapons
ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), 259, 283, 495
cost of, 396
as delivery system, 267–68