Table of Contents
Cast of Characters xiii
I Dynasty And Empire
1 Overture: "The Special Relationship" 3
2 A Troublesome Boy 14
3 Speaking Engagements 31
4 Love and Friendships 41
5 A Man on the Make 53
6 Across the Atlantic 67
7 The Deal 82
8 The King of Wall Street 96
II Family Fortunes
9 The Sons of Great Men 107
10 Menace on the Horizon 119
11 London Calling 127
12 Astor Place 137
13 The Kennedy Women 146
14 The Desire to Please 158
15 Breach of Faith 177
16 The Cross and Double-Cross 191
17 The Last Dance 203
18 While American Slept 219
19 We Shall Fight 226
20 A Spy in Their Midst 238
21 Grace under Fire 250
22 Crash Landing 261
III Wartime
23 The House of Churchill Bears a Son 279
24 New Alliances 286
25 "The Masters of Our Fate" 297
26 Replacements 312
27 The Churchill Club 327
28 "His Heart's Desire" 337
29 Stratagems of Hell 350
30 Tests of Faith 366
31 Love among the Ruins 380
32 Victory and Defeat 397
IV Making Peace
33 Feeling the Heat 413
34 The Coldest War 428
35 Circles of friends 446
36 Warrior Historians 464
37 Great Contemporaries 479
38 Winners and Losers 490
39 Black Knights on a Chessboard 501
40 Friends in High Places 510
41 Meetings at Sea 520
42 In their Own Image 527
43 Arms to Parley 538
44 Mending Fences 550
45 The Enemy Within 563
46 After the Ball 576
47 The Best and Worst of Days 587
48 Thoughts That Lie Too Deep 606
49 The Once and future king 624
Notes 645
Selected Bubliography 725
Index 751