6. p. 81 -- When Joseph Kennedy made an enemy of FDR, he made an enemy of J. Edgar Hoover. This is important because Hoover intensely disliked John F. Kennedy, and this may partly explain it.

7. p. 92 -- reporters noticed that Kennedy was spending a lot of money in state primaries but could not prove vote fraud. This was a recurring pattern in Kennedy's campaign to get elected.

8. p. 106 -- Kennedy apparently did have an affair with Marilyn Monroe. Although it was well-known among a number of people, only rumors made it into the media.

9. p. 142 -- the Chicago Mafia helped get Kennedy elected president. This shows that politics, including Kennedy politics, were still quite corrupt by this election.

10. p. 203 -- "Taking out" Castro was always a part of the "Bay of Pigs" invasion plan. This at least partly explains why Castro's Cuba was so intensely hostile to the United States.

11. p. 222 -- Kennedy's image as president was so popular that even after the failed "Bay of Pigs" operation, his approval rating was at 83%. This shows just how completely Kennedy's administration was able to deflect criticism and scrutiny.

12. p. 265 -- Kennedy had a chance to get the United States out of Viet Nam in 1961. Instead he chose to "indirectly go to

p. 270 -- After the failed "Bay of Pigs" invasion, Bobby and John Kennedy's administration still targeted Castro for assassination. this may explain why Castro wanted Russian missiles.
14. p. 287 -- the CIA was again working with the Mafia to overthrow Castro and his government. This shows that while Bobby Kennedy disliked the Mafia's business dealings in the U.S., the Kennedy administration was willing to use their influence for political ends.

15. P. 311 -- John F. Kennedy had an affair with Judith Exner, who was also having an affair at the same time with a Mafia leader during the election campaign. This shows another instance of difference between the Kennedy's private and public actions with the Mafia.

16. p. 326 -- Jacqueline was John Kennedy's second wife; he was married briefly to Durie Malcolm, a socialite. The family used its connections to remove records of the marriage from the Palm Beach County, Florida, courthouse.

17. p. 343 -- Kruschev knew about the Kennedy's plans to outs and/or assassinate Castro, and it was an important factor in Russia's choice to put missiles in Cuba. This demonstrates that what the public has been told about the Cuban missile crisis is a sanitized…