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Berendt, Paul, 93
Berle, Milton, 194
Berlin Wall, xxiv, 82, 100, 171, 172, 173, 214, 313, 321
Berlusconi, Silvio, 37, 249
Bernstein, Leonard, xix
Bessmertnykh, Alexander, 48
Biden, Joe, 106
Bishop, Jim, 310
Bitburg cemetery, 48, 193–94, 228
Big Russ and Me (Russert), 167
Black, Charlie, 13, 220
Black, Iain Barry, 185
Blackwood, Duke, 44, 72, 74, 110, 112, 290, 295, 299
Blagojevich, Rod, 5, 177
Blair, Tony, 100, 281
Blair House, 221, 222, 244
Blakeley, Gerald, 290, 313
Bledsoe, Ralph, 56
Block, Herbert (Herblock), xxiv, 97
Bloomberg, Michael, 155, 156
Bloomingdale, Betsy, 277
Boetticher, Robert M., 124, 282
Bogart, Humphrey, 62, 314, 315
Boland, Matt, 241
Boland Amendment, 192
Bond, Julian, 228
Bond, Linda, 174, 175–76, 183, 187, 243, 246, 250
Bond, Lynn, 56
Bonds, Barry, 39
Bonner, Yelena, 100
Booth, James Wilkes, 310
Boston Globe, 275
Boy Scouts, 280, 281, 206
Brady, Jim, 89, 195, 248
Brady, Sarah, 248
Bradley, Omar, 38
Bradley, Tom, 17
Branch Davidians, 39
Brando, Marlon, 314
Brazile, Donna, 6
Brennan, Joe, 295, 296
Brezhnev, Leonid, 107
Breyer, Stephen, 221
Brinkley, Doug, xviii, 62, 99
British Parliament, 194
Brock, Bill, 259
Broder, David, 172, 191
Brokaw, Tom, 217, 273
Brooks, David, 155
Brother Rat (Reagan–Albert film), 23, 315
Brown, Tina, 202
Bryan, Williams Jenning, 87, 153
Buckley, Bill (William F., Jr.), 7, 44, 146, 218, 258, 278, 307
Buckley, Chris, 218
Buckley, Pat, 218
Bufkin, David, 220
Bukovsky, Vladimir, 100
Bunch, Will, xxi
Burghardt, Franklin, 262
Burkle, Ron, 147
Burnett, Carol, 279
Burnley, Jim, 249, 259
Burns, George, 284
Burns, James MacGregor, 323
Bush, Barbara, 15, 16, 18, 54, 94, 161, 164, 247, 254, 303
Bush, George H. W., xxxi, xxxii, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 53, 54–55, 93, 94, 115, 116, 160–61, 164, 168, 198, 216, 221, 231, 247, 249, 252, 254, 255, 282, 289, 292, 303, 307, 313, 323
Bush, George W., xxiv, xxxi, 4, 5, 6, 12, 21, 23, 25, 26, 37, 38, 39, 53–54, 59, 65, 66, 71, 73(?), 102, 113, 115, 116, 132, 133, 154, 160, 162, 197, 198, 205, 207, 215, 216, 217, 221, 226, 247, 250, 251, 252, 255–57, 261, 281, 290, 292, 313, 316
Bush, Laura, 54, 59, 207, 215, 221, 247, 250, 252, 281
C
Camp David, 142, 144, 148, 233, 306
Cannon, Carl, 180
Cannon, Lou, xxv, xxix, 3, 17, 47, 57, 58, 63, 65, 79, 80, 97, 99, 173, 180, 222, 271–72
foreword by, xiii–xvi
Capote, Truman, 279
Capps, Diane, 78
Card, Andy, 53, 250
Carlyle, Thomas, xviii
Carroll, Lewis, 79
Carson, Joanna, 279
Carter, Billy, 270
Carter, Jimmy, xviii, xxxii, 9, 18, 19, 20, 36, 60, 72, 77, 91, 101, 102, 108, 115, 127, 133, 170, 171, 184, 191, 202, 204, 215, 218, 228, 247, 249, 251, 254, 281, 290, 306, 310
Carter, Rosalynn, 20, 72, 247, 249, 254, 281
Carter Center, 313
Casablanca, 315
Casey, Bill, 218
Castro, Fidel, 234, 319
