Restless Giant: The United States From Watergate to Bush v. Gore (70 page)

The 1980s/Reagan and Bush Presidencies:
General books concerned with the 1980s include Haynes Johnson,
Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years
(New York, 1991); John White,
The New Politics of Old Values
(Hanover, N.H., 1989); and Bellah et al., listed above. Lou Cannon,
President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
(New York, 2000) is a balanced, comprehensive study of the Great Communicator’s time in the White House. For Reagan, see also William Pemberton,
Exit with Honor: The Life and Presidency of Ronald Reagan
(New York, 1998); W. Elliot Brownlee and Hugh Davis Graham, eds.,
The Reagan Presidency: Pragmatic Conservatism and Its Legacies
(Lawrence, Kans., 2003); Kiron Skinner et al., eds.,
Reagan, in His Own Hand
(New York, 2001); Garry Wills,
Reagan’s America: Innocents at Home
(New York, 2000); and Robert Dallek,
Ronald Reagan: The Politics of Symbolism
(Cambridge, Mass., 1999). See also Frances FitzGerald,
Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars, and the End of the Cold War
(New York, 2000).

John Greene,
The Presidency of George Bush
(Lawrence, Kans., 2000), and Herbert Parmet,
George Bush: The Life of a Lone Star Yankee
(New York, 1997) cover the presidency of George H. W. Bush. More focused studies include Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor,
The Generals’ War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf
(Boston, 1995); George Bush and Brent Scowcroft,
A World Transformed
(New York, 1995); and David Halberstam,
War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals
(New York, 2001).

The 1990s/Clinton Presidency:
For aspects of the 1990s, see Haynes Johnson,
The Best of Times: America in the Clinton Years
(New York, 1991); Benjamin Barber,
Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism’s Challenge to Democracy
(New York, 2001); and Thomas Friedman,
The Lexus and the Olive Tree
(New York, 1999), on globalization. For Clinton, consult William Berman,
From the Center to the Edge: The Politics and Policies of the Clinton Presidency
(Lanham, Md., 2001); and Joe Klein,
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton
(New York, 2002). For foreign policy matters, see Richard Clarke,
Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror
(New York, 2004) and Halberstam, listed above. Three books that focus on the election of 2000 are E. J. Dionne and William Kristol, eds.,
Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary
(Washington, 2001); Jeffrey Toobin,
Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six Day Battle to Decide the
2000 Election
(New York, 2001); and Jack Rakove, ed.,
The Unfinished Election of 2000
(New York, 2001).

Statistics/Trends:
As footnotes indicate, I have relied heavily for statistics on various editions of the Census Bureau’s
Statistical Abstract of the United States
, especially the edition of 2002. In places where the
Statistical Almanac
did not seem to provide necessary information, I have cited editions of the
World Almanac
and of the
New York Times Almanac
. Three additional books include charts, graphs, and statistics concerning important trends. They are Andrew Hacker, ed.,
U/S: A Statistical Portrait of the American People
(New York, 1983); Stephen Moore and Julian Simon, eds.,
It’s Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years
(Washington, 2000); and Theodore Caplow et al.,
The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900–2000
(Washington, 2001).

Index

Aaron, Henry “Hank,”
3

AARP (American Association of Retired People),
88

Abbey, Edward,
116

ABC,
285

ABM (anti-ballistic missile) Treaty,
202

Abortion: Bush, George H. W., and,
251
–52

   Bush, George W., and,
406

   Clinton and,
326
,
330

   funds for,
54
,
54
n
32

   issues of,
xii
,
3
,
25
,
78
,
104
,
136
–38,
170
,
267

   legal issues and,
52
,
130
,
130
n
53,
242

   rates of,
52
n
27,
270
,
365

   Reagan and,
177

   Supreme Court and,
xii
,
3

ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power),
181
,
182

Adarand Constructors Inc. v. Pena,
366

Adidas,
278

AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children),
49
–50,
49
n
18,
165
,
374
–76,
374
n
86

