by Bob Spitz
on RR’s 1980 campaign, 428, 433, 435–36, 446, 447, 455, 456, 458, 459, 462, 465, 468
on Supreme Court appointments, 516, 518, 521, 659, 704, 706, 707
on White House leaks, 555
Meiklejohn, Bill, 141–42, 143, 144, 159, 177, 178, 194
Menjou, Adolphe, 227, 228, 229, 232–33
Middle East tensions, 718
midterm elections, 537–38, 667
military expansion, 522–24
military neglect, 522–23
Miller, Burnett, 340
missile defense system, 539–46. See also Star Wars missile shield; Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
Mitterrand, Francois, 564
Monagan, Bob, 331, 347
Mondale, Walter, 572, 576, 580–81, 582, 583, 584, 634, 756
Monroe Doctrine, 547
Montgomery, Robert, 215, 218, 223, 224, 227, 229, 233, 239, 309
Moore, Fred, 79
Moral Majority, 521
Morris, Edmund, 93, 125, 195, 210
Morris, Wayne, 161, 166, 167, 180
Morton, Rogers, 400, 413
Moscow summit, 719–22
Motion Picture Alliance (MPA), 227–28, 229
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, 189
movie industry/studios
B movies of, 153–54, 159, 161, 202
caste system in, 181, 182
communism and, 7, 11, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 218, 219–20, 271, 288, 303
contract players of, 153, 158, 206
government regulation of, 239
House Un-American Activities Committee and, 227, 228, 229, 232–34
labor unions of, 209
postwar pictures of, 205–6, 240–41
and response to anti-Semitism, 185
talkies era in, 151
television and, 270, 296–98
war effort films of, 197
wartime impact on, 197, 202
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 681, 682
Mubarek, Hosni, 613, 615, 652
Mulcahy, Catherine, 16–17
Muni, Paul, 152, 153, 160, 180, 191
Murphy, George, 200, 218, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 287, 310, 316, 319, 359, 361
Muskie, Ed, 682
Mutual Assured Destruction, 430
MX missiles, 523, 539, 595, 632
National Negro Republican Assembly, 326, 327
National Rifle Association (NRA), 744, 745
Nazimova, Alla, 249, 250, 251, 255
Nazis, 185, 186
Neal, Patricia, 236, 242–43, 244
New Deal, 11, 117, 135, 169, 219, 239, 286, 287, 288, 299, 300, 301, 303, 310
New Hampshire, campaigning in, 404–5, 407, 408, 410, 445
New Hampshire primaries, 401–2, 409, 411, 413, 414, 448, 452
Nicaragua, 493, 534, 547–50, 565, 577, 579, 585, 596, 616, 650, 651, 652, 656, 660, 679, 685, 715. See also Contras; Sandinistas
Nicely, Paul, 55
Nicholson, Arthur, Jr., 595, 600
Nickles, Don, 521
Nir, Amiram, 641, 656, 681
Nitze, Paul, 525, 663, 664, 666
Nixon, Pat, 572, 752
Nixon, Richard, 331, 345, 357, 379, 384, 406, 423, 478, 494, 504, 508, 532, 545, 583, 597, 671, 712, 725
advice on RR’s second-term agenda, 589, 601
Cabinet recommendations of, 481–82, 483
Ford’s VP appointment by, 380, 382
funeral of, 752
Lakeside Speech of, 359, 361
in 1968 presidential election, 360, 361, 365, 366
and opinion of RR, 379
pardoning of, 387
resignation of, 385
RR’s disdain for, 288–89
RR’s support of, 301–2, 367, 752
Watergate and, 377–78, 381–82, 383
Nofziger, Franklin “Lyn,” 324, 325–26, 327, 328, 340, 343, 345, 347, 353, 354, 356, 360, 363, 364, 383, 388, 393, 411, 415, 424–25, 427, 428, 433–34, 436, 447, 456–57, 462, 465, 466, 724, 726
Noriega, Manuel, 716–17
North, Oliver, 565, 579, 585, 596, 608, 613, 615–16, 630–31, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 650, 655, 656, 660, 661, 670, 671, 677–78, 679, 680, 682, 685, 686, 687, 692, 693, 699, 700, 701.704–5, 716, 724, 738, 739
North Carolina primary of 1976, 413, 414
