Gallery images are labeled figs. 1–31.
abortion, 187
Abrams, Elliott, 237
Agee, James, 139
Agnew, Spiro, 31, 34, 41, 216, 282
AIDS, 218
Ailes, Roger, 104, 105–7, 112, 124, 126, 278
aircraft crash of George H. W. Bush, fig. 2, 4–5
Aitken, Jonathan, 166
Albright, Madeleine, 254
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, 261
Allen, Mel, 175
All Right Magazine, 110
All the Best, George Bush (Bush), 264, 269, 284–86
Al-Qaeda, 270
Alsop, Joseph, 175
Alsop, Stewart, 74
American Enterprise, 43
Americans for Tax Reform, 261
Americare, 271
Anderson, John, 26, 55, 76, 78–80
Anderson, Sherwood, 97
Andover, Phillips Academy at, fig. 1, 2–4
The Andy Griffith Show, 15, 208–10
Apple, R. W., 200
Argentina, 165
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, 260
Armed Forces Salute to George H. W. Bush, 243–44
arms control, 100–101, 102–3, 162, 237, 241, 293
arms-for-hostages scandal, 101–3, 105–6, 224, 237
Army-Navy football games, 18, 130–31, 238–39
Association of the United States Army (AUSA), 255
Atwater, Lee, 66, 67, 93, 103, 104, 105, 112– 13, 125, 169–70
axis of evil, 270
The Babe Ruth Story (Ruth and Consodine), fig. 3, 7
Baker, James A., III: as chief of staff to Ronald Reagan, 81, 82, 87, 133
George H. W. Bush and, 93, 124, 125, 141, 160, 218, 222, 252–53
George W. Bush’s election and, 268–69
as secretary of state, 296
Baker, Russell, 162
Bandy, Lee, 67
Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, 271
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, 180, 271
Barbara Bush Library, 271
Baruch, Bernard, 140
baseball, 7, 48, 81–82, 139–40, 175–76, 177–79, 235, 283
Battle of Midway anniversary, 207
Bavier, Frances, 209
Beckwith, David, 86
Begala, Paul, 180
Behind the Scenes (Deaver), 77
Bennett, William, 141
Bentsen, Lloyd, 31–32, 117, 123, 127
Bergen, Candice, 204–5
Berlin Wall, 98, 144, 252, 262
Berra, Yogi, 76, 77, 112, 139–40, 280
Bessmertnykh, Alexander, 100
The Best Years of Our Lives, 195
bin Laden, Osama, 270
Black, Conrad, 29
Black, Earl, 128
Blaik, Red, 130
Blessey, Stephanie, 143
Blue Hill ME, 247
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, 232
Boyd, Brendan C., 176
Bradlee, Ben, 34
Brady, Nicholas, 93, 150, 235, 254
Brady plan, 235
Brinkley, David, 233
Briscoe, Frank, 22
broccoli, Bush references to, 148
Broder, David, 181
Brown, H. Rap, 25
Brown, Murphy, 204–5
Brown, Pat, 27
Brown, Warren, 90
Brown Brothers Harriman, 8
Bryan, William Jennings, 280
Buchanan, Pat: at 1992 GOP Convention, 195–96, 214, 216, 229
culture war speech of, 214
on John Connally, 60–61
1992 presidential campaigning and, 187, 193, 198, 199, 200, 201
Richard Nixon and, 282
Buckley, John, 123
Buckley, William F., 99–100
budget, federal, 87–88, 149–52, 155, 163–64, 221
budget deficit, 88, 149–51, 163–64, 221
Burke, Edmund, 162
Busby, Horace, 63, 69, 126, 133
Bush, Barbara Pierce, fig. 11, fig. 26, fig. 30
accolades and honors of, 271
C. Fred’s Story and, 95–96
character and personality of, 94–95, 180–81, 271–72
charity and other work of, 94–95, 180–81, 255
Christmas at the White House and, 234
criticism of, 272–73
death of Robin Bush and, 8–9, 46
early life and marriage of, 6–7
Geraldine Ferraro and, 89
G. W. Bush and, 82, 104, 260, 267, 269
Bush, Dorothy (daughter), 7, 231–32
Bush, Dorothy Walker, fig. 4, 1–2, 231–32, 269
Bush, George H. W.: acceptance speeches of, 118–20, 121, 215, 241
accolades and honors of, 5, 110, 168, 175, 243–44, 255–57, 258, 273, 274–75
as ambassador to China, 47–48
as ambassador to the United Nations, fig. 6, 32–33, 55
birth, childhood, and education of, fig. 1, 1–3, 5–6, 7
in business and academia, fig. 5, 8, 9–10, 50
