Jackson, Jesse, 144
Jelly beans, 102
Jewish Refuseniks, 243–45
Jews and the Soviet Union, 5–6, 213, 243–45
Jim Crow laws, 21
Johnny Belinda (movie), 28
John Paul II, Pope, 302–5
Johnson, Lyndon, 44, 53–54
Kazan, Elia, 36
Keflavik Naval Air Station, 190–91
Kemper Arena (Kansas City), 66–70
Kennedy, Caroline, 316
Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 74–75, 138
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 50, 145, 316
Kennedy, Robert F., 54
KGB, 6–9, 250–51
Khachigian, Ken, 89–92
Khrushchev, Nikita, 139, 142, 158, 180, 207, 270
“Kinder, gentler nation,” 292
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 54
King’s Row (movie), 28, 30
Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 99, 129
Kissinger, Henry, 80, 99
Knute Rockne, All American (movie), 27
Kohl, Helmut, 202, 319
Konzen, Joel, xii–xiii
Kopechne, Mary Jo, 74–75
Koppel, Ted, 315
Korchilov, Igor, 246, 250, 269
Korean Air Lines Flight 007, 142
Kornblum, John, 203, 205
Krauthammer, Charles, 127–28, 150, 231–32
Krenz, Egon, 297
Kuhn, James, 163, 164, 189, 190, 285, 286, 290
Ku Klux Klan, 21
Labor unions, 31
Lake, James, 77–78
Land of the Firebird (Massie), 235–36
Lardner, Ring, Jr., 34
Lauer, Matt, 42
Lawson, John Howard, 34
Laxalt, Paul, 56–57, 59, 62–63
League of Finnish-American Societies, 238
League of Women Voters, 82
Lenin, Vladimir, xi, 2, 40, 249, 253–54, 261, 271
Leningrad, 154, 235, 264, 265, 335
Lenin Hills (Moscow), 254
LeRoy, Mervyn, 38
Lessons My Father Taught Me (Reagan), 30
Lewis, Anthony, 135–36
Lewis, C. S., 132, 133
Liberty Island (New York City), 277
Libya, 177–78
“Life” (Reagan), 23
Lifeguarding, 23–24
Ligachev, Yegor, 230
Lincoln, Abraham, 103, 136, 227–28
Little, Rich, 204
Los Angeles Times, 212
Lowell Park, 23
Lyon, James, 65
McAuliffe, Christa, 176–77
McCarthy, Joe, 33, 38
McCarthy, Tim, 108
McFarlane, Robert “Bud,” 132–33, 164
Magee, John Gillespie, Jr., 177
Mailer, Norman, 58
Maison de Saussure (Geneva), 160–61, 163–64, 169–70
Malaise Speech (1979), 74
Malta Summit (1989), 302, 305–10
Maltz, Albert, 34
“Man vs. Actor” (TV ad), 49
Marine One, 292–93
Marist Blue & Gold, xiii–xiv
Marist School (Atlanta), xii–xiv
Martinez, Dennis, 115–16
Marx, Karl, 2, 40
Massie, Suzanne, 235–36
Matheny, John, 110
Matlock, Jack, 229–30, 307
Andropov’s funeral, 143–44
Chernobyl disaster, 179
Moscow Summit (1988), 1, 216, 241, 244, 252, 268, 270
Maxim Gorky, 302, 305–6
MCA Television, 39
Meacham, Jon, 110, 276
Medvedev, Vladimir, 311–12
Meese, Edwin
assassination attempt of Reagan and, 109
Attorney General, 151, 160
California governor’s office, 51
counselor to the President, 95–97, 101
presidential election of 1980, 72, 77, 80, 85
presidential transition of 1980, 94
Meiklejohn, William, 26
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore), 115–16
Merman, Ethel, 88
Merrill Lynch, 100, 198, 233
Mexico Border Fence, 240
Mezhdunarodnaya Hotel (Moscow), 264
Miami Zoo, 193
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 112
Mondale, Walter, 93, 141, 144–45, 147, 320
Montgomery, Robert, 32, 33
Moos, Malcolm, 205
Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party, 210
Moscow Portrait Gallery, 265
Moscow State University, 152, 153
Moscow State University speech (1988), x–xii, xv, 253–63, 322
choice of venue, 254
question-and-answer session, x–xi, 261–62
reception of, 262–63
speechwriting, 255–57
