Introduction

1. The Roosevelts: A Partnership Unprecedented

2. Martin Luther King Jr.: Toward the Promised Land

3. John F. Kennedy: From Detachment to Engagement

4. Robert F. Kennedy: Despair and Commitment

5. Lyndon Baines Johnson: A Need for Consensus

6. Richard M. Nixon: Genius and Paranoia

7. Ronald Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime

8. The Clintons: A Flawed Co-Presidency

Conclusion

Bibliographical Essay

Acknowledgments

Index

William H. Chafe is Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History, and former Dean of the Faculty, at Duke University