nuclear war, 429, 522, 523, 541, 592
O’Brien, Pat, 158, 159, 161, 176, 177, 183, 252–53
Obringer, Roy, 194, 267
O’Conner, Harry, 390–91
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 518–19, 521, 555, 659, 706
Ogilvie, Richard, 417
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 572, 746
O’Neill, Tip, 475, 514, 518, 521, 535, 545, 563, 565, 566, 567, 568, 604, 643–44, 646, 651
O’Neill, William, 501
Operation Urgent Fury, 564
O’Regan, Michael, 17, 580. See also Reagan, Michael (great-grandfather)
Orr, Verne, 370
Ortega, Daniel, 548, 651
Packard, David, 383, 384, 388, 399
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 530, 531, 533, 534, 612, 718
Palmer, Bartlett Joshua (B.J.), 120, 121, 122
Palmer, Daniel David (D.D.), 120
Palmer, Dave, 119, 120, 130
Palmieri, Doria, 478
Panama, 716–18
Panama Canal, 406–7
Panama Canal Treaty, 422, 430, 696
Park, Art, 3, 277
Parkinson, Gaylord, 326, 378
Parr, Jerry, 497–98, 499, 501, 502
Parsons, James Benton, 80
Parsons, Louella, 4, 7, 155–56, 157, 165, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 183, 192, 202, 236, 262, 265, 266
PATCO strike, 520–21, 525–26
Patrick, Curtis, 354
Peck, Gregory, 206, 207–8, 212, 269, 306
Percy, Charles, 394, 399
perestroika, 715
Perle, Richard, 524, 541, 543, 621, 664
Perlstein, Rick, 277
Perot, Ross, 616, 682
Petrillo, James, 177
Philippines, 647–50
Pitts, ZaSu, 227, 252, 257, 258
Plante, Bill, 506, 507, 561
PLO. See Palestine Liberation Organization
Poindexter, John, 539, 541, 543, 553, 557, 567, 568, 579, 609, 612, 613, 635–36, 637–38, 641, 642, 652, 653, 654, 656, 657, 660, 661, 663, 666, 668, 669, 671, 672, 673, 675, 676, 678, 679–80, 680–81, 684, 685, 686, 687, 689, 692, 700, 701, 716, 724, 738
Poli, Robert, 520
Powell, Colin, 717, 720, 726, 727
Powell, Dick, 2, 11–12, 156, 159, 161, 169, 182, 183, 184, 223, 227, 236, 269, 278, 287, 291
Powell, Jody, 486
Powell, Lewis, 704
Power, Tyrone, 206, 221–22, 646
Preemption Act of 1841, 19
presidential campaigns and elections
of 1964, 308, 310–11, 312, 345
of 1968, 345, 362, 386
of 1972, 378, 423
of 1976, 378–79, 382–421
of 1980, 428–71
of 1984, 572, 575–77
of 1988, 722
of 1992, 745, 747–48
presidential salute, 749
Pressler, Larry, 436
Price, Wesley, 501, 502, 504
Production Code Administration, 185, 186, 187
Program for Economic Recovery, 488
Project Democracy, 585, 641, 656, 660, 661
Proposition 1, 376
Prosperi, Dave, 497, 498, 506
Qaddafi, Muammar el-, 526, 650, 652–54
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Quigley, Joan, 573, 574, 575, 582, 598, 604, 621, 661, 689, 712
Quinn, Richard, 341
Quinn, Sandy, 348, 353, 354
racial discrimination, 112–13
Radford, Benjamin Johnson, Jr., 91
radio, 85–86, 255–56
Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Hashemi, 655, 656, 668, 700
Rankin, John, 227
Reader’s Digest, 200–201, 281, 322, 371, 549
Reagan, Annie, 21, 22, 29
Reagan, Bess, 187, 478
Reagan, Catherine Mulcahy (great-grandmother), 16–17, 20, 30
Reagan, Jack (father), 21, 22, 23, 24–25, 27, 29, 44, 48, 52, 62, 78, 83, 182, 184
alcoholism of, 33–34, 36, 45–46, 50, 52, 64, 68, 82, 98, 108, 124
amateur acting by, 34, 41–42
ambitions of, 30, 38, 42, 43
car accident of, 41
Catholicism of, 30, 36
charm of, 24–25, 29, 32, 67–68
death of, 187–88
as disciplinarian, 40
discrimination opposed by, 72–73
enlistment attempted by, 48–49
health problems of, 135, 159, 169, 294
jobs of, 24–25, 30, 32–33, 38, 41, 44–45, 46, 47, 51, 52–53, 55, 56, 67, 68, 86, 100, 108, 113–14, 124, 170
