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by Matthews, Chris


  Boston College, 29, 99, 108, 113, 340, 346, 356

  Boston Globe, 30, 118, 129, 163, 280

  Boston Navy Yard, 108–9

  Brademas, John, 28

  Brady, James, 70

  Brezhnev, Leonid, 314

  Bridge on the River Kwai, The (film), 195

  Broder, David, 199

  Brother Rat (film), 80, 83

  Broussard, “Frogsy,” 96

  Brown, Edmund G. “Pat,” 2–3, 91

  Buckley, William, 358

  budget:

  deficit, 188–90, 192–93, 206, 208–9, 213, 215–17, 287

  Democrats’ plan for, 117, 124, 160, 208–9

  economy vs., 196, 217, 228–30

  Reagan’s need for bipartisanship in, 194, 207–23

  Reagan’s plan for balancing of, 43, 168, 172, 183, 213, 232–33

  Budget Summit, 194–203, 205, 207

  Burton, Phil, 209

  Bush, George H. W., 3, 4, 32, 124, 128, 136, 159, 177, 300, 315, 322, 340, 364

  Caddell, Patrick, 7, 10–11, 13–14, 187

  Cagney, James, 80

  Calabash, 278

  Califano, Joe, 108

  California:

  Reagan’s journey to, 78–79

  Reagan’s political career in, 2, 8, 33, 37, 77, 91, 188

  Cambridge, Mass., 95, 102–3

  Camp David, 170, 334

  Cannon, Lou, 44, 280

  Capitol Hill News Service, 22, 62

  Capitol Hilton hotel, 291

  Capra, Frank, 3

  Carey, Hugh, 110, 331

  Carter, Jimmy, xviii, 24, 35, 38, 46, 55, 58, 61, 69, 121, 150, 151, 159, 166, 167, 170, 201, 289, 349

  attack on Reagan by, 11–12

  best campaign speech of, 12–14

  concession speech of, 15

  downbeat image of, 7, 8

  government reorganization plan of, 24

  “malaise speech” of, 7, 47

  1976 presidential victory of, 7

  1980 presidential defeat of, xviii, 1–15

  on Northern Ireland, 331

  Reagan compared to, 28, 34

  as scapegoat, 5–6, 9

  sentiment against, 3, 4–5, 9, 14, 42, 43, 47, 52, 135, 357, 359

  as sincere and earnest, 7, 8

  Carter, Rosalynn, 2

  Carter administration, 2, 35, 71

  author in, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 24–25

  O’Neill disliked by, 36

  Casablanca (film), 82

  Casey, William J., 4, 352

  Catholics, 20, 21, 98, 105

  in Northern Ireland, 329–35

  CBS, 10, 12, 201, 209, 214, 238

  CBS Evening News, 238

  Central America, 262, 319, 349

  Central American Peace Proposal, 352

  Central Committee of the Communist Party, 314

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 348, 350, 351–52, 358

  Challenger explosion, 335–37

  Cheers (TV show), 164, 256–57

  Cheney, Dick, 277–78

  Chernenko, Konstantin, 315–16, 322

  “Chez Raymond,” 155

  Chicago, Ill., 9

  Christians, in Lebanon, 263, 265, 271

  Christian Science Monitor, 126

  Churchill, Winston, 133, 182, 347, 364

  “citizen-politician,” 87, 92, 231

  City of Corpus Christi, USS, 204, 205, 212

  civil liberties, 102

  civil service reform, 24

  Cleveland Convention Center, 8

  Clinton, Bill, 89

  cloakrooms, 154–55

  CNN, 214

  Code of the Secret Service (film), 68

  Coelho, Tony, 56–59, 184–85

  Colbert, Claudette, 269

  Cold War:

  end of, 364

  last partisan debate on, 348

  O’Neill on, 261

  Reagan on, 28, 49, 260–61, 276, 309, 311, 346

  Reagan’s strategy to end, 309–27, 363

  Collins, Michael, 348

  Colson, Charles, 108

  Committee for Creative Non-Violence, 212

  common good:

  obstructionism vs., xvi, 216

  as priority, xvii, 216, 221, 250–51, 267, 362, 366–67

  communism:

  downfall of, 364–65

  and Hollywood, 87–89

  Reagan’s hard line stand against, 90, 92, 259–61, 263, 350–51

  threat of, 102, 346, 354–55

  Conference of Studio Unions (CSU), 86–87

  Congress, U.S.:

  fiscal powers of, xvi, 28, 144

  Reagan’s address on Soviet talks to, 325

  Reagan’s first Joint Session address to, 53–54

  Reagan’s political plan presented to, 47–48

  televised, 294–95

  war powers of, 265–66

  winter break of, 245–46

  World War II declared by, 82

  Congressional News Service, 62–63

  Congressional Record, 21–22, 296

  Conn, Billy, 103

  conservatives:

  in Congress, 64

  fiscal, 215

  Reagan as, 4, 12, 33, 252, 368

  southern Democrat, 39, 64, 124, 126, 129, 155–56, 161, 305–6

  Constitution, U.S.:

  framing of government in, xvi

  proposed budget amendment to, 213, 232–33

  Conte, Silvio, 108, 293

  Contras (Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance Forces), U.S. aid to, 263, 349–57, 346, 360–61

