Reagan: The Life

by H. W. Brands

made Treasury secretary

  Regan, Donald (cont.)

  Nancy Reagan’s astrologer disdained by, 76.1, 88.1, 94.1, 107.1, 107.2, 108.1

  Nancy Reagan’s dislike of, 97.1, 97.2, 97.3, 98.1, 98.2, 111.1

  and plan to arm Iranian moderates, 85.1, 94.1, 95.1, 96.1, 96.2, 96.3, 97.1

  on Polish martial law

  resignation considered by

  resignation of, 98.1, 98.2

  RR’s Bitburg trip and, 73.1, 73.2, 73.3, 74.1

  and RR’s colon problem

  RR’s relationship with

  on RR’s Reykjavík disappointment, 93.1, 93.2

  RR’s shooting and

  on Serial E bonds

  Stockman as viewed by

  tax code plan of, 66.1, 69.1, 72.1, 74.1, 84.1

  Tower Commission testimony of

  in Tower report

  Treasury I plan of

  and Volcker’s tight-money policy, 47.1, 52.1

  warned to prepare for Geneva summit

  regulations, prl.1, 30.1, 114.1

  Rehnquist, William

  Republican convention:

  of 1980

  of 1988, 109.1, 109.2

  of 1992

  of 1996

  Republican State Committee

  Reston, James

  Revere, Anne

  Reykjavík summit (1986), 87.1, 88.1, 94.1, 105.1

  arms control at, 88.1, 88.2, 89.1, 90.1, 91.1, 92.1, 93.1, 93.2, 104.1, 104.2, 104.3, 104.4, 112.1

  Gorbachev’s unbundling of

  lack of joint statement after

  public opinion on

  RR’s statement after

  Soviet preparations for

  Thatcher’s anger over

  U.S. preparations for

  Rhodesia

  Ridgway, Matthew

  Rin Tin Tin

  rioting, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 23.1

  in wake of King assassination

  RKO

  Robbins, Kenneth

  Roberts, Bill

  Robeson, Paul

  Rockefeller, Nelson, 16.1, 20.1, 20.2, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1

  Rockefeller Commission

  Rockne, Knute, 3.1, 3.2, 45.1

  Roe v. Wade

  Rogers, William

  Roman Catholic Church, see Catholic Church, Catholics

  Rome airport

  Romney, George, 19.1, 20.1

  Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 110.1, 112.1, 114.1, 114.2

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., prl.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 9.1, 17.1, 31.1, 38.1, 40.1, 65.1, 78.1, 101.1, 107.1, 110.1, 112.1, 114.1, 114.2

  banking bill of

  court-packing plan of

  death of, 8.1, 12.1, 42.1

  Germany quarantine proposed by, 51.1, 51.2

  internationalism of

  Japanese embargo of, 5.1, 5.2

  League of Nations supported by

  radio broadcasts of, 2.1, 14.1, 15.1, 24.1, 28.1, 65.1, 110.1

  RR’s presidential parallels with

  RR’s support for, 2.1, 2.2, 15.1

  Social Security created by, 4.1, 5.1, 44.1, 65.1

  war industries desegregated by

  Roosevelt, James, 6.1, 6.2

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 14.1, 23.1, 38.1

  Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr.

  Rosenberg, Ethel

  Rosenberg, Julius

  Rosensaft, Menachem

  Rosson, Robert

  Rostenkowski, Dan

  Royal Air Force

  Ruby, Jack

  Rumsfeld, Donald

  Russian Revolution, 8.1, 108.1

  Sadat, Anwar, shooting of, 42.1, 82.1

  St. Clair, Arthur

  St. John’s Episcopal Church

  Sandburg, Carl

  Sandinistas, 29.1, 50.1, 53.1, 54.1, 67.1, 86.1, 86.2

  funding for

  Shultz’s desire for negotiations with

  Soviet weapons for

  San Francisco Giants

  San Francisco State College

  Santa Barbara, University of California at

  Sapia-Bosch, Alfonso

  Sarkis, Elias

  Saudi Arabia, 34.1, 82.1, 86.1

  U.S. sale of arms to

  Scalia, Antonin, 101.1, 101.2

  Schary, Dore, 6.1, 13.1

  Schatz, Ben

  Scheer, Robert

  Schenck, Nicholas

  Schindler, Alexander

  school breakfast and lunch programs, 38.1, 45.1

  Schweiker, Richard, 27.1, 44.1, 44.2

  Scowcroft, Brent

  Scranton, William, 16.1, 18.1

  Screen Actors Guild (SAG), prl.1, prl.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 26.1, 111.1

