by Bob Spitz
and midterm election of 1986, 667
in 1984 election, 572, 576, 580–81
détente, 396, 422, 523, 532
Dirksen, Everett, 112, 363
Disney, Walt, 228–29, 232
Dixon, Illinois, 56, 57, 58–60, 68–69, 73, 76, 85, 108–9, 117, 124, 156, 471, 480
Dixon, Jeane, 366, 573
Dixon, John, 57, 58, 60
Dole, Bob, 436, 444, 450, 453, 670, 681, 711
Donohoo, Van, 127
Donovan, Raymond, 484
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 288–89, 301
Drake, Joanne, 732, 733, 735, 736, 737, 747, 750, 755
Duberstein, Ken, 485, 513, 516, 651, 697, 706, 707, 724
Dukakis, Michael, 722
Dunckel, Earl, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 286, 287–88, 300, 304
Dunne, George H., 219, 220
Durenberger, Dave, 615
Duvalier, Jean-Claude, 650
Dwyer, Cynthia, 479
Economic Recovery Program, 488, 516, 527, 571
economy, 387, 527–28, 535–36, 581, 617, 702, 708–9, 723
Egypt, and Achille Lauro, 612–13
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 11, 12, 204, 288, 289, 311, 314, 359, 366, 379, 423, 480
Eleventh Commandment, 326, 329, 333, 378
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 416, 741
El Salvador, 493, 534, 547, 548, 549, 578, 582, 616, 682
Elsey, Mary Ann, 26
Equal Rights Amendment, 419, 459, 465, 468, 521, 572
Eureka College, 87, 88–98, 99, 100, 103–5, 109, 291, 329, 369, 673
evangelicals, 538–39
Falkland Islands, 534
Falwell, Jerry, 521, 522
Fast, Howard, 210
Federal Emergency Relief Act, 124
Feldstein, Martin, 487–88
Ferraro, Geraldine, 581
Fielding, Fred, 484, 485, 503, 504, 525–26, 562
Firestone, Leonard, 317, 399
First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU), 198, 199, 200, 203–4
Fischer, David, 562
Fisher, Lucy, 737, 745
Flanagan, Pat, 127–28, 128–29
Flexible Response program, 590
Florida primary of 1976, 402, 410, 411–12, 413
Flynn, Errol, 152, 156, 160, 178–79, 180, 183, 193, 194, 236, 238, 244, 267
FMPU. See First Motion Picture Unit
Ford, Betty, 400, 456, 458, 572
Ford, Gerald, 462, 478, 492, 504, 682, 752, 756
appointed as VP, 380, 382
appointment of Rockefeller as VP by, 386
assassination attempt on, 396
defeated in 1976 election, 422
and 1976 presidential campaign, 382, 386, 388, 393–94, 395, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 410, 411, 412, 413, 415, 416, 417, 419–20, 421
and 1980 race, 437, 453–58
Nixon pardoned by, 387
Nixon’s opinion of, 384
as president, 384, 385, 387, 392, 396, 400–401
RR offered Cabinet post by, 389, 394
Fortier, Donald, 620
Foster, Jodie, 511–12
Foster, John, 540
Foy, Bryan, 154, 176, 177
Frazer, Bernard, 83–84, 85, 117
Friedersdorf, Max, 514, 516, 517
Friedrich, Otto, 206
Friends of Ronald Reagan, 317–18, 320, 324
Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky,” 396
Frye, William, 290
Fulton, Illinois, 20, 22–23, 24, 27–28, 30
Futterman, Myron, 165, 167, 168
Gable, Clark, 7, 160, 194, 204, 258, 263, 266, 324
Gabler, Neal, 152, 160
Galesburg, Illinois, 46–47, 48, 49, 50
Gemayel, Bashir, 533
General Electric, 8, 9, 276, 277–78, 279, 284–85, 287, 291, 292, 299–300, 303, 305–6, 362
General Electric Theater, 276, 277, 278–79, 285, 289, 290, 297, 298, 304, 305, 309, 362, 467
Geneva summit, 605, 616, 619–29, 691, 719
George Washington University Hospital, 498–500, 501–2, 504–6, 508–11, 512–14
Gergen, David, 503, 506, 507, 561
Germany, Bitburg incident in, 594, 596–600
Ghorbanifar, Manucher, 608, 609, 615, 629, 630, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 655, 656, 681, 692
