Reagan, Nancy, 372
Reagan, Ronald, 217, 218, 319–20, 324, 326, 333, 367–89, 409
AIDS epidemic and, 388–89
civil rights and, 388
conservatism and, 367, 369–72, 386–88
economy and, 371–76, 378–81, 383, 386, 387, 474, 475, 479
elected president, 372
environment and, 376, 379–81
federal budget cuts of, 375, 378
foreign involvements and, 393–401, 414
Iran-Contra and, 385, 398–401
judiciary and, 386
labor and, 368–69, 377, 382, 387
military and, 374
in 1984 election, 380–82
religion and, 367–68, 370, 384, 465
scandals and, 383–85
Soviet Union and, 367, 381, 390, 392–93, 401–2, 407, 410
taxes and, 373–75, 379–83, 387
regions, 1–2, 24, 301–2, 317
Midwest, 2–7, 302, 303, 305–6
Northeast, 7–11, 302–6
South, 12–18, 302, 307–9
Southwest, 18–20, 302, 307–9
West, 20–24, 302
Rehnquist, William, 432
Reid, Charles S., 14
religion, 6, 90, 132, 138, 312, 314–15, 423
anticommunism and, 101–3
Baptists, 132, 315, 370
Catholics, 10, 45, 54, 97, 102, 103, 158, 198, 208, 209, 216, 237, 285, 314, 337, 341
civil rights and, 150, 155, 158, 159, 208, 216
Cold War and, 101–3
Jews, 10, 54, 77, 198, 209, 314
Protestants, 9–10, 101–3, 132, 198, 314, 315, 316, 341, 368, 369
Reagan and, 367–68, 370, 384, 465
scandals and, 384–85
schools and, 198, 204, 369–70, 386, 409, 454
sexuality and gender norms and, 339–40
Republican Party, 29, 41, 45–46, 48, 53, 66, 73, 75–78, 157, 195, 196, 198, 205, 217, 279, 372, 422
civil rights and, 146–47, 156
restaurants, fast-food, 137, 459–60
retail industry, 124–25, 136–37, 358, 364–66, 457–58, 465
Reuther, Walter, 42–43
Rhee, Syngman, 81, 105–6
Ribicoff, Abraham, 211, 251–52
Richardson, Elliot, 289, 290
rights, xii, 27, 35–38, 48, 255, 265–66, 283, 318, 338
human, 55, 74, 332, 436
see also civil rights
riots, 214, 215, 239–41, 247, 248, 293, 418–19
Roberts, Ed, 362
Robeson, Paul, 147
Robinson, Jackie, 146
Robinson, Joanne, 153
Rockefeller, John D., 354
Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 464
Rockefeller, Nelson, 160, 196, 199
Romney, George, 272
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 55, 201
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 12, 27–30, 33, 35, 45, 46, 53–55, 58–61, 72, 74, 78, 91, 94, 104, 117, 145, 162, 185, 199, 200, 202, 205, 206, 369
Rosenberg, Ethel and Julius, 95
Rostow, Walt W., 173, 226
Roth, Philip, 127
Roth, William, 371
Rubin, Robert, 419
Ruby, Jack, 186
Rumsfeld, Donald, 324, 468, 468–70
Rusk, Dean, 84, 101
Russell, Richard B., 75, 231
Russia, x, 434
Rust Belt, 302, 303–6
Rustin, Bayard, 159, 184
Rwanda, 437–38
Saddam Hussein, 411, 412, 415, 469–71
Sadlowski, Edward, 348–49
St. Lawrence Seaway, 117
Salazar, Rubén, 261
Saudi Arabia, 61, 167, 169, 226, 295, 392, 396, 412–13, 439, 467
savings and loan scandal, 384
Savio, Mario, 187, 194, 195
Scaife, Richard Mellon, 355
Schlafly, Phyllis, 340
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 178, 186, 203, 430
Schlesinger, James, 324
schools, see education
Schwerner, Michael, 193
scientific research, 89, 134
Secord, Richard, 399
Seigenthaler, John, 179
