The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
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Nixon family, 60
Nixonism, 153
Nixonland (Perlstein), xix
Nixon tapes, 148–51, 158, 180–81, 185–88, 190, 223
18 1/2 minute gap in, 199–200
House subpoena of, 231, 237, 252
missing recordings in, 192
published transcripts of, 231–37, 253–56, 267–68
Supreme Court ruling on, 259, 267
Nixon v. United States, 259
Nobel Peace Prize, 117, 187, 534
Nobel Prize, 310, 483, 488, 520
Noble, Elaine, 459
Nofziger, Lyn, 164, 545, 549, 595–96, 637, 640, 646, 789, 794, 798–99
Nolan, C. A., Sr., 118
Nolan, Lloyd, 619
Noriega, Manuel, 487, 633
Norris Dam, 394
Norristown, Pa., 737
North by Northwest (film), 96
North Carolina, 53, 94, 117, 129, 148, 229, 293, 443, 481, 494, 496, 552, 586, 637–38, 640–43, 645, 647–48, 650, 653, 655, 668, 751, 785, 793
North Carolina, University of, 642
North Carolina Bankers Association, 642
North Carolina State, 641
North Church (Boston), 710
North Dakota, 295
North Korea, 305, 384
Northrop, 616
Northside Baptist Church (Charlotte, N.C.), 494
North Star, The (film), 356
North Vietnam, North Vietnamese, 9–14, 16–17, 19, 51, 61, 65–66, 68–70, 73–74, 94, 110, 152, 187, 201, 323, 327, 420, 425–28, 431, 485, 669
Northwestern University, 242, 379, 543
Norway, king of, 347
Notes of the Future (anthology), 324
Notre Dame, 347
Novak, Robert, 140, 160, 249–50, 309, 317, 413, 465, 486, 494, 503, 540, 581, 597, 620, 634, 656, 660, 668, 676, 700, 703, 728, 737–39, 747–48, 768, 793
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 615
Nuremberg trial, 123
Oakland, Calif., 209, 408
Oakland federal building, 415
Oakville, Mo., 735
Obama, Barack, xix, 127
Obama, Michelle, xix
Oberlin, Ohio, 712
Oberlin College, 507
O’Brien, Larry, 172
O’Brien, Pat, 21, 347–48, 391
Occidental Petroleum, 184
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 478, 560
Odle, Robert C., 95
O’Donnell, Kenny, 565
Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), 74, 788
Office of Education, U.S., 293
Office of Management and Budget, 506
Office of National Economic Planning, 334
Official Report of the Proceedings of the Thirty-First Republican National Convention, The, 782, 792
Ohio, 80, 328, 502, 516, 690, 692–93, 695–97, 699, 719, 741
Ohio Turnpike, 214
oil, 111, 113, 177, 183–85, 196, 204, 219, 466
Okaloosa County, Fla., 624–25
Oklahoma, 219, 415, 474, 550, 589, 593, 685, 692
Oklahoma, University of, 685
Oklahoma City, Okla., 212
Oklahoma Outlaws, 340
Old Executive Office Building, 149
Old-Time Gospel Hour, The, 651
Olson, Frank, 473
Olympic Games, 684
of 1972 (Munich), 7, 62, 142
of 1976 (Innsbruck), 318, 605
Omaha, Nebr., 415
Omaha World-Herald, 237
O’Neal, Tatum, 688
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn), 484
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (film), 659
One World or None (Federation of Atomic Scientists), 355
Ontario 500, 220
Opel, David, 229
“Open Up the System” (electoral crusade), 320
Operation Babylift, 421–22, 426, 444
“Operation Candor,” 198–99, 201
Operation CHAOS, 472
“Operation Coffee Cup,” 401, 405
