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Barbados, 450
Barnett, Barney, 194
Baseball Hall of Fame, 256
Bay of Pigs invasion, 472
Beahrs, Ollie, 694
Bechtel Corporation, 511
Begin, Menachem, 413–17, 419–29, 431–36, 440–42, 463, 491, 493
Belgium, 188
Benny, Jack, 42, 206
Bergen-Belsen, 378, 382
Berlin, Irving, 102
Berlin Wall, 680–83, 698, 703, 706–8
Berri, Nabih, 494–97
Bethesda Naval Hospital, 499–504, 535, 611, 623, 694
Big Ten football, 65–66
Bipartisan Recovery budget, 319
Bishop, Maurice, 450, 456
Bitburg cemetery, 376–84
Black, Charles, 208, 209, 214
Blacklisting, 115
Blacks
in California, 163–64, 183
economic status of, 401–2
harassment of, 385
parents’ attitude toward, 30, 52
Soviet view of American treatment of, 638
in World War II, 105
Block grants, 298
Bogart, Humphrey, 114, 398
Bohling, Howard, 318
Boland, Edward P., 477
Boland Amendment, 485–87
Bolshevik revolution, 237
Bolshoi Ballet, 711
Bonn economic summit, 376, 377, 381
Booker, Colonel Philip T., 97
Booth, John Wilkes, 152, 254
Bork, Robert, 694
Boseworth, Stephen, 362
Bradley Tech, 47
Brady, James, 261, 488
Brady, Nicholas, 449
Brazil, 475, 480–81
Brezhnev, Leonid, 14, 265, 299, 306, 552, 567, 593, 602, 634
arms control and, 553–54
and Central America, 300
correspondence with, 269–73, 302, 709
death of, 559, 575
and Middle East, 418, 422, 424–25, 437, 557
and Poland, 304–5
Brezhnev Doctrine, 266, 271, 302, 641
British Commonwealth, 451, 454
Brown, Edmund G. (Pat), 136, 144–151, 153, 156, 159, 160, 165, 175, 188
Brown, Jerry, 323
Buckley, William, 490, 507, 525
Budget, 201, 335–39
of California, 156–59, 165, 169, 175
cuts in, see Spending cuts
defense spending and, 235
deficits, see Deficit
Democratic proposals on, 568, 571
growth of, 198
military, see Defense spending
negotiations on, 317–20, 324
recession and, 316
tax revenues and, 233
under Truman, 133
See also Balanced budget amendment
Bureaucracy, 120, 147, 196–97, 337, 476
in California, 164, 175, 182–83, 188, 189
foreign affairs and, 594
during Great Depression, 67, 69
overregulation by, 129
reductions in size of, 298, 335, 339, 341, 351
Soviet, 640
Truman and, 132
waste and mismanagement in, 340–341
during World War II, 101–2, 119
Burke’s Peerage, 373
Burns, Arthur, 378, 379
Bush, Barbara, 216, 722, 723
Bush, George, 234, 291, 298, 331, 364, 389, 488, 538, 609
at Andropov’s funeral, 592
and assassination attempt, 271
and Bitburg visit, 378
at Brezhnev’s funeral, 559
at Chernenko’s funeral, 611, 612
crisis management role of, 255, 256, 449
during Reagan’s cancer surgery, 500, 501
elected President, 719
Gorbachev and, 720–21
inauguration of, 722, 723
and Iran-Contra affair, 528, 529
in 1980 election, 206, 210–14, 216
in 1984 election, 326, 327
Panama and, 704
Soviet policy and, 594, 595
sworn in as vice president, 226
trade policy and, 254
weekly meetings with Reagan, 249
Byrd, Robert, 454
Cagney, James, 82, 83, 94, 96, 114, 398
Caldicott, Helen, 566
California, University of, 152, 179–81
California primary, 202
California Senate Fact Finding Committee on Un-American Activities, 109
Cambodia, 266, 720
Camp David accords, 407, 410, 414, 417, 419–22, 430, 432, 433, 511
Campus unrest, 152, 173, 174, 179–182
Canada, 240, 350, 382, 388
trade agreement with, 356
Cannon, Lou, 725
Capitalism
arms race and, 267
entrepreneurial, 348
and investment in China, 368
merits of, 471
perestroika and, 703