marital problems of, 98–99, 100, 108
marriage to Nelle, 30
nicknaming RR as “Dutch,” 37
political interests of, 40–41, 48, 73, 86, 117, 135, 169
relocations of, 30–31, 32, 52–53, 55, 56, 59, 60, 159
as storyteller, 114
Reagan, Jennie Cusick (grandmother), 20, 21, 22
Reagan, John (grandfather), 17, 18, 20, 21–22, 33
Reagan, Katie, 22, 29
Reagan, Margaret (Maggie), 16, 20, 21, 23
Reagan, Maureen (daughter), 183, 184, 195, 202, 237, 265, 275, 295, 438, 478, 756
Reagan, Michael (great-grandfather), 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 33
Reagan, Michael Edward (son), 207, 237, 265, 275, 294–95, 438, 478, 756
Reagan, Nancy Davis, 2, 6, 11, 12, 170, 247, 275, 287, 292, 293, 317, 320, 322, 326, 334, 350, 351, 352, 355, 367, 373, 388, 389, 423, 543–44, 559, 562, 636, 664, 672, 697, 724, 725, 728, 729, 742, 744, 757, 758
acting career of, 257, 259–60, 267, 278, 289
Asia trip of, 428
astrologers consulted by, 266, 408, 573, 574, 575, 598–99, 603, 604, 621, 673, 689
birth of, 248, 251
birth of children to, 275
Bitburg incident and, 598–99
book deal of, 735, 736
Cabinet members disliked by, 425, 527, 553, 586, 610–11, 628
criticized as First Lady, 489–91, 572–73
on day of assassination attempt, 500–501, 504–5, 506, 513
Deaver as confidant of, 425, 426–27, 491, 528–29, 554, 583, 587–88, 635–36
on Deaver’s influence peddling, 701
education of, 253, 255, 257
and efforts to oust Regan, 682–84
family background of, 248–57
and Geneva summit, 618, 619, 621, 622, 627
governor’s mansion disliked by, 341–42
at inauguration, 478
and interference in administration, 517, 553, 573, 587–88, 618, 685–87, 690
marriage to RR, 266–67
mastectomy of, 709–10
and 1976 campaign, 393, 408, 413, 417, 421
and 1980 campaign, 433, 443, 445, 446, 448, 449, 452, 453, 457, 462, 463, 465, 469, 470
and 1984 campaign, 576, 577, 582
in post-presidential years, 732–33, 737, 740
pregnancies of, 265, 266, 293
and reelection ambivalence, 572, 573–74
on reelection victory, 584
and relationship with daughter, 294
and romance with RR, 261–66
RR’s Alzheimer’s and, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756
and RR’s health issues, 604, 605, 606, 607, 610, 690, 691, 694
RR’s legacy envisioned by, 588–89, 619
safety concerns of, 603–4
White House redecoration and, 486, 490
Reagan, Neil (Moon) (brother), 36, 41, 45, 53, 60, 61, 62, 65, 68, 71, 74, 81, 117, 123, 187, 265, 287, 310, 470, 471
birth of, 35
cancer surgery of, 604
childhood mischief and, 39–40, 44, 49–50
in college, 102, 103, 113, 118
on communism, 210, 215
as Goldwater supporter, 312
jobs of, 86, 98, 124–25, 129–30, 177, 309, 334
marriage of, 135
memory problems of, 294, 751
as New Deal opponent, 135
relationship with RR, 69
and RR’s gubernatorial campaign, 319, 334
sibling rivalry and, 37–38, 49
Reagan, Nelle (mother), 10, 25, 26, 27, 62, 63, 70, 86–87, 184, 265, 269, 315, 478
amateur acting by, 34, 35, 41–42, 66, 67, 75
birth of children to, 35, 36–37
charitable devotion of, 28, 41, 49, 65–66
Dixon homecoming and, 193
health problems of, 51–52, 293–94, 751
on husband’s alcoholism, 33–34, 45–46, 50
husband’s death and, 187, 188
Jane Wyman and, 167, 170, 174
jobs of, 28–29, 46, 100, 195
marital problems of, 98–99, 100, 108
marriage to Jack, 30
as mother and homemaker, 38–40, 45, 47, 48, 68
religious beliefs of, 36, 41, 53, 54, 65, 66, 68, 89, 294–95
relocations of, 30–31, 32, 59, 60, 159
Reagan, Nicholas, 17, 18
