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  Morris, Edmund. Interviews of President Ronald Reagan, June 12, 1986–January 31, 1990 (indexed transcript). Courtesy of the Reagan Foundation.

  National Security Archive.

  Palmer School yearbook, 1929.

  Parkinson, Gaylord, “Issues and Innovations in the 1966 Republican Gubernatorial Campaign,” Oral History Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1980.

  Pegasus, The. Eureka College newspaper.

  Polk’s Dixon City Directory, 192526. Chicago: Leshnick Directory Co., 1926.

  Prism, The. Eureka College yearbook.

  Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, The: Ronald Reagan, National Archives, 1983 (all volumes online at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library website).

  Reagan, Nancy. Personal scrapbook. Stamped March 4, 1952, Ronald Reagan Public Library.

  Reagan, Ronald, FBI Files, LA 100-15732 and LA 100-138754-314 and LA 100-138754-472, 11/14/1947; also LA-100-138754-513, 3/3/1949.

  “Reagan’s Dixon” (pamphlet). Dixon, IL: The Official Dixon Press, 1980.

  “Remembering Ronald Reagan” (pamphlet). Dixon, IL: Loveland Museum, 2001.

  “Report of the City Council Committee on Crime of the City of Chicago.” Chicago: H. G. Adair Press, March 22, 1915.

  “Report on the Performance of the United States Department of the Treasury in Connection with the March 30, 1981, Assassination Attempt on President Ronald Reagan” (draft). Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, July 2, 1981.

  Report of the President’s Special Review Board (Tower Report). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, Feb. 26, 1987.

  Robinson, John K. “Early Times at Dixon’s Ferry.” In Dr. Oliver Everett, History of Dixon and Lee County, Chronological Record. Dixon Telegraph Print, 1880.

  Sacramento Bee 150-year headline timeline: 150th .mcclatchy.com.

  Screen Actors Guild archives.

  Story of the Screen Actors Guild, The. Membership pamphlet. Information Department of the Screen Actors Guild, June 1980.

  Testimony at Joint Hearings, House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran and Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, 12 volumes; and Appendixes, 27 volumes, 1987.

  UCLA Center for Oral History Research, Special Collections, 1981.

  Vincent, H. Ross, Jr. An Historical Study of the Army Air Force’s First Motion Picture Unit in World War II. Master’s thesis, USC, 1959.

  Weather Underground. wunderground.com.

  Whiteside County Highway Map. Maps of Illinois Counties. Warner & Beers, 1876.

  IMAGE CREDITS

  1: Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library

  2: John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

  3: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

  4: Fox Photos/Getty Images

  5: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

  PHOTO INSERT

  6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

  29: From the collection of the Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, Illinois

  30: THE TEKE magazine (December 1987), p. 8

  31: Scotty Welbourne, courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

  32: M. Marigold, courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

  33, 34, 35, 36: Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

  37: Los Angeles Times staff. Copyright © 1946. Los Angeles Times. Used with permission.

  38: Desert Sea News Bureau, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

  39: Jack Albin, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

  40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

  64: Edward C. Lee, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

  65: Tom Reed, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

  66: Courtesy David Conrad

  67: Michael Evans, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

  68: Jim Mone, AP Photo

  69: Pete Souza, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

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  INDEX

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  Aaron, Ben, 504, 506, 509, 512

  abortion, 386, 405, 407, 419, 423, 430, 459, 465, 519, 659, 704

  abortion bill, in California, 349–51, 519

  Abrams, Elliot, 661, 700

  Achille Lauro hijacking, 612–15

  Adler, Phil, 119, 120

  Afghanistan, 441–42, 711, 715, 718

  AFL-CIO, 215, 305, 417, 495–96

  Agnew, Spiro, 366, 378–79, 382

  Ahearn, Rick, 497, 498

  AIDS, 577, 644, 647, 702, 732, 745–46

  Air Corps, U.S. Army, 196, 197–98

  air-traffic controllers strike, 520–21, 525–26

  Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 47, 268, 279

  Ali, Muhammad, 362

  Aliyev, Heydar, 590

  Allen, Richard (Dick), 428, 432, 448, 456, 457, 463–64, 469, 475, 479, 481, 482, 483, 485, 502, 503–4, 506, 507, 508, 510, 516, 523–24, 526–27, 528–29, 536, 750

