Tales of the lost river country -- Politics with pop -- College and the war years -- Becoming Bethine Church -- Beginning and nearly ending our lives together -- The bug to run for office -- From the hills to the hill -- Family life and early foreign affairs -- Kennedy for president -- Into Africa and back to Camelot -- Winning reelection and the emergence of Asia -- All our goodbyes to John Kennedy -- Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam -- Living through 1968 -- Nixon years : the imperial presidency -- The changing of the guard -- Investigating the uses and abuses of power -- 1974 : a close call -- Taking on the CIA and the FBI -- A trip to Israel -- The 1976 race for president -- Controversial affairs -- Waging the 1980 campaign with the far right -- The day star -- My continuing affair