character and personality of, xi–xiv, xv, 11, 174–75, 187–88, 205, 208, 249–50, 279, 284–87
on fairness, 46
as GOP Chairman of Harris County, 8, 19–20, 22
grandchildren of, xiii, 234, 279
on leadership, 239
leaving the presidency, 232–33, 234–44, 245
marriage of, 6–7
postpresidential activities of, 250–51, 254–55
Senate candidacies of, 22, 31–32
as vice president, fig. 8, 75–76, 80–81, 82–83, 85–86, 88–89, 103
vice-presidential candidacies of, 76–80, 89–90, 92
Bush, George Walker: on Barbara Bush, 96, 182
baseball and, 248
birth of, 7
character and personality of, 248
governor elections of, 260–61, 265
presidential campaign and election of, 265–69
war in Iraq and, 161
Bush, John Ellis “Jeb,” 7, 180, 254, 260–61, 268
Bush, Marvin Pierce, 6, 7, 254
Bush, Pauline Robinson “Robin,” 7, 8–9
Bush, Prescott Sheldon, fig. 4, 1–2, 8, 31, 94, 220
Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, 272
Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company, 9
Bush v. Gore, 269
cabinet, George H.W. Bush selection and naming of presidential, 132, 133, 141
California, USS, 189, 301, 302
Cambodia, 28
Cannon, Lou, 101
CARE dinner, 256
Carson, Johnny, 233
Carter, Jimmy: post-presidency of, fig. 28, 182, 252, 262, 277
as president, 26, 42, 50–51, 57, 58, 61, 64, 65, 85, 278–79, 283
reelection attempt by, 76, 77, 79–80
Carville, James, 180
Casey, Bob, 179
CBS Evening News, 105–8
CBS/New York Times polls, 213, 215–16
CBS Reports, 63
CBS Television, 53, 57, 63, 76, 105–8, 122, 204–5, 268
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 34, 48–49, 240
C. Fred’s Story (Bush), 95–96
Chancellor, John, 33
Cheney, Dick, 141, 243, 252, 267
Chicago Cubs broadcasting of Ronald Reagan, 283
Chiles, Lawton, 260–61
China, 32–33, 38, 94, 148, 153, 274, 293
Christian, George, 62, 64, 67, 133
Christian Broadcasting Network, 108
Christmas at the White House, fig. 26, 233–34
Christmas with the First Ladies (Burke), 234
Chronicle of Higher Education, 44
Churchill, Winston, 58, 154, 162, 165, 168, 198, 215, 229, 230, 282
Cicconi, Jim, 17
Clark, Wesley, 231
Clarridge, Duane, 237
Clifford, Clark, 103, 131, 280, 281
Clinton, Bill: G. H. W. Bush and, 11, 260, 273–74
G. H. W. Bush presidential library and, fig. 28, 262
post-presidency of, 252
as president, 253, 256, 267, 279, 283–84
1992 presidential election and, fig. 27, 192, 195–96, 201–2, 206, 211–13, 216, 219–23, 225–28
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 202
CNN, 158
CNN/USA Today polls, 220, 221, 222, 227
Cold War, 142, 144, 183, 199, 259, 300
Commager, Henry Steele, 95
Communism, 13, 55, 84, 90, 100, 183
compassionate conservatism, 268
Conger, Clement, 38
Congress, George H. W. Bush addressing joint session of, fig. 19, 162
Connally, John, fig. 7
childhood of, 59
G. H. W. Bush and, 32
presidential candidacy of, 55, 56–59, 60–69
Richard Nixon and, 41
conventions, political party: 1968, 25, 27
1984, 88–89
1992, 195–96, 211, 212, 213–15
Cooper, James Fenimore, 40
Costas, Bob, 194
Council on Foreign Relations, 50
Crane, Phil, 55
Crawford TX, ranch at, 248
Croisant, Eugene, 197
Cronkite, Walter, 76
Crosby, Bing, 255
cultural conservatism, 170, 185
Curry, Duncan, 302
Curtis, Cyrus H. K., 74
Curtis Publishing Company, 74–75
Czechoslovakia, 148
Dallek, Robert, 99
Dartmouth College, 273
Davis, Angela, 52
Davis, Jefferson, 149
Davis, Lanny, 224
A Day in the Life of the President, 33
The Day the Wall Came Down (Goodnight), 262
D-Day, 145
debates, presidential: G. H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot, fig. 27, 219–22, 223
G. H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis, 122–23, 124–25
G. H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, 71–72
G. W. Bush and Al Gore, 265–66, 268
Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, 79–80
John Anderson and Ronald Reagan, 79
Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, 27
Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan, 89–91
debates, vice-presidential: Dan Quayle, Al Gore, and James Stockdale, 219
Dan Quayle and Lloyd Bentsen, 123–24
G. H. W. Bush and Geraldine Ferraro, 89–90
DeFrank, Tom, 6, 41, 71, 169, 248, 265
Demarest, David, 134, 135, 137, 141, 156, 189, 197, 199, 204, 206
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, 27, 44
Democratic conventions. See conventions, political party
Des Moines Register, 109
de Tocqueville, Alexis, 119, 242
Dewey, Thomas, 10, 64, 172, 187, 212
Dickenson, James, 43
DiMaggio, Joe, 177–78
Distinguished Flying Cross, 5, 274–75
dogs, presidential, 95–96, 181, 197, 290
Dole, Bob, 50, 101, 108, 109–10, 112–13, 118, 185
Dole, Elizabeth, 118, 137, 141
domestic policy, 163–64, 171, 182, 222
Donald, David, 21
Donovan, Hedley, 17
Doolittle, James A., 141
The Downing Street Years (Thatcher), 257
Dresser Industries, 8
Duffy, Michael, 43
Dukakis, Michael, 114, 115–16, 117–18, 120– 23, 124–29
Durbin, Richard, 133
Economic Recovery act of 1981, 83
economy: G. H. W. Bush and, 163–64, 186, 192, 196–97, 202, 223
Ronald Reagan and, 83, 84, 87–88
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 31
as president, 16–19, 20, 135, 278, 281
quotes of, 15, 22, 89, 130, 145, 207, 208, 289, 303
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, fig. 12, 97, 136–37
Eisenhower’s Centenary Commission, 18
elections, presidential. See presidential elections
Elizabeth II, Queen, 167–69, 171
Ellerson, Rich, 239
Enberg, Dick, 238
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 29, 153, 292–93
Epting, C. Christopher, 266–67
evangelical Christians, 62, 109, 211
Evangelical Outreach White House Office, 186
Evans, Billy, 142
Evans, Rowland, 56
Faith NC, 207–8
Ferguson, Andrew, 211
Ferguson, Ernest, 61
Fiers, Alan, Jr., 237
fireside chats, 281
First International Bank, 50
Fisher, Mary, 214
Fitness Month, 149
Fitzgerald, Ella, 233
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 278
Fitzwater, Marlin, 144, 146, 150, 199, 205
Floresville TX, 59
Flowers, Gennifer, 202
Foley, Tom, 150
post-presidency of, fig. 28, 76–77, 262
as president, 42–43, 47–50, 133, 152, 282
as vice president, 34
Ford, Glenn, 193–95
foreign policy: G. H. W. Bush and, 32, 131, 152, 156, 163, 265
Forgy, Chaplain, 302
Fourth of July TV special, 148–49
Fox News, 104
Franklin, Benjamin, 74, 172–73
Frost, David, 1–2, 4–5, 8–9, 49, 73
Fund for America, 93
Galbraith, David, 258
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 12–13
Gallup polls: on Dwight Eisenhower, 16
First Lady approval ratings, 36, 37
G. H. W. Bush approval ratings, fig. 20, 148, 163, 174, 188, 192, 197, 243, 264
greatest president, 182
presidential election, 21, 76, 79, 80, 84, 122, 203, 211, 219
Richard Nixon approval ratings, 34
Ronald Reagan approval ratings, 184
Gamble, Doug, 118–19, 135, 179, 197, 259–60
Gannett Co., 44
Gannett, Frank, 44
Garagiola, Joe, 139
Garner, John Nance, 77
Gaston, Cito, 235
Gavin, Bill, 246
Gay GOP White House Office, 186
Geneva summit, 100–101
George, Clair, 237
George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service, Bush Library Foundation’s, 275
George Bush School of Government and Public Service, 247, 255
George H. W. Bush (Naftali), 7, 254
George H. W. Bush, USS, 274–75
George H. W. Bush Library and Museum: building of, 234, 247, 252, 253, 254–55
opening and rededication of, fig. 28, 263, 264–62
George Marshall Award, 255
George W. Bush Presidential Center, 277
Gettysburg Address, 282