Ghost Mountain (film), 241, 244, 267, 268
Gillenwaters, Ed, 354, 364
Ginsburg, Douglas, 706, 707
Giordano, Joseph, 504, 509
Gipp, George, 176, 177
Glaser, Elizabeth, 745, 746
glasnost, 711, 715
Glenn, John, 572
Goldwater, Barry, 302, 308, 315, 317, 318, 326, 363, 366, 386, 453, 521
in 1964 presidential campaign, 308, 310–11, 312, 345, 382, 391
RR’s fund-raising speech for, 309, 312–15
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 590, 591, 594–95, 601, 616–18, 621, 718, 744
at Geneva summit, 622, 623, 624, 625–28, 629
as “Man of the Year,” 714
at Moscow summit, 719, 720–21
at Reykjavik summit, 658, 660, 662–66
SDI concession of, 711
Soviet reforms by, 715
on spying incident, 658
“tear down this wall” challenge to, 703
at Washington summit, 711–14, 719
Gorbachev, Raisa, 627, 665
Gottlieb, Alex, 167–68, 214
government decentralization, 403, 404–5
Grace Commission, 749
Graham, Daniel, 541
Gramm, Phil, 634
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings bill, 634–35
Grant, Cary, 9, 152, 182, 221–22, 276, 324, 420
Gray, Archibald Charles, 92, 97, 102
Graybill, Ed, 78, 101
Graybill, Ruth, 78, 81, 101
Great Depression, 86, 108–9, 110, 116, 118, 124, 181, 255, 486, 535, 708
Greenspan, Alan, 406, 456, 457
Gregg, Hugh, 397, 398, 402, 410, 443, 444
Grenada, 560–61, 564–67, 569
Grimm, Charlie, 133, 137, 139, 143
Gromyko, Andrei, 589, 595
Gross, H. R. “Hal,” 136
Guatemala, 534, 547
Guber, Peter, 736–37
gun control, 459, 744–45
Haack, Esther, 60, 75, 81, 83, 124
Habib, Philip, 531, 533, 649
Haerle, Paul, 324, 347–48, 353, 354, 394
Haig, Alexander, Jr., 528, 536
appointed secretary of state, 483
background of, 482
on day of assassination attempt, 502, 503, 504, 506–7, 508
firing of, 532, 552
on leaks in administration, 554
on Middle East conflict, 530–31, 546
problems with, 483, 491–94, 529–30, 531–32
on Soviets in Central America, 547
on Zero Option plan, 524–25
Hall, Fawn, 676, 699
Hall, Jon, 733–34
Hall, Ken, 339, 343, 346–47, 372, 373
Hannaford, Pete, 383, 384, 385, 388, 390, 393, 403, 413, 414, 421, 424, 425, 426, 428, 433, 435, 452, 586
Hansen, Clifford, 484
Harris, Fred, 409, 419
Harrod, Sam, II, 288, 301
Harrod, Samuel Glen, 89–90, 97, 99, 101, 107
Hart, Gary, 572, 576–77, 580–81
Hasenfus, Eugene, 660, 661
Hatch, Orrin, 683, 726
HAWK missiles, 615–16, 624, 629, 630, 638, 655, 656, 671, 675, 676, 688
Heflin, Howell, 517, 706
Heitman, Betty, 466
Helms, Jesse, 393, 394, 406, 413, 418, 454, 521, 711
Hepburn, Katharine, 218, 219, 232, 255, 259
Hezbollah, 546, 567, 601, 607, 640, 641, 656
HICCASP, 211–13, 215, 219, 222
High Frontier, 541
Hinckley, John W., Jr., 511–12
Hitler, Adolf, 186, 288, 596
Hodges, Joy, 4, 140–41, 143, 157, 171, 172, 173, 235
Hoffman, Bessie, 135. See also Reagan, Bess
Holden, William, 2, 9, 11–12, 177, 223, 266, 276, 306
Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions. See HICCASP
Hollywood Ten, blacklisting of, 233–34
Hollywood Victory Committee, 202
homosexuality, 353, 356–57, 644, 647, 659
Honduras, 548, 585, 616
Honecker, Erich, 744
Hoover, Herbert, 91, 116, 117, 359, 708
Hoover, J. Edgar, 364
Hope, Bob, 9, 247, 297, 298, 596
Hopper, Hedda, 7, 217, 224, 226–27, 234, 236, 265, 296
Hotchkis, Preston, 477
Houseman, John, 258
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 227, 228, 229, 232–34, 673, 739
Hughes-Ryan Amendment, 630
Human Events, 281, 300, 407, 535, 541, 548–49, 592
Hume, Jaquelin, 317–18, 470
