by H. W. Brands
and RR’s preparation for Geneva summit, 77.1, 78.1
on Soviet economy
on Soviet intervention in Polish crisis
Soviet report of
CETA program
Chad
Challenger
Chamorro, Pedro
Chaplin, Charlie
Charles, Eugenia
Chernenko, Konstantin, 66.1, 71.1, 71.2, 77.1, 78.1, 114.1
Chernobyl reactor
Chiang Kai-shek
Chicago, Ill.
Chile
China, 4.1, 16.1, 74.1, 85.1, 94.1
communist takeover of
Nixon’s opening of
RR’s trip to
Soviet break with
Thailand’s negotiations with
Christian evangelicals
Christopher, George, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
Church, Frank
Church Committee, 24.1, 34.1
Churchill, Winston, prl.1, 37.1, 110.1
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Civil Rights Act (1957)
Civil Rights Act (1964), 17.1, 18.1, 20.1
RR’s opposition to, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
civil rights legislation, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2
John Birch opposition to
civil rights movement, 19.1, 20.1, 29.1
escalating militancy of
Civil War, U.S., 2.1, 9.1, 9.2, 111.1
Clark, William, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 57.1, 97.1, 113.1
on Israeli invasion of Lebanon, 55.1, 58.1, 58.2
made emissary to Venezuela
made national security adviser
presidential speech on Caribbean desired by, 53.1, 53.2, 53.3, 54.1
Clarridge, Duane
Claudius, Emperor of Rome
Clean Air Act (1970)
Cleaver, Margaret, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2
Clexton, Captain
Cliburn, Van, 106.1, 106.2
Clinton, Bill, 113.1, 114.1, 114.2
surplus under
CNN, 95.1, 98.1
coal strike
Code of the Secret Service
Cohen, Ben
Cold War, 8.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2, 23.1, 23.2, 29.1, 112.1, 112.2, 114.1
containment policy in, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2
domino theory in
end of
Falklands conflict and
see also Soviet Union
Columbia Pictures
Commentary
Committee for a Far-Eastern Democratic Policy
Commonwealth Club of San Francisco
communism, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2
in movies, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1
Communist Party, Philippines
Conference of Studio Unions (CSU), 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Congo
Congress, U.S.:
contra funding cut by
cuts to defense spending argued by, 52.1, 66.1
El Salvador funding voted by, 67.1, 67.2
investigations by
new revenue desired by, 52.1, 52.2
sanctions against South Africa voted by
Congressional Budget Office
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 7.1, 9.1, 41.1
Connally, John
Conscience of a Conservative, The (Goldwater)
conservatives, fiscal priorities of
Contadora Island negotiations
contras, 54.1, 59.1, 67.1, 86.1
Argentina’s funding of, 56.1, 57.1
CIA’s directing of war of, 67.1, 67.2
Congress’s cutting of funding for
as “freedom fighters,”
House opposition to funding of
Coolidge, Calvin, 1.1, 46.1
Cordiner, Ralph, 15.1, 15.2
corporations
Corwin, Norman
Costa Rica, 54.1, 67.1, 68.1
Council of Economic Advisers
Covert Action Finding
Cox, James
Crane, Phil
Cranston, Alan
Craxi, Bettino
creationism
Cromwell, John
Cronkite, Walter, 24.1, 31.1, 40.1
“Cross of Gold” speech
cruise missiles, 66.1, 70.1
Cuba, prl.1, 25.1, 31.1, 50.1, 50.2, 53.1, 114.1
El Salvador sent supplies from, 50.1, 54.1, 54.2
Nicaragua supplied by, 53.1, 54.1, 54.2, 67.1
and occupation of Grenada
Soviet aid to, 53.1, 54.1
