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An American Life

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by Ronald Reagan


  Garn, Jake, 320

  Gemayel, Amin, 439, 444–46

  Gemayel, Bashir, 437, 439

  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 356

  General Electric (GE), 126–31, 137–138, 147, 170, 207

  General Motors, 127

  Genscher (West German Foreign Minister), 379

  Geneva summit, 11–16, 509, 622–24, 628–46, 662, 664, 670, 683, 698, 708, 717, 721

  Geoghan, Kerry, 8

  George Washington University Hospital, 260–64, 275

  Georgia primary, 202

  Germany

  in World War II, 374–84, 595

  See also East Germany; West Germany

  Gerrymandering, 160–61

  Ghorbanifar, Manucher, 510, 516

  Ghosts, 399–401

  Glasnost, 683, 703

  Gogol, Nikolai, 714

  Goldberg, Cathy, 8

  Goldwater, Barry, 138–45, 176, 368–369

  Gompers, Samuel, 134

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 507, 526, 611–619, 621–32, 642–74, 683, 686–692, 707–8, 715–21

  at Geneva summit, 11–15, 633–41

  at Moscow summit, 705–7, 709–713

  at Reykjavik summit, 675–79

  Thatcher and, 609

  at Washington summit, 684, 697–701

  Gorbachev, Raisa, 658, 698, 710, 711

  Government regulations, 129, 147, 207, 476

  in California, 153

  reduction in, 234, 298, 312, 341, 349, 351

  Graber, Ted, 243 Grace, J. Peter, 339

  Grace Commission, 339–41

  Grain embargo, 238, 270, 271, 273, 344

  Gramm, Phil, 286

  Gramm-Latta budget resolution, 285, 313

  Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, 338, 510

  Grande, Peggy, 8 Grant, Cary, 103

  Great Britain, see United Kingdom

  Great Depression, 19–20, 47, 51, 54–56, 60–62, 66, 71, 101, 105, 119, 134, 153, 157, 169, 191, 241–42, 307, 342, 343, 479, 594

