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The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan

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by Rick Perlstein


  religiosity of, 705–6

  and return of Vietnam POWs, 21–22

  SAG and, 361–67, 383–84

  Schweiker as running mate choice of, 738–43

  in shift to right, 373–74, 394–95

  60 Minutes profile of, 560–63

  sport stars as role models for, 39–40

  student protest movement and, 82–83, 88–90

  on Vietnam, 747–48

  and Vietnam POWs, 117–18

  on Watergate, 22–23, 80–81, 100, 110, 118, 134, 191–92, 194, 241, 266, 268, 747

  Reagan, Ronald W., as governor, 159–66, 409–13

  budget-cutting agenda of, 409, 411

  Proposition 1 proposal and, 160–63, 168–69, 195–96, 410

  Reagan, Ron Prescott, xviii, 28, 42, 543–44, 697, 793

  Reagan family, 795–96

  Reagan for President, 619

  Reaganism, 286, 318, 410, 438, 503–4, 517, 605, 618, 638, 734, 752, 760, 779, 784

  Rear Gunners, The (training film), 250

  Reason, 432

  Reasoner, Harry, 132–33, 702

  Rebel Without a Cause (film), 514

  Rebozo, Bebe, 143, 549

  recessions, xiii

  Reconstruction, 129, 262, 625, 732

  Red Army, 356

  Redbook, 500

  Red China, 436, 486

  Red Cross, 336

  Redding, Calif., 639

  Redford, Robert, 126, 505, 658, 685

  Red Guerrilla Family, 510, 656, 728

  Red Level, Ga., 609

  Reed, Clarke, 497, 726, 733–37, 741–42, 765–66, 774–75, 778, 786, 793

  Reed, Donna, 402

  Reeves, Richard, 179, 409–10, 533, 548, 586, 626, 650, 653

  Regan, Donald, 482

  Regnery, Henry, 117

  Reinecke, Ed, 266–67, 286

  Reitz, Kenneth, 78, 549

  religion, changing role of, 447–49, 649–52

  Remick, Lee, 95

  Reno, Nev., 203

  Rensselaer, Ind., 201

  Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 599

  Republic (Plato), 178

  Republican Club, 257

  Republican Humour, 489

  Republican National Committee (RNC), 115, 138, 171, 216, 222, 255, 268, 322, 329, 339, 496, 531, 549, 555, 559, 742, 760, 772, 802

  Republican National Convention, 97

  of 1952, 752

  of 1960, 795

  of 1964, 407, 753, 772, 785

  of 1968, 82

  of 1972, 168, 172, 512, 752–53, 760, 781–82

  Republican National Convention of 1976, 639, 699, 703, 732, 746, 753–54, 757–58, 765, 769–804

  credential fights at, 751–52

  Credentials Committee of, 750, 754

  foreign policy plank and, 779–80, 788–89

  Platform Committee of, 766

  platform fight at, 752–53, 760–64, 766–68, 779–80, 787–88

  Rules Committee of, 750, 754–55, 765–66

  “16-C” debate and, 755–56, 758–59, 764–69, 774–80, 782–88, 790

  Republican National Hispanic Assembly, 772

  Republican Party, Republicans, xiv, xvi, xviii–xix, 17, 22–23, 50, 53, 56–57, 63, 75, 78, 81–82, 90, 92–93, 115, 117–18, 126, 129, 140, 154, 156, 158–62, 171–72, 188–89, 191, 194, 199, 212–13, 216, 220–21, 236–37, 241, 250–52, 255, 257, 260–62, 264, 266–67, 269, 271, 286, 308, 312, 314–16, 327, 329, 331, 335, 339, 354, 362, 367–68, 372–74, 382, 398, 401, 403, 405, 408–9, 412, 414, 423, 425–27, 442, 475, 478, 483–84, 486, 493, 495–97, 501–3, 505, 509, 516, 518–19, 526–27, 558, 599, 614, 637, 645, 647, 660, 664, 668–69, 672, 674–77, 683, 691–92, 696, 698–99, 703, 705–7, 718, 725–27, 731–32, 734–35, 737–38, 740–43, 749, 751, 753, 757, 760–62, 766–67, 770, 795, 798–800, 803–4

  of Mississippi, 732–36, 745–46, 754, 765, 774–76, 778–79

  of Missouri, 702–3

  New Right faction of, see New Right

  Platform Committee of, 750, 754, 764–68

  Rules Committee of, 755–56, 764–65

  see also elections, U.S.