U.S. embargo of, 16.1, 50.1
Cuban missile crisis, 16.1, 16.2, 54.1, 63.1, 69.1
Cummings, Homer
Curtis, Tony
Czechoslovakia
Dachau, 73.1, 73.2, 73.3
Daniloff, Nicholas, 87.1, 88.1, 95.1
Dannemeyer, William
Daoud Khan, Muhammad
Darman, Richard, 69.1, 72.1, 72.2
Darwin, Charles
Davis, Dick
Davis, Edith, 103.1, 106.1
Davis, Loyal, 13.1, 61.1, 75.1
Davis, Nancy, see Reagan, Nancy Davis
Davis, Patti, 13.1, 26.1, 100.1, 114.1, 114.2
Dawson, Rhett
Daytona 500
D-Day, 68.1, 73.1
DDT
Death Valley Days
Deaver, Michael, 19.1, 23.1, 25.1, 27.1, 27.2, 31.1, 39.1, 41.1, 42.1, 47.1, 51.1, 69.1, 97.1, 97.2, 97.3, 113.1, 113.2, 114.1
alcoholism of
and Baker-Regan job swap
and choice of chief of staff
first impression of RR by
made deputy chief of staff
new taxes urged by, 52.1, 52.2
and RR’s Bitburg trip, 73.1, 73.2, 73.3
and RR’s Germany trip
on RR’s radio show
RR’s shooting and, 41.1, 41.2
Stockman in magazine article and
Declaration of Independence
Defense Department, U.S., 33.1, 77.1, 85.1, 86.1
bigger budget desired by, 34.1, 37.1, 38.1, 43.1, 47.1
British aided in Falklands crisis by
KAL 007 shoot-down and
deficits, 2.1, 36.1, 47.1, 47.2, 52.1, 52.2, 69.1, 69.2, 112.1, 112.2
de Havilland, Olivia
Delahanty, Thomas, 41.1, 43.1, 112.1
Delta
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party, U.S., prl.1, 8.1, 94.1
see also specific elections
Dempsey, Jack
Deng Xiaoping
deregulation, 37.1, 38.1, 69.1
Derian, Patricia
Desert One
détente, 24.1, 24.2, 27.1, 27.2, 29.1, 30.1, 33.1, 37.1, 40.1, 49.1, 51.1, 62.1, 77.1, 87.1, 88.1
Dewey, Thomas, 12.1, 14.1
“Dictatorships and Double Standards,”
Dies, Martin
Dillinger, John
Disciples of Christ Church, 1.1, 1.2
Dmytryk, Edward
Dobrynin, Anatoly, 40.1, 64.1, 80.1
Dodd, Christopher
Dole, Bob, 30.1, 52.1, 76.1, 94.1, 114.1
Dole, Elizabeth
dollar, U.S.
Dominica
domino theory
Donaldson, Sam, 40.1, 95.1
Donovan, William
Douglas, William O.
Dow Jones
draft
Drell, Sidney
Dukakis, Michael
Dulles, John Foster
DuMont television network
Dunckel, Earl
East Berlin
East Germany, 16.1, 51.1, 111.1
Economic Development Administration
Economics in One Lesson (Hazlitt)
Edison, Thomas
Edwards, James
Egypt
Einstein, Albert
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 53.1, 64.1, 73.1
Cuba embargoed by
election
of, 14.1, 15.1
at Geneva summit
Goldwater’s break with
government spending by
McCarthy’s opposition to
“military-industrial complex” and
nuclear threats from
Republican opposition to
RR endorsed for governor by
Eisenhower, USS, 68.1, 68.2
Eisenhower Doctrine
Eldridge, Joseph
elections and campaigns, Arizona:
of 1952
of 1958
elections and campaigns, California:
of 1962, 15.1, 20.1
of 1970, 22.1, 23.1
elections and campaigns, California, of 1966
Buckley’s support for RR in
Evans and Novak’s profile of RR in
Republican attacks on RR in
Republican primary in
RR proposed as candidate for
RR’s declaration of candidacy in
RR’s popularity in
RR’s victory in, 18.1, 19.1
elections and campaigns, U.S.:
of 1860
of 1896
of 1920
of 1932
of 1936
of 1938
of 1946, 8.1, 9.1
of 1948, 12.1, 14.1
of 1952, 14.1, 15.1
of 1956
of 1960, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 20.1
of 1964, prl.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 25.1, 28.1, 69.1
of 1972, 18.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
of 1982, 69.1, 114.1
of 1986, 74.1, 94.1
of 1988, 109.1, 109.2, 110.1
of 1992, 32.1, 112.1, 113.1
of 1996
