Prologue
Down to the sea, in a ship
Postwar
Presidential politics : Goldwater, the draft
Presidential politics : Goldwater, the nomination
Presidential politics : Goldwater, the convention
Presidential politics : Goldwater, the campaign
Presidential politics : Nixon
Ambassador : Netherlands, one
Ambassador : Netherlands, two
Ambassador : Netherlands, three
Secretary of the Navy : one
Secretary of the Navy : two
Secretary of the Navy : three
Secretary of the Navy : once and forever
the Bicentennial
The business of banking
CIA and OAS : politics, economics, minutiae
Organization of American States : Nicaragua and El Salvador
Organization of American States : Falklands and Grenada
The European community
The new Russia
Economic freedom and justice
Coda
An epilogue of sorts: Thoughts on reaching eighty-six.