  Republican Women’s Task Force, 760–63, 766–67, 777

  Republic Pictures, 340–41, 345

  Reston, James, 273, 502–3, 523, 653, 706–7

  Reston, Scott, 546

  Restore Our Alienated Rights (ROAR), 291, 459–60

  Reuben, David, 105

  Revenue Act of 1941, 374

  Revue, 383–84, 386

  Reynolds, Frank, 135–36, 138, 140, 637, 648, 799

  Rhode Island, 200, 395, 426, 500

  Rhodes, Cecil, 671

  Rhodes, Ila, 346

  Rhodes, John, 787–88, 792–93, 803

  Rhodesia, 635, 671–73, 698–99

  Rice, Grantland, 39–41, 45, 47, 194, 225, 230, 247–48, 347–48

  Rich, Adrienne, 229–30

  Richard M. Nixon Foundation, 115

  Richards, Mary (char.), 132

  Richardson, Elliot, 2, 100, 108, 187, 527

  Richlands, Va., 295

  Richmond, Va., 117

  Richmond Hills, N.Y., 257

  Richmond News-Leader, 110, 119

  Rickles, Don, 163–64

  Rickover, Hyman, 611–12

  Ridgefield, Conn., 295

  Riesman, David, 432

  Rifkin, Jeremy, 606–7

  Riggs, Richard, 118

  Right from the Start (Hart), 317

  Rikers Island, 500

  Rio de Janeiro, 657

  Ripon Society, 753

  Risner, Robinson, 16, 66

  Rivera, Geraldo, 512–13

  Riverfront Stadium, 657

  Riverside, Calif., 657

  Riverside Stadium, 225

  Rizzo, Frank, 662–63, 701, 708, 711

  RKO Studios, 340

  Roach, Hal, 350

  Road Ahead, The (Flynn), 390

  Road to Serfdom, The (Hayek), 390

  Robbins, Ken, 379

  Roberts, Oral, 651

  Robertson, Pat, 651

  Robeson, Paul, 355

  Robinson, Edward G., 355

  Robinson, Jackie, 226, 228

  “Robotype” machine, 452

  Roche, John P., 222

  Rochester, N.Y., 342, 735, 762

  Rockefeller, David, 482, 585

  Rockefeller, Happy, 765

  Rockefeller, Nelson A., 81, 280–81, 308–9, 315, 319, 330–31, 418, 441, 460, 496–97, 529, 533, 559, 569, 585, 590, 641, 692, 736, 750, 759, 765, 771, 774, 780, 784–85, 790, 798, 802

  in withdrawal from 1976 ticket, 527–28

  Rockefeller Commission, 331–32, 417–18, 428, 461, 472–73, 511, 521–22

  assassinations and, 471–72

  Rockefeller Foundation, 330

  Rockford, Ill., 629

  Rockne, Knute, 347–48, 391

  Rock River, 27, 43

  Rockwell, Norman, 166

  “Rod” (“est” trainer), 573

  Rodino, Peter, 216, 219–20, 223, 231, 251, 259–61, 264–65, 719

  Roe v. Wade, 104, 300–301, 443, 492, 761

  Rogers, Ginger, 369

  Rogers, William, 74

  Rohatyn, Felix, 482, 500, 516

  Rolling Stone, 694, 729, 771

  Roman Catholics, 444, 620

  Rome, 203, 702, 770

  Romney, George, 212

  Romney, Mitt, xix

  Rooney, Mickey, 343

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 317, 441

  Roosevelt, Elliott, 121

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 109, 215, 226, 240, 245–46, 311, 317, 321, 356, 372, 395, 437, 487, 491, 550, 563, 613, 626, 628, 647, 660, 722, 780, 786, 797