  Counselor (Sorensen), 149

  Coyne, James K., III, 63

  C-SPAN, 294–95

  Cuba, 263, 268–69, 278

  Cummings, Robert, 85

  Curley, James Michael, 45

  Curtiz, Michael, 82

  Dark Victory (film), 80

  Darman, Richard, 250, 256

  Davis, Bette, 80

  Davis, Loyal, 86, 221

  Davis, Nancy, see Reagan, Nancy

  Davis, Sammy, Jr., 89

  Dean, James, 89

  Death Valley Days (TV show), 34

  Deaver, Michael, 32–33, 204–5, 280, 351

  Defense Department, U.S., 351

  Delahanty, Thomas, 70

  Delaney, Steve, 214

  Dellums, Ron, 277, 326

  Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), 55–56, 62–63, 184

  Democratic Conservative Forum, 64, 220

  Democratic National Committee, 55

  Democratic National Convention (1968), 109–10

  Democrats, Democratic Party:

  attempt to limit 1980 losses by, 14

  ethnic and geographical segments of, 20–21

  in House cliques, 155–58

  House control by, 32, 35–36, 39, 47, 52, 55

  on nuclear weapons, 312–13, 317, 326

  O’Neill’s roots in, 95

  partisan propaganda of, 62–63

  Reagan as, 86, 144

  Reagan supported by, 4–6, 46, 63, 156, 300

  Republican threat to, 28, 53, 63

  Southern conservative, 39, 64, 124, 126, 129, 155–56, 161, 305–6

  victorious midterm election campaign of, 227–41, 244

  see also specific political figures

  Dempsey, Jack, 72

  De Niro, Robert, 69

  Desperate Journey (film), 82, 85

  Diehl, Leo, 59–60, 116, 139, 143, 153–54, 239, 305, 347

  DiMaggio, Joe, 9

  Dingell, John, 306–7

  Dobrynin, Anatoly, 413

  Dole, Bob, 207, 215–18, 247, 325

  Donaldson, Sam, 138–39, 253, 282

  Dornan, Bob, 163

  Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 86

  Downey, Tom, 160

  Duberstein, Ken, 121, 122, 227, 245, 248, 250, 256, 274

  Early, Joe, 348

  East Germany, 318–19, 364

  economy, Reagan’s plan for, 27–28, 42–44, 47–48, 162, 16
3, 168, 188–90, 206, 338, 343–45

  Budget Summit in, 194–203, 205

  debate and vote on, 64–65, 119, 121–31, 133, 144–46, 159–63, 209

  growing skepticism about, 171–73, 183, 194–203, 208, 215–16, 218–19

  O’Neill’s attack strategy against, 117, 126–29, 142, 151, 159–60, 167, 177, 207–14

  O’Neill’s cooperation in, 216–23, 338

  protests and demonstrations against, 211–15

  Reagan’s accountability for, 129–30, 172–73, 182, 191, 209, 216, 220, 223, 228

  Stockman’s disclosures about, 175–77

  TEFRA in, 215–23

  televised presentation to Congress of, 122–25

  upsurge in, 292

  see also budget; specific elements

  Eden, Anthony, 133

  “Education of David Stockman, The” (Greider), 174

  Education of Henry Adams, The (Adams), 17

  Edwards, Don, 252

  Einstein, Albert, 259

  Eire Pub, 254

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 105, 261

  elections, U.S.:

  of 1904, 15

  of 1928, 98–99

  of 1960, 10, 107–8

  of 1964, 90

  of 1968, 19, 21

  of 1974, 57, 156

  of 1976, 3, 32, 35, 57, 156, 349

  of 1982, 31, 56, 63, 64, 124, 146, 160, 162, 169, 182–83, 190, 209, 216, 224, 227–41, 244