September 11 attacks, x, xiii, 466–69, 471–75
Serbia, 438, 468
sexuality, xiii, 93, 139–40, 172, 189, 235, 236, 339–42, 387, 389, 423, 427
education on, 428
homosexuality, 34, 93–94, 139, 265–66, 341–42, 368, 370, 387, 388, 425, 427, 435, 474
Sha Na Na, 311
Shehan, Cardinal Lawrence, 216
Shlakman, Vera, 100
Shuttlesworth, Fred, 155, 182
Simon, William, 335, 343, 344
Sinclair, Upton, 358
Sirica, John J., 288, 290
slavery, 12, 14
Sly and the Family Stone, 310
Smalls, Biggie, 445
Smathers, George, 97
Smiley, Glenn, 159
Smith, Howard, 200–202
Snow Belt, 302, 305
Social Security, 15, 28, 31, 33, 46, 78, 120, 121, 134, 177, 205, 207, 267, 337, 374–75, 426
Somalia, 437
Somoza Debayle, Anastasio, 332, 394–95
South, 12–18, 302, 307–9
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 155, 159, 160, 182, 183, 207–8, 215
Southern Conference for Human Welfare, 73
South Korea, 320, 393, 435
see also Korean War
Southwest, 18–20, 302, 307–9
Soviet Union, 45, 51, 54, 72–74, 80, 85–86, 156, 163–67, 171, 176, 196, 225, 274, 275, 296, 412
Afghanistan and, 332, 333, 390–92, 396, 402, 407, 439
alliance with U.S., 49, 57–62, 64, 70
Carter and, 332
China and, 87, 105, 275
in Cold War, see Cold War
collapse of, 407–8, 415, 468
containment policy toward, 86
Cuba and, 174–75, 391–92
détente with U.S., 176, 280, 324–26, 392
Eastern Europe and, 57–60, 65, 68, 96, 164, 204, 281, 326, 332, 393, 403, 404
espionage and, 95–96
Greece and, 66
Iran and, 60–61, 167–68
Iron Curtain and, 62–70
Korea and, 79, 81, 84, 85
Nixon and, 280–82, 324, 325
nuclear weapons of, 63–64, 82, 86, 88, 164, 174, 275, 401, 402
Reagan and, 367, 381, 390, 392–93, 401–2, 407, 410
religion and, 102, 103
SALT treaties with, 280, 332
South Korean jet (KAL 007) and, 393
space race between U.S. and, 164–65, 171
Suez crisis and, 169
Turkey and, 61–62
Vietnam and, 277, 281
space, 164–65, 171, 174
Spain, 87
Sparkman, John, 147
Spellman, Francis Cardinal, 102
spying, 94–96, 291, 393
U-2 planes, 165, 167, 175
sports teams, 133, 146
Stalin, Joseph, 58–60, 63, 64, 66, 84, 97, 105, 163, 167
Starr, Kenneth, 432
State Department, 94, 108
States’ Rights Party (Dixiecrats), 76, 146
steel industry, 39–43, 120, 122–23, 283, 345–49, 360, 366
Steinbeck, John, 113, 115
Stettinius, Edward, 55,
59
Stevenson, Adlai, 102–4, 147, 151, 173
Stewart, George R., 1, 2, 11, 301, 317
Stimson, Henry, 54
Stockman, David, 371, 373–74, 375
stock market, 9, 297, 353, 440, 474–75
Stokes, Carl, 259
stores and shopping areas, 124–25, 136–37, 358, 364–66, 457–58, 465
student activism, 187, 188, 190–95, 233–34, 249–50, 263, 277–78, 313
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 160, 179, 185, 193, 204, 216, 247
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 193, 194, 195, 204, 233, 234, 250, 278
suburbs, 114, 125–30, 131, 136–39, 141–42, 212, 272, 302, 306, 308, 424, 449, 450–57, 462
gated communities in, 452–53
lawns in, 462
Suez crisis, 168–69
Summers, Larry, 480
Sun Belt, 302, 307–9
