Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-382) and index.
The Watkins wonder -- The education of a Catholic politician -- The new liberalism and the 1948 election -- The quiet congressman -- Patronage and principle in the Eisenhower Era -- The politics of ambition -- Rethinking the Cold War -- The limits of power -- A footnote in history: New Hampshire, 1968 -- The road to Chicago -- The aftermath of defeat -- The long exile