  Allyson, June, 169, 218, 227, 235

  Altschuler, Sid, 117, 118

  Alzheimer’s disease, 293, 750–51, 752–54

  American Association of Radio Artists (AFRA), 270–71

  American Federation of Labor, 208–9

  Anderson, John, 436, 450, 453, 454, 463, 464, 465, 467

  Anderson, Martin, 428, 429, 433, 436, 463, 464, 466, 481, 503, 541, 746, 750

  Anderson, Terry, 602

  Andrews, Dana, 222, 237, 287, 303

  Andropov, Yuri, 545, 570, 589, 590

  Annenberg, Walter, 303, 389, 687, 728, 746

  Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 429–30, 545, 662, 664

  anti-Semitism, 185–86

  antitrust laws, 239, 285, 286, 303

  apartheid, 611–12

  Aquino, Benigno, Jr., 647

  Aquino, Corazon, 648, 649

  Arbitov, Georgy, 626

  arms-for-hostages deal, 606–10, 615–16, 629–30, 637–41, 655–57, 695, 700. See also Iran-Contra affair

  discovery of, 668

  administration’s response to, 669–75

  arms race, 523, 538, 545, 623, 625, 628

  Arnold, Edward, 218, 278

  Arnold, Henry “Hap,” 197

  Arnow, Max, 142, 143, 144, 152

  Ashbrook, John, 418

  Assad, Hafez al-, 551, 552, 558, 601–2

  assassination attempt, 497–514

  Atwater, Lee, 436, 571, 572

  Austin, Hudson, 560

  Autry, Gene, 132, 139, 140, 309, 747

  Avella, Steven, 340

  AWACS (airborne warning and control system), 491, 515, 516–17

  Ayres, Lew, 230–31, 245

  Bacall, Lauren, 208, 214, 232, 266

  Baer, Max, 132

  Bagley, Bill, 374

  Baker, Howard, 436, 440, 444, 450, 453, 454–55, 506, 558, 565, 695–96, 697–98, 704, 706, 707, 710, 713, 724

  Baker, Jim, 416, 450, 451, 462, 467, 469–70, 476, 483, 485, 491, 492, 493, 496, 502, 504, 505, 513, 527, 528, 532, 548, 553, 554, 555, 561, 568, 586, 587, 588, 620, 632, 717

  Baldwin, O. G., 21, 23

  Barletta, John, 740, 755

  baseball, 23–24, 46–47, 119, 127–28, 133, 136, 137, 246–47

  Battaglia, Philip, 340–41, 342, 343, 345, 346, 347�
��48, 352–56, 425

  Begin, Menachem, 530, 531, 533–34

  Beilenson, Anthony, 330, 344, 347, 349, 351

  Beilenson, Laurence, 272–73

  Beirut hostage crisis, 602, 605, 606, 607, 608–10, 631

  Bell, Jeffrey, 379, 385, 393, 403, 435, 446

  Bell, Joanne, 511, 513

  Bell, Ted, 484

  Bennett, Iowa, 23, 24

  Benny, Jack, 2, 9, 184, 278, 291

  Bentsen, Lloyd, 409

  Berlin Wall, 303, 428–29, 703, 721, 744

  Berri, Nabih, 601

  bipartisanship, erosion of, 651

  Bishop, Maurice, 560

  Bitburg incident, 594, 596–600

  Black, Charlie, 394, 402, 411, 412, 413, 415, 417, 418, 420, 433, 434, 435, 442, 443, 445, 448, 449, 452

  Bloomingdale, Alfred, 303, 317

  Bloomingdale, Betsy, 310, 491

  Blue, Jane. See Wilson, Jane (great-grandmother)

  Bogart, Humphrey, 159, 160, 175, 194, 206, 208, 212, 214, 218, 221, 223, 226, 232, 236

  Bohemian Grove, 358–60

  Boland, Edward, 550

  Boland Amendment, 550, 578, 579, 700

  Bond, Ward, 227, 247

  Bonus Army, 116

  Bork, Robert, 518, 705, 706, 707

  Bosworth, Stephen, 649

  Botha, Pieter Willem, 611

  Bracken, Eddie, 246–47, 736

  Brackett, Charles, 203

  Brady, Jim, 462, 476, 496, 497, 498, 500, 505, 506, 510, 744, 745

  Brady, Sarah, 745

  Brady Bill, 744, 745

  Breen, John, 449, 450

  Breen, Joseph, 185–86, 187

  Brewer, Roy, 209, 211, 214, 216

  Brezhnev, Leonid, 523, 524, 545, 589, 619

  Broder, David, 356, 526, 538, 723

  Brown, Jerry, 388, 437–38

  Brown, Mildred, 131–32

  Brown, Pat, 316, 318, 329, 330–32, 333, 334, 335, 340, 342, 343, 360, 756

  Brown v. Board of Education, 11, 706

  Bryan, Jane, 166, 169

  Bryan, William Jennings, 76, 539

  Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 463–64

  Buchanan, Patrick, 379, 406, 601, 611, 628, 645, 647, 651, 654, 666, 671, 690, 710

