Part one: 1952-1957. The nominees
The fund crisis
To victory
The General as a manager
The worst kind of politician
The collision
Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, and civil rights
Eisenhower and civil rights: the first term
Ike, Nixon, and Dulles
Nixon in Asia
The battles over Asia
Trouble with good neighbors
The U.S. response to neutralism
Incumbent politics
The ill-will tour versus the big lie
The incapacitated President
The Hutschnecker fiction
Ike's decision to run
Nixon's agony
Stassen's folly
The land of smear and grab
The Hungarian Revolution and the Freedom Fighters
Part two: 1957-1961. Ike and Dick return
Prelude to the struggle
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
Little Rock and its consequences
The implosion
The steel solution
Nixon in Africa
Ike's Cold War
A near-death experience
Inside and outside the kitchen
Ike's hopes collapse
Ike, Nixon, Kennedy, and Castro
Conclusion: Ike and Dick
Appendix: Eisenhower's notes on the "Checkers speech."