Second Term Table of Contents
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Part I: A New Beginning, Old Problems; January 1957 to May 1957

Chapter 1: The Mideast and the Eisenhower Doctrine
Chapter 2: Foreign Aid

Part II: Civil Rights; June 1957 to September 1957

Chapter 3: "I am astonished and chagrined"
Chapter 4: "Logic and reason must operate gradually"
Chapter 5: Little Rock

Part III: The Space Age Begins; October 1957 to January 1958

Chapter 6: Sputnik and "the fears of our own people"
Chapter 7: NATO and the Cold War

Part IV: Recession and Reform; February 1958 to May 1958

Chapter 8: "To engender confidence"
Chapter 9: "The problems inherent in this job"
Chapter 10: Restructuring for National Security

Part V: Forcing the President's Hand; June 1958 to October 1958

Chapter 11: "Take time by the forelock"
Chapter 12: America Invades the Mideast
Chapter 13: Quemoy and Matsu

Part VI: Setbacks; November 1958 to February 1959

Chapter 14: A "dreary election result"
Chapter 15: "Debate is the breath of life"

Volume XX
The Presidency: Keeping the Peace

Part VII: Berlin and the Chance for a Summit; March 1959 to August 1959

Chapter 16: A "staunch bulwark" resigns
Chapter 17: "Sources of division" among allies
Chapter 18: "These extremist approaches"

Part VIII: “Friends and Foes”; September 1959 to February 1960

Chapter 19: Khrushchev in America
Chapter 20: "No substitute for personal contact"

Part IX: Shattered Dreams; March 1960 to July 1960

Chapter 21: "Progress in a knotty problem"
Chapter 22: Disaster in Paris

Volume XXI
The Presidency: Keeping the Peace

Part X: Ending an Era; August 1960 to January 1961

Chapter 23: "To keep the Free World free"
Chapter 24: "We missed by such a narrow margin"
Chapter 25: Farewells and Warnings