by Curt Smith
Costas, Bob, 194
Council on Foreign Relations, 50
Crane, Phil, 55
Crawford TX, ranch at, 248
Croisant, Eugene, 197
Cronkite, Walter, 76
Crosby, Bing, 255
cultural conservatism, 170, 185
Cuomo, Mario, 15, 180
Curry, Duncan, 302
Curtis, Cyrus H. K., 74
Curtis Publishing Company, 74–75
Czechoslovakia, 148
Dallek, Robert, 99
Darman, Richard, 149–50, 198
Dartmouth College, 273
Davis, Angela, 52
Davis, Jefferson, 149
Davis, Lanny, 224
Davis, Mark, 137, 142, 211
A Day in the Life of the President, 33
The Day the Wall Came Down (Goodnight), 262
D-Day, 145
D-Day anniversaries, 98, 207
Deaver, Michael, 77, 98
debates, presidential: G. H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot, fig. 27, 219–22, 223
G. H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis, 122–23, 124–25
G. H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, 71–72
G. W. Bush and Al Gore, 265–66, 268
Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, 79–80
John Anderson and Ronald Reagan, 79
Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, 27
Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan, 89–91
debates, vice-presidential: Dan Quayle, Al Gore, and James Stockdale, 219
Dan Quayle and Lloyd Bentsen, 123–24
G. H. W. Bush and Geraldine Ferraro, 89–90
DeFrank, Tom, 6, 41, 71, 169, 248, 265
Demarest, David, 134, 135, 137, 141, 156, 189, 197, 199, 204, 206
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, 27, 44
Democratic conventions. See conventions, political party
Des Moines Register, 109
de Tocqueville, Alexis, 119, 242
Dewey, Thomas, 10, 64, 172, 187, 212
Dickenson, James, 43
DiMaggio, Joe, 177–78
Distinguished Flying Cross, 5, 274–75
dogs, presidential, 95–96, 181, 197, 290
Dole, Bob, 50, 101, 108, 109–10, 112–13, 118, 185
Dole, Elizabeth, 118, 137, 141
domestic policy, 163–64, 171, 182, 222
Donald, David, 21
Donovan, Hedley, 17
Doolittle, James A., 141
Dowd, Maureen, 116, 173, 194
The Downing Street Years (Thatcher), 257
Dresser Industries, 8
Duffy, Michael, 43
Dukakis, Michael, 114, 115–16, 117–18, 120– 23, 124–29
Durbin, Richard, 133
Economic Recovery act of 1981, 83
economy: G. H. W. Bush and, 163–64, 186, 192, 196–97, 202, 223
Ronald Reagan and, 83, 84, 87–88
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 31
as president, 16–19, 20, 135, 278, 281
quotes of, 15, 22, 89, 130, 145, 207, 208, 289, 303
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, fig. 12, 97, 136–37
Eisenhower’s Centenary Commission, 18
elections, presidential. See presidential elections
Elizabeth II, Queen, 167–69, 171
Ellerson, Rich, 239
Ellington, Duke, 39, 291
Elliott, Ben, 98, 119
Enberg, Dick, 238
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 29, 153, 292–93
Epting, C. Christopher, 266–67
Esquire, 25, 75
evangelical Christians, 62, 109, 211
Evangelical Outreach White House Office, 186
Evans, Billy, 142
Evans, Rowland, 56
Faith NC, 207–8
Falkland Islands, 165, 299
Falwell, Jerry, 60, 86
Ferguson, Andrew, 211
Ferguson, Ernest, 61
Ferraro, Geraldine, 88–90, 91
Fiers, Alan, Jr., 237
Finback, USS, fig. 2, 5
fireside chats, 281
First International Bank, 50
Fisher, Mary, 214
Fitness Month, 149
Fitzgerald, Ella, 233
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 278
Fitzwater, Marlin, 144, 146, 150, 199, 205
Floresville TX, 59
Flowers, Gennifer, 202
Foley, Tom, 150
Fonda, Jane, 28, 68
football, 18, 130–31, 238–39
Ford, Gerald, 22, 40–42, 290
