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on RR’s military buildup, 238–39 SDI and, 246, 253

signing onto RR’s presidential campaigns by, 53–54

Ambrose, Stephen E., 221

Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 17 Anderson, Frank, 274

Anderson, Judith, 11

Anderson, Martin, 48–49, 177

Andreas, Dwayne, 153

Andropov, Yuri V., 146, 185, 188, 205, 206–8

grooming of Gorbachev by, 220, 221 Arbatov, Georgi, 264, 280

arms race, 64–65

fiscal impact of, 240–42

Geneva summit and, 246–49

reaction of Gorbachev to RR’s, 242–46 role of, 237–40

SDI and, 242–46

Arnold, Eddie, 11

Avrakotos, Gust, 274

Azeem, Mohammad Ashraf, 309–10

Boland, Edward, 269

Boldin, Valery, 299

Boren, David, 259

Borovik, Genrikh, 99, 211

Bovin, Aleksander, 187

Bradley, Bill, 259

Bradna, Olympe, 68

Brezhnev, Leonid, 46, 146, 160, 170, 209,

Babiuch, Edward, 90

Bailey, Norman, 116, 121–22, 149, 157, 166, 190

Baker, James, 81, 190

Bandar, prince of Saudi Arabia, 256

Barrett, Laurence, 108

Barry, John, 275

Barrymore, Ethel, 22

Barrymore, Lionel, 11

Battaglia, Phil, 32

Bearden, Milt, 233, 234

Belafonte, Harry, 23

Benny, Jack, 22

Berlin, Germany, 40–41

Berlin Wall, 34–36, 292, 314

Bernstein, Carl, 134, 136, 139

Bessmertnykh, Alexander, 261, 300

Bishop, Joey, 36–37

Bishop, Maurice, 191, 192

Bogart, Humphrey, 11, 239

on détente, 47

invasion of Poland and, 93

Reagan’s letter to, 104–5

response to RR’s letter, 105–6

Brezhnev doctrine, 46

Brock, William E., 221

Bronson, Charles, 22

Brown, Archie, 219, 220–21, 295

Brown, Pat, 32

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 136, 288, 290

Bujak, Zbigniew, 112

Burger, Warren E., 73

Bush, George H. W., 74, 129, 137, 191, 299, 307

Bush, George W., 307

Caldicott, Helen, 205

Callahan, Bob, Sr., 68–69

Cannistraro, Vincent, 259

Cannon, Lou, 34, 64–65, 143, 147, 242, 301

Carter, Jimmy, 53, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 80, 82, 159, 205, 209, 236, 238

