Paul Kengor: The Crusader

Soviet Union’s reaction to, 196–98 Grinevsky, Oleg, 222, 243

Grishin, Viktor, 217

Gromyko, Andrei, 151, 212, 217, 222 Gurov, A., 204

Haig, Alexander M., Jr., 74, 99, 129, 147, 150

Halberstam, David, 33–34

Halloran, Richard, 130

Hannaford, Peter, 40

Harper, Ed, 245

Harrison, Earl, 14

Hatfield, Mark, 207

Havel, Vaclav, 103

Hayden, Sterling, 13, 19

Helsinki Accords, 48, 105

Heston, Charlton, 22

Hewitt, Don, 33

Hill, James, 177

Hinckley, John, 75, 76, 77

Hoffman, David E., 308

Holden, William, 11, 13

Hollywood, Communists in, 25–26

Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions (HICCASP), 12–13

Honecker, Erich, 314

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 15–18

Humphrey, Gordon, 273–74

Ikle, Fred, 74, 175, 176, 259

intermediate-range nuclear forces (INFs), deployment of, 205–10

Iran-Contra Affair, 269–71

Iran hostage crisis, 56–57

Kaiser, Robert, 198

Kaludzinski, Wladyslaw, 187–88

Karmal, Babrak, 229

Karzai, Hamid, 308

Kennan, George F., 42

Kennedy, Edward “Ted”

Jackson, Jesse, 194

Janssen, David, 22

Jaruzelski, Wojciech, 85, 93, 97, 137 John Paul II (pope), 77, 97–98, 113, 187

invasion of Poland and, 93

Polish crisis and, 114–15

RR and, 87–89, 133–40, 279, 287 Johnson, Lyndon B., 28, 36, 159

Jolson, Al, 12

on death of RR, 308

overtures to Soviets and, 205–10 on SDI, 181, 183, 184

text of KGB letter on, 317–20

Kennedy, John F., 38, 159, 307

Kennedy, Robert F., 314

debate on Vietnam War with RR, 33–35

RR on assassination of, 36–39

Kerry, John, 194

Keyworth, George, 175–76, 180

Khrushchev, Nikita, 25–26, 36, 44

Kirkland, Lane, 108, 289

Kissinger, Henry, 48, 54, 61

Knute Rockne, All-American (1940), 11

Kobysh, Vitaly, 107, 183

Kohl, Helmut, 185, 205–6

Kolesnichenko, Tomas, 280

Kondracke, Morton, 247–48

Kontorovich, Vladimir, 202

Korionov, Vitaliy, 120, 143–44, 203

Kornilov, Yuri, 110

Kraemer, Sven, 116, 190

Kryuchkov, Vladimir, 295

Krzaklewski, Marian, 308–9

Kuklinski, Ryszard, 92–93

Ladd, Alan, 22

Laghi, Pio Cardinal, 134, 136 Landon, Michael, 112

Latin America, RR and, 268–71 Laux, David, 116

Lawson, John Howard, 15 Leahy, Patrick, 194

Leebaert, Derek, 158, 221 Lehman, Herbert H., 14

Lenczowski, John, 116, 190 Lewis, Anthony, 48

Lewis, Joseph, 34

Lindfors, Viveca, 68

Lithuania, 295–96

Loeb, James, 17

Lomeyko, Vladimir, 203

Lowell Park, Dixon, Illinois, 3–6 Lukhim, Vladimir, 300–301 Lyakhovskii, Aleksandr, 232