Humphrey, Gordon, 450
Humphrey, Hubert, 288
Hussein, Saddam, 748
Huston, John, 221, 223, 232, 236
Huston, Walter, 252, 254, 255, 259, 263
Hyde, Henry, 521, 650–51
IATSE, 209, 211, 214, 216
ICBMs, 539, 663
inflation, 486–87, 559, 574, 681, 723
INF treaty, 690, 702, 711–12, 713, 719
intermediate-range missiles, 492, 626, 660, 662, 702, 710, 719
International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees. See IATSE
Iowa caucuses, 409, 441, 442, 452
Iran
arms sales to (see arms-for hostages deal)
hostage crisis in (see Iran hostage crisis)
Nancy’s trip to, 428
Iran-Contra affair, 630, 675–82, 738–39, 756
investigation of, 684–85, 699–700, 703–4, 716
RR’s deposition on, 738–39
RR’s memory loss about, 688–89
RR’s televised address on, 698–99
RR’s testimony on, 691–92, 693–94
Senate report on, 692
Iran hostage crisis, 440–41, 460, 463–64, 475–76, 479–80, 602
Iran-Iraq War, 718
Iraq, 530, 605, 748
Israel
and arms shipments to Iran, 606–7, 608–9, 624, 630, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 674, 677, 679, 682, 691, 692
AWACS sale opposed by, 516, 517
Iraq attack by, 530
Lebanon occupation by, 530–31, 533–34, 546, 550
and TWA hijacking, 601, 602
Italy, and Achille Lauro, 613–14, 615
Jackson, Henry “Scoop,” 409, 419, 482, 523
Jackson, Jesse, 572, 577
Jacobsen, David, 602, 668, 669
Janisch, Carl, 741
Japan trip, 741, 743
Javits, Jacob, 311, 437
Jenco, Lawrence, 656
John Birch Society, 318, 319, 323, 332, 375
Johnson, Lady Bird, 572
Johnson, Lyndon, 312, 313, 315, 345, 353, 360, 362, 363, 405, 494, 574
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 539–43
Jordan, Hamilton, 460
Jordan, Vernon, 478
Jorgensen, Earle, 303, 317, 470, 471
Jorgensen, Marion, 470, 471
Justice Department, 239, 273, 303, 304, 305, 682, 702, 717, 756
“Just Say No” campaign, 573, 707
Karloff, Boris, 182, 214
Keel, Howard, 5, 260, 296
Keene, David, 407, 412, 417, 418, 433
Kelley, P. X., 542, 558
Kelly, Gene, 223, 232
Kemp, Jack, 353–54, 454, 488
Kennedy, Anthony, 706–7
Kennedy, John F., 136, 301, 302, 303, 305, 307, 309, 360, 462, 486, 494, 578, 583, 590, 646, 703
Kennedy, Joseph, 301
Kennedy, Robert, 303, 306, 334, 362, 366
Kennedy, Ted, 409, 545, 572, 705
Kent State shootings, 370
Kerry, John, 757
Khachigian, Ken, 462–63, 477, 478
Khamenei, Mohammed Ali, 655, 656
Khashoggi, Adnan, 608
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 605, 650, 656, 693
Khrushchev, Nikita, 11, 712
Kimche, David, 605–6, 609, 638, 681
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 364, 365, 577
Kings Row (film), 2, 186–87, 188–90, 191, 193, 195, 196, 626, 689
Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 484, 548, 554, 611, 652, 673
Kissinger, Henry, 379, 407, 455, 456, 457–58, 478, 481, 523, 597, 666
Kitchen Cabinet, 325, 333, 334, 340, 345, 346, 352, 366–67, 376, 377, 388, 393, 399, 470, 481, 482, 484, 541
Klinghoffer, Leon, 612, 613
Knute Rockne, All-American (film), 2, 177, 178, 179, 180, 185
Kobrine, Arthur, 505, 510
Koenig, Wendy, 498–99, 500
Kohl, Helmut, 428, 590, 593, 596–97, 598, 599
Kuchel, Thomas, 305, 310
Kuhn, Jim, 427, 442, 453, 458, 597, 598, 599, 622, 623–24, 629, 645, 654, 666, 683, 686, 690, 691, 694, 696
labor strikes
air-traffic controllers, 520–21, 525–26
Hollywood, 209–10, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216–17, 218, 219, 288, 297–98
Lake, Jim, 383, 384, 397, 398, 402, 404, 408, 411, 423, 425, 433, 434, 435, 441, 442, 443–44, 446, 448, 449, 450, 452
