x, 451 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Contents
Introduction: walking beside history -- Part I. With President Eisenhower -- The secret dead body -- The White House detail -- The eleven-nation tour -- The South American tour -- Spying on the Soviets -- The Asian trip -- The 1960 presidential campaign -- Part II. With President Kennedy -- On the first lady detail -- Palm Beach -- Traveling with the Kennedys: Europe -- Hyannis Port -- Traveling with the Kennedys: South America and Mexico -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 1963: great expectations -- Triumph and tragedy -- The trip to Texas -- Dallas -- The funeral -- The year after -- Part III. With President Johnson -- The LBJ Ranch -- Inauguration 1965 -- The civil-rights president -- A president's burdens -- Traveling with LBJ: Honolulu and Mexico City -- Traveling with LBJ: down under -- 1967 -- 1968 -- Loyalty -- Last days with LBJ -- Part IV. With Presidents Nixon and Ford -- Vice President Spiro Agnew -- Beware Greeks bearing gifts -- A visit from Elvis -- 1971 -- 1972: the beginning of the end -- A White House in turmoil -- The unraveling of a presidency -- History takes its toll -- Epilogue: 60 minutes.