Soviet belief in superiority of communism to, 605, 641
Soviet propaganda against, 632, 638
Caribbean Basin Initiative, 474
Carlucci, Frank, 535, 540, 685
Carter, Jimmy, 205, 210, 225–26, 263, 294, 295, 307, 312, 343
and AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia, 410
and Camp David accords, 407
Central America policy of, 478
elected president, 203
and Iran hostage crisis, 218, 227, 237, 266, 281, 490, 491
in 1980 election, 216, 220–22
Olympic boycott by, 601
Sadat and, 290
Soviet grain embargo imposed by, 238, 270
Carter, Rosalynn, 225–26
Casey, William, 214, 281, 300, 364, 448, 495, 535–36, 673
covert actions directed by, 474, 477, 478
Iran-Contra role of, 486, 516, 523, 528, 529, 534, 542
and Soviet policy, 606
Cash-flow management techniques, 340, 341
Castro, Fidel, 238, 239, 273, 300, 450, 457, 471–73, 475
Catholic church, 22, 30–32
Catholic Relief Services, 490, 522
Cattle Queen of Montana, 118
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 281, 300, 491, 492, 535–36, 564
in Central America, 474, 477
Iran-Contra role of, 485–86, 510
in Lebanon, 443, 490, 507, 525
Chad, 290, 444
Challenger disaster, 403–4, 515, 516
Chambers of Commerce, 119, 128, 147, 315, 317
Charles, Prince of Wales, 274, 287, 388, 391
Charles, Ray, 326
Chase, Jeanine, 8
Checks and balances, 160
Chernenko, Konstantin, 592–602, 611, 612
Chernobyl nuclear accident, 664, 676, 685, 708, 710
Chicago Cubs, 72–73, 77, 78, 80, 81
Chicago White Sox, 72, 77
China, People’s Republic of, 361, 368–73, 703–5
Christian sects, Lebanese, 409, 418, 437, 442, 445, 461
Christopher, George, 150–51
Citibank, 322
Citizens for the Republic, 203
Citizens Military Training Program, 75
Civil servants
in California, 156
salaries and fringe benefits for, 340
Civil War, 230
Cleaver, Margaret, 40–41, 44–46, 49, 51, 57, 61, 75–76
Clark, Bill, 448, 477, 478
Cohan, George M., 96
Cold War, 270, 273, 306, 715
Cole, Bud, 58, 65
Colombia, 475, 476
Columbia (space shuttle), 264–65
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 215
Commerce Department, U.S., 594
Commonwealth Club, 128
Communism, 14, 15, 132, 149, 205, 347, 348, 551, 556, 567, 591, 594, 605, 720
and Berlin Wall, 680–82
in Central America
, 238–40, 358, 450, 471–80, 484–85, 574
in China, 368, 371, 372
collapse of, 555, 558, 702–3
as economic system, 237–38, 552, 638–39, 708
Gorbachev and, 641, 702–3, 707, 720
in Grenada, 450, 455–57
and movie industry, 106–7, 109–115, 118, 119, 121
in Philippines, 362
in Poland, 301–2, 304–6
spread of, 127, 219, 165–67, 300
Competition
agricultural, 344
industrial, 346–48
trade policy and, 355–57
Computers, government use of, 340, 341
Concentration camps. 376–78, 381, 382
films of, 99, 100, 380
Congress, U.S., 129, 140, 197, 227, 307, 316, 326, 341, 352, 386, 453, 539, 621, 641, 669, 702, 705
arms control and, 660, 661
balanced budget amendment in, 439
and Central America, 471, 476–79, 481–83, 515, 684, 703
and communists in movie industry, 109–10
defense spending and, 552, 557, 568, 571, 575, 585, 601, 615, 684
economic policy and, 233–34, 265, 284–88, 298, 313, 314, 316, 319–22, 325, 332, 335–39, 350, 501
farm subsidies in, 342, 345
federal employees strikes prohibited by, 282
and Grenada invasion, 451, 454
and Iran-Contra affair, 484–86, 510, 529, 533, 541
and Middle East, 411–14, 416, 442, 446, 447, 461, 463, 466, 493, 705
receptions for members of, 391
