Walden, Phil, 716
Waldorf-Astoria (New York), 568
Walker, Alice, 230
Walker, Bill, 92
Walker, Charles, 480
Walker, Hal Philip (char.), 581–83
Walker, Robert, 456–57
Walker, Ron, 171
Wallace, George Corley, 7, 108, 213, 216, 286, 314, 440, 452, 491, 520, 550, 555, 561, 563, 586, 589–91, 593, 607, 609, 613, 622–25, 627–30, 633, 650, 654–55, 661, 668, 674, 681, 691, 700, 719, 724, 736
Wallace, Henry, 247
Wallace, Irving, 350, 657
Wallace, Mike, 560–63, 775
Wall Street Journal, 115, 134, 142, 161, 390, 453, 476, 482, 491, 501–2, 789
Walt Disney World, 21
Walters, Barbara, 6–7, 255
Walton, Bill, 507
Walton, Rus, 652
Wannaiski, Jude, 789–90
Ward, George, 341
Warhol, Andy, 141–43
Warner, Jack, 345, 350, 354–55, 365–66, 369, 375, 383, 388
Warner Bros., 206, 341–42, 344–47, 349–52, 354, 356, 362–63, 366, 370, 375, 383, 468
War on Poverty, 317, 613
War Powers Act (1974), 110, 158, 184, 464, 557–58
Warren, Earl, 275, 277
Warren, Gerald, 268
Warren Commission, 276, 513, 738
Warren Report, 276
Washington, D.C., 312, 415, 440, 443, 590, 644, 680, 710–11, 713, 743
National Mall in, 709, 711
Palm Sunday “Circus Mass” in, 448
Vatican embassy in, 446
Washington, George, 29–30, 263, 272, 294, 304, 315, 415, 709, 797
Washingtonian, 612, 783
Washington Monument, 443
Washington Post, 7, 11, 14–15, 18, 50–51, 58, 67, 72, 74, 76–78, 93, 123, 127, 133–34, 141–42, 149, 155, 159, 162, 180, 198–99, 223, 240, 252, 257, 267, 269, 271, 278, 286, 315, 326, 329, 331, 335, 356, 418, 428, 456–57, 461–62, 503, 509, 513, 522, 524, 528–29, 535, 538, 553, 577, 592, 625, 650, 654, 682, 690, 697, 703–6, 727–29, 731, 746, 754, 761, 764, 766, 769
Washington Redskins, 529
Washington Star, 308, 408–9, 503, 513–14, 559, 603–4, 706
Washington State, 216, 625, 704
Wasserman, Lew, 347, 349–50, 354, 375–77, 383–86
Watch Mr. Wizard (TV show), 395
Water and Power Department, Los Angeles, 177, 203
Watergate Babies, 318–22, 326–29, 480, 517, 644
Watergate Comedy Hour (album), 132
Watergate hearings, 93, 95–102, 116, 119, 122–33, 136–57, 159, 168, 170–73, 185–90, 217–18, 221–22, 231–37, 267, 456, 530, 764
House impeachment inquiry and, 216–17, 219–20, 222–24, 237–38, 251–52, 255–56, 259–65
media and, 95, 98–99, 101–2, 123–24, 135–36, 140, 156–57
public fascination with, 132, 140
public response to, 98
Watergate scandal, xiii–xx, 1–15, 50–57, 61, 63, 66, 74–81, 92–93, 114–23, 134–35, 145, 158–59, 164–65, 176–78, 191–93, 198–201, 212–13, 225, 237, 248, 250–51, 267–71, 273, 275–76, 279–80, 284, 297, 305, 315, 320, 328, 330–31, 418, 436, 439, 461–62, 469, 472, 507, 509, 520, 522–24, 528, 548–49, 557, 568–69, 579, 587, 592, 600–601, 611, 620, 636, 655, 659–60, 676, 688, 706, 719, 723, 744, 748–49, 754, 762, 765, 778, 788
defenders of, 238–41, 257–58, 261–62, 264–65
liberal establishment and, 120–22
media on, 64–65, 108–9, 134, 149, 156–57
media public vilification of, 118–19
Nixon supporters and, 118–20
Nixon tapes and, 148–51, 158, 180–81, 185–88, 190, 192, 199–200, 223, 231–37, 252–56, 259, 267–68
portrayed as liberal conspiracy, 117
Reagan on, 22–23, 80–81, 100, 110, 118, 159–60, 191–92, 194, 241, 266, 268, 747
Watson, Tom, 314
Wattenberg, Benjamin, 93
Waverly, Tenn., 314
Wayne, John, 5, 21, 70, 305, 560, 646, 660, 699, 757, 777
Ways and Means Committee, California, 161
Weather Underground, 415, 510, 639, 656, 728
Webb, Jack, 405
Weed, Steven, 209
Weehawken, N.J., 710, 713
Weicker, Lowell, 57, 118, 140–41, 147, 149, 153–54, 173, 256, 737, 764
Weimar republic, 514
Welch, Richard, 576–78, 598
Welk, Lawrence, 541
Wepner, Chuck, 145
Western State University, 244
Western Union, 189, 284, 682
West Germany, 183, 423, 504
Westinghouse plant, 685
Westmoreland, William, 424
Westover Air Force Base, 531
West Point, U.S. Military Academy at, 146, 687–88, 702, 744
West Virginia, 111, 188, 299, 305–6, 322, 460, 677, 682, 743, 791, 794
Wet Willie, 716
Weyand, Fred, 423
Weyrich, Paul, 306, 456–57, 675