Affirmative action,
xii
,
90

   African Americans and,
15
,
16
,
16
n
8,
26
,
27
,
305
–6

   baby boomers’ view of,
79

   corporations and,
27
–28

   criticism of,
15
,
25
,
28
,
30

   immigration policy and,
25
,
26
,
26
n
36

   impact of,
27
–28

   labor unions and,
25

   military services and,
28

   minority groups and,
26
,
27
,
67

   Native Americans and,
26
,
27

   Reagan and,
171
–74

   Supreme Court and,
xii
,
27
,
35
,
113

   universities and,
28
–30,
29
n
41,
53

   for women,
24

Afghanistan,
xii
,
110
,
123
,
194
,
379
,
381
–83,
385
,
393

AFL-CIO,
65
,
87
,
114
,
188
,
204

African Americans: 1990s and,
316
–17

   advancement of,
16
–17,
16
n
9

   affirmative action and,
15
,
16
,
16
n
8,
26
,
27
,
305
–6

   crime and,
43
,
274

   economic equality of,
18
,
304
–6

   education and,
19
–20,
19
n
18,
314
–16

   experience of,
24

   full citizenship for,
xi

   illegitimacy and,
49

   immigration and,
295
,
296
,
301

   party affiliation of,
78

   poverty and,
18
,
306
–9,
306
n
36,
307
n
39,
308
n
45

   religion and,
142

   school busing and,
20
–23

   social equality of,
18

   support for,
10

Age Discrimination in Employment Act,
67

“Age of Limits,”
10
,
11
,
73
,
74
,
152

Aged, support for,
10
,
14
,
24

Agent Orange,
99

Agnew, Spiro,
2
,
5
,
92

Agriculture,
38
,
354

Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
See
AFDC

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.
See
ACT-UP

AIDS epidemic,
xii
,
45
,
179
–82,
180
n
82,
356

AIM (American Indian Movement),
77
,
77
n
4

Air controllers.
See
PATCO

Aircraft, sale of,
61

Airline Deregulation Act of 1978,
115

Alaska Lands Law,
119

Albanian Muslims,
400
–401

Albright, Madeleine,
400

Aleuts,
26
,
27

Algeria,
126

Ali, Muhammad,
6
,
6
n
14

All in the Family,
187
–88

All the President’s Men
(Bernstein and Woodward),
71

Allen, Paul,
59

Allen, Tim,
285

Allen, Woody,
287

Allende, Salvador,
72
,
103

America,
255
n
5

   art and,
261
–62

   books and,
289

   Christian Right and,
257
,
266
,
267

   Clinton and,
260
,
272

   community organizations and,
258
–59

   as conservative,
78

   conservatives and,
254
–55,
260
,
263
,
264

   consumerism and,
277
–80

   corporations and,
277
–80,
285
–86

   creativity of,
359

   credit card debt and,
279
–80

   cultural institutions and,
288
–89,
291

   culture wars and,
xii
,
3
,
12
,
260
,
264
–65,
265
n
31,
269
,
274

   drugs and,
273

   energy use in,
350

   evangelicals and,
257

   family patterns and,
271
–72

   foreign policies of,
xii
,
4
,
12
,
197

   gayhaters and,
261

   Generation X and,
269

   hate groups and,
261

   history textbooks and,
266

   legacy of 1960s and,
257

   liberals and,
257
,
260
,
264
,
267
,
269
–70

   litigation and,
275
–77

   magazines’ impact on,
284

   media sensationalism in,
255
,
265
–69

   military policies of,
12

   Millennials and,
269

   movies’ impact on,
283
–85,
287
,
287
n
85

   music’s impact on,
282
,
287

   religious conservatives and,
3
,
136
,
177
,
256
,
259
,
266

   Religious Right and,
256
,
260
,
265
,
267
,
268

   rights-consciousness and,
274
–77