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. See Washington National Cathedral
Cattle Queen of Montana (Reagan film), 62
CBS, xvi, 38, 41, 58, 71, 85, 86, 87, 94, 97, 134, 194, 274, 278, 305
Century City, L.A., CA, 23, 32, 33, 35, 45, 65, 169, 258
Chafee, John, 246
Chane, John Bryson, 250, 257
Charles, Prince of Wales, 253
Charles, Ray, 164
Chasen’s restaurant, 35
Cheney, Lynne, 247, 254, 281
Cheney, Richard (Dick), 5, 39, 114, 165, 175, 184, 186, 247, 254, 281
Chicago Tribune, 72, 89, 132, 153, 196, 205, 261
Chirac, Jacques, 4, 24, 100
Christian Coalition, 48
Chumash people, 300
Churchill, Winston, 53, 153, 253, 321
CIA, 5, 21, 22, 25, 218
Civil Rights Bill, 262
Civil War, 103
Clark, Bill, 33, 220, 222, 259, 322
Clay, Henry, 114
Clear Channel Communications, 223
Clemens, Roger, 229
Cleveland, Grover, 125
Clifford, Clark, 193
Clift, Montgomery, 62, 314
Clinton, Bill, xix, xxiv, xxxi, 16, 23, 37, 46, 92, 103, 115, 145, 167, 168–69, 212, 232, 234, 239, 240, 247, 249, 254, 289, 306, 313, 323
Clinton, Hillary, 26, 46, 169, 249–50, 254
Clinton Library. See presidential libraries
Clooney, George, 160
Coles, Don, 207
CNN, xxix, 22, 40, 60–61, 63, 64, 68, 93, 94, 99, 131, 148, 157, 158, 235
Cochran, John, 93
Codevilla, Angelo, xxvi
Colacello, Bob, 47, 175, 279
Colbert, Claudette, 86
Cold War, xviii, 8, 73, 87, 92, 108, 117, 154, 171, 172, 192, 204, 211, 214, 215, 216, 260, 262, 292, 307, 319, 320, 323
Colman, Ronald, 86
Colo, Steve, 150–51, 225, 226
Conan, Neal, 49
Congressional Gold Medal, 59, 77
Connally, John, 12
Connally, Nellie, 289
Connors, Marty, 90
conservatism, xix, xxvii, 82, 98, 117, 147, 151, 202, 213, 220, 231, 235, 259, 261, 305, 310, 313
Conservative Political Action Conference (also CPAC), 35, 131, 148, 187, 231
Coolidge, Calvin, 99, 212, 236
Cordia, Lou, 187, 259
Corn, David, xviii
Cornell University, 262
Coughlin, Daniel, 185
Council on Foreign Relations, 40, 216
Couric, Katie, xxx, 245, 279
Cox, Archibald, 153
Cox, Edward, 248
Cox, Tricia Nixon, 175, 176, 248
Craig, Greg, 234
Cra
wford, Alan Pell, 310
Cronin, Tom, 118
Cronkite, Walter, 38
Crosby, Kathryn, 279
Crowley, Candy, 93
Crowley, Monica, 310
Crowther, Bosley, 62
Crystal, Billy, 159
C-SPAN, 30, 235, 269, 305
CTV, 90
Cuomo, Mario, 152, 155, 167
Curry, Tom, 47, 48
Curtis, Jamie Lee, 280
Cutter, Stephanie, 115
D
Dahl, Arlene, 160
Dallek, Robert, 213, 227
Daly, Kay, 82
Danforth, John, 39, 53, 168, 246, 251, 252, 269
Danforth, Sally, 269
Daniels, Mitch, 10, 30
Danza, Tony, 279
Darman, Dick, 258
Darrow, Clarence, 243
Dart, Jane, 277
Daschle, Tom, 93
Dash, Sam, 153
Davis, Geoffrey, 276
Davis, Gray, 281
Davis, Loyal (Nancy Reagan’s stepfather), 49, 180
Davis, Marvin, 33
Davis, Michele, 89
Davis, Nancy. See Reagan, Nancy
Davis, Patricia (wife of Richard), 276