  Roosevelt, James, 355, 358

  Roosevelt, Teddy, 254, 304

  Roosevelt Hotel, 355

  Rose, Will, 772

  Rose Bowl Parade, 406, 568

  Roselli, John “Handsome John,” 471, 473, 564

  Rosenbaum, Richard “Rosie
,” 736, 785

  Rosenberg, Jack, 571

  Rosenthal, Abe, 417

  Rosewell, Ga., 608

  Rosslyn, Va., 455

  Rostenkowski, Dan, 234

  Rostow, Eugene V., 487

  Roszak, Theodore, 324

  Roth, Philip, 252

  Rove, Karl, 257, 772

  Rover Boys (chars.), 34

  Roxbury, Mass., 628

  Roxbury High School, 289, 291, 307

  Royals Stadium, 67

  Royko, Mike, 1–2, 180, 255, 295, 534–35, 602, 685, 725, 729

  Rube Goldberg contraption, 198

  Rubin, Jerry, 221, 574

  Rubio, Marco, xix

  Ruby, Jack, 277

  Rubyfruit Jungle (Brown), 617

  Ruckelshaus, William, 188, 765, 790, 794

  Rules Committee, Republican, 755–56, 764–65

  Rumsfeld, Donald H., 487, 503, 509, 523, 525–26, 529, 597, 788–89

  Runaway Youth Act (proposed), 208, 301–2

  Rural Electrification Administration, 583

  Rushdoony, Rousas J., 324

  Rusher, William, 180, 440, 453, 539–40, 558, 777

  Rush to Judgment (Lane), 276, 512

  Russell, Mark, 121, 473, 626

  Russia, 119, 183, 254, 303, 356, 384, 400, 402, 404, 483, 487–88, 503, 615, 631, 656, 667

  see also Soviet Union

  Ruth, George Herman “Babe,” 40–41, 48, 225–28, 230, 248, 347

  Rutherford, Ann, 349

  Ryan, Robert, 372

  Sacramento, Calif., 15, 23, 58, 60, 81, 92, 168, 195, 219, 270, 335, 410, 497, 502, 549, 731, 747

  Sacramento Bee, 59

  Sacramento Press Club, 698

  Sacramento State College, 58

  Sadat, Anwar, 185, 252, 466–67

  Safer, Morley, 492

  Safire, William, 222, 236, 471, 505, 557, 564–66, 593, 675–76

  Sage, Maurice, 705–6

  Saginaw News, 535

  Sahara Tahoe Hotel, 160

  Sahl, Mort, 132, 272

  Saigon, 415, 420, 422, 426–27, 463, 540, 557, 634, 681, 747

  fall of, 429–31

  St. Brigid parish (San Diego), 444

  St. Clair, James, 212, 231, 254–57, 259

  St. Francis Hotel (San Francisco), 509

  St. Joseph’s Cathedral (San Diego), 444

  St. Louis, Mo., 203, 504, 514

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 141, 565

  St. Petersburg, Fla., 426

  Salomon Brothers, 477

  Salt Lake City, Utah, 660, 690

  Salvatori, Henry, 115, 490

  Salzburg, 466

  Samuelson, Paul, 310

  San Antonio, Tex., xix, 8, 111, 672

  San Clemente, Calif., 96, 108, 134, 137, 181, 256–57, 565, 607, 730

  San Clemente Inn, 256

  Sanders, Carl, 587–88, 591, 609–10

  San Diego, Calif., 8, 432, 444, 446, 563, 606, 669

  Sandman, Charles, 260, 264, 268, 316, 692

  San Fernando Valley, Calif., 57

  Sanford, Fred, 132

  Sanford, Terry, 550, 586

  Sanford and Son (TV show), 132

  San Francisco, Calif., 58, 177, 194, 206, 225, 250, 407, 411, 424, 482, 507–10, 539, 547, 616, 620, 639, 656, 693, 717, 785