post-presidency of, fig. 28, 76–77, 262
as president, 42–43, 47–50, 133, 152, 282
as vice president, 34
Ford, Glenn, 193–95
foreign policy: G. H. W. Bush and, 32, 131, 152, 156, 163, 265
of Ronald Reagan, 101, 114
Forgy, Chaplain, 302
Forrestal, USS, fig. 13, 144
Fourth of July TV special, 148–49
Fox News, 104
Franklin, Benjamin, 74, 172–73
Frost, David, 1–2, 4–5, 8–9, 49, 73
Fuller, Craig, 93, 104
fundamentalism, 52, 266–67
Fund for America, 93
Galbraith, David, 258
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 12–13
Gallup polls: on Dwight Eisenhower, 16
First Lady approval ratings, 36, 37
G. H. W. Bush approval ratings, fig. 20, 148, 163, 174, 188, 192, 197, 243, 264
greatest president, 182
presidential election, 21, 76, 79, 80, 84, 122, 203, 211, 219
Richard Nixon approval ratings, 34
Ronald Reagan approval ratings, 184
Gamble, Doug, 118–19, 135, 179, 197, 259–60
Gannett Co., 44
Gannett, Frank, 44
Garagiola, Joe, 139
Garner, John Nance, 77
Gaston, Cito, 235
Gates, Bob, 240, 252
Gavin, Bill, 246
Gay GOP White House Office, 186
Gehrig, Lou, 81–82, 175
Geneva summit, 100–101
George, Clair, 237
George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service, Bush Library Foundation’s, 275
George Bush School of Government and Public Service, 247, 255
George H. W. Bush (Naftali), 7, 254
George H. W. Bush, USS, 274–75
George H. W. Bush Library and Museum: building of, 234, 247, 252, 253, 254–55
exhibits of, xiv, xv
opening and rededication of, fig. 28, 263, 264–62
George Marshall Award, 255
George VI, King, 167, 169
George W. Bush Presidential Center, 277
Gephardt, Richard, 174, 180
Gettysburg Address, 282
Gibbs, Nancy, 43
Gilder, Joshua, 259
Gingrich, Newt, 151–52, 193
Golden Knights, U.S. Army, fig. 29, 263
Goldman, Eric, 29
Goldwater, Barry, 10, 21–22
golf, 31, 187–88
Gomez, Eddie, 142
Goodearle, J. Roy, 8, 20, 23
Good Morning America, 272
Goodnight, Veryl, 262
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 278
GOP, wings of, 134–35
Gorbachev, Mikhail, fig. 13, 100–101, 102–3, 113, 142, 144, 162, 192, 253, 305
Gore, Al, 211, 212, 221, 223, 268–69
Grady, Bob, 121
Graham, Billy, 52–53, 60, 129–30, 187, 215, 297, 307
Graham, Katharine, 132
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, 149–50
The Grand Ole Opry, 122
Grant (later Cary), Mary Kate, 137, 151, 163, 188, 211, 247–48
Gray, C. Boyden, 191
The Great American Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book (Boyd and Harris), 176
Great Britain, 84, 164–69, 258, 299
Great Society, 10, 24, 282
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Greeley, Horace, 198, 224
Greenfield, Meg, 26, 30
Greenspan, Alan, 149
Griffith, Andy, 208–10
Gulf War: attacks of, 158
decision making and preparations for, 154–57, 252–53, 258
G. H. W. Bush’s defense of, 158–63, 295–97, 304
G. H. W. Bush’s letter to his children on, 284–86
Margaret Thatcher and, 257, 300
gun control, 126
Haig, Alexander, 34–35, 83, 103, 110
Haiti, 260
Haldeman, H. R. “Bob,” 32, 133
Hamilton, Alexander, 44
Hamilton College, 44–45
Hardball, 266
Harding, Warren, 279–80
Harlow, Bryce, 26
Harris, Fred C., 176
Harris polls, 122
Harry Walker Agency, 249
Hartmann, Robert, 133
Harvey, Paul, 118–19
Hate Crimes Statistics Act, 181
Havel, Václav, 148
Hayden, Tom, 25
Hayward, Bernard, 15
health care, 203, 207, 260
Hearst, William Randolph, 52
Heckler, Margaret, 97, 117
Heiden, Julie Harry, 140
Heinz, John, 179
Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, 254–55