  Screen Writers Guild (SWG), 9.1, 10.1

  Seale, Bobby

  Sears, John, 25.1, 25.2, 27.1, 27.2, 31.1

  Secord, Richard

  Secret Service, 82.1, 82.2

  Secret Service of the Air

  security dilemma

  segregation, 5.1, 12.1, 17.1

  Senate U.S.:

  arms sale to Saudi Arabia approved by

  Budget Committee of

  Casey’s alleged negotiations with Iranians probed by, 32.1, 32.2

  Finance Committee of

  Foreign Relations Committee of

  immigration bill in

  Judiciary Committee of, 9.1, 101.1

  1986 Democratic victory in

  RR’s budget and, 44.1, 45.1, 45.2

  “Set Your Clock at U-235” (Corwin)

  Shamir, Yitzhak

  Shanghai, China

  Shannon, James

  Sharon, Ariel

  Lebanon invasion ordered by, 55.1, 58.1

  resignation of

  Shaw, Irwin

  Sheffield

  Sheridan, Ann

  Sherman, William

  Shevardnadze, Eduard, 77.1, 87.1, 89.1, 90.1, 91.1, 92.1, 92.2

  Shevchenko, Arkady

  Shultz, George, 76.1, 83.1, 106.1, 112.1, 113.1

  arming of Iranian moderates opposed by, 85.1, 85.2, 94.1, 96.1

  at Brezhnev’s funeral

  at Chernenko’s funeral

  contra funding sought by

  and Daniloff’s arrest

  on Face the Nation, 94.1

  at Geneva summit

  Geneva summit favored by

  and Grenada invasion

  INF deal with Gorbachev made by, 104.1, 104.2

  INF Treaty of, 104.1, 105.1

  investigation of

  on leaks, 72.1, 72.2

  and Lebanon crisis, 58.1, 58.2, 58.3, 58.4, 59.1, 59.2, 85.1, 94.1

  made secretary of state

  at meeting with Gorbachev

  negotiations with Sandinistas favored by, 67.1, 67.2

  news conference convened by

  North’s pardon urged by

  planned Suriname invasion opposed by

  resignation considered by

  at Reykjavík summit, 89.1, 89.2, 90.1, 91.1, 91.2, 91.3, 91.4, 92.1, 92.2, 93.1

  Reykjavík summit desired by

  RR’s Iran-contra news conference denounced by

  RR’s view of Philippines as viewed by

  on SALT II restraints

  talks with terrorists opposed by, 75.1, 75.2

  Weinberger disliked by, 78.1, 88.1, 104.1

  Sick, Gary

  Simon, William, 33.1, 36.1

  Simon & Schuster, 111.1, 111.2

  Simpson, Alan

  Sin, Jaime

  Sinai Peninsula

  Singapore

  Six-Days War

  SLBMs

  Smith, Hedrick

  Smith, William French, 42.1, 67.1, 85.1

  Snepp, Frank

  socialism, prl.1, 7.1, 8.1, 41.1, 71.1, 71.2, 88.1, 90.1, 114.1

  Social Security, 4.1, 5.1, 16.1, 18.1, 20.1, 28.1, 31.1, 38.1, 38.2, 44.1, 45.1

  base of, 44.1, 45.1

  reform of

  Sofaer, Abraham, 87.1, 87.2

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sp; Solidarity, 51.1, 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.5, 51.6, 51.7, 111.1

  Soloviev-Sedoi, Vasily

  Somoza, Anastasio, 29.1, 30.1, 86.1

  Song of Russia, 9.1, 9.2

  Sorrell, Herbert, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1

  South Africa, 29.1, 83.1

  South America

  South Korea, 14.1, 68.1, 86.1

  South Vietnam, 16.1, 24.1

  South Yemen

  Soviet Union, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 12.1, 16.1, 23.1, 29.1, 33.1, 34.1, 40.1, 50.1, 53.1, 56.1, 59.1, 68.1, 68.2, 74.1, 85.1, 87.1, 94.1

  Afghanistan invaded by, 30.1, 31.1, 34.1, 40.1, 40.2, 49.1, 51.1, 51.2, 60.1, 64.1, 67.1, 106.1