“Operation Frequent Wind,” 429
“Operation Gemstone,” 130, 137, 139, 248
Operation Homecoming, 2–9, 20–22, 49, 53, 71, 261, 424, 712
media and, 5–9, 14–19, 65–67
as propaganda campaign, 14–15, 17–18, 66–68, 72–74, 102, 107–8
“Operation Peace of Mind,” 208
“Operation Sandwedge,” 137
Operation Terror (radio series), 357
Operation Thunderbolt, 714
optimism, rhetoric of, xix–xx
Orangeburg, S.C., 474
Orange County, Calif., 4, 340, 404, 547
Orange County Board of Supervisors, 685
Oregon, 160, 188, 426, 569, 686–87, 690–91
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 184–85, 204, 225, 323, 454, 466, 501, 567
Origins of the Family, Private Property, and the State, The (Engels), 246
Orlanda, Fla., 634
Orlando, Tony, 771, 782–83, 794
Orr, Bobby, 290
Orwell, George, 330
Osborne, John, 414
Oscars, see Academy Awards
Oshkosh, Wis., 629
Oslo, 187
OSS, 462
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 276–77, 512–13
Our Gang (Roth), 252
Our Gang shorts, 350
Our Lady of Guadalupe (San Jose), 689–90
Oxford English Dictionary, 104
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), 510
Pacific Legal Foundation, 454–55
Pacific Palisades, Calif., 382, 396, 539, 544, 739
Pacino, Al, 425
Packard, David, 489–90, 526
Packwood, Robert, 188, 236
“Pageant of Freedom,” 710
Pak, Bo Hi, 700–701
Pakula, Alan, 275, 277
Palace Guard, The (Rather), 418
Palestine, 679, 714
Palestinian territories, 175, 185
Paley, William, 19–20, 305
Palladino, Elvira “Pixie,” 291, 460
Palmer, Arnold, 59
Palm Springs, Calif., 178, 423
Palm Sunday “Circus Mass,” 448
Panama, 108, 487, 632, 634, 646–47, 665–66, 674, 698, 764, 768, 780
Panama, Republic of, 632–34
Panama Canal, 304, 487–88, 646–47, 665, 676, 682, 692–93, 740, 746, 749, 780
Panama Canal Zone, 631–34, 665–66, 758
Panama City, 632
Panamanian Railway, 632
Pan American Airways, 203, 265
Papp, Joseph, 19
Parallax View, The (film), 275–77, 330
Paramount Decree, 352, 374, 468
Paramount Pictures, 646
Paris, 141, 705, 709
international energy conference in, 466
Paris Peace Accords, 51, 74, 281, 427
Paris peace talks, 12, 19, 50, 73, 90, 425
Parkinson, Gaylord, 547
Parsons, Louella, 346, 349, 378, 382
Pasadena, Calif., 314, 568
Pascagoula, Miss., 175
Pastor, Bob, 247
Patman, Wright, 51, 53, 328, 548
Patrick, Ted, 62
patriotism, conflicting definitions of, 154–57, 303
Paul and I Discover America (Fader), 303
Pauling, Linus, 520
Paulsen, Pat, 581
Pauls Valley, Okla., 8
Peace Committee (Vietnam POWs), 70–71, 102, 109, 146
Peace Corps, 550, 592, 613, 729
“peace with honor,” xiii, 1
“Peanut Brigade,” 608, 617, 624–25, 630
Peanuts (comic strip), 600–601, 769
Pearl Harbor attacks, 349, 552
Pearson, Drew, 405
Peck, Gregory, 355
Pekin, Ill., 104, 133, 156
Pell, Claiborne, 426
Pelosi, James, 146
Penn State University Show Troupe, 638
Pennsylvania, 56, 75, 212, 331, 363, 415, 457, 500, 513, 533–34, 550, 613, 620, 660–61, 664, 678–79, 737–38, 741–42, 745–46, 768, 770
Pennsylvania, University of, 229
Pennzoil, 398
Pentagon, 2, 6, 10–11, 14, 18, 67, 72, 110, 145–46, 327, 332–33, 349, 427, 497, 534, 679
see also Defense Department, U.S.