Henrich, Tommy, 175
Henry, William, 54
Hepburn, Audrey, 233
Hibbs, Ben, 75
Hill, Anita, 172
Hills, Carla, 235
Hinchliffe, Beth, 137, 247, 249
Hoffer, Eric, 116
Holloway, Diane, 194
Hoover, Herbert, 278
Hope, Bob, 52, 199, 225, 255
Hopkins, Harry, 281
Horton, Willie, 121, 128, 129, 147, 185, 203
Hoskinson, Sam, 62
Hour of Decision, 52
Houston Chronicle, 251
Houston redistricting, 22
Howard, Ron, 209
Howe, Jonathan T., 240
Huckabee, Mike, 5, 264
Hu Jintao, 274
Hume, Brit, 149, 150
Humphrey, Hubert, 21, 97
Hunyadi, János, 143
Hurricane Katrina, 272, 273–74
Hussein, Saddam, 154–57, 158, 159–60, 161, 199, 254, 270–71, 295–97
Hutchens, John, 45
Iacocca, Lee, 179
immigration, illegal, 236
inaugural speeches, presidential, 279, 282, 293–94
Inner Circles (Haig), 34
Inouye, Daniel, 285
Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty, 102–3, 241
International Parachute Association, 262
Iran, 64, 100, 102, 270
Iran-Contra scandal, 101–3, 105–6, 224, 237
Iranian hostage-taking, 64, 83–84, 100
Iraq, 154–57, 254, 270–71, 296. See also Gulf War
Israel, 62, 161, 253, 293
Jackson, Andrew, 93, 234
Jackson, Jesse, 114, 203
Jefferson, Thomas, 76, 172–73, 279
John Birch Society, 20, 22
John Paul II, Pope, 273
Johnson, Lady Bird, 234, 262
Johnson, Lyndon, 22, 23–24, 59, 95, 133, 221, 278, 282
Joint Israel Appeal, 258
Kean, Thomas, 210
Keating, Charles, 66
Keene, David, 103
Kemp, John French “Jack,” 108, 112, 118
Kempton, Murray, 13
Kennedy, Edward, 57, 60, 63, 65, 116, 132, 275
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 234
Kennedy, John F., 5, 45, 187, 278, 281–82
Army-Navy game and, 130
elections and, 19, 21, 27, 226
on the presidency, 132
speeches and, 20–21, 281–82
Kerry, John, 271
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 100
Khrushchev, Nikita, 20
King, Larry, 272
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 117, 176–77
King, Rodney, 203–4
The King’s Speech, 169
Kirkland, Samuel, 44
Kirton, John, 258–59
Kissinger, Henry, 33, 48, 56, 76, 96, 252
Knotts, Don, 209
Koch, Dorothy Bush, 7, 180
Korean War Memorial, 118–20, 121
Kramer, Michael, 70
Krauthammer, Charles, 102, 123
Kristol, Bill, 142
Kuwait, 154–55, 159, 160, 253–54, 295–96. See also Gulf War
Lakeland Middle School volunteers, 242
Landers, Ann, 19
Lange, Mark, 137, 154, 211, 247, 249
LaPierre, Wayne, 261
Lardner, Ring, 23
Leach, Jim, 138
Lehrer, Jim, 222
libraries, presidential: George W. Bush, 277
Richard Nixon, 30, 152–54, 184, 267, 289–94
Ronald Reagan, 51, 113, 182, 277. See also George H. W. Bush Library and Museum
Life, 52, 181
Lincoln, Abraham: G. H. W. Bush and, 16, 21, 146, 148–49, 160, 172–73, 298
on the presidency, 289
speech writing and, 279
literacy, 94, 95–96, 180
Little League Baseball, 178
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 55
Loeb, William, 86
Lombardo, Guy, 53–54
Lone Sailor Award, 175
Lorimer, George Horace, 74
Los Angeles riots, 203–4, 205
MacArthur, Douglas, 130, 237–38, 257
MacLeish, Archibald, 281
Madrid regional peace conference, 253
Mahe, Eddie, 57, 58–59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66
Mailer, Norman, 27, 66
Maimon, Moses Ben, 117
Main Street wing of GOP, 134
Major, John, 207, 236
Malek, Fred, 164
Malta summit, 144–45
Marine One, fig. 20
Market Opinion Research polls, 148, 201
Marketplace, 272
Marshall, George C., 239, 256
Martha’s Table, 181
Matsui, Robert, 133
Matthews, Chris, 25, 266
Mayer, Robert, 130