Gibbs, Nancy, 43
Gilder, Joshua, 259
Golden Knights, U.S. Army, fig. 29, 263
Goldman, Eric, 29
Gomez, Eddie, 142
Good Morning America, 272
Goodnight, Veryl, 262
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 278
GOP, wings of, 134–35
Gorbachev, Mikhail, fig. 13, 100–101, 102–3, 113, 142, 144, 162, 192, 253, 305
Gore, Al, 211, 212, 221, 223, 268–69
Grady, Bob, 121
Graham, Billy, 52–53, 60, 129–30, 187, 215, 297, 307
Graham, Katharine, 132
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, 149–50
The Grand Ole Opry, 122
Grant (later Cary), Mary Kate, 137, 151, 163, 188, 211, 247–48
Gray, C. Boyden, 191
The Great American Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book (Boyd and Harris), 176
Great Britain, 84, 164–69, 258, 299
Greenspan, Alan, 149
Griffith, Andy, 208–10
Gulf War: attacks of, 158
decision making and preparations for, 154–57, 252–53, 258
G. H. W. Bush’s defense of, 158–63, 295–97, 304
G. H. W. Bush’s letter to his children on, 284–86
Margaret Thatcher and, 257, 300
gun control, 126
Haig, Alexander, 34–35, 83, 103, 110
Haiti, 260
Haldeman, H. R. “Bob,” 32, 133
Hamilton, Alexander, 44
Hamilton College, 44–45
Hardball, 266
Harding, Warren, 279–80
Harlow, Bryce, 26
Harris, Fred C., 176
Harris polls, 122
Harry Walker Agency, 249
Hartmann, Robert, 133
Harvey, Paul, 118–19
Hate Crimes Statistics Act, 181
Havel, Václav, 148
Hayden, Tom, 25
Hayward, Bernard, 15
Hearst, William Randolph, 52
Heiden, Julie Harry, 140
Heinz, John, 179
Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, 254–55
Henrich, Tommy, 175
Henry, William, 54
Hepburn, Audrey, 233
Hibbs, Ben, 75
Hill, Anita, 172
Hills, Carla, 235
Hinchliffe, Beth, 137, 247, 249
Hoffer, Eric, 116
Holloway, Diane, 194
Hoover, Herbert, 278
Hopkins, Harry, 281
Horton, Willie, 121, 128, 129, 147, 185, 203
Hoskinson, Sam, 62
Hour of Decision, 52
Houston Chronicle, 251
Houston redistricting, 22
Howard, Ron, 209
Howe, Jonathan T., 240
Hu Jintao, 274
Hunyadi, János, 143
Hurricane Katrina, 272, 273–74
Hussein, Saddam, 154–57, 158, 159–60, 161, 199, 254, 270–71, 295–97
Hutchens, John, 45
Iacocca, Lee, 179
immigration, illegal, 236
inaugural speeches, presidential, 279, 282, 293–94
Inner Circles (Haig), 34
Inouye, Daniel, 285
Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty, 102–3, 241
International Parachute Association, 262
Iran-Contra scandal, 101–3, 105–6, 224, 237
Iranian hostage-taking, 64, 83–84, 100
Iraq, 154–57, 254, 270–71, 296. See also Gulf War
Jefferson, Thomas, 76, 172–73, 279
John Paul II, Pope, 273
Johnson, Lyndon, 22, 23–24, 59, 95, 133, 221, 278, 282
Joint Israel Appeal, 258
Kean, Thomas, 210
Keating, Charles, 66
Keene, David, 103
Kemp, John French “Jack,” 108, 112, 118
Kempton, Murray, 13
Kennedy, Edward, 57, 60, 63, 65, 116, 132, 275
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 234
Kennedy, John F., 5, 45, 187, 278, 281–82
Army-Navy game and, 130
elections and, 19, 21, 27, 226
on the presidency, 132
Kerry, John, 271
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 100
Khrushchev, Nikita, 20
King, Larry, 272
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 117, 176–77
King, Rodney, 203–4
The King’s Speech, 169
Kirkland, Samuel, 44
Kirton, John, 258–59
Kissinger, Henry, 33, 48, 56, 76, 96, 252
Knotts, Don, 209
Korean War Memorial, 118–20, 121
Kramer, Michael, 70
Krauthammer, Charles, 102, 123
Kristol, Bill, 142
Kuwait, 154–55, 159, 160, 253–54, 295–96. See also Gulf War
Lakeland Middle School volunteers, 242
Landers, Ann, 19
Lange, Mark, 137, 154, 211, 247, 249
LaPierre, Wayne, 261
Lardner, Ring, 23
Leach, Jim, 138
Lehrer, Jim, 222
libraries, presidential: George W. Bush, 277