  elections, U.S., of 1980, 1–15, 32, 63, 69, 296

  Carter campaign in, 1–12

  debate in, 8

  Election Day of, 1–2, 8, 10, 27, 36, 67, 151

  Reagan campaign in, 2–12

  elections, U.S., of 1984, 245, 257, 279, 282, 284, 285–307, 334, 352

  debates in, 301–2

  Democratic campaign in, 290–92, 299–304

  Eliot, T.S., 364

  El Salvador, 263, 349, 351

  Eunice, Sister, 355–56

  Eureka College, 79, 84

  “evil empire,” 313, 322

  Face the Nation, 153, 210–11

  Falkland Islands, 208

  Farrell, John Aloysius, 320

  Federal Aviation Administration, 165

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 20, 70–71, 270

  Federal Reserve, 167

  Fenwick, Millicent, 229

  Ferraro, Geraldine, 300, 303

  Fields, W. C., 296

  “$50,000 Question,” 160

  First Motion Picture Unit, 82–83

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 97

  FitzGerald, Garret, 333–34, 340

  Fitzgerald, “Red,” 96

  Flynn, Errol, 82

  Foley, Tom, 112, 219, 228, 277–78

  Ford, Gerald, 3, 4, 7, 32, 112, 135, 245, 343, 349

  Ford’s Theatre, 74–75

  Foreign Affairs Committee, 283

  Fort Roach, 83

  Foster, Jodie, 69

  “Four Horsemen,” 331

  France, 260, 299, 315

  Franks, Martin, 55–58

  Friedersdorf, Max, 36, 44–45, 52–53, 73, 122

  Gable, Clark, 86

  Gallup poll, 10

  Gemayel, Bashir, assassination of, 264

  General Electric Theater (TV show), 34, 89–90, 260, 287

  Geneva, Switzerland, Reagan-Gorbachev summit in, 323–26, 363

  George Washington University Hospital, 66, 71, 74

  Gephardt, Dick, 306

  Gergen, David, 32, 42

  Germany, Nazi, 260

  Germany, West, 314, 316

  Gibbons, Sam, 111, 267

  GI Bill, 288

  Gibson, Charles, 284

  Gingrich, Newt, 294–96

  Gipp, George “the Gipper,” 4, 81, 136

  Goldwater, Barry, 90, 134–35

  Good Morning America (TV show), 299

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 308, 316–27, 334

  and Ortega, 353

  Reagan’s letter to, 320–22

  Reagan’s summit meetings with, 317, 323–27, 363–64

  Graham, Katharine, 34

  Gray, William, 303

  Great Britain, 260, 371

  in Falklands, 208

  in Grenada, 268

  and Northern Ireland, 328, 331, 333–35

  “Great Communicator,” 184, 192

  Great Depression, 79

  Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald), 97

  Great Society, 64

  Greeley, Horace, 77

  Greenspan, Alan, 167, 245–47, 250

  Greenspan Commission, see National Commission on Social Security Reform

  Gregg, Judd, 250

  Greider, William, 174, 175

  Grenada, 258, 268–70, 274–79, 342, 349

  skepticism about, 276–78

  Griffin, Bob, 347

  Gromyko, Andrei, 316

  Guatemala, 262

  Guerra, Gabriel, 342

  Gumbel, Bryant, 291

  “gunboat diplomacy,” 262, 277, 346

  “Gym Caucus,” 157–58

  Gym Dinner, 158–59

  Hall, Tony, 126

  Hal Roach Studios, 83

  Hamilton, Lee, 283

  Hampton, Lionel, 226

  Hardball (Matthews), 186, 369

  Harris, Lou, 10

  Hart, Gary, 290, 292

  Hart, Peter, 187, 222

  Hartman, Arthur, 315

  Hartpence, Gary, see Hart, Gary

  Harvard University, 97–98, 104, 109

  Hatfield, Mark, 38

  Hermannsson, Steingrímur, 327

  Hertel, Dennis, 191

  Hertzberg, Hendrik “Rick,” xviii, 10, 11–12, 13–14, 24

  Hezbollah, 357–58

  Hickam Air Force Base, 120

  Hinckley, John, 66, 68–70, 115

  Hiroshima bombing, 313

  Hispanics, 344

  Hitler, Adolf, 259

  Hoffman, Nicholas von, 204

  Holden, William, 86

  Hollywood:

  and communism, 87–89

  Reagan’s career in, xvi, 2, 3, 4–5, 8, 31, 33, 38, 68, 77, 79–90, 98, 188, 260, 330