Pentagon Papers, 13, 79, 101
Pentecostal Assemblies of God, 449
Penthouse, 107
People, 562
People in Need (charity), 510
People’s Bicentennial Commission, 255, 606, 708
Peoria, Ill., 118, 710
Pepperdine University, 21, 336
Percy, Charles, 81, 91, 414, 497, 546, 554, 637–38
Perkins, Jack, 5
Perot, H. Ross, 12–13
Peru, 112
Petit, Philippe, 269
Pettit, Tom, 241–42
Philadelphia, Pa., 63, 265, 273, 286, 482, 615, 633, 663, 701, 708–11, 719, 744–46
Independence Hall in, 568
Philadelphia Flyers, 167
Philadelphia Inquirer, 633, 688, 701
Philadelphia Main Line, 738
Philip Morris, 479
Philippines, 5, 15
Clark Air Base in, 2–3, 14, 18–19, 107
Phillips, David Atlee, 577–78
Phillips, Howard, 74, 741
Phillips, Kevin, 114, 222, 305, 634
Phillips, Rubel, 733
Phillips Exeter Academy, 633
Phoenix, Ariz., 238, 451, 702
Photoplay, 165, 347, 350, 371, 374, 381
Phuoc Long province, 420
Phyllis Schlafly Report (newsletter), 458
Pickering, Charles, 754, 760, 774–75, 778–79, 786
Pierce, Hawkeye (char.), 305
Pike, Otis, 505–7, 509, 511, 523–24, 556–57, 598–99, 679
Pike Committee, 506–7, 511, 523–25, 556, 749
report of, 598–600, 626
Pilgrim Society, 337
Pill Bottle, The (play), 29
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto, 174, 181, 188, 711
Pioneer Commander, USS, 421
Pittsburgh, Pa., 284, 457, 661
Pittsburgh News, 556
Pittsburgh Pirates, 248
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 170
Pius XII, Pope, xiv–xv, 434, 727
Plains, Ga., 581, 583–84, 588, 590–92, 652, 679, 721, 728–30
Plains High School, 730
Plain Speaking (Miller), 214–15, 279
Platform Committee, Republican, 750, 754, 764–68
Plato, 178
Playboy, 102, 107, 225, 250, 274, 336, 716
Playgirl, 164
Pledge of Allegiance, 16
Plumb, Charlie, 67
“Plumbers” (Special Investigations Unit), 99, 171, 256, 564, 600
Plummer, Chester F., 743
Plymouth Rock, Mass., 701
Poage, W. R., 328
Poe, Edgar Allan, 295
Poland, 557
Polanski, Roman, 274
political action committees (PACs), 640–41, 674–75
political corruption, 63, 167–68
political polarization, xx
Politics of Pornography, The, 324
Pomona College, 344
Pompidou, Georges, 183–84
Pope, Bill, 610
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 702, 706
Population Bomb, The (Ehrlich), 112, 324
Porter, Herb, 127
Porter, Herbert, 126
Porter, Sylvia, 313
Portland, Oreg., 497, 712
Portland Trailblazers, 507
Portsmouth, Ohio, 614
Portsmouth, Va., 65
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 605
Portugal, 538, 557–58
“Posse Comitatus” movement, 207
Possom’s Poke & Tote Shop (Albany, Ga.), 68
Post, A. Alan, 161–62
Potter, Phil, 417
Powell, Dick, 368
Powell, Jody, 585, 589, 653
Powell, Lewis, 479–80
Power, Samantha, xix
Power Lovers, The (MacPherson), 562
“Power of Love” speech (1976), 695
Prairie Fire Organizing Committee, 702
PR as in President (Gold), 803–4
Pravda, 446
Predictions for 1974 (paperback), 176, 448
Prendergast, Tom, 215
Presbyterianism, 36, 447–48
Prescott (Arizona) Evening Courier, 344
President Ford Committee, 548, 673–74
“The Presidentials,” 776
President’s Council on Physical Fitness, 318
Press Club, 549
Preyer, Richardson, 481
Price, Ray, 520
Price Control Board, 61
Prickett, John “the Baptist,” 735
Pride of the Yankees (film), 671
Primal Scream, 570
Princess Pale Moon, 772, 776
Princeton University, 286
Prinz, LeRoy, 13
Prisoner of War (film), 384–85
“Procession Against Violence,” 670
Procter & Gamble, 480
Progressive Era, 328, 387
Prohibition, 28, 30
Project Independence, 197
“Project Unity,” 257
Pro-Life League, 444
pro-life movement, 443–44, 446–47, 640, 760–61
Proposition 1, 160–63, 168–69, 195–96, 410
Proposition 13, 286
Protestant-Catholic-Jew (Herberg), 447
Protestants, Protestantism, 20, 301, 460, 552
Provenzano, Anthony “Tony Pro,” 705
Providence, R.I., 395
Proxmire, William, 318
Prudential Life Insurance, 461
