Califano, Joseph A.

Inside a public and private life Joseph A. Califano, Jr. - 1st ed. - New York PublicAffairs c2004. - x, 539 p., [16] p. of plates ill. 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-517) and index.

The family -- The early years -- Born, bred, and branded Catholic -- A Jesuit education -- A Harvard Law School education -- Landlubber in the navy -- A bite of the big apple -- Political awakening -- Comfortable and Catholic in New York -- Ringing doorbells for Kennedy -- A whiz kid in McNamara's Pentagon -- In the army on the home front -- Getting Fidel -- When Kennedy was shot -- Isthmus insurrection -- Troubleshooting for McNamara -- The LBJ years -- Recharging batteries -- Washington lawyer: Arnold & Porter -- Washington Lawyer: Williams, Connolly & Califano -- The Democratic Party's cultural revolution -- Watergate -- Putting the First Amendment first -- Washington pals -- The last secretary of health, education, and welfare -- What's next? -- My own law firm -- Hilary Paley Byers -- Lawyer in the House -- From Washington to Wall Street -- A new life -- The annulment -- Confronting cancer.

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Califano, Joseph A. 1931-


United States Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. --Biography.


Cabinet officers--United States.--Biography.
Catholics--United States.--Biography.
Lawyers--United States.--Biography.


United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Brooklyn New York, N.Y.--Biography.

E840.8.C35 / A3 2004

362.973092 / C1531i