Sarge · The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver by Stossel, Scott -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword by Bill Moyers Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Youth (1915–1945)

1. States’ Rights, Religious Freedom, and Local Self-Government 2. The Education of a Leader 3. A Yale Man 4. War

Part 2: The Chicago Years (1945–1960)

5. Joseph P. Kennedy 6. Eunice 7. The Long Courtship 8. Marriage 9. Religion and Civil Rights 10. Chicago Politics 11. Dawn of the New Frontier 12. The Talent Hunt

Part 3: The Peace Corps (1961–1963)

13. The Towering Task 14. Shriver’s Socratic Seminar 15. The Battle for Independence 16. “The Trip” 17. Storming Capitol Hill 18. Shriverizing 19. Timberlawn 20. Bigger, Better, Faster 21. Psychiatrists and Astrologers 22. Growing Pains 23. Tragedy

Part 4: The War on Poverty (1964–1968)

24. Shriver for Vice President 25. Origins of the War on Poverty 26. “Mr. Poverty” 27. A Beautiful Hysteria 28. Mobilizing for War 29. Wooing Congress 30. The Law of the Jungle 31. “Political Pornography” 32. Head Start 33. A Revolution in Poverty Law 34. “Double Commander-in-Chief” 35. The OEO in Trouble 36. King of the Hill 37. What Next?

Part 5: France (1968–1970)

38. Springtime in Paris 39. “Sarjean Shreevair” 40. The 1968 Election 41. Nixon in Paris 42. Au Revoir

Part 6: Democratic Politics (1970–1976)

43. The Politics of Life 44. International Men of Mystery 45. Shriver for Vice President 46. Shriver for President

Part 7: Private Life, Public Service (1976–2003)

47. Nuclear Politics 48. Special Olympics, a Family Affair 49. Faith and Hope

Notes Bibliography About the Author