Richard Nixon, 30, 152–54, 184, 267, 289–94
Ronald Reagan, 51, 113, 182, 277. See also George H. W. Bush Library and Museum
Lincoln, Abraham: G. H. W. Bush and, 16, 21, 146, 148–49, 160, 172–73, 298
on the presidency, 289
speech writing and, 279
Little League Baseball, 178
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 55
Loeb, William, 86
Lombardo, Guy, 53–54
Lone Sailor Award, 175
Lorimer, George Horace, 74
MacArthur, Douglas, 130, 237–38, 257
MacLeish, Archibald, 281
Madrid regional peace conference, 253
Mahe, Eddie, 57, 58–59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66
Maimon, Moses Ben, 117
Main Street wing of GOP, 134
Malek, Fred, 164
Malta summit, 144–45
Marine One, fig. 20
Market Opinion Research polls, 148, 201
Marketplace, 272
Martha’s Table, 181
Matsui, Robert, 133
Mayer, Robert, 130
Mayo Clinic, 271
McCain, John S., I, 274–75
McCain, John S., III, 10, 11, 118, 185, 264, 267
McCall, James, 263
McCall Corporation, 6
McCarthy, Joe (Yankees manager), 44
McCarthy, Joseph (senator), 14, 220
McFarlane, Robert “Bud,” 100–102, 237
McGovern, George, 28, 33, 42–43
McGrath, Jim, 276
McNally, Ed, 137, 142, 156, 181, 211, 247
Medals of Freedom, 141, 162, 165, 176–77, 240, 241, 275, 298–301
media bias, 63, 78, 89, 106–8, 196, 201, 214, 236–37
Media Opinion Research polls, 180
Meese, Edwin, 102
Meir, Golda, 293
“Memories in the Fall” (Bush and Smith), 178
Meyer, Eugene, 9
Middle America, 33, 51, 52–54, 55, 185, 292
Millie’s Book, 181
Miss America Pageant, 53
Mitchell, Andrea, 192
Moley, Raymond, 281
Mondale, Walter, 50, 88, 90–91, 106, 259
Morris, Robert, 31
Morris, Wright, 75
Morrison, Peter, 166
Mosbacher, Robert, 164
Moyers, Bill, 59
Mrs. Bush’s Story Time, 180
Mumford, Lewis, 20
Murphy Brown, 204–5
Mushnick, Phil, 152
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 202, 235–36
Naftali, Timothy, 7, 230, 254, 265
Nashua Telegraph debate, 71–72, 80
National Academy of Engineering Awards, 147–48
National Grocers Association convention, 201
National Italian American Foundation, 274
National Museum of American History, 246
National Parks, 173
National Press Club, 61–62
National Religious Broadcasters, 148, 294–95
National Security Medal, 240
National Women’s Hall of Fame, 37, 39
negative campaigning, 112, 125
Neuharth, Al, 44
Neustadt, Richard E., 129
New Republic, 62
Newsweek: Billy Graham and, 52
Gerald Ford and, 41
G. H. W. Bush and, 105, 125, 126, 179, 184, 185
on John Connally, 61
The Quest for the Presidency and, xii, 105, 115
on Richard Nixon, 43
on Saturday Evening Post, 75
New York Times: Andy Griffith and, 209, 210
best-selling book list of, 181, 255
on Franklin Roosevelt, 241
G. H. W. Bush and, 154, 158, 162, 163, 173, 200, 201, 251–52
G. W. Bush and, 266
Ronald Reagan and, 98
The Next President (Frost), 1–2, 4–5, 8–9, 49
Ney, Edward, 256–57
Nightline, 154
Nisbet, Robert N., 23
Niumatalolo, Ken, 239
Nixon, Richard, fig. 6
comeback of, 27–28
elections of, 19–20, 97, 163, 290
G. H. W. Bush and, 22–23, 196, 291–94
post-presidency of, 30–31, 64–66, 68, 252
as president, 25–30, 32–33, 43, 52, 56, 133, 135, 163, 278, 282
presidential library of, 30, 152–54, 184, 267, 289–94
Silent Majority speech and, 158
Watergate and, 34–36, 40, 41, 46–47
Nixon, Tricia, 290
Nofziger, Lynn, 216
“no new taxes,” 120, 149–52, 192, 222, 229, 261, 275
Noonan, Peggy, 98, 118–19, 136, 141, 199, 264, 265, 277
Noriega, Manuel, 146
Norquist, Grover, 261
North, Oliver, 102
North Korea, 270
Novak, Robert, 56
NRA (National Rifle Association), 261
Oak Ridge Boys, 224
Obama, Barack: elections of, 80, 115, 197
on G. H. W. Bush, 275
George W. Bush presidential library and, 277
opposition handling of, 158–59