Mayo Clinic, 271
McCain, John S., I, 274–75
McCain, John S., III, 10, 11, 118, 185, 264, 267
McCall, James, 263
McCall Corporation, 6
McCarthy, Joe (Yankees manager), 44
McCarthy, Joseph (senator), 14, 220
McFarlane, Robert “Bud,” 100–102, 237
McGovern, George, 28, 33, 42–43
McGrath, Jim, 276
McGroarty, Dan, 137, 156
McNally, Ed, 137, 142, 156, 181, 211, 247
Medals of Freedom, 141, 162, 165, 176–77, 240, 241, 275, 298–301
Medals of Honor, 233, 303
media bias, 63, 78, 89, 106–8, 196, 201, 214, 236–37
Media Opinion Research polls, 180
Meese, Edwin, 102
Meir, Golda, 293
“Memories in the Fall” (Bush and Smith), 178
Meyer, Eugene, 9
Middle America, 33, 51, 52–54, 55, 185, 292
Millie, fig. 11, 153, 181
Millie’s Book, 181
Miss America Pageant, 53
Mitchell, Andrea, 192
Mitchell, George, 136, 150
Moley, Raymond, 281
Mondale, Walter, 50, 88, 90–91, 106, 259
Montville, Leigh, 176, 178
Morris, Robert, 31
Morris, Wright, 75
Morrison, Peter, 166
Morrow, Lance, 46, 73
Mosbacher, Robert, 164
Mount Rushmore, fig. 23, 172
Moyers, Bill, 59
Mrs. Bush’s Story Time, 180
Mulroney, Brian, 178, 242–43
Mumford, Lewis, 20
Murphy Brown, 204–5
Mushnick, Phil, 152
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 202, 235–36
Naftali, Timothy, 7, 230, 254, 265
Nashua Telegraph debate, 71–72, 80
National Academy of Engineering Awards, 147–48
National Grocers Association convention, 201
National Italian American Foundation, 274
National Museum of American History, 246
National Parks, 173
National Press Club, 61–62
National Religious Broadcasters, 148, 294–95
National Security Medal, 240
National Women’s Hall of Fame, 37, 39
negative campaigning, 112, 125
Neuharth, Al, 44
Neustadt, Richard E., 129
Nevada, USS, 189, 301, 303
New Republic, 62
Newsweek: Billy Graham and, 52
Gerald Ford and, 41
G. H. W. Bush and, 105, 125, 126, 179, 184, 185
on John Connally, 61
The Quest for the Presidency and, xii, 105, 115
on Richard Nixon, 43
on Saturday Evening Post, 75
New Yorker, 48, 176
New York Times: Andy Griffith and, 209, 210
best-selling book list of, 181, 255
on Franklin Roosevelt, 241
G. H. W. Bush and, 154, 158, 162, 163, 173, 200, 201, 251–52
G. W. Bush and, 266
on John Connally, 59, 62
polls of, 213, 215–16
Ronald Reagan and, 98
The Next President (Frost), 1–2, 4–5, 8–9, 49
Ney, Edward, 256–57
Nicaragua, 102, 148, 237
Nightline, 154
Nisbet, Robert N., 23
Niumatalolo, Ken, 239
Nixon, Julie, 27, 290
Nixon, Pat, 36–39, 234, 291
Nixon, Richard, fig. 6
comeback of, 27–28
elections of, 19–20, 97, 163, 290
G. H. W. Bush and, 22–23, 196, 291–94
post-presidency of, 30–31, 64–66, 68, 252
as president, 25–30, 32–33, 43, 52, 56, 133, 135, 163, 278, 282
presidential library of, 30, 152–54, 184, 267, 289–94
quotes of, 18, 82, 246
Silent Majority speech and, 158
as vice president, 17, 95
Watergate and, 34–36, 40, 41, 46–47
Nixon, Tricia, 290
Nofziger, Lynn, 216
“no new taxes,” 120, 149–52, 192, 222, 229, 261, 275
Noonan, Peggy, 98, 118–19, 136, 141, 199, 264, 265, 277
Noriega, Manuel, 146
Norquist, Grover, 261
North, Oliver, 102
North Korea, 270
Novak, Robert, 56
NRA (National Rifle Association), 261
Nunn, Sam, 174, 180
Oak Ridge Boys, 224
Obama, Barack: elections of, 80, 115, 197
on G. H. W. Bush, 275
George W. Bush presidential library and, 277
media bias and, 191, 192
opposition handling of, 158–59
speechwriting and, 279, 284
O’Connor, John Joseph, 130
O’Flaherty, Kevin E., 275
oil business, fig. 5, 7–8, 9–10, 20, 63