elections and campaigns, U.S., of 1968: Johnson’s withdrawal from, 20.1, 27.1
Nixon in, 7.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 25.1
Nixon’s speaking tour for
RR considered for, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 23.1
elections and campaigns, U.S., of 1976, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1
Republican debates in, 30.1, 31.1
RR and fake pistol incident
RR’s children in, 26.1, 26.2
RR’s decision to run in, 25.1, 27.1
RR’s defeat in, 27.1, 28.1, 30.1
RR’s exploratory committee in
RR’s speaking tour for
RR’s speeches for Ford in
elections and campaigns, U.S., of 1980, 32.1, 42.1, 69.1, 69.2, 114.1
Bush’s candidacy in, 30.1, 31.1, 32.1
debates in
polls in
possibility of “October surprise” in
Republican convention in
RR’s announcement of candidacy in
RR’s blunders in
RR’s choice of vice president in
RR’s victory in, 32.1, 33.1, 83.1
elections and campaigns, U.S., of 1984, 66.1, 69.1, 69.2, 114.1
debates in, 69.1, 83.1
economy as issue in
polls in
RR’s victory in
electrical appliances
Elizabeth II, Queen of England
El Salvador, 53.1, 53.2, 53.3, 67.1
CIA briefing on
Congress’s voting of support for, 67.1, 67.2
Cuban supplies sent to, 50.1, 54.1, 54.2
RR’s desire to take stand on, 50.1, 54.1, 54.2
Emancipation Proclamation
Enders, Thomas
Endore, Guy
Energy Department, U.S., 37.1, 38.1
environmentalism
Environmental Protection Agency, 23.1, 28.1, 80.1
Epstein, Julius
Epstein, Philip
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Ethiopia, 49.1, 67.1, 79.1
Eureka College, 1.1, 21.1, 28.1
Evans, Rowland, 18.1, 46.1, 77.1, 88.1
evolution, 1.1, 1.2, 31.1
excise taxes
Export-Import Bank, 38.1, 51.1
Face the Nation
Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia
Fairbanks, Douglas
Falklands conflict, 56.1, 57.1, 57.2, 57.3
Falwell, Jerry, 36.1, 111.1
Family Assistance Plan, 23.1, 23.2
“Father Potemkin,”
FDN
Federal Aviation Administration, 46.1, 46.2
KAL 007 shoot-down and
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 4.1, 11.1, 34.1, 53.1, 87.1
Federal Reserve, 4.1, 8.1, 23.1, 38.1, 52.1, 102.1
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Theatre Project
Ferraro, Geraldine
Fielding, Fred
Fifteenth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Fight for the Sky, The
Figueiredo, João
Film Daily
Fireside Chats, 2.1, 14.1, 15.1, 24.1, 28.1, 65.1, 110.1
First Amendment, 10.1, 17.1
First Motion Picture Unit
Fitzwater, Marlin
Flatley, Admiral
Florence (friend)
Florida, 25.1, 27.1
Flynn, Errol, 4.1, 7.1, 14.1
Fonda, Henry
food stamps, 38.1, 45.1
Ford, Gerald, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 27.1, 30.1, 33.1, 65.1, 76.1, 112.1, 114.1
considered for RR’s vice presidency, 31.1, 31.2
in election of 1976, 25.1, 25.2, 27.1, 28.1, 30.1
grain sale to Soviets by
Nixon pardoned by, 23.1, 28.1, 111.1
Ford, Henry
Fort Mason
Foster, Jodie
Fourteenth Amendment
France
Communist Party in, 12.1, 12.2
and communist threat
Franco, Francisco
Frank, Anne
Frankfurter, Felix
Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library
Frazer, B. J., 1.1, 1.2
Free Speech Movement
French Revolution
Friedman, Milton
Fuchs, Klaus
Fudan University
Gable, Clark, 5.1, 13.1
Gallup polls, 27.1, 44.1
Galtieri, Leopoldo, 56.1, 56.2, 56.3, 56.4, 56.5, 57.1
Gang of Seventeen
Garfield, James A., 42.1, 42.2
Gates, Robert, 34.1, 49.1, 78.1, 93.1, 99.1
Casey criticized by
Geneva summit desired by
