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Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Johnson Years (1965-68): A Remarkable Time to Begin in Congress -- The Facts about the Medicare Bill -- The Other War in Vietnam -- Thanksgiving 1966 -- Luncheon at the White House -- Visit to the CIA -- President Johnson off the Record -- Urban Riots -- The Regular Order -- The US Role in the World -- Senate Hearings on the Vietnam War -- Civil Disorder after the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. -- The Assassination of Robert Kennedy

Preface -- The significance of race and gender to African American identity -- Who are African Americans? -- Race, racism, and the African American -- The color of "the self" -- African American genderism -- The psychodynamics of African American religiosity -- African American spirituality as survival -- Liberating our identity -- Restoring our souls

I. The Idea for the Office -- Presidental Personal Emissary -- Definition -- Presidential Appointment of Special Emissaries -- Functions -- Department of State Reorganization -- Synthesis — Norman H. Davis -- II. The Office Established — Philip C. Jessup: Secretary of State Deputy -- Appointment -- Functions -- United Nations -- Foreign Ministers' Meetings -- Department of State Duties -- Resignation -- III. The Office Expanded — W. Averell Harriman: High-Level Roving Ambassador -- First Appointment as Ambassador at Large — 1961 -- Second Appointment as Ambassador at Large — 1965 -- Functions -- Roving Emissary -- Ad Hoc Missions -- Conference Delegate -- Department of State Duties -- Conclusion -- IV. The Office as Expedient — Chester Bowles and David M. Kennedy: Presidential Advisers -- Chester Bowles -- Appointment -- Functions -- Conclusion -- David M. Kennedy -- Appointment -- Functions -- Conclusion -- V. The Office as an Interim Post — Llewellyn E. Thompson, Ellsworth Bunker, Henry Cabot Lodge, George C. McGhee: Area Specialists -- Llewellyn E. Thompson -- Functions -- Ellsworth Bunker -- Functions -- Henry Cabot Lodge -- Functions -- George C. McGhee -- Functions -- Conclusion -- VI. The Ambassador at Large — Past and Future -- Background -- Concepts of the Office -- Appointment Process -- Functions -- Roving Emissary -- Ad Hoc Missions -- Conference Delegate -- Presidential Adviser -- Secretary of State Deputy -- Department of State Duties -- Summary -- Level of Operation -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Background Sketch of Ambassadors at Large -- Appendix B. Principal Publications of Ambassadors at Large -- Appendix C. Summary of Activities of Ambassadors at Large -- Appendix D. Foreign Travel by Secretary of State Dean Rusk -- Selected Bibliography.