  Commonwealth Club in, 90

  Presidio district of, 426

  San Francisco Giants, 657

  San Francisco State College, 89

  San Jose, Calif., 500, 689, 709–10

  San Simeon, Calif., 617

  Sans Souci restaurant, 98

  Santa Barbara Channel oil spill (1969), 91, 183

  Santa Fe Trail (film), 349, 353

  Santa Monica, Calif., 553, 566

  Santiago, 174, 179

  Sarasota Herald Tribune, 266

  “Sarbanes Substitute,” 264–65

  Sargent, Francis, 288–89

  Saturday Evening Post, 41, 166, 383

  Saturday Night Live (TV show), 519–20, 532, 657–58, 667, 716–17

  Saturday Night Massacre, 187–88, 191, 223, 528

  Saturday Review, 333

  Saud, Abel Aziz al, 252

  Saudi Arabia, 183–84, 252, 333, 444

  “Saul” (CIA assassin), 513

  Savimbi, Jonas, 558

  Sawyer, Diane, 143

  Saxby, William, 237

  Scaife, Richard Mellon, 336, 457

  Scalia, Maria, 751

  Scammon, Richard, 93

  Schaefer beer, 697–98

  Schakowsky, Jan, 58

  Schanberg, Sydney H., 427–28

  Schary, Dore, 355, 377, 396

  Scheiders, Greg, 627

  Schell, Jonathan, 13, 420

  Schenectady, N.Y., 385, 387, 392

  Schieffer, Bob, 234

  Schlafly, Phyllis, 94, 458–59, 703, 767, 777

  Schlesinger, Arthur, 215, 471

  Schlesinger, James R., 185, 191, 281, 429, 523, 526, 528–29, 657–58, 673

  Schmeling, Max, 662

  Schmidt, Helmut, 504

  Schneider, Bert, 425

  Schneiders, Greg, 720

  school textbooks, controversy over, 292–300, 305–7, 322, 443–44, 449–51, 460

  Schorr, Daniel, 56–57, 142, 416–18, 429, 535, 577, 598–600, 626

  Schram, Martin, 612, 623, 629

  Schroeder, Pat, 327

  Schumacher, E. F., 318, 324

  Schwartz, Fred, 404

  Schweiker, Claire, 794

  Schweiker, Richard, 331, 513, 620, 737–43, 745–46, 751, 753, 756, 758, 760, 765, 768, 784, 789, 792, 794

  Schweitzer, Albert, 787

  Schweitzer, Robert, 70

  Schwerner, Michael, 733

  Science, 324

  Scientology, 570

  Scopes Trial (1925), 94, 325

  Score (adult film), 274

  Scorsese, Martin, 165, 277

  Scott, George C., 654, 659

  Scott, Hugh, 56, 134, 236, 269, 742

  Scowcroft, Brent, 526, 528, 780

  Scranton, William Warren, 790

  Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 361–67, 370, 374, 376–78, 383–84, 398

  Screen Guide, 398

  Scripps-Howard, 564, 604

  Sea Island, Ga., 715

  Search for Freedom: America and Its People (textbook), 294, 303–4

  Search for JFK, The (Blair), 568

  Sears, John, 490, 630–31, 636, 645–46, 665, 692, 706, 736–40, 751–60, 764–69, 777, 780, 789, 795

  Sears, Roebuck, 202, 311, 398

  Seattle, Wash., 238, 275, 286, 497, 508, 639

  Seattle City Council, 432

  Second Amendment, 669

  Secret Destiny of America, The (Hall), 350

  Secret Service, 133, 137, 148–49, 180, 256, 260, 265, 498, 509, 519–20, 531–33, 550, 566, 639, 705, 728, 743, 769, 785