Langan, Greg, 73, 77
Langley, Edward, 289
Larson, Christine, 265
Latin America, 493, 530, 547, 548, 716
Lawson, John Howard, 213, 232, 233, 261
Lawton, Phyllis, 262
Laxalt, Paul, 394–95, 396, 417, 428, 433, 455, 478, 484, 583, 654, 673, 695, 696, 697, 699
Leach, James, 120, 441, 650
leaks in Reagan administration, 554–55, 586, 619–20
Lebanon, 555, 577, 612
aborted mission in, 567–68, 578
bombing of U.S. Marines in, 562–64, 567
cease-fire in, 552
Israel’s occupation of, 530–31, 533–34, 546, 550
U.S. Marines in, 546–47, 550, 557–58, 559
U.S. retreat from, 569
Ledeen, Michael, 614, 640
Lehman, John, 482, 522, 635
Lenin, Vladimir, 548
Lewis, Drew, 418, 484, 503, 520, 525, 695
Libya, 526–27, 652–54
Lilly, Doris, 245, 246, 264
Lincoln, Abraham, 47, 58, 66, 73, 91, 172, 334, 758
Lindfors, Viveca, 216, 235
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 310, 311
Loeb, William, 398
Luce, Gordon, 353, 354
Luckett, Edith, 248–54, 255–56, 258, 266, 267, 293, 302, 478
Lugar, Richard, 415, 455, 649, 683
Lyles, A. C., 736
MacArthur, Peter, 122, 123, 126, 127, 129, 130, 145
Mandela, Nelson, 611
Marcos, Ferdinand, 647–50
Marcos, Imelda, 648, 649–50
Marshall Plan, 242
Martin, Mary, 255, 257, 258
Marx, Karl, 290, 302
Massie, Suzanne, 620
Matlock, Jack, 570, 632, 663
Mayer, Louis B., 149, 181, 229, 232, 233, 240, 761
MCA (Music Corporation of America), 4, 5, 8, 9, 177–78, 245, 271–74, 276, 277, 296, 303, 304, 362
McAuliffe, Christa, 643, 645
McCarthy, Eugene, 362, 366, 405
McCoy, Peter, 486, 490
McFarlane, Robert “Bud,” 570, 594, 618, 622, 623, 628, 667, 676, 688, 689
Achille Lauro and, 613, 615
an animosity with Regan, 632–33, 634–35
and arms-for-hostages deal, 602, 605–6, 607, 608, 609, 624, 629–30, 638–39, 640–41, 642, 655, 656, 667, 668, 669, 672
on Bitburg incident, 597
and conflict with Regan, 632–35
on Contra aid, 549, 579–80, 596
denied pardon, 724
at Geneva summit, 623, 624, 625, 626
Gorbachev meeting and, 617
on Grenada, 561
on Haig, 492, 493, 530, 531
Iran-Contra guilty plea of, 716
Iran-Contra testimony of, 684, 685, 691, 692, 739
on Lebanon crisis, 533, 547, 551–52, 555, 557–58, 562, 563, 567–68
pardon considered for, 700–701
resignation of, 635
resignation threat of, 600–601
on RR’s ability, 481
on RR’s foreign policy, 537
on SDI program, 590, 591
suicide attempt of, 693
Tower Commission testimony of, 691, 692
on U.S. defensive system, 539–40, 541, 544
on Weinburger-Shultz tension, 631–32
McGovern, George, 378, 576
McKinzie, Ralph, 90, 93–94, 100, 101, 103, 107, 112, 113, 114, 236
McLendon, Gordon, 128
McMahon, John, 630, 638, 639
McNamara, Robert, 540
McNichol, Dick, 71, 75
Meese, Edwin, 350, 357, 370, 372, 374, 375, 378, 383, 384, 386, 387, 399, 425, 491, 496, 516, 518, 528, 541, 600, 620, 642, 669, 750
on air-traffic controllers strike, 520–21, 525, 526
appointed attorney general, 587
and arms-for-hostages deal, 670, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680
on Battaglia’s outing, 354–55, 425
on Cabinet appointments, 481, 483–84, 553–54, 588
Cabinet role of, 485, 586
on Contra aid, 548
on day of assassination attempt, 502, 504, 505, 506, 513
ethical violations of, 702, 722
on Grenada, 561, 564, 565
Haig and, 492, 493, 508
Nancy’s dislike of, 527
on Nixon and Watergate, 381, 383, 385
on Nofziger, 425
rejected for chief of staff, 469
resignation of, 702
on RR’s 1968 presidential bid, 345–46, 365
on RR’s 1976 presidential bid, 383