text of, 339–51
Moscow Summit (1988), x–xi, 1–11, 239–75
background of, 227–31
Bolshoi Ballet performance, 270–71
Danilov Monastery visit, 242–43
departure statement, 271–72
final joint statement, 266–70
final meeting of, 266–67
goals of, 234–37
human rights issue, 228–29, 230–31, 237–38, 239–40
impact of, 272–75
opening ceremony, 5–6
Reagan and Jewish refuseniks, 243–45
Reagan’s Arbat walk, 6–9, 260, 263
Reagan’s arrival, 1–2, 3, 4–5, 239–40
Reagan’s four-part plan for, 236–37
Reagan’s Helsinki stop, 3, 238
Reagan’s mission for, 228, 231–34
Red Square walk, 249–52, 263
second morning of, 247–49
Spaso House dinner, 264–65
state dinner, 245–46
Mudd, Roger, 75
Muskie, Edmund, 198
Mutually assured destruction (MAD), 138, 148, 149
NASA, 176–77
Nashua Telegraph, 79
National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) speech (1983), 130–37
National Organization for Women (NOW), 161
National Strategy Forum speech (1988), 237
NATO, 278–79, 307–10
Nazi Germany, 31, 73, 152, 301, 305–6, 308
New Hampshire primary of 1980, 79–80
New Russia, The (Gorbachev), 153
Newsweek, 61, 78
New Union Treaty, 311
New York City meeting (1989), 276–81
New York Times, 96–97, 110, 135–36, 194, 212, 262, 278, 291, 296, 324–25
Nicaraguan Contras, 150, 155–56, 159–60, 220, 296
Nicholas II of Russia, 314
Nixon, Richard
Andropov and Reagan, 129–30
Brezhnev and, 62, 118, 126, 128, 180
California gubernatorial election of 1962, 45, 50, 53
California gubernatorial election of 1966, 49
Gorbachev’s UN speech (1990), 278–79
Haig recommendation of, 98
HUAC hearings, 37
presidential election of 1968, 53–59, 98
Watergate, 63, 70
Nofziger, Lyn, 15, 97
California gubernatorial election of 1966, 46–47, 51
presidential election of 1968, 55
presidential election of 1976, 67
presidential election of 1980, 77–78
Noonan, Peggy, 176, 287, 291–92
North Carolina primary of 1976, 64–65
NSC (National Security Council), 99, 120, 143–44, 204, 205–6, 256
Obama, Barack, 68, 251
Oberdorfer, Don, 239
O’Brien, Pat, 27
O’Connor, Harry, 61
October Revolution, 154–55, 253
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 101, 112
Olympic Games, 119, 144
1000th anniversary of
the Christianization of Russia, 214
O’Neill, Millie, 105–6
O’Neill, Thomas Phillip “Tip,” 105–7, 169
On the Outside Looking In (Reagan), 29
“Open Skies,” 158
Orlando speech (1983), 130–37
Ornitz, Samuel, 34
Osborne, Kathleen, 103, 146, 197, 216
Paris Match, 155
Parr, Jerry, 108
Pasternak, Boris, 259, 342
“Peaceful coexistence,” 266–69, 270, 321
“Peace through strength,” 119–20, 125
Pearl Harbor attack, 30–31
Perestroika, 2–3, 153, 154, 200, 210–11, 215, 249, 279–70, 311, 318–19, 321
Perestroika (Gorbachev), 235
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 133
Phillips, Howard, 211–12
Phoenix Gazette, 5
Pitney General Store, 17–18
Playboy (magazine), 49
Poindexter, John, 195
Poland, 155–56, 297, 302–5, 319–20
Powell, Colin
Brandenburg Gate speech (1987), 206
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 294, 295
end of Reagan’s presidency, 290
Moscow Summit (1988), 268, 269
New York city meeting (1988), 276–77
Washington Summit (1987), 209
Pravda, 262, 263
Pre-emptive nuclear strike, 148
Presidential elections
1936, 286–87
1964, 42–43, 44–45
1968, 53–59
1976, 62–71
1980, 75–86, 119
1984, 141, 144–47
1988, 275–76
Pushkin, Alexander, 245
Putin, Vladimir, 153, 251