on Gorbachev
on Libyan terrorism plans
RR prepared for Geneva summit by, 77.1, 77.2, 78.1
on Soviet involvement in Polish crisis
gay rights movement
Gaza, 32.1, 58.1
Gdańsk, Poland
Gdańsk agreement
Gemayel, Amine, 59.1, 59.2
Gemayel, Bashir, 58.1, 59.1
General Belgrano
General Electric, prl.1, prl.2, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 18.1, 25.1, 38.1, 66.1
General Electric News
General Electric Theater, The, 15.1, 16.1
General Motors, 1.1, 8.1
Geneva summit (1985), 79.1, 80.1, 80.2, 87.1, 87.2, 88.1, 88.2, 88.3, 91.1
arms control at, 77.1, 77.2, 78.1, 78.2, 79.1, 79.2, 79.3, 80.1, 112.1
human rights at, 77.1, 78.1, 79.1
RR’s preparation for, 77.1, 78.1
warnings about
George, David
Gephardt, Richard
Germany, 4.1, 8.1, 9.1
proposed quarantine of (1938), 51.1, 51.2
U.S. trade with
Gesell, Gerhard
Ghost Mountain
GI Bill
Gibney, Sheridan
Gibson, Charles
Ginsburg, Douglas
Girl from Jones Beach, The
Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry
Gish, Lillian
glasnost, 104.1, 105.1, 111.1
Glemp, Józef
Golan Heights
gold
gold rush
; Goldwater, Barry, 18.1, 18.2, 23.1, 28.1, 70.1, 95.1, 96.1, 114.1
background of
in campaign of 1964, prl.1, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 25.1, 28.1, 69.1
Cold War views of, 16.1, 68.1
Eisenhower’s break with
Nicaraguan mining opposed by
RR’s support for, prl.1, 17.1, 27.1, 69.1
Gompers, Samuel
Goodman, Walter
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 104.1, 114.1, 114.2
in campaign against alcoholism
and Chernobyl disaster
on Daniloff’s spying, 87.1, 87.2
Gates on
at Geneva summit, 79.1, 80.1
made general secretary
at meeting with Bush and Shultz
at Moscow summit
reform of
Reykjavík deal unbundled by
at Reykjavík summit, see Reykjavík summit
RR’s growing fondness for
and RR’s “tear down this wall” speech, 104.1, 105.1, 111.1
SDI worries of, 79.1, 79.2, 80.1, 80.2, 88.1, 88.2, 89.1, 90.1, 91.1, 92.1, 93.1, 93.2
summit with RR considered by, 77.1, 77.2, 77.3
at U.S. state dinner
and U.S. strike on Libya
at Washington summit
Gorbachev, Raisa, 88.1, 106.1
Graham, Billy
Gramm, Phil, 33.1, 43.1, 47.1, 109.1, 113.1
Gramm-Latta bill
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
Graves, Robert
Great Britain, 13.1, 21.1, 68.1
and communist threat
in Falklands crisis, 56.1, 57.1
Great Depression, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 36.1, 47.1, 65.1, 102.1, 110.1, 114.1
“Great Grain Robbery,”
Great Society, 20.1, 23.1, 65.1
inflation caused by
Great Train Robbery
Great Wall of China
Greece, communist insurgency in, 12.1, 12.2
Green, William
Greene, Harold
Greenfield, Jerry
Greenspan, Alan, 65.1, 102.1
Greider, William
Grenada, 53.1, 54.1
invasion of, 60.1, 60.2
Griffin, Merv, 42.1, 112.1
Griffith, D. W., 1.1, 2.1
Gromyko, Andrei, 77.1, 77.2
Group of Seven, 56.1, 68.1, 73.1, 73.2, 104.1
Guatemala, 24.1, 54.1, 67.1
Gulf of Sidra, 82.1, 82.2
Gulf War
gun control
Habib, Philip, 58.1, 58.2, 58.3, 59.1, 59.2, 83.1
Haig, Alexander, 39.1, 40.1, 50.1, 50.2, 58.1, 72.1
Allen at odds with
as Falklands mediator, 56.1, 56.2, 57.1
on Libyan hostages
made secretary of state, 33.1, 34.1
on Polish martial law, 51.1, 51.2, 51.3
resignation of, 57.1, 72.1
RR’s shooting and, 42.1, 42.2
Sharon’s berating of
Haiti
Hakim, Albert
“Halloween massacre”
Hamilton, Alexander, prl.1, 33.1
Hamilton, Lee, 32.1, 32.2
Haney, Lewis
Hannaford, Pete
Harding, Warren