SDI opposed in, 687
trade policy and, 241–42, 254, 255, 273–74, 347
during World War I, 101
Connally, John, 212
Conference of Studio Unions (CSU), 107–9
Conscience of a Conservative, The (Goldwater), 138
Conservative Party, British, 204
Constitution, U.S., 129, 142, 180, 196, 198, 220
balanced budget amendment to, 320, 321, 323, 338, 439
separation-of-powers principles in, 483
Supreme Court and, 280
Twenty-fifth Amendment to, 500
Contras, 300, 477, 481, 484–85, 515, 684, 703
See also Iran-Contra affair
Coolidge, Calvin, 244, 282
Cooper, Gary, 117
Cordiner, Ralph, 127, 133, 137
Cornelius, Ray, 193
Corporate taxes, 232
simplification of, 333–34
Cosner, David, 460
Cosner, Marva, 460
Costa Rica, 239, 474, 475
Courtemanche, Jack, 725
Covert operations, 476
in Middle East, 281
murder prohibited during, 491–92
against Nicaragua, 300, 474, 477, 481, 484–86, 530, 542, 648
See also Iran-Contra affair
Crane, Phil, 212
Craxi, Bettino, 509
Crispin, Elaine, 695, 725
Cronkite, Walter, 215
Crowe, Admiral William J., 518
Cruise missiles, 353, 551, 581, 586, 599, 699
air-launched, 658
Cuba, 238–40, 266, 272, 359, 361, 471–75, 720
Grenada and, 450, 455–56
missile crisis, 295, 472
Soviet military facilities in, 574
Cummings, Robert, 96
Cyprus, 535
Czechoslovakia, 267, 555, 584
D-day anniversary ceremony, 374–76
Dachau, 376–78
Dailey, Dan, 103
Daniloff, Nicholas, 526, 666–69, 672–74
Darling, Bessie, 399
Dart, Justin, 156, 204
Davis, Dick, 694, 695
Davis, Edith, 696–97
Davis, Loyal, 145, 319, 321, 322, 560
Davis, Patti, 125, 155, 193, 534, 554–566, 568, 603, 697
“Day After, The,” 585
Dead Souls (Gogol), 714
Dean, Dizzy, 73
“Death Valley Days,” 138, 144
Deaver, Michael, 208, 209, 214, 230, 255, 256, 315, 377, 378, 448, 533, 534
Defense Department, U.S., 571, 594
Defense spending, 14, 234–35, 316, 562
during Carter administration, 205, 217
cuts in, 205, 315, 319, 320, 552, 557, 568, 684
increases in, 294, 336
See also Military, modernization of
Deficit, 315, 317, 325
in California, 157–59, 165, 175
Congress and, 336–37
debt ceiling and, 234
farm aid and, 345
growth of, 198, 312
Mondale and, 326
projected, 320, 323, 324
spending cuts to reduce, 234, 313, 314, 318, 488, 516
de Havilland, Olivia, 84, 103, 112–113, 115, 117
Delehanty, Tom, 261
Dellinger, Dottie, 8, 725
Delta Force, 535
Democratic Party, 119, 251, 259, 262, 336, 337, 339, 439, 482–83, 540
anti-Communism and, 110
in California, 144, 157, 159–62, 166, 168, 169, 184, 189–91
Carter and, 205
and Central America policy, 477, 481, 484
defense spending opposed by, 557, 568, 571, 684
during Depression, 66
economic policy and, 233–34, 265, 284–88, 313, 314, 316–22, 324, 449, 510, 590
House majority of, 233
in 1960 election, 132–35, 137
in 1964 election, 139, 140
in 1976 election, 201
in 1980 election, 209
in 1982 election, 323
in 1984 election, 325–27, 329
SDI opposed by, 687
trade policy and, 242, 255
Dempsey, Jack, 260
Deng Xiaoping, 370
Denmark, 188
Des Moines Register and Tribune, 86, 210
Desperate Journey, 96, 97
Détente, 265
Diana, Princess of Wales, 287, 388
Disarmament
unilateral, 270
See also Arms control
Disciples of Christ, 22, 32, 44, 61
Discrimination, see Racial bigotry
Dobrynin, Anatoly, 269, 551, 558, 559, 572, 582, 595, 599, 601, 603, 610, 661, 662, 667
Dole, Robert, 212, 317
Domenici, Pete, 318
Dominica, 450
Donaldson, Sam, 439, 725