  Argentina offered aid in Falklands conflict by

  arsenal of

  atomic bomb detonated by

  Chinese break with

  CIA report of

  Cuba aid by, 53.1, 54.1

  Cuban missile bases of

  defense spending of

  deterrence and

  economy of, 34.1, 78.1

  as “evil empire,” 61.1, 62.1, 108.1, 108.2, 108.3, 112.1

  grain embargo against, 30.1, 40.1

  growth of military of

  Jewish emigration from

  KAL 007 shoot-down by, 64.1, 66.1, 109.1

  Middle East and

  military buildup of

  Muslim republics of

  Nicaragua supplied by

  in Polish crisis, 51.1, 51.2, 51.3, 51.4

  religious freedom in

  Reykjavík summit preparation of

  RR held responsible for Middle East trouble by

  RR on U.S. cooperation with

  Sandinistas armed by

  SDI opposed by

  spying by

  “Soviet Union 101,” 77.1, 78.1

  space program, 15.1, 38.1, 81.1

  space shuttle

  Spain

  Spanish civil war, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1

  Spasowski, Romuald

  Speakes, Larry, 42.1, 58.1, 75.1, 76.1, 93.1, 94.1

  Spencer, Stuart, 26.1, 33.1, 33.2, 97.1

  Sportsmen for Reagan

  Sproul Plaza

  SS-20 missile

  stagflation, 30.1, 35.1

  Stahl, Lesley

  Stalin, Joseph, 8.1, 8.2

  Stark, USS

  Star Wars

  State Department, U.S., 12.1, 14.1, 32.1, 33.1, 51.1, 59.1, 86.1, 87.1, 104.1, 106.1, 113.1

  KAL 007 shoot-down and

  on Philippines opposition parties, 83.1, 83.2

  Stethem, Robert, 75.1, 75.2, 85.1

  Stevenson, Adlai, 14.1, 15.1

  Stewart, Jimmy, 5.1, 7.1, 15.1, 112.1

  Stockman, David:

  in attempts to cut government size

  budget projections of, 52.1, 52.2

  cuts to budget needed by, 47.1, 47.2, 52.1, 62.1

  embarrassing magazine article on

  made head of OMB, 33.1, 36.1

  Regan’s criticism of

  RR initially disliked by

  RR’s first budget written by, 43.1, 47.1

  Social Security cutting by

  Weinberger distrusted by

  stock market

  implosion of

  1929 crash of, 2.1, 8.1, 102.1

  Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), 23.1, 49.1, 78.1, 79.1

  Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II), 49.1, 77.1, 78.1, 80.1, 80.2, 87.1

  Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 104.1, 104.2, 105.1, 105.2, 106.1, 108.1, 108.2, 112.1

  Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 63.1, 66.1, 69.1, 70.1, 70.2, 77.1, 78.1, 78.2, 79.1, 104.1, 104.2, 112.1, 113.1

  Gorbachev’s concern about, 79.1, 79.2, 80.1, 80.2, 88.1, 88.2, 89.1, 90.1, 91.1, 92.1, 93.1, 93.2, 105.1, 108.1

  at Reykjavík summit, 88.1, 88.2, 89.1, 90.1, 91.1, 92.1, 93.1, 93.2, 104.1

  termination of

  Strauss, Robert

  Stripling, Robert, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2

  Strong, Benjamin

  Sudan

  Sullivan, Brendan

  Super Bowl

  Supervisor’s Guide to General Electric Job Information

  supply-side economics, 36.1, 38.1, 44.1, 44.2, 48.1

  Supreme Court, U.S., 4.1, 8.1

  and control of movie theaters

  schools desegregated by

  Supreme Court justices

  Supreme Soviet, 90.1, 105.1, 111.1

  Suriname, 60.1, 60.2

  Syria

  Taft, Robert, 8.1, 12.1

  Taft-Hartley Act, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1

  Taiwan, 68.1, 68.2, 86.1

  Taney, Roger B.

  Taraki, Nur Muhammad

  Target Tokyo

  taxes, 35.1, 69.1, 84.1

  cuts to, 66.1, 114.1, 114.2

  plan for simplification of, 66.1, 69.1, 72.1, 74.1, 84.1

  RR’s desire for cuts to, 36.1, 36.2, 38.1, 43.1, 45.1, 48.1, 112.1, 114.1, 114.2

  Taylor, Elizabeth

  Taylor, Robert

  Teamsters

  Teeley, Pete

  Tel Aviv, Israel

  television, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1

  Television Authority (TVA)