Supreme Court, 16–18, 37, 98, 129–30, 145, 148–53, 155, 178–82, 187, 204, 236–39, 241, 256, 257, 264, 273, 274, 290–92, 318, 339, 343, 357, 369, 386, 388, 401, 427, 429, 450
Baker v. Carr, 180–81, 206, 318
Brown v. Board of Education, 98, 148–53, 200, 256
Bush v. Gore, 443, 444
Colgrove v. Green, 180
Engel v. Vitale, 198
Gideon v. Wainwright, 237
Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 273
Griswold v. Connecticut, 237
Loving v. Virginia, 237
Miranda v. Arizona, 238
Milliken v. Bradley, 257
Plessy v. Ferguson, 148
Shelley v. Kraemer, 130
Smith v. Allwright, 18
Times v. Sullivan, 237
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 427
Roe v. Wade, 238, 264, 341, 386, 427
Sweeney, John, 441
Syria, 295, 396–97
Taft, Robert, 31, 53, 68, 76–78, 83, 85, 97, 103, 107, 195
Taft-Hartley Act, 46–48, 72, 73, 78, 199, 213, 350, 356
Taliban, 439, 466, 468
taxes, 136, 177, 178, 200, 283, 337–38, 409, 424, 474–75
in California, 336–38
Clinton and, 420, 423
income, 29, 46, 124, 232, 244, 336, 337, 383
Reagan and, 373–75, 379–83, 387
Teamsters, 121–22, 441
television, 125, 311, 376–77, 460
Tenet, George, 439
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), 28, 31, 78, 117, 205, 228
Terkel, Studs, 3
terrorist attacks, 438–39
counterterrorism and, 471–72, 475
9/11, x, xiii, 466–69, 471–75
textile and garment industry, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 39, 48, 271, 305, 360
Thane, Eric, 4
Thieu, Nguyen Van, 282, 286, 294
think tanks, 355
Thomas, Clarence, 429
Thompson, Florence, 113, 134
Thurmond, Strom, 76, 77, 264, 320, 410
Thurow, Lester, 313
Tijerina, Reies López, 260
Till, Emmett, 152–53
torture, 472–73
transportation, 129, 269
discrimination and, 144, 145, 147–48, 153–55, 178–79
highways, 117–18, 128, 134, 269–70, 306
railways, 10, 303
Trenton, N.J., 304
Truman, Harry S., 27, 31, 32, 38, 39, 42–46, 48, 51, 53, 55, 59–68, 70, 71–78, 82–83, 86, 87, 91, 94, 96, 98, 104, 107, 117, 145, 157, 164, 185, 201, 202, 207, 222–23, 468
anticommunism and, 96–97
civil rights and, 74–76
Fair Deal of, 78, 97, 177, 193, 199
Korean War and, 79, 81–85, 103, 104
loyalty program of, 92–94
Truman Doctrine, 66–67, 73
Turkey, 60–62, 66–68, 222
U-2 planes, 165, 167, 175
Unions, see labor unions
United Auto Workers (UAW), 40–42, 120, 121, 146, 195, 218, 262, 347, 349, 463–64
United Farm Workers, 260
United Nations (UN), 55–57, 66, 74, 79, 82–85, 94, 104, 105, 169, 325, 412, 414, 437, 447, 469
United Steelworkers of America, 40–43, 120, 122–23, 346
universities, see colleges and universities
Vale, Thomas and Geraldine, 301, 302, 317
Vandenberg, Arthur, 63
Van Hoof, Mary Ann, 102
Vietnam, 174–76, 222–24, 228, 294, 404
Vietnam War, ix, 217, 218, 219–36, 248, 251, 253, 263, 275, 287, 317, 321, 327, 392, 400
antiwar movement and, 232–35, 249, 261, 263, 277–79, 416
China and, 228, 277, 281
cost of, 231–32, 241, 243–44, 274, 282
dolphins used in, 89
end of, 276–78, 282, 285–86, 287, 293–94, 310, 313, 324
escalation of, 225–28, 233
fall of Saigon, 293–94, 324
films about, 310–11
Gulf of Tonkin incident in, 226–27, 231, 279
