role reversal with Nixon
on Watergate scandal
in Noriega dispute
personal characteristics
Alzheimer’s disease of
bathroom humor
behavior at meetings
belief in Armageddon
falls asleep in meetings with pope
as genial and aloof
jet lag and sleep problems
passivity
reserve
as stubborn
tells stories to avoid confrontation
travel arrangements for
political characteristics and views of
Allen suggests softening image
as anti-Communist
anti-Soviet jokes
avoids explanation of his policy shifts
as dovish during second term
hawkish reputation
as horrified of nuclear war
ideology’s importance for
on ordinary people versus the government
personal operating style
as practical politician
prefers issues cast in human terms
in touch with American voters
political history of
becomes a Republican
begins speaking on conservative themes
challenges Ford in 1976 primaries
concession speech at 1976 convention
as Democrat
elected president
Ford considered for vice-president in
as General Electric spokesman
as governor of California
as leader of conservative Republicans
in presidential campaign of
as presidential envoy for Nixon
reelection of
as Screen Actors Guild president
Soviet policy of
on abolition of nuclear weapons
administration attempts to drive Soviet Union into bankruptcy
aids brief him on arms control
on breakup of Soviet Union
Bush becomes critic of
Cold War as seen by
conservative opposition
conservatives on “Let Reagan be Reagan,”
constituencies opposed to
Daniloff affair
defense and intelligence officials’ opposition
defense buildup
Democratic support
desire for dialogue with Soviets from late
firsthand knowledge of Gorbachev and arms control negotiations
first term foreign policy team
on fragility of Soviet system
on Gorbachev
Gorbachev asks him for statement on changes in
on Gorbachev’s arms control concessions of
on Gorbachev’s arms control proposals
Gorbachev’s opinion of
guile in
if he had taken tough stance with Gorbachev in
impact of second-term policies
Institute of USA and Canada’s on administration
intercontinental ballistic missile treaty wanted by
and Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty ratification
KAL Flight 007 crisis
larger ideas of Cold War as focus
little experience of Soviet Union in
meets Brezhnev at Nixon party
Nixonites as intermediaries between Soviets and
NSDD-75
opposition
plans to keep government functioning in case of nuclear war
policy changes in first three years
political motives attributed to
private intermediaries used in
Quayle opposes
recasts American approach to
on religion in Soviet Union
responds to conservative criticism
seeks to engage Soviets in negotiation
seen as instrument of others
seen as “winning” Cold War
shifting policies of
on showing Soviet leaders folly of arms race
on Soviet Union as “evil empire,”
Soviet visit of
Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”) proposal (See Strategic Defense Initiative [“Star Wars”])
supports Gorbachev at just right time
on taking risks for arms control
“Trust, but verify,”
war scare of
speeches of
Berlin Wall speech (See Berlin Wall speech)
conciliatory speech of January
five-minute radio chats
ordinary heroes in
speech in support of Goldwater
speechwriters
Springfield, Massachusetts, speech
Westminster speech
summit meetings
avoids summits in first term
Geneva summit
Gorbachev declines invitation for Washington summit
Governors Island meeting with Gorbachev and Bush
Moscow summit
negotiations for Washington summit
proposed American tour for Gorbachev
Reykjavik summit
Washington and Moscow summits sought by
Washington summit
realists
Real War, The (Nixon)
Reed, Thomas C.
Regan, Donald
Remnick, David
Republican Party:
“Eleventh Commandment,”
Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty opposed in
“Morality in Foreign Policy” plank in 1976 platform
Reagan as leader of conservative wing of
Reagan becomes a Republican
Southern Republicans
two foreign policy viewpoints in
two schools of anticommunism in
Reykjavik summit (1986):
arms control proposals at
conservative reaction to
negotiations for summits following
Nixon and Kissinger break with Reagan over
Reagan leaves angry and upset
Reagan seems off stride at
Reagan’s “Trust, but verify,”
Scowcroft on arms negotiations at
seen as forerunner
as turning point in Cold War
Western European leaders’ concerns about
Rice, Condoleezza
Ridgway, Rozanne:
Baker criticizes policies of
on Berlin Wall speech
Ridgway, Rozanne (cont.)
on Bush’s freeze on diplomacy with Gorbachev
on Gorbachev’s “peaceful coexistence” statement
Soviets protest Ziman meeting to
on U.S.-Soviet relations after Moscow summit
right wing. See conservatives
Robertson, Pat
Robinson, Peter:
draft of Berlin Wall speech of
on Kornblum on Berlin Wall speech
Rockefeller, Nelson
Rodman, Peter W.
Rohrabacher, Dana
Rostow, Walt W.
Rubin, James
Rumsfeld, Donald
Rust, Mathias
Ryan, Frederick J., Jr.
Safire, William
Sakharov, Andrei
Sandstrom, Elsa
Schabowski, Günter
Schlafly, Phyllis
Schlesinger, Arthur M.
Schmidt, Helmut
Scowcroft, Brent:
appointed national security adviser
arms control negotiations opposed by
on Berlin Wall speech
on Bush on tearing down Berlin Wall
on Cold War
on fall of Berlin Wall
as foreign-policy realist
on Gorbachev making trouble for western alliance
on Gorbachev’s strategy for Soviet renewal
Kissinger meets with Bush and
McFarlane proposes for mission to Moscow
Nixon’s détente policy supported by
on Nixon’s disdain for Reagan
on presidential commission
visits Dobrynin on Reagan’s behalf
Shevardnadze, Eduard:
changing position regarding Germany
and Gorbachev’s request for summit
and Moscow summit
negotiates with Shultz
Reagan and Shultz’s firsthand contact with
and Reagan on confidential channel
on reinvigorating Soviet system
and Reykjavik summit
and Shultz fail to reach strategic weapons agreement
and Shultz on human rights
and Shultz on information revolution
at Washington summit
Shultz, George P.:
arms reduction policy opposed