Quayle, Dan, 275–76, 290, 295
Quigley, Joan, 233
Racism, 21
Reagan, Cameron, 88
Reagan, Christine, 37
Reagan, Colleen, 88
Reagan, Doria, 88
Reagan, Jack, 17–19, 20–21, 27
Reagan, Maureen, 28–30, 41, 87–88
Reagan, Michael, 28–30, 41, 88
Reagan, Nancy Davis
assassination attempt of Ronnie and, 109, 111
Berlin Wall visit (1978), 72–74
breast cancer of, 216
British Parliament speech (1982), 122–25
end of presidency, 285–86, 290–91, 292–93
on enigma of Ronnie, 16
Geneva Summit (1985), 161–62, 165, 167–68, 169
Inauguration of 1981 and, 87, 92, 93–94
marriage and children, 38–42, 153
Moscow Summit (1988), 1–9, 239, 242, 246–47, 264–65, 271–72
My Turn, 1, 17, 195, 233
NAE speech (1983), 135
presidential election of 1976, 63–64
presidential election of 1980, 78, 84–86
presidential election of 1984, 146–47
Regan and, 100, 151, 195, 233–34
relationship with Raisa, 4–5, 161–62, 165, 167–68, 169, 212–13, 216–18, 221–22, 264–65, 271–72, 280–81, 310
Washington Summit (1987), 209, 212–13, 216–18, 221–22
White House tours and congress, 105–6
Reagan, Neil “Moon,” 18, 87–88
Reagan, Nelle Wilson, 18–23, 27, 92
Reagan, Patti Davis, 100–101
Reagan, Ron, 6, 39, 41, 88, 165
Reagan, Ronald Wilson
acting career of, 16, 26–29, 38, 39–40
Address to the Nation and Other Countries on United States–Soviet Relations (1984), 142–43
administration cabinet of, 94–101, 111–12, 151, 193–99
age and stamina concerns about, 144–46, 162–63, 170
Alzheimer’s disease of, 228, 323–24
Andropov and, 128–30, 133, 141–44
appearance of, 26–27
assassination attempt, 107–11, 197–98
authenticity of, 47, 49, 104
author’s meeting, xii–xiii
Baltimore Orioles ceremonial first pitch, 115–16
Berlin Wall visit (1978), 72–74, 204–5
birth of, 17–18
Brandenburg Gate speech (1987), 201–8, 322
British Parliament speech (1982), 115, 116–18, 120–28, 131–32
California governorship of, 51–52, 59–61, 94
California gubernatorial election of 1966, 45–51
Carter compared with, 103
Challenger disaster, 176–77
childhood of, 15, 18–23
Cold War theory of, 71–72, 255–56
congressional relations, 105–7
death of, 323–25
early influences on, 20–21
economic policy of, 59, 100–101
education of, 23–25
Eisenhower compared with, xv–xvi, 17, 43–44, 96–97, 152
emotional intelligence of, 103
end of presidency, 275–81, 285–93
enigma of, 15–17
Farewell Address to the Nation (1989), 287–89
FDR and, 17, 237–38, 286–87
General Electric tours, 39–40, 42
Geneva Summit (1985), 158, 172–73, 181, 233, 272–73, 278
Gorbachev and. See Gorbachev-Reagan relationship
governing style of, 51, 59–60, 94–97, 102–3, 158–59
Gromyko and, 146–47
Hollywood and communism, 31–38
Inauguration of (1981), 87–94
Inauguration of (1985), 148–49
Iran-Contra and, 159–60, 194, 198–99
Lincoln compared with, 227–28
marriages and children of, 28–30, 38–39, 41–42
Meese-Baker-Deaver combination and, 95–97, 102
Moscow State University speech (1988), 253–63
NAE speech (1983), 130–37
National Strategy Forum speech (1988), 237
negotiating skills of, 32, 60, 107, 184–85, 227–28
nickname of “Dutch,” 18
personality of, 15–16, 19, 103–5, 107
poetic tendencies of, 22–23
political ideology of, 21, 40, 43–44, 59–60
political persuasion skills of, 24–25
poll numbers, 65, 78, 196–97, 208–9
presidential election of 1964, 42–43, 44–45
presidential election of 1968, 55–59
presidential election of 1976, 62–70
presidential election of 1980, 72, 75–86
