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
Republican Convention, 1976, 51–53 Republican Party, switch to, by RR, 28 Reston, James, 183
Reykjavik summit, 260–62
Reynolds, Burrel J., 6–7
Reynolds, Dean, 91
Roach, John R. (archbishop), 108
Robinson, Peter, 264
Robinson, Roger W., 116, 121–22, 148, 157, 160, 162, 166, 190, 250, 251–52
Rockefeller, Nelson, 51
Rodman, Peter W., 67–68, 233, 259 Rogers, Ginger, 11, 68
Rokicki, Rev. S. C., 212–13
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 14, 42
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 9, 28, 154, 307 Roosevelt, James, 13
Rostowski, Adam, 110
Rowen, Henry, 118, 160
Russert, Tim, 308
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 49, 50, 90
Sorin, Valentin, 264
Sorrell, Herb, 10
Soviet Union
breakup of, 294–97
construction of pipeline in, 122–23
drop in oil prices and, 251–56
plans to invade Poland and, 93–97
Poland and, 91–93
Polish crisis
RR places sanctions on, 107–9
RR’s economic war against, 118–22 Spasowski, Romuald, 100, 101–3
speeches of Ronald Reagan. See also Reagan, Ronald Wilson “Dutch”
anticommunist, 27–28
Berlin Wall, 263–64
City Upon a Hill in 1977, 59–61
“evil empire,” 173–75
Farewell Address, 285–86
first “State of the Union,” 62–64
liberation speech at Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, in 1987, 271–72
1976 Republican Convention, 51–52
at Notre Dame, May 17, 1981, 77–78
at Royal Institute of International Affairs, 278–79
“Time for Choosing,” 28
Westminster Address, 140–45, 171–72 Spencer, Stuart, 66, 175
Spheres of influence, RR’s rejection of, 44
Stalin, Joseph, 42
Stanislaw, Joseph, 287
Stanwyck, Barbara, 11
Star Wars. See Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
Stewart, Jimmy, 22, 68
Stinger antiaircraft missiles, 257–60, 274–75 Stone, George, 108
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 175–84
arms race and, 242–46
deception program for, 210–11
as factor, in fall of Communism, 300–302
Stratton, William G., 14 Stripling, Robert, 16
Rachwald, Arthur R., 92
Radio Free Europe, 288–89
Radio Marti, 172
Raider, James, 5, 9
Rains, Claude, 68
Raphel, Arnold, 276
Rather, Dan, 270
Ravin, Yakob, 314
Reagan, John Edward “Jack” (father), 6 Reagan, (John) Neil (brother), 6
Reagan, Maureen (daughter), 53
Reagan, Michael (son), 53
Reagan, Nancy Davis (second wife), 73, 138, 175, 190
assassination attempt on RR and, 75–77 Gorbachev’s letter to, on death of RR, 307
marriage to RR, 21–22
Reagan, Nelle Clyde Wilson (mother), 6, 8, 73
theology of, 53
Reagan, Ronald Wilson “Dutch.” See also speeches of Ronald Reagan
Afghanistan and, 230–32
anticommunist speeches of, 27–28 anticommunist views of, 25–27
arms race and, 237–42
invasion of Grenada and, 191–98
John Paul II and, 87–89, 133–40, 279, 287
Latin America and, 268–71
management style of, 322n15
morale and, 367n8
morality-driven foreign policy of, 45–47, 50–51
Moscow summit and, 277–78
1976 presidential bid of, 47–49
convention preparations, 49–51
Republican Convention, 51–53
1980 presidential campaign of
arms race, 64–65
Republican Convention, 65–66
restoring morale objective in, 61–64 slogan for, 62
vision for, 59–61
1984 presidential campaign of, 200–202 Ted Kennedy factor and, 205–10 reelection of, 212–13, 217
Soviet Union and, 202–4
unintended statements during, 211–12 opposition to construction of pipeline in Soviet Union by, 122–23, 146–55 opposition to Helsinki Accords by, 48 Poland and, 290–91
Polish crisis and, 267–68
Moscow’s anti-Reagan campaign, 109–10
possible use of U.S. force to invade Poland and, 93–94
request to light a candle to show support for Poland, 99–103
response to martial law in Poland by, 97–99
RR’s letter to Brezhnev, 104–5
sanctions on Poland and Soviet Union by, 107–9
recollections of childhood friends of, 306, 324n6
rejection of Cold War policies by, 41–45 containment, 42–43
détente, 43–44
moral equivalency, 44–45
Sadat, Anwar, 113, 231
SAG. See Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Santa Fe Trail (1940), 11
Saudi Arabia, 251–55
Schecter, Jerrold, 92
Schecter, Leona, 92
Schindler, Rabbi Alexander, 108
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 149
Schmidt, Helmut, 109, 205
Schram, Martin, 258
Schwartz, Fred, 19
Schweizer, Peter, 74–75, 210–11, 221–22, 232–33, 234–35, 252
Scott, James M., 233
Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 10–15
black actors and, 20
RR’s second term as president of, 25–27
SDI. See Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Senior Interdepartmental Group
International Economic Policy (SIG- IEP), 156–58, 162
Serov, Vladimir, 165
Shakhnovich, Aleksandr, 309
Shaw, Artie, 13
Shcherbitsky, M. Vladimir, 88
Sheridan, Ann, 68
Shevardnadze, Eduard, 241, 261, 274, 295 Shultz, George, 156, 176, 178, 185, 301 SDI and, 246
Sidey, Hugh, 201
SIG-IEP. See Senior Interdepartmental Group-International Economic Policy (SIG-IEP)
Sikorski, Radek, 102–3, 293
Simpson, Christopher, 157
Sinatra, Frank, 76
Six Day War, 37
Smith, Richard H., 247–48
Solidarity, 287–88. See also Poland
crackdown on, 91–93
declaration of martial law and, 84–87 Reagan’s aid to, 288–91
rise of, 90
RR’s opinion of, 291–92