Davis, Patti, 6, 30, 32, 40, 41, 42–43, 50, 75, 76, 77, 83, 108, 109, 122–23, 147, 185, 201, 221, 254, 267, 268, 269, 271, 285, 286, 293, 304
Davis, Richard (Nancy’s stepbrother), 275–76
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 284
Day, Doris, 315
D-day Plus 20 Years (documentary), 38
Dead Kennedys, 274
Dean, John, 217
Death of a President, The (Manchester), 310
Death Valley Days, 153
Deaver, Carolyn, 269
Deaver, Mike, xx, 19, 20, 24, 31, 44, 47, 63, 78, 136, 141, 145, 222, 269, 280, 287, 288, 302, 317
DeFrank, Tom, 91
de Havilland, Olivia, 315
Delahanty, Thomas, 88, 89, 195
Demetrios of America (archbishop), 257
Derek, Bo, 277
Dermody, Roger, 170
Desert One mission (of Operation Eagle Claw), 133
Desperate Journey (film), 315
Destiny of the Republic (Millard), 310
Detweiler, Ken, 120
Diamond, Neil, 159
Diana, Princess of Wales, 176
Diederich, Harvey, 63
Die Hard (film), 33–34
Diggins, John Patrick, xv, xviii, 213–15, 216, 274, 323
Dionne, E. J., 204, 312
Direct Marketing Association, 223–24
Disciples of Christ, 293
Discovery Channel, 159
Disney, Walt, 308
Dixon, IL, xx, 32, 55, 56, 61, 70, 88, 116, 118, 121, 124, 144, 173, 176, 177, 176, 186, 314
Dixon High School, 68
Dolan, Terry, 218
Dolan, Tony, 89, 188, 218, 220
Dole, Bob, 90, 154, 155, 210, 245, 246
Donaldson, Sam, 57, 58
Donatelli, Becki, 220, 248
Donatelli, Frank, 131, 146, 147, 148, 187, 220, 248
Doubleday, Abner, 303
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, xxvii, 62
Douglas, Kirk, 277
Douglas, Melvyn, 62
Downey, Mike, 153
Drake, Joanne, 1, 2, 17, 20, 30, 34, 40, 41, 44, 45, 67, 73–74, 120, 130–31, 135, 168, 174, 201, 222, 263, 271, 276, 287, 307, 308, 326
Duberstein, Ken, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 34, 66, 222, 248
Dukakis, Mike, 228
Dunlop, Becky Norton, 250
Dunnigan, Joe, 111
Duval, Dale and Jewell, 220
Dvořák, Antonín, 264–65
E
Eastman, Theodore, 257
Easton, Michelle, 248
East Side, West Side (film starring Nancy Davis), 84
economy
growth during Reagan years, 8, 96
three times it went into a tailspin created by Wall Street, 316
when Reagan left office, Reagan, 8, 98, 260, 323
when Reagan was elected, 323
Edward VII (king), 247
Edwards, Jim, 259
Edwards, Lee, 280
Ehrlichman, John, 217
Eiffel Tower, Reagan’s feting at the, 24
Eisenhower, David, 248
Eisenhower, Dwight (also “Ike”), 4, 9, 23, 24, 37–38, 53, 58, 91, 121, 125, 126, 127, 237–38, 244, 261, 270, 289, 306, 310
Eisenhower, John, 270
Eisenhower, Julie, 248, 281
Electoral College, 217, 237
Elizabeth II (queen), 24, 281
Elliott, Ben, 218, 219
Equus magazine, 157
ESPN, 305
Eureka College, xx, 2, 55, 178, 191, 226, 245, 290
Evans, Michael, 157
Evans, Stan, 187
Every Second Counts (Armstrong), 167
Evil Empire speech, 218, 322
F
Factor, Mallory, 216
Fahrenkopf, Frank, 305
Fairchild, Morgan, 113
Falwell, Jerry, xiv, 29
Family Ties, 273
Fass, Paula, xxx
FBI, 21, 39, 110