Iran hostage crisis and, 56–57

knowledge of invasion of Poland, 92–93

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and, 58

Casaroli, Agostino Cardinal, 136

Casey, William J., 121, 199

Afghanistan and, 231, 234

decision to deploy Stinger missiles in Afghanistan and, 259–60

as director of CIA, 74, 118, 119–20

Farewell Dossier and, 124–25

Saudi Arabia and, 250–51, 256

support of Poland and, 290

Vatican and, 136, 137

Collingwood, Chris, 35

Communism, 11

end of, in Eastern Europe, 292

RR’s 1950s crusades against, 12, 18–20

SDI as factor for fall of, 300–302

Communists in Hollywood, 25–26

tactics of, 19

Conference of Studio Unions (CSU), 10

Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), 59–60, 117

Containment doctrine, 159

RR’s rejection of, 42–43

Cooke, Alistair, 22

Cooke, Terence (archbishop of New York), 76

Cooper, Gary, 16

Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM), 161, 163, 280

Cotten, Joseph, 22

CPAC. See Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

Cronkite, Walter, 9

Crusade for Freedom (1950), 18

Dickinson, Angie, 22

Displaced Persons, RR’s speeches on behalf, 14–15

Dixon, Illinois, 3

First Christian Church of, 8

Lowell Park in, 3–6

Dobriansky, Paula, 116

Dobrynin, Anatoly, 146, 294

Dolan, Anthony R., 140

Donskiy, Alexander, 300

Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 38

D’Souza, Dinesh, 68

Duberstein, Ken, 81

Dudek, Joseph, 85

Dunckel, Earl, 67

Castro, Fidel, 186

Ceausescu, Nicolai, 292

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 119–20

Chamberlain, Neville, 36

Chambers, Whittaker, 117

Chebrikov, Viktor, 206

Chernenko, Konstantin, 137, 217, 243

Chiang Kai-Shek, 46

China, 46

Christian Anti-Communist Crusade, 19

Christian Social Association, 85

Churchill, Sir Winston, 42, 44–45

Clark, William P., Jr., 8

Afghanistan and, 234–35

on arms race, 248

blocking construction of Soviet pipeline and, 146, 148, 150

downing of South Korean airliner, 188–89

on “evil empire” speech of RR, 174–75 French relations and, 154

as gubernatorial aide, 32, 36–37

as head of National Security Council, 112, 113–17, 118, 119, 120, 121

NSDDs and, 125–26, 130, 156, 157, 160, 164, 166, 168

possible use of U.S. force to invade Poland and, 95–97

resignation of, 190–91

on RR, 313

on RR and Poland, 291

on RR’s preoccupation with Poland, 87, 89

SDI deception and, 210

as secretary of interior, 219

Strategic Defense Initiative and, 175–77

Vatican and, 133–34, 136, 139

Clay, Lucius, 18

Cohen, Richard, 275

Cold War, 35–36

RR’s rejection of policies of, 41–45

Coll, Steve, 233, 236

Collingwood, Charles, 33

economic policies, of Ronald Reagan, 79–81

Elliott, Ben, 67

Ellman, Michael, 202

Emmert, Lloyd, 306

Eureka College, 6, 23, 127

Evans, Colleen, 76

Evans, Louis H., 75, 76–77

Evans, M. Stanton, 46

Darman, Richard, 190

Davis, Bette, 11, 22

Day, Doris, 11, 68

Dean, James, 22

Deaver, Michael, 51, 67, 76, 81, 100, 190, 305

deGraffeinreid, Ken, 116, 190

de Haviland, Olivia, 11

Delchamps, Ollie, 68–69

DeMille, Cecil B., 12

democracies, 307

Democratic Party, RR’s views of, 28

deregulation, 80

Desert One operation, 56–58

Détente, 159

Brezhnev on, 47

RR’s rejection of, 43–44

Soviet view of, 46–47

Devine, Jack, 274

Fahd, king of Saudi Arabia, 251, 254, 256

Falin, Valentin, 183–84, 222–23, 264–65

Fanfani, Amintore, 185

Farewell Dossier, 123–25, 154–55

First Christian Church, Dixon, Illinois, 8 Fleming, Rhonda, 68

Flynn, Errol, 11, 68

Ford, Gerald R., 48–49, 53

1976 Republican Convention and, 51–53

Foster, Marion Emmert, 306,

324n6 France, construction of Soviet pipeline and, 122, 153–55

Gaddis, John Lewis, 221, 301, 313

Gamble, Doug, 201–2 Garland, Judy,

23M Garson, Greer, 22

Garthoff, Raymond, 302

Gaulle, Charles de, 154

Gelb, Leslie, 233

General Electric, RR as spokesman for, 22–25

Geneva summit, 246–49

Genscher, Hans Dietrich, 109

Gergen, David, 175, 180, 190

Gierek, Edward, 90

Gilder, Josh, 268

Glemp, Jozef (primate of Poland), 97 Goldwater, Barry, 28, 29, 278

Gone with the Wind (1939), 11

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 170, 227

Afghanistan and, 228–30, 275–77

Andropov’s grooming of, 220, 221

arms race and, 237–42

early career of, 218

on effect of declining oil revenues, 253

election of, 217–18

on free elections in Poland, 286–88

Geneva summit and, 246–49

historic changes of, 297–99

letter to Nancy Reagan on death of RR, 307

Moscow summit and, 277–78

perestroika and, 223–26

reaction of, to RR’s arms race, 242–46

resignation of, 299–300

Reykjavik summit and, 260–62 on RR, 302–4

RR’s challenge to tear down Berlin Wall and, 263–67

RR’s role in selection of, 219–23

Soviet breakup and, 294–97

withdrawal from Afghanistan by, 273–75

Gorbachev, Raisa, 218

Graham, Rev. Billy, 76

Graybill, Ed, 3, 5

Graybill, Ruth, 6

Greenfield, Jeff, 61

Greenspan, Alan, 80

Grenada, invasion of, 191–96