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 132
Douglas, Melvyn, 132
Drake Relays, 71
Druse militias, 445, 446, 464
Duarte, José Napoléon, 478
Duberstein, Ken, 722, 725
Duberstein, Sydney, 725
Duvalier, Jean-Claude (Baby Doc), 363
East Germany, 555
Economic planning, 205
Economic recovery program, 230–34, 243, 253, 256, 265, 279, 298, 324–25, 412, 414, 536
Democrats and, 284–88
hardship during early years of, 342–348
international response to, 350–51
pressure to abandon, 589–90
public support for, 479
recession and, 306–7, 311–24
tax simplification and, 332–35
trade and, 241–42, 253–55
Economic summits, 350–55, 373, 376, 381–82, 421, 554, 559, 636
Education
in California, 163–64
federal aid to, 196–98, 201, 298
Education, U.S. Department of, 198
Egypt, 290–92, 412, 415, 417, 419–421, 424, 432, 435, 441, 444, 492
and Achille Lauro hijacking, 508
ancient, 231
Camp David accords, 407, 414, 417, 420
Eisenhower, Dwight, 133, 140, 141, 229, 279–80, 472
Eisenhower (aircraft carrier), 445
Electoral districts, drawing of boundaries of, 160–61, 482
Electronic funds-transfer s
ystem, 340
Elizabeth II, Queen, 354, 373, 387, 568
El Salvador, 238, 240, 266, 300, 456, 474, 477–79
Emancipation Proclamation, 229
Energy crisis, 266
England, see United Kingdom
Enrile, Juan Ponce, 363
Entitlement programs, 198, 336
cuts in, 316
for farmers, 343
fraud and waste in, 340–41
See also Welfare
Entrepreneurship, 348–49
in China, 371
EPCOT Center, 568
Erkenbeck, Jane, 725
Ethiopia, 266, 472
Eureka College, 44–61, 64–65, 69–70, 72, 81, 87, 180, 231, 552
Excise taxes, 315, 321
Executives Club, 128
Fascism, 106, 110, 112
Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia, 463, 492, 493
Falklands war, 357–62
Fair Housing Act (1968), 401
Faisal, King of Syria, 434
Farmers
in China, 372
federal aid to, 196, 198, 343–45, 355
grain embargo and, 238
tariffs and, 241–42
Federal aid, control through, 196–97
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 282–83
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 111, 112, 115, 280, 536
Federal Elections Commission, 212
Federal Register, 341
Federal Reserve Board, 298, 538, 694
Federated Republican Women’s Club, 145
Feltsman, Vladimir, 638, 686
Feminists, 638
Fenwick, Millicent, 323
Ferraro, Geraldine, 327
Ferraro, Tom, 725
Fields, W. C, 261, 501
Firestone, Leonard, 156
Florida primary, 201
Flynn, Errol, 84, 92, 96
Food stamp program, 341
Football, 20, 32, 34, 38–40, 42, 45, 90–92
broadcasting of games, 59, 64–66, 72–74, 200
at Eureka College, 47, 49–53, 55, 56, 87
Ford, Gerald, 74, 200–203, 215–216, 220, 379
Foreign policy, 243, 523, 533, 601
toward Central America, 238–40, 471–84, 703, 704; See also Iran-Contra affair
CIA and, 477
Congress and, 483–84, 493
Haig and, 254, 256, 270, 360–61
job approval rating on, 572
toward Middle East, 407–48, 461–467, 490–92, 704–5; See also Iran-Contra affair
role of bureaucracy in, 594
toward Soviets, see Soviet Union
Foster Grandparents Program, 187, 195, 204, 694
France, 188, 350, 374–76, 382
arms control and, 577, 580–81, 620
D-day anniversary ceremony in, 374–76
Middle East and, 413, 418, 434, 438, 444, 448, 453, 460, 464, 465, 523
and U.S. bombing of Libya, 519
Frazer, B. J., 41–42, 57, 76, 86
Freeman, Y. Frank, 171
Free trade, 241, 242, 253, 355–56
Frost, Robert, 15
Gable, Clark, 117, 398
Gale, Robert, 710
Galtieri, Leopoldo, 358, 360
Garland, Judy, 118