pt. 1. "A new kind of candidate". Abilene, June 4, 1952 ; The General's constituency ; From Europe to Columbia ; Why they liked Ike ; The despair of the GOP ; The centrist from mid-America ; Ike ; Truman's troubles ; The forces for Ike ; The decision to return ; Abilene, June 5, 1952 -- pt. 2. Launching the crusade. The road to Chicago ; Deception at Houston ; Chicago, July 1952 ; Party realities ; The ordeal of politics ; Holding the center ; Time for a change ; Redeeming the pledge ; The restoration ; "Walking into bright sunshine" ; The team ; Floating upstream ; The politics of jobs, taxes and oil ; The holy crusade ; The Senator and the President ; Redeeming containment ; Ike and the nationalists ; The perils of moderation ; The crises of 1954 ; "Two scorpions in a bottle" -- pt. 3. "Modern Republicanism". The crisis of the GOP ; Before San Francisco ; The travail of Childe Harold ; Trust Ike ; Patience and moderation ; The shrinking center ; Voyages of the lame duck ; Reflections in a Washington snowstorm