FCC, 222
FDR. See Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Federal Aviation Administration, 175
federalism, 98, 151
Feith, Douglas, 38
F-15s, 116, 163, 183
Field Poll, 316–17
First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, 56, 88, 121
Fischer, Dave, 13, 222
Fisher, Marilyn, 141, 150
Fitzwater, Marlin, 14, 95
flags, lowered for 30 days following Reagan death, 102
Fletcher, Ernie, 175
Flower Children, 7
Flynn, Errol, 315
Fonda, Henry, 314
Fonda, Jane, xxvii
Ford, Betty, 92, 126, 247, 254
Ford, Gerald, 9, 18, 19, 80, 91, 92, 93, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 114, 126, 146, 157, 171, 220, 231, 247, 254, 278, 282, 290, 306
Ford, Susan, 106
Ford Television Theatre, 85
48 Hours, 274
Foster, Gary, 44, 294, 295–96, 297
Foster, Jodie, 322
Fox, Michael J., 134
Fox Broadcasting / Fox News, 43, 111, 157, 158, 235, 274, 292
Fox News Watch, xxx
Franklin, Benjamin, 28, 232
John C. Frémont, 305
Frist, Bill, 176
Fund, John, xxxii, 312
G
Gable, Clark, 61, 84, 143, 314
Gaddafi, Muammar, 161–62
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Gaddis, John Lewis, 214
Gaines, Gay, 100
Gaines, Stanley, 100
Galbraith, Evan, and “Bootsie,” 279
Gallup polls, xvi, xx
Gambling with History (Barrett), xxi
Garfield, James, 114, 232, 309, 310
Garland, Judy, 86
Garson, Greer, 86
gasoline prices, 8, 303, 323
Gates, Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy funeral home, 56, 66, 109
General Electric (GE), 47, 85–87, 145, 191
General Electric Theatre, 85, 86, 194, 305
“general mourning,” 232
Geneva Conventions, 38
Genghis Khan, 114
Genovese, Kitty, 156
Germany, xxxii, 100, 172
George, Phyllis, 279
Georgetown University, 158
George Washington University Hospital, 89, 127, 233
Gerasimov, Gennady, 321
Gergen, David, 58
GE Theater. See General Electric Theatre
Gilbert, Melissa, 97–98
Gilder, Josh, 218
Giller, Melissa, 73–74, 291
Gillespie, Ed, 132
Gingrich, Callista, 248
Gingrich, Newt, 8, 90, 227, 248
Gingrich Revolution, 313
Gipp, George, 6, 51, 222, 215
Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry, 248
Giuliani, Rudy, 279
Glaser, Elizabeth, xxix
Glaser, Paul Michael, xxix
Glassman, Donna, 151
Glover, Danny, 94
Goldwater, Barry, 10, 83, 154, 169, 193, 311
Golias, Michael, 241
Gonzalez, Elian, 234
GOP’s determination of Reagan’s legacy, 98
Gorbachev, Mikhail, xv, xxiv, 35, 36, 58, 100, 117, 131, 155, 161, 172, 173, 209, 213, 216, 221, 240, 247, 253, 276, 307, 319
Gorbachev, Raisa, 197, 209
Gore, Al, 6, 247, 248
Gore, Tipper, 247
Gould, Lewis, xxx
Graham, Billy, 53, 224, 246
Graham, Katharine, 246
Grande, Peggy, 34, 280
Granholm, Jennifer, 92
Grant, Cary, 61, 314
Grant, Ulysses S., 28, 238
Great Depression, 2, 61, 85
Greenberg, Stanley, xix, 317
Greenfield, Jeff, 63, 262
Greenspan, Alan, 98
Greenwood, Lee, 19
Grenada, 94, 186
Gretzky, Wayne, 277