Macierewicz, Antoni, 287

Marshall, George C., 14

Martynenko, V., 204

Marvin, Lee, 22

Matlock, Jack, 297

Matthau, Walter, 22

Matthews, Chris, 24–25

McCarthy, Eugene, 66–67

McCarthy, Joe, 38

McClendon, Sarah, 248

McFarlane, Robert “Bud,” 116, 136, 170, 175–76, 192

McNamara, Robert, 178

Meese, Edwin, III, 42, 45, 81, 150, 179, 235–36, 270

Merman, Ethel, 23

Meroney, John, 19

Metcalf, Joseph, III, 193

Meyer, Herb, 120, 199

Miller, Marion, 25

Mitrokhin, Vasiliy, 209

Mitterand, Francois, 122, 124, 150, 154 Mondale, Walter, 194, 212, 213

Montgomery, Robert, 16

Moomaw, Donn, 75

Moral equivalency doctrine, RR’s rejection of, 44–45

Morris, Edmund, 59, 114, 201, 221, 231, 301

Morris, Richard, 116

Moscow summit, 277–78, 297

Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), 178–79

National Security Act (1947), 162

National Security Decision Directives (NSDDs), 125–28

NSDD-32, 128–32, 298

NSDD-41, 156

NSDD-48, 156–57

NSDD-54, 158–60

NSDD-66, 160–63

NSDD-70, 163–64

NSDD-75, 165–73

NSDD-153, 246

NSDD-166, 232–37, 257, 258

NSDD-320, 279–81

Nicaragua, 269–71

Nitze, Paul, 246

Nixon, Richard M., 16, 38, 54, 68, 194 moral foreign policy and, 46–47

Nofziger, Lyn, 12, 32

Nordheimer, Jon, 48

Novikov, Yevgenny, 202, 203, 222, 252, 253

Nagorski, Andrew, 286

Nakasone, Yasuhiro, 185

National Endowment for Democracy, 172 national liberation, wars of, 48

O’Brien, Pat, 12

Olin, Viktor, 183

Osborne, Robert, 11–12 Osnos, Peter, 47

Palmer, Olive, 306, 324n6

Palmer, Savila, 306, 324n6

Palydowycz, Severin, 65–66

Pankin, Alexei, 308

Pavel, Dan, 308

Pax Association, 85

peaceful coexistence

RR’s rejection of, 44

Soviet view of, 46–47

perestroika, 223–26

Perle, Richard, 121, 176

Pershing II missiles, deployment of, 205–10 Petrov, Aleksey, 110

Piecuch, Henryk, 290

Pillsbury, Michael, 259

Pipes, Richard, 86, 93, 94, 98–99, 116–17, 125, 129, 136, 149, 166–67, 219, 220, 289

Pirogov, Vladimir, 203

Poindexter, John, 116, 118, 175–76, 246 Poland, 78, 83, 186–89. See also Solidarity

declaration of martial law in, 84–87

fears of Soviet invasion of, 91–93

free elections in, 286–88

possible use of U.S. force to invade, 93–97

RR places sanctions on, 107–9

RR’s visit to, 292–93

Polish Catholic-Social Union, 85

Politi, Marco, 136

Pompowski, Jan, 102

Ponomarev, Manki, 280

Powers, Thomas S., 184

Preuss, David, 108

Price, Vincnet, 22

Puddington, Arch, 290

assassination attempt on, 75–77

on assasssination of Kennedy, 36–39

assessment of, 366n7, 367–68n9

on Berlin Wall, 34–35

boosting military morale and, 81–83

hallenge to tear down Berlin Wall by, 263–67

character of

influence of lifeguard years on, 305–6

influence of mother on, 8

optimism of, 22, 81

religious faith of, 8

self-assuredness of, 66–67

self-esteem of, 8

death of, 307–10

debate with Robert Kennedy and, 33–35

declaration of martial law in Poland and, 84–89

deployment of intermediate-range nuclear forces (INFs) and, 205–10

downing of South Korean airliner and, 188–89

early years of

as lifeguard, 3–7

as radio broadcaster, 11

economic policies of, 79–81

Eureka College and, 6, 23, 127

first inauguration of, 73–74

Geneva summit and, 246–49

as GE spokesman, 22–25

on Gorbachev, 302–4

as governor, 30–39

Hollywood career of

crusades against Communism in 1950s by, 18–20

early fights against Communism, 12

film career of, 11–12

House Un-American Activities

Committee and, 15–18

Screen Actors Guild and, 10–20

second term as president of SAG, 25–27

support for Displaced Persons by, 14–15

influence of lifeguard years on, 305–6

Reagan, Ronald Wilson (continued) peaceful coexistence, 44

Yalta Conference, 42

Reykjavik summit and, 260–62

role of, in selection of Gorbachev, 219–23

Solidarity and, 288–91

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 58–59

Strategic Defense Initiative and, 175–84

switch to Republican Party by, 28 as “Teflon President,” 9

television career of, 22–25 trip to Berlin in 1978 by, 40–41 use of force and, 364n14

views of Democratic Party, 28

visit to Poland by, 292–93

Westminster Address of, 140–45 Williamsburg summit and, 184–86 Realpolitik, 45–46

Red Shield program, 179–80

Reed, Donna, 22

Reed, Thomas C., 32, 116, 118, 124, 130, 155, 159, 166, 298

Regan, Donald T., 118, 185