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George H. W. Bush

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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

 

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