  in war effort, 82–83

  Holy Cross, 18, 19, 21, 57, 99, 108

  homeless, advocacy for, 203–5, 212

  Honduras, 262, 263, 354–55

  Hoover, Herbert, 99

  Hope, Bob, 340

  “Horatio Alger Award,” 95

  House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), 87

  House Foreign Affairs Committee, 20

  House Intelligence Committee, 263

  House of Representatives, U.S., xvi, 14, 28, 94

  on Contra aid, 354–55, 360

  Democratic cliques in, 155–58

  “the floor” of, 154–58

  gym of, 157–59

  in midterm election, 224, 227

  MX missile vote in, 317–20

  Republican gains in, 28, 63

  Republican losses in, 304

  Rules Committee of, 108

  Hume, John, 331, 334–35

  Humphrey, Hubert, 57, 288

  hunger strike, 204, 212

  Hunt, Albert, 239–40

  Hymel, Gary, 50, 59, 111, 116, 131, 150

  immigration, 4–5, 6–7, 9, 344–45

  Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986), 345

  inflation, 187, 192, 201

  Iowa, 79

  Iran, in Contras conspiracy, 358–61

  Iran-Contra scandal, 263, 349–61, 363

  Iranian hostage crisis, 5, 6, 8–13, 38–39, 135, 238, 270, 357–58, 359

  Iranian Revolutionary Guard, 359

  Iraq-Iran war, 209

  Irish-Catholics, 20, 21

  “Irish curse,” 78

  “Irish mafia,” 80–81

  Irish Republican Army (IRA), 330, 333, 334

  Israel, 288

  Jewish immigration to, 314

  and Lebanon, 208, 263, 265, 271, 282

  Israeli war (1973), 170

  Issues
and Answers (TV show), 136

  Jacobs, Andrew, 126

  Japan, auto market dominance by, 9

  “jobs” bill, 230–31, 255–57

  Johnny Belinda (film), 83–84

  Johnson, Lyndon, 107, 108–10, 247, 261

  Johnson, Mike, 231

  Jones, Jim, 193

  Jordan, Hamilton, 13, 31, 36

  “Junior Secret Service Club,” 68

  junkets:

  bipartisan, 343

  controversial Australian, 118–21, 342

  South American, 341–42

  Kampelman, Max, 317–20

  Karloff, Boris, 86

  Kelley, Eleanor, 139, 158

  Kelly, Eddie, 262

  Kemp, Jack, 195, 218

  Kennedy, Edward M., 8–9, 21, 47, 331, 340

  Kennedy, John F., 10, 19–20, 29, 41, 53, 94, 103–6, 107, 108, 150, 178, 222, 247, 292, 309, 310, 337, 369

  Kennedy, Joseph, 103–4

  Kennedy, Robert F., 21, 105

  Kennedy (Sorensen), 19

  Khomeini, Ayatollah, 9, 358

  “Khomeiniville,” 265

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 314

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 348

  Kings Row (film), 81–82, 85

  Knute Rockne-All American (film), 4, 37, 80–81, 135

  Kohl, Helmut, 316

  Korean War, 288

  Kovack, Kenny, 214

  Last Hurrah, The (film), 45

  Las Vegas, Nev., 89

  Lebanon, 263–68, 270–83, 358, 359

  Grenada as diversion from, 279

  Israeli attack on, 208, 263

  U.S. marines in, 258, 263–68, 270–73, 277, 279–83, 293

  legislative assistants, 19–20

  LeHand, Margaret “Missy,” 100–101

  L’Enfant, Pierre, xiii, 371

  Lew, Jack, 247, 284

  Limbaugh, Rush, 186

  Lincoln, Abraham, 74–75, 91

  local politics, 29, 95, 99–102, 108

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 105

  Long, Russell, 343–44

  Lott, Trent, 295

  Louis, Joe, 103

  Love Is on the Air (film), 80

  loyalty oath, 102, 109

  M, 297

  McAuliffe, Christa, 335–36

  McCarthy, Eugene, 19, 57, 222

  McCarthy, Mary, 115

  McCarthy, Timothy, 70

  McCormack, John, 105–6, 285

  McDade, Joe, 119

  McFarlane, Robert, 270–71, 358, 360

  McGovern, George, 290

  McGrory, Mary, 204, 222–23

  McHugh, Drake (character), 81–82

  Magee, John Gillespie, Jr., 336

  “magic asterisk,” 175

  “malaise speech,” 7, 47

  Man of the House (O’Neill), 36–37, 365

  Marine One, 1, 67

  marines, U.S.:

  in Lebanon, 258, 262–68, 270–73, 277, 279–83, 293

  in Nicaragua, 262, 277, 354

  Markey, Edward, 252, 326

  Marvin, Lee, 89

  Maryknoll Sisters, 355–56

  Massachusetts, 29

  O’Neill’s political career in, 99–105

  O’Neill’s support of projects for, 108–9

  Master of Phones, 155

  Mathis, Johnny, 205

 

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