O’Connor, John Joseph, 130
O’Flaherty, Kevin E., 275
oil business, fig. 5, 7–8, 9–10, 20, 63
Oklahoma City bombing, 261
Olympians at the White House, 212–13
Operation Desert Shield, 154–57, 158
Operation Desert Storm. See Gulf War
Operation Just Cause, 146
Organization of American States, 235
Overbey, John, 9
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 253
Palin, Sarah, 272–73
parachute jumps, fig. 29, 4–5, 262–63
pardons, presidential, 42, 51, 237
Parkinsonitis, 276
Parks, Bert, 53
Parks to People program, 38, 291
Patrick’s Pals Motorcycle Benefit Run, 275
Payne, Claude, 161
peace accord between Israel and the PLO, 253
Pearl Harbor, anniversary of attack on, fig. 25, 188–90, 286, 301–5
Pearl Harbor, USS, 233
Pennsylvania Gazette, 74
People, 53
People’s Republic of China, 32, 47–48, 153
Perez, Anna, 181
Perfectly Clear, 268
Perot, H. Ross, 202
1992 election results and, 226–28, 230
presidential candidacy of, 129, 169, 202–3, 206, 211, 213, 218–19, 220, 224
presidential debates and, fig. 27, 221–22
Pershing, John “Black Jack,” 256
Petty, Richard, 233
Pew Research Forum polls, 109, 185
Picosa Ranch, 59–60
Pierce, Barbara. See Bush, Barbara Pierce
Pierce, Marvin, 6
Pierce, Pauline, 6
Plato, 284
PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization), 253
poetry and presidential speechwriting, 279, 281, 282–84, 287
political correctness, 171
polls: accuracy of, 21; approval ratings of G. H. W. Bush, 148, 163, 180, 188, 192, 197, 199, 215–16, 243, 264
on Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16
1984 election, 88
1988 election, 109–10, 112, 117, 124, 125, 128
1992 election, 180, 201–2, 213, 219, 220, 224, 227
on presidential debate winners, 90, 220, 221, 222
on social issues, 185
Port, J. D., 274–75
postpresidential models, 252
Poultry Act of 1992, 223
Powell, Colin, 161, 232, 233, 243, 252–53, 258, 262–63
Powers, David, 21
presidential election of 1960, 19–20, 21, 27
presidential election of 1980, 48, 51, 55–61, 65–68, 70–73, 75–80
presidential election of 1984, 87, 88–92
presidential election of 1988: conventions of, 103, 117–21
debates of, 122–25
general campaign of, 115–17, 126–29
primary campaign of, 103–14
presidential election of 1992: candidate positions and campaigns of, 179–80, 191–93, 202–8, 210–13, 215–18, 222–26
conventions of, 195–96, 211, 212, 213–15
debates of, 219–22
postanalysis and regret of, 229–32, 246–47
results of, 226–28
presidential election of 2000, 266–69
presidential election of 2004, 271
Presidential Power (Neustadt), 129
President Kennedy (Reeves), 83, 135
President’s Award, 177–78
The Presidents Club (Gibbs and Duffy), 43
Price, Raymond, 29, 30, 56–57, 64, 65–66, 134, 282
Profile in Courage Award, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s, 275
Provost, Steve, 210, 211, 218, 230
Quayle, Dan, 10, 118, 123–25, 229, 252
and Murphy Brown speech at Commonwealth Club, 205, 206
Quayle, Marilyn, 214
The Quest for the Presidency, xii, 105, 106, 110, 115
Question Time farewell of Margaret Thatcher, 166
racial relations, 204
radio, 280–81
Rather, Dan, 105–8
Reader’s Digest, 246
Reagan, Nancy, 76, 81, 103, 116, 262, 273, 306
Reagan, Ronald, fig. 8
assassination attempt on, 82–83, 85, 98
Chicago Cubs broadcasting of, 283
eightieth birthday of, 161–62
eulogy of, xiv, 182–84, 249, 305–7
G. H. W. Bush and, 127, 182, 199, 240–41, 264, 290
GOP conventions and, 214–15
Margaret Thatcher and, 242, 300
Medal of Freedom and, 240
official portrait of, 147
as president, 76, 83–88, 97–103, 113, 133, 183–84, 279
1980 presidential candidacy of, 48, 51, 55, 57, 65–68, 71–72, 76–80
1984 presidential candidacy of, 87, 89, 90–92
speechwriting for, 283
Reagan Doctrine, 84