  Temple, Shirley

  Ten Commandments

  Tennessee Valley Authority

  Tenth Amendment

  Tet offensive

  Thailand

  Thalberg, Irving

  Thatcher, Denis

  Thatcher, Margaret, 73.1, 108.1, 110.1, 114.1

  domestic policies of

  in Falklands crisis, 56.1, 56.2, 56.3, 56.4, 56.5, 56.6, 57.1

  Grenada invasion and

  resignation of

  Reykjavík as viewed by

  RR’s close relationship with, 39.1, 39.2

  at RR’s dinner

  RR’s visit to, 68.1, 68.2

  SDI concerns of

  That Hagen Girl

  Third World Liberation Front

  Thirteenth Amendment

  This Is the Army

  Thomas, Helen, 60.1, 95.1

  Thomas, J. Parnell, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1

  Thornburgh, Richard

  Thurmond, Strom

  Time, 8.1, 73.1

  “Time for Choosing, A,” prl.1, 17.1, 27.1, 69.1

  Tocqueville, Alexis de

  Top Gun

  Tournament of Roses

  Tower, John

  Tower report, 98.1, 98.2, 99.1, 111.1

  TOW missiles, 85.1, 85.2, 85.3, 86.1, 98.1

  Tracy, Spencer

  Trade Adjustment Assistance program

  Transportation Department, U.S., 46.1, 64.1

  Treasury Department, U.S., 33.1, 36.1, 64.1

  Treasury I plan

  Treasury II plan

  Treblinka

  Treptow, Martin

  Trewhitt, Henry

  Trident missile

  troika (Baker-Deaver-Meese), 33.1, 37.1, 52.1, 97.1

  Trudeau, Pierre, 88.1, 88.2

  Truman, Harry S., 8.1, 8.2, 18.1

  containment policy of, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2

  Truman, Harry S., (cont.)

  and election of 1952

  loyalty probe by

  North Atlantic Treaty signed by

  Taft-Hartley Act vetoed by

  Truman Doctrine, 12.1, 54.1, 105.1

  Trumbo, Dalton, 6.1, 9.1

  Turkey, 12.1, 24.1

  U.S. missiles in, 16.1, 16.2

  Turner, Stansfield, 34.1, 49.1

  president’s daily briefing (PDB) tailored by

  Tuttle, Frank

  Tutu, Desmond

  Tutwiler, Margaret

  TWA flight 847, 75.1, 85.1, 85.2, 113.1

  Twain, Mark, 1.1, 23.1

  Twenty-Fifth Amendment

  Uganda

  unemployment, 35.1, 47.1, 52.1

  in 1937

  in 1980, 31.1, 36.1

  in 1981

  unions, 8.1, 9.1

  immigration opposed by

  United Airlines

  United Artists

  U
nited Nations, 29.1, 87.1

  General Assembly of, 60.1, 87.1

  United Nations charter

  United States Information Agency

  United Steel Workers

  Unruh, Jesse, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 22.1

  Utah Beach, 68.1, 68.2

  Vance, Cyrus

  Venezuela

  Verdun, Battle of

  Vessey, John, 70.1, 111.1

  Veterans of Foreign Wars

  Vietnam War, prl.1, 16.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 23.1, 23.2, 29.1, 29.2, 31.1, 33.1, 53.1, 53.2, 59.1, 60.1, 60.2, 67.1, 97.1

  end of, 24.1, 34.1

  inflation caused by

  protests against, 17.1, 21.1

  RR’s desire for escalation of, 19.1, 20.1

  war declaration lacking in

  Vincennes

  Vinson & Elkins

  Volcker, Paul, 38.1, 102.1, 114.1

  reappointment of

  RR’s meals with

  tight-money policy of, 47.1, 52.1, 52.2

  Voting Rights Act (1965)

  Wagner Act

  Waldorf Declaration, 10.1, 11.1

  Wałesa, Lech, 51.1, 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.5, 111.1, 112.1, 112.2, 114.1

  Wallace, Chris

  Wallison, Peter

  Wall Street Journal, 69.1, 72.1, 96.1

  Walsh, Lawrence, 111.1, 112.1, 113.1, 113.2

  Walsh, Richard

  Walsh commission

  Walters, Barbara

  Walters, Vernon, 54.1, 56.1, 97.1

  Wanniski, Jude

  Warner, Albert

  Warner, Harry, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

  Warner, Jack, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 8.1, 13.1

  HUAC testimony of, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2

  recruited into army

  RR’s dispute with

  Warner, Sam, 3.1, 3.2

  Warner Brothers, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 9.1, 51.1

  RR written off by, 14.1, 15.1

  War on Poverty

  Warsaw Pact, 16.1, 34.1, 49.1, 53.1

  Washington, D.C.

  subway in

  Washington, George, 5.1, 12.1, 35.1, 61.1

  Washington Post, 48.1, 51.1, 56.1, 57.1, 69.1, 70.1, 72.1, 72.2, 78.1, 97.1

  Washington summit (1987)

  proposal for, 88.1, 88.2, 89.1, 105.1

  Washington Times, 77.1, 95.1

  Wasserman, Lew

  Watergate, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1, 28.1, 29.1, 31.1, 33.1, 95.1, 101.1

  Watkins, James

  Watt, James

  Watts riot, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1

  Weaver, Warren, Jr.

  Webster, William

  Weinberger, Caspar, 33.1, 37.1, 105.1, 109.1, 112.1

  action on El Salvador urged by

  Allen at odds with

  alternative to MAD sought by

  arming of Iranian moderates opposed by, 85.1, 94.1, 96.1

  Contadora agreement opposed by

  first budget praised by

  on funding for contras

  Haig’s disputes with

  indictment of

  investigation of

  large Pentagon budget favored by, 37.1, 37.2

  Marcos’s fear of

  MX program desired by