invasion of Cambodia, 277–79
Johnson and, 205, 225–28, 231–32, 234, 235, 241, 243–47, 253, 276, 277
Kennedy and, 224–25, 231, 234, 277
misleading information given about, 231–32, 234
Nixon and, 253, 275–83, 285–86, 287, 292
Soviet Union and, 277, 281
strategies in, 228–30
Tet offensive in, 241–46, 247, 276
troops in, 230–31
Veterans Memorial, 219
Viguerie, Richard, 370
Vinson, Fred, 150
Voinovich, George, 336
Volcker, Paul, 329, 373, 378
von Hayek, Friedrich, 31
voting, 35–37, 74, 144, 145, 208, 318, 427
by blacks, 14, 35, 37, 38, 77, 145, 152, 156, 161, 180, 204, 206, 207, 209, 326
participation in, 77, 319, 371
unequal representation and, 180–81
Voting Rights Act, 208–9, 214, 247, 272, 326
Wagner, Robert F., 31, 76
Walker, Wyatt Tee, 182
Wallace, George, 184, 204, 252–54, 284, 370, 410
Wallace, Henry A., 31, 52, 53, 64–65, 68, 72, 73, 75, 77, 239, 320
Wall Street Journal, 370, 371, 395, 420
Wall Street scandals, 383–84
Wal-Mart, 125, 364–66, 458
Walton, Sam, 125, 364, 366
Wanniski, Jude, 370
Warner, Ty, 442
Warren, Earl, 31, 76, 134, 150, 151, 181, 186, 236–38, 257
Washington, D.C., 74, 78, 157, 158, 180, 215, 305
Washington, Walter, 259
Washington Post, 96, 288, 293, 320, 321, 469, 471–72
Watergate scandal, 287, 288–93, 310, 318, 320–22, 326, 400
water use, 462–63
Watt, James, 376, 379, 381, 385
Weaver, Robert, 215
Welch, Jack, 351–52, 353
Welch, Robert, 196
welfare, 268, 425–26, 431
welfare state, 28, 78, 104, 205, 206, 334, 335, 370, 444, 454, 475
West, 20–24, 302
Westmoreland, William C., 219, 241
Weyrich, Paul, 370
Wheeler, Earle C., 243
White, Dan, 342
White, Harry Dexter, 56, 95
Wilkins, Roy, 160
Williams, G. Mennen, 41, 218
Williams, Robert, 159
Willkie, Wend
ell, 76
Wilson, Sloan, 141–42
Wilson, Woodrow, 53, 199
wiretapping, 241, 292, 471
Wofford, Harris, 421
Wolfe, Tom, 312, 314, 384
Wolfowitz, Paul, 469
women:
abortion and, 139, 238, 264, 340, 341, 368–70, 409, 427–28, 446, 464–65, 474
contraception and, 236, 237–38, 263, 446, 464–65
Equal Rights Amendment and, 201, 264, 340–41, 342, 370, 409
gender roles and, xi, xiii, 139–42, 339–40, 387, 427–29
jury service and, 37, 318
liberal activism and, 192
women’s movement, 201–2, 262–65, 339, 342
working, 140–41, 201, 262–63, 351
Woodward, Bob, 288, 293
Woodward, Isaac, 17
work, see employment
World Bank, 56, 62, 409, 414, 436
World Trade Center, 438, 466–68, 473
World Trade Organization, 435–36
World War I, 249
World War II, ix, x, xii, 1, 24, 31, 35, 53, 61, 80–81, 104, 230, 243, 317
agriculture and, 3–4
breakdown of alliances in, 49, 57–62
civil rights and, 143–45
economy and, 30, 32
effect on U.S. foreign policy, 49, 50, 53
government and, 29–30
industry and, 5, 20, 40, 50–51, 114
9/11 and, 473
West Coast operations, 20–22
Wozniak, Steve, 138, 362, 363
Wright, Moses, 153
Yarborough, Ralph, 273–74
Yeltsin, Boris, 403
Young, Coleman, 259
Young Americans for Freedom, 197
youth culture, 188–91, 235–36
Yugoslavia, 68, 167, 250, 438
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