recessions, 78, 87, 151, 164, 197, 223
Red Cross, 149
Reilly, Ed, 121
Reston, James, 61
Reykjavik summit, 101
Rice, Condoleezza, 273
Richards, Ann, 103, 120, 260–61
Right to Read program, 38, 291
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (Nixon), 56
Roarke, Mike, 246
Robertson, Pat, 60, 108–9, 112, 113, 203
Robinson, Peter, 98
Rockefeller, Nelson, 10, 47, 48, 50
Rockwell, Norman, 74–75
Romney, Mitt, 10, 51, 115, 185, 192, 264
Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, 273
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 51, 113, 182, 277
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 22, 72, 95, 158, 168– 69, 278, 280–81, 305
Roosevelt, Theodore, 2, 16, 57, 172–73, 230, 289
Roosevelt Room, 16
Rosenblatt, Roger, 51
Rosenthal, Abe, 163
Rosenthal, Andrew, 201
Ross, USS, 233
Rudman, Warren, 172
Russia, 237. See also Soviet Union
Sacred Heart University, 273
Safire, William, 62, 154, 280, 282
Salvation Army, 234
Sandinistas, 148
Saturday Evening Post, 52, 73–75
Saudi Arabia, fig. 18, 154–55, 156
Scalia, Antonin, 118, 123, 172
Schlesinger, Robert, 134, 141, 144, 146, 189, 197, 206, 282
Schroeder, Pat, 89
Schultz, George, 103
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 224
Schwarzkopf, Norman, 156, 233, 253
Schweiker, Richard, 97, 116–17
Scott, Robert, 302
Scowcroft, Brent, 189, 252, 263, 271
Scowcroft Award, 274
Scully, Vin, 238
Second Amendment, 126
SerVaas, Beurt, 75
700 Club, 108
Shapiro, Walter, 128–29
Shaw, Bernard, 124–25
Shaw, George Bernard, 258
Sherwood, Robert, 281
Sidey, Hugh, 1, 5, 6, 11, 107, 174, 195, 231–32, 277
Silent Majority, 13, 43, 60, 134, 158, 292
Simon, Robert, 186–87
Simpson, Carole, 221
Skinner, Samuel, 197, 198, 210, 211
Smith, Curt, fig. 12, fig. 14–16, fig. 26, 28
George McGovern and, 42–43
John Connally and, 56–57, 59–60
as a journalist, 44–46
leaving the White House, 245–46
notes on G. H. W. Bush reelection of, 200
post–G. H. W. Bush presidency career and, 246–47, 249
Smith, Red, 138
Smith, Walter Bedell, 17
Snow, Tony, 170–71, 189, 198–99, 204, 211, 213, 246
Sorensen, Theodore, 282
Souter, David, 172
Soviet Union, 84, 90, 98, 100–101, 102–3, 142, 192. See also Russia
speaking skills, 187
speeches of George H. W. Bush: acceptance, 118–20, 121, 215, 241
at American Society of Association Executives, 163
on budget of 1990, 150–52
at Catholic University of America, fig. 14, 146–47
Fourth of July, 1991, 172–73
for G. H. W. Bush presidential library, 252
on Gulf War, 154–55, 156–57, 159–61, 162, 163, 187, 294–98
honoring Queen Elizabeth II, 167–69
Korean War Memorial, 118–20, 121
Los Angeles riots, 204
at Malta summit, 144–45
Margaret Thatcher Medal of Freedom, 165–66, 298–301
at Notre Dame, 205
on political correctness and free speech, 171
Richard Nixon library dedication, 152–54, 289–94
on Ronald Reagan, xiv, 161–62, 184, 249, 305–7
on tolerance, 217–18
University of Toronto honorary degree, 258–60
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, 188–90, 301–5
at West Point, 239–40
speech writing, presidential, fig. 21, fig. 24, 279–84, 287
G. H. W. Bush and, 134–39, 140–42, 170, 184–87, 197–98, 206–7
Spencer, Stuart, 78
Sports Illustrated, 176
START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), 162, 241
START II (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), 237, 241
State of the Union Addresses, 85, 137, 197, 198–99
The State, 67
Statue of Liberty, 99
Steelman, Trent, 238–39
Steeper, Fred, 219
Steinem, Gloria, 37
Stern, Isaac, 233
Stimson, Henry, 3–4, 144, 239–40, 303
Stockdale, James, 219
The Storytellers (Smith), 246
Strategic Defense Initiative, 101, 183, 270
Straub, Bruno, 143
Sullivan, Louis, 181