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 111, 184
Pryor, Richard, 164
Psychology Today Book Club, 575
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 20, 92, 123, 127, 131, 193, 336, 652
Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act (1970), 479
Public Interest, 318, 453
Publishers Weekly, 93
Puerto Rican nationalists, 415
Puerto Ricans, 303
Puget Sound, 455
Pulitzer Prize, 461
pundits, myopia of, xv
Purdue University, 319, 415
Pyramids, 175
Quadrangle, 555
Queens, N.Y., 63, 329
Quicksilver Times, 172–73
Quincy, Mass., 450
Qui Nhon, 421
Quinn, Sally, 682
Quotations from Chairman Sam (Ervin), 128
Rabe, David, 18–19
Racial Imbalance Act (Massachusetts), 287–88
racism, 226–28, 662–63
school busing crisis and, 287–92, 322–23, 443–44, 669–70
Radio Digest, 41
Radner, Gilda, 667
Rafshoon, Jerry, 610, 653–54
Ragged Dick (char.), 35, 37
Railsback, Tom, 260–62, 267
Raleigh, N.C., 637
Raleigh News & Observer, 641–42
Raleigh Times, 641
Ramada East Hotel, 775, 779
Ramada Inn (Miami), 549
Rancho Cielo (Reagan’s ranch), 561
Rand, Ayn, 312, 369
Raspberry, William, 315
Rather, Dan, 217, 418, 560, 772
Ray, Dorothy and Johnny, 8
Ray, Elizabeth, 690
Ray, Johnny, 386
Ray, Robert D., 754
Rayburn House Office Building, 217, 251, 257, 265
Raye, Martha, 21, 166
R Document, The (Wallace), 657
Reader’s Digest, 350, 357, 394, 434, 658
Reader’s Digest Pre
ss, 477
Reading, Pa., 9
Reagan, Christine, 367–68
Reagan, Jack, xvi, xviii, 24–26, 28–30, 32, 36–39, 43, 83, 243, 246, 346, 348–49, 400, 552
Reagan, Maureen, xviii, 346, 348–49, 353, 406, 542–44, 562, 697, 733, 773, 793, 798
Reagan, Michael, xviii, 354, 406, 542–44, 699, 773, 793–94, 798–99
Reagan, Nancy Davis, xviii, 40, 48, 59, 222, 377–82, 395–98, 406, 495–96, 543–45, 560–62, 619, 631, 637, 646, 696, 752, 767, 769, 773, 782–83, 791, 793, 795–96, 799, 802, 804
Reagan, Neil “Moon,” 24–25, 30–32, 38–39, 87, 242, 359, 552
Reagan, Nelle, xv, 24–26, 28–30, 32, 36–37, 39, 42, 44, 242, 246, 346, 348, 353, 540, 552
Reagan, Patricia, see Davis, Patti
Reagan, Ronald W., xiii, 4, 13, 29, 58–60, 80–93, 103, 114–15, 180, 182, 193, 201, 210, 212, 219–20, 222, 224–25, 231, 241–50, 266–67, 286–87, 302, 308–9, 311–12, 321, 332–39, 357–58, 368–79, 381–88, 390, 397–402, 413–15, 423, 437–39, 449, 452, 454–56, 460–61, 465, 484, 486–87, 489–91, 496–97, 501–4, 508–11, 515–16, 519–20, 522, 525, 527, 531, 538, 542–46, 548–56, 558–63, 594–97, 601, 604–7, 609–10, 613, 619–20, 635–70, 673–77, 681–85, 691–92, 696, 698–700, 702–7, 712, 714, 725–28, 731–37, 745–46, 749–60, 763–78, 781–87, 789–804
abortion issue and, 445–46
Agnew defended by, 159
in announcement of presidential candidacy, 546–48
anti-Communism of, 358–60, 362–63, 367, 371, 385, 402–5
anti-regulatory philosophy of, 434–36, 466
anti-spending philosophy of, 436–37, 517–18, 595–97, 748
black-and-white world view of, 81, 91, 374, 410–11
in cattle-raising tax scheme, 58–59
childhood and adolescence of, 24–28, 30–40, 43–49
on civil rights movement, 552–53
energy crisis and, 194–95, 202, 204, 435–36
and Eureka student strike, 84–86
and fall of South Vietnam, 432–33
film career of, 340–55, 365–66, 368, 370, 375–77, 384–85
on Ford’s pardon of Nixon, 285
foreign policy and, 630–31, 634–35, 672–73, 697, 779–80, 788
as General Electric Theater host, 386–88, 391, 395–97, 399–400, 402–6
as GE spokesman, 391–94, 399
and Goldwater’s 1964 campaign, 406–8
in high school play, 43–44
high school writings of, 44–47
and Hollywood left-wing, 354–55
inner transformation of, 31–33, 42–43, 48
as lifeguard, 43–45
as master of policy double-talk, 410–13
media and, 602–4, 697
and 1966 governor’s race, 408–9
on Nixon’s resignation, 270–71
optimism projected by, 748–49
Panama Canal treaty and, 632–34, 665–66
polarized views of, xvi–xix
as possible candidate in 1976 election, 439–41, 488–90, 529–30, 539–42