  “Great Society,” 139, 142, 198, 207, 316

  Greece, 265

  Greenspan, Alan, 694

  Grenada, invasion of, 449–57, 459, 473

  Gridiron Dinner, 256

  Grimm, Charley, 80

  Grinde, Nick, 86

  Gromyko, Andrei, 14, 559, 585, 602–606, 608–10, 617, 623

  Guatemala, 239, 474

  Habib, Philip, 363, 364, 412–13, 419, 421, 424–30, 433, 437, 439–41, 443

  Haig, Alexander, 206, 254–56, 270–271, 291, 296, 297, 303, 359–62

  Haiti, 363

  Hall, Jon, 8

  Hal Roach studio, 98

  “Hands off” management style, 161–162

  Harley Davidson Company, 346–47

  Hart, William S., 58

  Hartman, Arthur, 453, 559, 586, 614–15

  Hasty Heart, The, 116, 119

  Hayden, Sterling, 114

  Hayward, Charlie, 7

  Heller, Doris, 8

  Hemingway, Ernest, 138

  Henn, Lisa Zanatta, 375–76

  Herman, Billy, 256

  Higdon, Robert, 8

  Hijackings

  of Achille Lauro, 507–9

  of TWA Flight 847, 493–99

  Hildebrand, Joanne, 8

  Hinckley, John, Jr., 262–63, 320, 488

  Hirohito, Emperor, 187

  Hispanics, 183

  Hitler, Adolf, 99, 110, 380, 410, 549, 589

  Hitler Youth, 538

  Hizballah, 489–90, 497, 505, 507, 512, 516, 520–23, 526, 527

  Hodges, Joy, 78–79

  Holden, Ardis, 122, 123

  Holden, William, 122, 123

  Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions (HICCASP), 111–114

  Hollywood Reporter, 86

  Holocaust, 377, 380, 408, 410, 421

  German soldiers equated with victims of, 378

  Homelessness, 698

  Home mortgage subsidies, 320

  Honduras, 239, 474, 475

  Hooley, Jim, 725

  Hoover, Herbert, 402

  Horton, Edward Everett, 84

  Hostages

  at Augusta National Golf Course, 452

  in Iran, 217–19, 225, 227, 236–37, 266, 281, 490

  in Lebanon, 490–92, 496–98, 505–507, 509, 512–13, 516, 520–26, 535, 542

  potential, in Grenada, 450

  House of Representatives, U.S., 387, 641

  arms control and, 611

  balanced budget amendment in, 323

  defense spending in, 615

  Democratic majority in, 233, 265, 323, 352, 482, 540

  economic reform program in, 284–288, 319

  foreign policy and, 483

  Middle East and, 414

  Select Committee on Intelligence, 477

  Un-American Activities Committee, 114, 115

  Ways and Means Committee, 286

  Housing starts, 322

  Human rights abuses

  in El Salvador, 478

  in Iran, 218

  in Latin America, 474

  in Poland, 305

  Soviet, 299, 601, 616

  Humphrey, Hubert, 132

  Hungary, 267, 301, 584

  Husing, Ted, 59

  Hussein, King of Jordan, 431, 434, 440, 463, 492, 493

  Hutton, Barbara, 397

  Hutton, John, 397, 500, 693–96, 725

  Illinois primary, 201

  Illegal immigrants, 473, 698

  Imperialism, 272, 273

  INF treaty, 683, 685–87, 691, 696–699

  Inflation, 230

  during Carter administration, 205, 217, 220, 266

  declining rate of, 298, 327, 333, 345, 351

  farmers and, 344

  during recession, 315, 319

  tax revenues and, 312

  Interest rates, 230, 306

  declining, 298, 327, 333, 345

  during Carter administration, 205, 217

  farmers and, 344

  international impact of, 350

  during recession, 315, 322

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 231

  International affairs, see Foreign policy

  International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), 107–8

  Iowa, University of, 65–66, 74

  Iowa caucuses, 210–11, 213

  Iran, 290, 408, 409, 411, 443, 445, 453, 489, 496

  American hostages in, 217–19, 225, 227, 236–37, 266, 281, 490

  war with Iraq, 462, 489, 504, 506, 543, 684, 704

  Iran-Contra affair, 484–87, 501–2, 504–7, 509–13, 515–17, 520–543, 564, 623, 684, 687, 692

  Iraq, 413, 419

  war with Iran, 462, 489, 504, 506, 543, 684, 704

  Ireland, 188, 373–74

  Islamic fundamentalism, 218, 290–92, 409, 417, 418, 443, 453, 462, 489, 704

  Islamic Jihad, 489, 507

  Isolationism, 447, 479

  Israel, 290, 363, 370, 410–44, 462, 463, 467, 492, 493, 508, 525, 684, 704–5

  Camp David accords, 407, 414, 417, 420, 421

  founding of, 408

  Golan Heights annexed by, 418–19

  Iran-Contra role of, 504–7, 510, 520–22, 528, 529, 542

  “land for peace” option and, 430–431

  Lebanon invaded by, 419, 421–33, 435–45, 447, 464, 489, 557

  nuclear capability of, 703

  Shiites held in, 493–96

  Soviet Jews and, 638

  trade with, 356

  Italy, 188, 323, 350, 388, 438

  and Achille Lauro hijacking, 507–9

  Middle East and, 465

  missile deployment in, 586

  and U.S. bombing of Libya, 519

  Ito, Masayoshi, 254, 255

  Jackson, Selina, 8

  Jacobsen, David P., 492, 520, 522, 524–27

  Jamaica, 450

  Janklow, Mort, 7

  Japan, 187, 350

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sp; occupation of, 588

  trade with, 241, 242, 253–55, 273–274, 346, 347, 356, 515

  in World War II, 96, 97

  Jefferson, Thomas, 119, 134, 135, 196, 313, 325, 337, 476

  Jelloian, Chuck, 8

  Jenco, Lawrence Martin, 490, 496, 520, 522–26

  Jews

  and Bitburg visit, 376–78, 380, 382

  in concentration camps, 100

  discrimination against, 30

  and Middle East crisis, 408–10, 421, 439, 441

  and sale of AWACS to Saudis, 273

  Soviet, 299, 616, 638, 645, 675, 698, 706

  Jobs, creation of, 333, 334, 348, 476

  Joffrey Ballet, 253

  John Loves Mary, 116

  John Paul II, Pope, 372, 381, 387, 524, 525

  Johnson, Ellen Marie, 57–58

  Johnson, Lyndon, 139, 144, 198, 228, 316, 397, 401

  Johnson Spacecraft Center, 403

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, 235, 445, 557, 594, 608, 620, 684