Reagan, Patti (daughter), 2, 12, 275, 293, 294, 295, 315, 321, 366, 369, 438, 439, 478, 646, 752, 756
Reagan, Ronald
accidents of, 3, 41, 246–47, 741–42, 756
acting career of
acting ability, 160, 172, 175, 189, 206, 214
and arrival in California, 149–50
commercials during, 275–76, 293
fading of, 1–2, 274, 275, 289, 306–7, 309
films during, 1, 2, 3, 47, 153, 154–55, 158, 159, 161, 166–67, 168, 173, 175, 176, 177, 179–80, 186–87, 188–91, 193–94, 195, 200, 208, 214, 216, 221–22, 225, 226, 234, 236–37, 240, 241, 244, 267–68, 273, 276, 289, 309, 626, 689
and grievances with Warner Bros., 267–68
and introduction to Hollywood, 139–43, 152–53, 154, 156–59
and Las Vegas nightclub act, 1, 3–7, 9–11, 12, 275
money problems during, 2–3, 268–69, 277
political interests during, 7–8, 9, 11–12, 168–69, 172, 189, 243, 244
producer status in, 298
screen tests during, 142–44, 152, 276, 277
setbacks in, 175, 185, 206, 207, 222, 244–45, 247
in television, 8–9, 276, 277, 278–79, 289, 300, 306, 309–10
and Universal contract, 245, 268, 273
and Warner Bros. contract, 1, 144, 158, 159, 177, 178, 190, 195, 205, 207, 245, 268
aging of, 722
Agnew defended by, 378
Alzheimer’s disease of, 750, 751, 752–57
amateur acting by, 67, 75, 81, 83, 84–85, 100, 104–5
astrologer consulted by, 266, 366
athleticism of, 61, 74–75
Big Government opposed by, 284, 285, 287, 290, 301, 302, 320
birth of, 36–37
birth of children of, 183, 207, 226, 275
book deals of, 735–36
brain injury of, 742–43
a
s Bush supporter in 1992 election, 747–48
as California governor, 80, 84
and abortion bill, 350–51
accomplishments of, 373–74
college campuses viewed by, 368–70
conservation promoted by, 374–75
decision-making style of, 348–49, 639
and homosexual scandal, 352–57
inexperience of, 340, 346–47
and 1970 reelection, 368
press coverage of, 343, 344, 356, 377
pursuits after end of term, 388–89, 389–92
race relations during, 365
and relationship with state legislature, 347–48, 371–73
and state’s financial crisis, 342–44, 351
and tax reform, 375–76
and welfare reform, 368, 370–71, 376–77
career ambitions of, 107, 125, 134–35, 139
childhood of
baptism during, 65
chores during, 62
education during, 49, 51, 53, 60
family relocations during, 15, 42–43, 46, 50–51, 53, 56, 57, 60, 68
hometown memories and, 15, 38
loneliness during, 54
mischief during, 39–40, 44, 51, 61–62
mother’s illness during, 51–52
pastimes during, 46–47, 53, 60, 71–72
political exposure in, 40–41
reading during, 47–48, 49, 53, 60, 62–64
sibling rivalry in, 49–50
Tampico as refuge in, 55
as “citizen politician,” 322, 324, 332
claustrophobia of, 41, 190
college aspirations of, 76–77, 86, 87
college education of, 90–93, 102
academic performance during, 100, 102, 111–12
acting during, 100, 104–5
activism during, 7, 95, 97–98, 99–100, 291
ambitions after, 114–15, 116
cheerleading during, 103
debating during, 94
football and, 90, 93, 94, 100, 102–3, 112–13, 177
job search after, 117–20, 122–23
sportscasting interest during, 103
swimming competitions during, 104
trouble financing, 89–90, 100, 101, 109
colon surgery of, 603, 604–5
as communicator, 8, 281–82, 314, 584, 673, 760
on communism, 303, 319
during acting career, 7, 210, 213, 215, 216, 218–19, 227, 228, 229, 233, 243, 271, 283, 288
Communist Party and, 329
conservative shift of, 286–89, 299, 300–303, 305, 307
construction job of, 76
death of, 756–57
as debater, 94
and discontent with taxes, 2–3, 239, 283–84, 285, 287
discourses and talkativeness of, 168–69, 172, 201, 217–18, 235, 237