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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
&nb
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