  and bombing of Libya, 518

  and Grenada invasion, 450, 454

  and Middle East, 464, 535

  and Strategic Defense Initiative, 547, 571

  Jordan, 427, 430, 431, 433–35, 440, 444, 463, 489, 492, 493

  Jorgensen, Earle, 221

  Journey’s End, 57, 58

  Judicial appointments

  in California, 174–75, 280

  to Supreme Court, 279–80, 282, 694

  Junior League, 122–23

  Jurges, Billy, 73

  Justice Department, U.S., 280

  antitrust suit against movie studios, 117, 124

  and Iran-Contra affair, 529

  Karim, Prince Aga Khan, 634

  Kemp, Jack, 315, 321

  Kennedy, Edward, 150–51, 326, 329, 611

  Kennedy, John F., 132–34, 137, 139, 232–33, 239, 244, 373, 472, 476, 561

  Kennedy, Joseph, 134

  Kennedy, Robert F., 172

  KGB, 303, 567, 666–69, 673, 709

  Khaldoon, Ibn, 231, 232, 244

  Khomeini, Ayatollah, 236, 281, 290, 489, 504, 505, 527, 542

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 295, 472

  Kilburn, Peter, 520

  Killers, The, 138

  Kilpatrick, James J. (Jack), 277–78

  Kings Row, 95–96, 116

  Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 327, 358, 438, 448

  Kissinger, Henry, 557

  Klinghoffer, Leon, 508, 509

  Knapp Foundation, 244

  Knesset, 493

  Knowland, William F., 150, 177

  Knute Rockne-All American, 89–92, 94, 95, 116, 231–32

  Koehler, Jack, 538

  Kohl, Helmut, 295–96, 351, 376–78, 380–83, 559, 560, 577, 594, 685–86

  Korda, Michael, 7

  Korean Air Lines Flight 007, 582–86, 595

  Korean War, 133, 265

  Krasnoyarsk radar station, 609, 661, 709, 719

  Kuhn, Carole, 397, 725

  Kuhn, Jim, 397, 725

  Kuwait, 521, 523, 525

  Labor Party, Israeli, 439

  Labour Party, British, 119

  Lake, Jim, 208, 209, 214

  Lancaster, Burt, 138

  Last Outpost, The, 118

  Lauder, Harry, 63

  Laxalt, Paul, 200, 204, 208, 215, 362, 365, 538–39

  Lebanon, 409, 412–51, 487, 489

  American hostages in, 490–92, 496–98, 505–7, 509, 512–13, 516, 520–26, 535, 542

  bombing of marine barracks in, 452–54, 458–66, 490, 492 civil war in, 444–45, 448, 461–67, 489, 704

  Israeli invasion of, 419, 421–33, 435–45, 447, 464, 489, 557

  LeBlanc, Dennis, 194

  Lee, John, 8

  Lemon, Bob, 256

  Lenin, V. I., 14, 239, 265, 266, 474, 594

  LeRoy, Mervyn, 121, 122

  Lewis, Drew, 242, 253, 282

  Lewis, Samuel, 431, 432

  Libya, 266, 280–82, 289–92, 409, 444, 480, 507, 511, 515, 645

  U.S. bombing of, 517–20, 664, 704

  Lincoln, Abraham, 119, 149, 152, 229, 254, 262, 528

  ghost of, 400–401

  Lincoln, Mary Todd, 229

  Lindsey, Robert, 7

  Lindsey, Sandra, 7

  Line-item veto, 169, 191, 337–39

  Lions Club International, 495

  Little, Rich, 256

  London economic summit, 354

  Long, Russell, 317, 321

  López Portillo, José, 240

  Los Angeles Angels, 78

  Los Angeles Olympics (1984), 326, 592, 601–3

  Love Is on the Air, 85–86, 88, 153

  Lowell, James Russell, 40

  Lugar, Richard, 320

  Lumber industry, 345, 346

  MacArthur, General Douglas, 133, 588

  MacArthur, Peter, 63–66, 69, 71, 72

  McAuliffe, Christa, 403

  McCarthy, Tim, 261, 262

  McFarlane, Robert C. (Bud), 444, 446, 448, 452, 453, 464, 494, 527, 721

  and Grenada invasion, 450, 454

  Iran-Contra role of, 486, 502, 504–506, 509–10, 512–13, 515, 520–22, 542, 543, 623