Sununu, John, 170
as chief of staff, 141, 142, 149–50, 163–64, 170, 172
resignation of, 191–92
Richard Nixon presidential library dedication and, 152–53, 154
Ted Williams and, 175–77
Supreme Court nominees, 38, 118, 172, 195
Sylvanus Thayer Award, 257
Tanglewood property, 250–52
Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero (Montville), 176
Teeter, Bob: as campaign chairman, 105, 197, 206–7, 211, 216; as a pollster, 104, 114, 115–16, 150, 164
Texas A&M University, 9, 234, 247
Thatcher, Margaret, 14, 45, 96, 164
Curt Smith and, fig. 17, 165–67
G. H. W. Bush and, 131, 154, 162, 257–58
Medal of Freedom and, fig. 16, 165, 298–301
on Mikhail Gorbachev, 100
Ronald Reagan and, 165, 183–84, 242
Thompson, Tommy, 212
Time: Billy Graham and, 52
on Dorothy Bush, 1
G. H. W. Bush and, 68, 86, 128, 195, 203, 231–32, 277
on Jimmy Carter, 51
on John Connally, 60
John Sununu and, 170
1988 election issue of, 203
poll of, 125
on Richard Nixon, 107
Topps Baseball Card Company, 179, 235
Toronto Blue Jays, 235
Tower Commission, 102
town hall debate of 1992 election, 220–21
Trewhitt, Hank, 91
Trout, Dizzy, 175
Truman, Harry, 129, 188, 273, 278, 281
tsunami, Indian Ocean, 273
Tugwell, Rexford, 281
Turner, Stansfield, 50
Tutwiler, Margaret, 218
Ueberroth, Peter, 122–23
Ukraine, 286
University of Rochester, xv, 249
USA Today, 44, 148, 163, 216, 220, 221, 222, 227
Utah, USS, 301
Utica NY, 45–46
Van Buren, Martin, 93
Vandenberg, Arthur, 256
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), 154–55
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 230–31
Vietnam War, 23–25, 28–30, 38, 42, 143–44, 231, 293
Vincent, Fay, 176
vision thing, xii, xiii, 153, 196
vision with a task, 258
Viva Zapata!, 9
Voice of Hope, 297
Voices of The Game (Smith), 249
Wałęsa, Lech, 162
Walker, George Herbert, 2, 173, 187
Walker, George Herbert, Jr., 9
Walker, Louis, 187
Walker Cup, 187–88
Walker’s Point, 2, 72–73, 248, 250
Wallace, George, 24
Wallace, Mike, 37
Wall Street Journal, 108, 136, 148, 264, 271
Wall Street wing of GOP, 134–35
Warren, Earl, 172
Washington, George, 172–73, 279
Washington Post: on Barbara Bush, 181
Bill Clinton and, 216
G. H. W. Bush and, 131–32, 148, 197, 211, 212, 259
on John Connally, 57
on Richard Nixon, 64
on Somalia, 256
on Watergate, 34
Watergate, 33–36, 38–39, 41, 46–47, 152–53
The Way We Were, 3
WBAL Radio, 246
Weinberger, Caspar, 88, 103, 137, 224, 237
Wellesley College, 181
Welliver, Judson, 280
West Point, 18, 238, 239–40, 257. See also Army-Navy football games
WHAM Radio, 107
What I Saw at the Revolution (Noonan), 136
Whicher, Al, 261
White, Theodore H., 12, 16, 23, 32, 45, 137, 292
White House Endowment Trust, 181
White House Ghosts (Schlesinger), 134, 144, 146, 156, 189, 206, 282
White House Historical Association, 181
White House Preservation Fund, 181
WHO Radio, 283
Why Not the Best? (Carter), 50
Wicker, Tom, 26
Wiesel, Elie, 233
Williams, Theodore Samuel, 4, 110–12, 141, 176–78, 179
Willis, Bruce, 224
Willkie, Wendell, 10
Wills, Garry, 203
Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson), 97
Winston, Chriss, 2–4, 137–38, 147, 170
Winston Churchill Award, 168
Wirthlin, Richard, 76–77, 79, 109–10, 114
With Nixon (Price), 56
Wofford, Harris, 179–80
Woodward, Bob, 271
World Golf Hall of Fame, 188
World Series, 48, 81, 90, 130, 140, 177, 178–79, 235
A World Transformed (Bush and Scow-croft), 263
World War I, 256
World War II, 50, 96, 130, 141, 188, 239, 256, 301–3
Write It When I’m Gone (DeFrank), 41
Wyler, William, 195
Yale University, 7, 41, 116, 126–27
Zaccaro, John, 88
Zhivkov, Todor, 279
Zoellick, Robert, 218
Zogby, John, xiii–xiv, 273, 276–77
Zogby poll, 180
Zorin, Valerian, 55