The End of the Cold War. 1985-1991

INDEX 637

and Eastern Europe 66, 76
elected President (1981) 13, 14
and expansion of military expenditure
19, 22
and Geneva summit (1985) 150–60,
152–9, 161
and Gorbachëv 4, 5, 172, 251, 252, 253,
298–9, 321, 356–7, 496–7
and Haig 36
health concerns 252
horse-riding fall (1989) 252
and Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
Treaty negotiations 285–6, 292
and Iran–Contra scandal (1986) 235,
243
and Kohl 310
leadership credentials 16–17
and Libyan raid (1986) 184
marriage 13
and Moscow summit (1988) 298–300
and nuclear disarmament and arms
reduction 3, 4, 5, 15–16, 18,
20–1, 34, 109, 114, 115, 138, 141,
152–3, 156–7, 158, 161, 172, 174,
188–9, 228, 244, 296, 496, 497–8
Orlando speech (1983) 43–4
and Polish crisis 69
political philosophy and approach 14,
18
reaction to Gorbachëv’s declaration on
eliminating nuclear weapons
170, 171–2
and reading 16–17
and Reykjavik summit (1986) 209–18,
221–2, 224
seen as a warmonger 33, 34
and Shevardnadze 154, 251–3
and Shultz 159, 249
Soviet policy 19–20, 21–2, 102
Springfield speech (1988) 294
and Strategic Defense Initiative 4,
44–5, 86, 138, 147, 157, 159, 172,
186, 188, 192, 197–8, 200, 203,
208, 213, 216, 217, 222, 228, 274,
295, 497
and Thatcher 7–8, 89–90, 114, 222–3,

302, 303, 365

and US–Soviet trade relations 161–2

visit to China (1984) 94

visit to West Berlin and Brandenburg

Gate speech 320–1

and Washington summit (1987) 290–2

and Weinberger 38, 197

wins second term in office (1984) 109

Reaganauts 34–42

Red Brigades 88

Regan, Don 144–5, 202–3, 235

Reykjavik summit (1986) 206, 209–18,

221, 222–4, 423

Ridgway, Rozanne 231, 272

Robinson, Peter 320

Rockefeller, David 364

Rogers, Bernard 25

Romania 61–2, 72, 188, 315, 316, 323, 328,

400, 403, 428–9

Ceauşescu’s oppressive regime 74

protests (1989) 410

relations with USSR 74–5, 319–20

uprising against Ceauşecu and collapse

of communism (1989) 429

see also Ceauşescu, Nicolae

Romanov, Grigori 133

Romerstein, Herb 263

Rostow, Eugene 41–2

Rowen, Harry 176

Rowny, Ed 42, 114, 139, 171, 174, 295,

416–17

Rusakov, Konstantin 95

Russia 498

relations with US 498, 499–500

Rust, Mathias 245–6, 348

Ryzhkov, Nikolai 44, 58, 128, 129, 185,

199, 316, 327, 332, 344, 358, 371,

446, 457, 480

Sachs, Jeffrey 485

Saddam Hussein 383–4, 463, 470, 473,

479–80

Sagan, Carl 31

Sagdeev, Roald 193

Sajūdis 454, 455, 459

Sakharov, Andrei 110, 236, 271–2, 317