presidential election of 1984, 141, 144–47
Presidential Library and Museum, ix–x, xiv–xv, 316
radio work of, 25–26, 61–62
Screen Actors Guild presidency, 30–31, 34–35, 37–38, 42, 60
SDI and. See Strategic Defense Initiative
sense of humor, 46, 47, 103, 118, 146, 164, 165, 178–79, 215–16
Springfield speech (1988), 237
State of the Union (1984), 145, 149–50
State of the Union (1986), 176–77
terrorism and, 177–78
unconventional conservatism of, 59–60
winning of Cold War “without firing a shot,” 318–22
during World War II, 30–31
Reagan, Ruth Elizabeth “Bess,” 87–88
Reagan Doctrine, 150–51, 232, 255
Reaganomics, 59, 100–101
Red Square (Moscow), 249–52, 263, 271
Regan, Donald, 193–96
chief of staff, 151, 193–95
firing of, 195–96, 198
Geneva Summit (1985), 161, 164, 168
For the Record, 233–34
Treasury Secretary, 100–101
Reis, Daniel Aarão, 3
Religious faith, 18, 22, 134
Religious freedom, 5–6, 134, 243–45, 303–4
Republican National Conventions
1968, 54, 57–58
1976, 65–70
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sp; 1980, 80–81
Revell, Dennis, 88
Revolutions of 1989, 297–301
Reykjavík Summit (1986), 185–92, 199–200
background, 182
SDI discussions, 185–88, 190–91
Rice, Condoleezza, 311
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 136
Robbins, Patricia, 87
Robbins, Richard, 87
Robinson, Peter, 145–46, 202–5, 208
Rocha, Peter, 102
Rockefeller, Nelson, 55, 65
Rock River, 19–20, 23
Rodman, Peter, 206
“Rodney Dangerfield effect,” 235
Rollback strategy, 127–28
Romania, 297
Romney, George, 54–55
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 17, 21, 237–38, 286–87
Roosevelt, Theodore “Teddy,” 74, 137
Rover Boys, 20
Rowny, Edward, 138, 265
Royal Gallery (London), 122–23
Russian Orthodox Church, 242–43
Russian Revolution, 154–55, 253
Ryan, Frederick, 205
Sabato, Larry, 44–45
Safire, William, 110
St. Basil’s Cathedral (Moscow), 271
SALT I Treaty, 180
Salvatori, Henry, 51
Sandinistas, 150, 155–56
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 94–95, 136
Schlesinger, James, 62
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 60
Schweiker, Richard, 65–66
Scott, Adrian, 34
Scowcroft, Brent, 198, 279, 294–95, 296, 298, 302, 320–21
Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 31–32, 34–35, 42, 60
Screwtape Letters (Lewis), 132, 133
SDI. See Strategic Defense Initiative
Sears, John, 63–64, 65, 72, 100
presidential election of 1980, 77–78, 79
Secret Service
assassination attempt of Reagan and, 107–11
Reagan’s Moscow Arbat walk, 6–7
Segregation, 21
Senate Judiciary Committee, xiii
Sevareid, Eric, 61
Shaddick, Ray, 6–7
Shevardnadze, Eduard, 157, 304
Geneva Summit (1985), 168
Moscow Summit (1988), 244, 266, 271
Reykjavík Summit (1986), 186, 189
Washington Summit (1987), 178, 181, 182, 209
Shirley, Craig, 79
Shultz, George P.
Andropov’s funeral and, 144
Chernenko’s funeral and, 152
Geneva Summit (1985), 164, 167, 168, 169
governing style of Reagan, 158–59
Moscow Summit (1988), 230–31, 238, 244, 249–50, 266, 267–68, 271, 276
Reykjavík Summit (1986), 183, 185–92, 200
SDI and, 138, 218
Secretary of State, 112, 119
Soviet Union and, 119, 126
Treasury Secretary, 126
Washington Summit (1987), 178, 209, 211–12, 218, 221, 222
Sinatra, Frank, 88
Smeal, Eleanor, 161
Smith, Hedrick, 96–97
Smith, William French, 49, 104–5
Soderberg, Sydney, ix
Solidarity (Polish trade union), 155–56, 302–5, 319–20