  Buckley, James, 392

  Buckley, William, 582, 602, 606, 609

  Buckley, William F., Jr., 303, 478

  budget deficit, 487, 489, 527, 535, 574, 709

  Bulen, L. Keith, 415

  Burger, Warren, 478, 659

  Burghardt, Franklin, 112, 113

  Bush, Barbara, 441, 445, 727

  Bush, George H. W., 386, 555, 735, 749, 752

  as CIA chief, 400, 717

  on day of assassination attempt, 503, 504, 508

  inauguration of, 727

  1980 campaign of, 436–37, 441–42, 446–47, 448, 449, 450, 451, 453, 454

  1988 campaign of, 718, 722

  1992 reelection campaign of, 745, 747–48

  RR’s Inaugural Day note to, 726–27

  as vice president, 480–81, 492, 518, 556, 560, 561, 567, 594, 601, 604, 607, 620, 638, 669, 672, 681, 683, 696–97, 714, 717

  on voodoo economics, 455, 459, 489

  as VP nominee, 455, 459

  Bush, George W., 757

  Byrd, Robert, 565, 670

  Cagney, James, 152, 153, 159, 160, 161, 176, 182, 191, 194, 223, 255

  Calero, Adolfo, 681

  California. See also Reagan, Ronald, as California governor

  financial crisis of, 342–44

  gubernatorial race of 1966 in, 316–35

  tax reform in, 375–76

  California Welfare Reform Act, 371

  Cannon, Lou, 322, 351, 367, 489, 493, 582, 589, 709

  Carlucci, Frank, 684, 696

  Carter, Jimmy, 494, 512, 516, 547, 581, 619, 752, 756, 760

  administration of, 429, 430, 460, 522, 526, 618

  and Iran hostage crisis, 440, 460, 475–76, 479, 480

  in 1976 election, 409, 419, 422, 453

  in 1980 election, 436, 457, 460–61, 462, 463, 464–65, 466–67, 468

  Carter, Rosalynn, 572–73

  Casey, William (Bill), 503, 554, 561, 563, 564, 567, 620, 657, 669, 673, 676, 688, 692

  appointed CIA director, 483

  and arms-for-hostages deal, 607, 608, 616, 637, 642, 656, 661, 675, 692

  background of, 446–47

  on Contra aid, 548, 578, 579, 585

  death of, 700

  illnesses of, 638, 685–86, 690

  on Lebanon crisis, 567

  as RR’s campaign manager, 447, 448, 452, 454, 456, 457, 462, 464

  Castro, Fidel, 422, 493, 530, 560

  Central America, 493, 547–50, 578, 650, 651

  Challenger disaster, 643, 645–46, 647

  Champion, Hale, 342

  Charles, Eugenia, 561

  Chautauquas, 34, 46, 76, 539

  Cheney, Dick, 651, 700

  Chernenko, Konstantin, 589–90, 594, 600

  Chirac, Jacques, 741

  Christopher, George, 318, 319, 325, 326–27, 329, 330, 333

  Christopher, Warren, 475

  CIA, and Iran-Contra, 548, 549, 550, 578, 616, 630, 631, 637, 642, 660, 661, 675, 685, 692, 700, 715

  Citizens for Reagan committee, 395–96

  Citizens for the Republic, 424, 425

  Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965, 321

  Civil Rights bill, 326–27

  Clark, Bill, 348, 353, 354, 355, 356–57, 372, 426, 446, 530, 532, 536–37, 539, 541, 542, 548, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 631, 632

  Clarridge, Duane “Dewey,” 616, 630, 681

  Claussen, Glen, 129

  Cleaver, Ben, 75, 82–83, 107, 108, 111, 377

  Cleaver, Margaret (Mugs), 75–76, 81–83, 87, 92, 93, 99, 101, 102, 106–11, 118–19, 125, 131, 132, 134, 167