  Secret Service of the Air (film), 346

  Securities and Exchange Commission, 54, 108

  “Security Consulting Group,” 137

  Seduction of Lynn Carter, The (adult film), 274

  Segretti, Donald, 64, 139

  Seib, Charles, 577

  Senate, U.S., xiv, 23, 52–53, 56, 64, 81, 93–94, 100, 115, 118, 126, 136, 181, 187, 201, 217–18, 236, 256, 260, 263, 265, 267, 269, 284, 302, 316, 319, 331, 369, 426–27, 460, 488, 515, 517, 536, 539, 558, 569, 600, 626, 641–46, 651, 654, 656, 701–2, 705, 721, 730, 738–40, 742, 745, 755, 757, 764

  Appropriations Committee, 426

  Committee of Nine in, 456

  Foreign Relations Committee of, 426, 558

  Judiciary Committee of, 579

  Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of, 580

  Select Committee on Intelligence of, 512, 576

  Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, see Church Committee

  Subcommittee on Human Rights and Responsibilities of, 754–55

  Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of,
202

  “Wednesday Club” of, 519

  Sensuous Woman, The (“J.”), 105

  Sequoia (yacht), 146

  Serafin, Barry, 234

  SERE training (survival, evasion, resistance, and evasion), 618

  Serling, Rod, 320

  Serpico, Frank, 319

  Sesame Street (TV show), 133

  Sevareid, Eric, 236, 764

  Seventh-Day Adventists, 449

  sexual revolution, 104–6

  Shakey’s Pizza Parlor and Ye Old Public House restaurant, 166

  Shalit, Gene, 6–7, 104, 274

  “SHAMROCK” (surveillance project), 521

  Shannon, William, 201, 514, 555

  Shapp, Milton, 550, 613, 628, 724

  Shaw, Artie, 359

  Sheehy, Gail, 120, 191

  Shell Oil, 689

  Sheraton-Wayfarer Hotel (Bedford, N.H.), 546

  Shields, Roger, 72–73

  Shootist, The (film), 646

  Shoreham Hotel, 257

  Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles), 356

  Shrine Mosque, 702

  Shriver, Eunice Kennedy, 613

  Shriver, Sargent, 491, 550, 589, 613, 620, 628, 655, 724

  Shrum, Bob, 679–80, 700

  Shultz, George, 183–84, 195

  Sibelius, Jean, 436

  Sidey, Hugh, 99, 121, 280, 704

  Sidwell Friends, 379

  Silas Snobden’s Office Boy (Alger), 38, 93

  Silber, John, 712

  “Silent Majority” speech (Nixon), 50

  Silver Slipper, 312

  Simmons, Henry T., 15

  Simon, Paul, 683

  Simon, William, 204, 211, 213–14, 413, 476–78, 481–82, 502, 511, 515–17, 525, 541, 606, 658, 734, 795

  Simon & Schuster, 658

  Sinai Desert, 184–85

  Sinatra, Frank, 134, 178, 230–31, 425, 494, 565

  Sinclair, Gordon, 167

  Sindlinger, Albert, 494

  Singapore, 201

  Sing a Song of Watergate (album), 132

  Sioux City, Iowa, 578, 587

  Sirhan, Sirhan, 62

  Sirica, John J., 52, 54–55, 108, 124, 134, 150–51, 167, 180–81, 186, 190, 192, 199–200, 223, 236, 252

  Sisk, B. F., 327

  Sister Carrie (Dreiser), 369

  “16-C” debate, 755–56, 758–59, 764–69, 774–80, 782–88, 790

  60 Minutes (TV show), 71, 110, 492–93, 495, 559–63

  Skolsky, Sidney, 368

  “Skylab” space station, 111

  Skylark Hotel (Hendersonville, N.C.), 391

  Slaughter, The (film), 615

  Slaughterhouse Five (Vonnegut), 295

  Slinger, Wis., 284

  Sloan, Hugh, 52, 124–26, 131

  Small Business Administration, 318

  Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as If People Mattered (Schumacher), 318, 685

  Smith, Allen, 368–69

  Smith, Gerald L. K., 378

  Smith, Howard, 329

  Smith, Howard K., 582

  Smith, Kate, 167, 568

 

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