  and Soviet policy, 594, 603, 605–6, 610, 615, 623, 628

  McKeown, Jack, 7

  McKinzie, Ralph (Mac), 45, 47–49, 51–52, 55, 56, 87

  McMahon (CIA officer), 510

  McNamee, Graham, 59

  McPherson, Aimee Semple, 74

  McReynolds, Winston, 38

  Madison, James, 196, 197

  MAD policy, 13–14, 257–58, 265, 547, 666

  Malaysia, 555

  Management policy, 161–62

  Mansfield, Mike, 254

  Marcos, Ferdinand, 187, 362–67, 507, 515

  Marcos, Imelda, 187, 362, 365–67

  Marines, U.S., 388–89

  on Grenada, 455

  in Lebanon, 430, 438, 439, 443–47, 452–53, 458–66, 489, 490, 492

  Maronite Christians, 409

  Marshall, George, 681

  Marshall, Thurgood, 402

  Marshall Plan, 588, 680–82

  Marx, Suzanne, 8

  Marxism, see Communism

  Maryland, University of, 385

  May, Lee, 725

  Mayer, Louis B., 171

  Mayhew, Alice, 7

  Mayo Clinic, 694

  MCA Inc., 96–97, 126

  MGM, 112, 117, 118, 122, 124, 171

  Medicare, 221

  Meese, Edwin, 208, 209, 213, 214, 230, 255, 314, 315, 318, 448, 477, 536

  Iran-Contra role of, 516, 528–30, 542, 543

  and Soviet policy, 606

  and Supreme Court nominations, 280

  “Meet the Press,” 152

  Meiklejohn, Bill, 79–81

  Metzenbaum, Howard, 379

  Mexican-Americans, 163

  Mexico, 239, 240, 300, 366, 474, 475, 478, 698

  trade with, 356

  Michel, Robert, 324, 454, 615

  Michigan, University of, 74, 200

  Military

  criteria for overseas commitment of, 466

  during Carter administration, 205, 217, 219

  modernization of, 234–35, 279, 294, 295, 299, 315, 333, 487–89, 548, 557, 561–62, 568, 570, 574, 585, 587, 590, 605–6, 619

  See also Army; Marines; Navy

  Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 58

  Miller, Ann, 253

  Mills Brothers, 74

  Minnesota, University of, 65

  “Misery index,” 220

  Missiles, see Nuclear weapons; specific missiles

  Mitterrand, François, 350, 353–54, 375, 381, 382, 390–91, 559

  Mix, Tom, 58

  Molink, 304

  Mondale, Walter, 216, 325–27, 329–331

  Monroe Doctrine, 471, 473

  Montgomery Ward Company, 19–21, 61, 62, 64, 211

  Moretti, Bob, 190

  Moscow Olympics, 601

  Moscow State University, 713

  Moscow summit, 637,
697, 701, 705–707, 709–16, 718

  Mozambique, 472

  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 155

  Mubarak, Hosni, 417, 419–21, 441, 492, 508

  Mulroney, Brian, 382, 388, 635

  Mulroney, Mila, 388

  Murkowski, Frank, 403

  Muskie, Edmund, 531

  Muslims, 408–9, 445, 461

  See also Islamic fundamentalism

  Mutual assured destruction, see MAD policy

  Mutual Balanced Force Reduction (MBFR) talks, 580

  MX Peacekeeper missile, 294, 323, 557, 560–62, 566, 575, 586, 590, 601, 610, 615

  Nakasone, Yasuhiro, 352, 356, 387

  Napoleon, 589

  Nashua Telegraph, 212

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 417, 420

  National Association of Evangelicals, 568

  National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 61, 62, 71, 140

  National debt, 207

  raising ceiling on, 233–34

  National Guard, 181, 182

  National Press Club, 293

  National Security Agency (NSA), 673

  National Security Council (NSC), 237, 281, 303, 323, 363, 490, 538, 571, 572, 667, 668

  arms control and, 567

  and bombing of Libya, 518

  briefings by, before foreign trips, 368

  Carlucci and Powell appointed to, 535, 540

  crisis management by, 255

  Iran-Contra role of, 485–87, 516, 523, 526, 528–30, 541, 543

  and KAL Flight 007, 583

  McFarlane appointed head of, 448, 449

  and Middle East, 444, 446, 464

  Philippines and, 365

  Soviet policy and, 594, 604, 610

  and TWA hijacking, 494, 496

  National Security Planning Group (NSPG), 438, 448, 477, 495–97, 666, 667

  and Soviet policy, 589, 594, 607, 608, 615, 620, 628, 629, 661

  NATO, 258, 271, 303, 361, 533, 568, 640

  arms control negotiations and, 295, 296, 353, 551, 576–78, 580–81, 590, 593, 596, 600–601, 657, 677, 684

  Navy, U.S.

  in Middle East, 446

  Seals, 508, 509

  Nazism, 99, 110, 376–78, 380, 457, 595

  Nelson, Dale, 725

  New Deal, 105, 207, 233, 316, 317

  New Hampshire primary, 201, 209–214

  New Jersey (battleship), 445, 465

  New York Times, The, 249, 385

  Nicaragua, 238, 266, 299–300, 456, 471, 473, 479–81, 515, 557–58, 616, 703

  covert operations against, 300, 474, 477, 481, 484–86, 530, 542, 648

  Nicholson, Major Arthur D., Jr., 615

  Nimitz (ship), 290

  Nitze, Paul, 570–71, 590

  Nixon, Pat, 396

  Nixon, Richard, 186, 187, 190, 200, 228, 271

  Brezhnev and, 269, 272

  California gubernatorial campaign of, 135–36, 144, 150

  in China, 369, 370

  1960 campaign of, 132–34

  in 1968 election, 176–78

  Nofziger, Lyn, 208, 214

  Noriega, Manuel, 704

  North, Oliver, 486, 530, 533, 534, 541–43, 721

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization, see NATO

  North Carolina primary, 201–2

 

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