  Clinton, Bill, 748–49

  Coburn, Charles, 189, 227

  Colby, William, 400

  Committee for the First Amendment, 232

  Committee of 56, 186

  Communism. See also Reagan, Ronald, on communism

  in Central America, 650–51

  fall of, 748

  and House Un-American Activities Committee and, 227, 228, 229, 232–34

  movie industry and, 7, 11, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 218, 219–20, 271, 288, 303

  postwar suspicions about, 211

  Soviet reshaping of, 715, 718

  Thatcher opposed to, 429

  Truman Doctrine addressing, 549

  Conference of Studio Unions. See CSU

  Connally, John, 382, 399, 418, 436, 440, 448, 453

  Conrad, Charles, 322–23

  conservatism, shift toward, 423–24

  conservative movement, 311–12, 391–92, 521

  conservative opposition to INF treaty, 711–12

  Contras, 585–86, 592. See also Iran-Contra affair

  covert aid to, 550, 579–80, 595–96, 616, 661

  diversion of funds to, 630, 641–42, 656, 677, 678, 680, 682, 685, 697

  U.S. aid to, 548, 578, 595, 601, 650, 715, 716

  Cooper, Gary, 106, 227, 229, 232, 241, 761

  Coors, Joseph, 484, 616

  Cordiner, Ralph, 299–300, 301

  Crane, Philip, 431, 436, 450, 453

  Cranston, Alan, 382, 576, 648

  Crawford, Joan, 152, 178, 182, 186, 278

  Craxi, Bettino, 614

  Cronkite, Walter, 385, 390, 457

  Crowther, Bosley, 203, 268

  Crump, Owen, 198

  CSU, 209, 210, 211, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 271

>   Cuba, 493, 530, 548, 549, 560, 561, 566, 578, 583, 717

  Cukor, George, 260

  Culvahouse, Arthur Boggess (A.B.), 697, 698, 700, 706, 707, 725

  Cummings, Robert, 12, 177, 188, 189, 201, 217, 222, 266, 291, 426, 758

  Curtiz, Michael, 179, 200, 214

  Cusick, Jennie, 20, 21

  Dales, Jack, 182, 272, 274, 296

  Dandridge, Dorothy, 5

  Daniels, Mitch, 683

  Danielson, George, 349

  Daniloff, Nicholas, 657, 658

  Darman, Richard (Dick), 553, 555, 575

  Dart, Justin, 169, 311, 367, 379, 384, 417, 429, 470

  Davenport, Iowa, 119, 120

  Davis, Bette, 152, 160, 161, 175, 178, 179, 180, 266, 306, 754

  Davis, Edith. See Luckett, Edith

  Davis, Kathy Randall, 352

  Davis, Loyal, 253–55, 256, 258, 263, 266, 267, 301, 319, 350, 478

  Davis, Marvin, 732

  Davis, Nancy. See Reagan, Nancy Davis

  Davis, Patti. See Reagan, Patti (daughter)

  Dawson, Thomas, 611

  Death Valley Days (TV series), 309–10, 317, 322

  Deaver, Carolyn, 582–83

  Deaver, Michael, 383, 384, 388, 389, 390, 393, 413, 415, 423, 424, 428, 433, 456, 524, 536, 548, 553, 592, 683

  alcoholism of, 462, 469, 582, 593

  background of, 425–26

  Bitburg incident and, 594, 597, 598, 599

  Cabinet role of, 485

  considered for chief of staff, 553, 554, 556

  criticism of Nancy by, 491

  on day of assassination attempt, 496, 497, 499, 501, 505, 513

  and departure from White House, 586, 594–95

  fired from 1980 campaign, 434–35, 436, 446, 447

  Haig and, 492, 493

  homosexuality and, 357

  indictment of, 701

  as Nancy’s confidant, 425, 426–27, 491, 528–29, 532, 554, 583, 587–88, 635–36

  1980 campaign and, 434

  perjury conviction of, 723–24

  Reagans’ reliance on, 425–27

  on RR’s foreign policy, 536, 537

  Debayle, Anastasio Somoza, 547

  defense spending, 488, 535, 595, 634

  de Havilland, Olivia, 142, 143, 158, 168, 175, 179, 180, 181, 182, 202, 206, 212–13, 215, 224, 262, 302–3

  Delahanty, Thomas, 497

  Democratic Party

  and California gubernatorial race of 1966, 329, 330, 332–33, 334, 335

  and majority’s relationship with RR, 517–18

 

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