My world -- Avon -- Schooling -- Dining-out Washington -- Working life : the Senate -- The column -- "Dr. Win the War" -- Early maneuvers -- The AVG (September 1941-July 1942) -- To China, again (Fall 1942) -- Palace politics (1943) -- Stilwell's recall (December 1943-October 1944) -- "Matter of fact" (19451946) -- A new Europe (1946-1948) -- Truman's Washington (1948-1950) -- In Korea (July-October 1950) -- McCarthy's Washington (1950-1952) -- Ike's Washington -- The weather in the streets -- Suez and beyond -- Senator Kennedy -- Election politics -- Kennedy's Washington -- Last days.