What’s My Line (TV show), 585
Wheaton, Ill., 705
Where’s the Rest of Me (Reagan), 25, 84, 358, 405
Where the Boys Are (guide), 500
Whigs, 764
Whip Inflation Now (WIN) campaign, 313–14, 320–21, 677
White, E. B., 355
White, F. Clifton, 530, 691–92, 704
White, Kevin, 290
White, Theodore, 79, 253, 260, 316, 526, 659
White, William S., 158
White House, 265, 731, 735, 743
Rose Garden of, 279
White House Correspondents Dinner, 674
White House “Defense Group,” 239–40
White House Domestic Council, 444
White House Enemies; OR, How We Made the Dean’s List (gag book), 142
Whitney, Tom, 588
Whitney museum, 717
Whittier, Calif., 203
WHO (radio station), 247, 337, 340
Wholesale Price Index, 280
Who Rules America? (Dumhoff), 617
Who’s Who, 379
Why Not the Best? (Carter), 588, 721
Wicker, Tom, 9, 13, 81, 417–18, 423, 556, 625, 690
Wiggins, Charlie, 261–62, 266–68
Wilber, Walter, 71
Wildmon, Donald, 514
Will, George, 91, 194, 268, 329, 597, 741
Williams, John, 468
Williams, John Bell, 733
Williams College, 131
Wills, Frank, 273
Wills, Garry, 215, 261, 602, 651, 768, 778
Willson, Meredith, 314
Wilmington, Del., 500
Wilmore, Ky., 449
Wilson, Bert, 84–85, 87
Wilson, Betty, 397–98
Wilson, Bill, 397–98
Wilson, Pete, 606
Wilson, Woodrow, 263
Wimbledon, 4
Wimill, Eleanor Day, 692
Winds of War, The (Wouk), 167
Wingate Junior College, 641
Winning Through Intimidation (Ringer), 657
Winston-Salem, N.C., 649
Winston-Salem Journal, 656
Winter Park, Fla., 633–34
Wirth, Tim, 316
Wisconsin, 117, 207, 237, 260, 284, 313, 318, 321, 385, 435, 456, 600, 654–56, 660–61, 664, 788
Wisk, 697
Witcover, Jules, 173, 308, 528, 546, 555, 714–15, 724–25, 739, 767–68, 770, 776, 791
Wobblies, 617
WOC radio station, 243, 337
Wolcott, James, 441, 443, 612, 654, 716
Wolfe, Tom, 193
Women in Law, 444
Women’s Wear Daily, 126
Wood, Roy, 608–9
Woodell, Dorothy, 15
Woods, Rose Mary, 200
Woodstock, 772
Woodward, Bob, 15, 51–52, 56, 140, 223, 225, 267, 275, 335, 462, 509, 657–59, 707
Worcester, Mass., 156
World Airways, 422
World Council of Churches, 141
World Series, 41, 227, 230
World’s Fair (1897), 582
World’s Fair (1939), 395
World Trade Center, 269
World War I, 1, 11, 40, 745, 771
World War II, 1–2, 143, 196, 203, 301, 319, 362, 377, 388–89, 433–34, 470, 474, 476, 479, 491, 536, 552, 646, 672, 678, 781
Worldwide Texas Tour (ZZ Top), 729
WOR radio, 64–65
Worthington, Ohio, 127
Wouk, Herman, 167
Wounded Knee, S. Dak., 62
WRAL radio station, 641–42, 644
Wright, Charles Alan, 180–81, 190
Wright, Loyd, 404–5
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 699
Wrigley Field, 671
Wriston, Walter, 482
Wyman, Jane, 346–47, 349, 351–54, 362, 366–68, 370–72, 381, 392, 404, 542–43
Wyman, Louis, 502–3
Wymong, 692
Wyoming, 59, 707, 787
Xenia, Ohio, 225–26
Xenu, 570
Yale University, 19, 25, 39, 75, 89, 141, 286, 447
Yalta Conference, 491, 647, 780
Yamani, Ahmed Zaki, 184
Yankee Stadium, 40, 700
Yastrzemski, Carl, 290
Yearling, The (film), 353, 367
Yearling Row ranch, 372
Yglesias, Joseph, 751
YMCA, 343
Yom Kippur War (1973), 175, 182–85, 187, 189–91, 506
Yorty, Sam, 113
You Are Not Alone, 575
Young, Andrew, 262, 662
Young, Coleman, 663
Young, Dick, 229
Young, John, 71
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), 238, 306, 309, 406, 413, 451–52, 640, 742
“Sharon Statement” of, 640
Young Republicans, 22–23, 271, 456, 617, 692
Young Republicans National Federation, 691
Young Socialist Alliance, 456
Youngstown, Ohio, 393
You That Could Be, The (Dodson), 575
“Youth for Christ” rallies, 102
“Youth for Reagan,” 765, 776
Yugoslavia, 190
Zablocki, Clement J., 109–10
Zapruder, Abraham, 513
“Zebra” shootings, 225
Zen Buddhism, 684, 686–87
Ziegler, Ronald, 51, 76, 99, 142, 198, 235, 267, 659, 731
Zimbalist, Efrem, Jr., 771
Zinzel, Marlene, 735
Zipkin, Jerry, 793
“Zorba” (North Vietnamese doctor), 66
Zumwalt, Elmo “Bud,” 656–57, 660, 719
ZZ Top, 729
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