Restless Giant: The United States From Watergate to Bush v. Gore (72 page)

Bond, Julian,
2

The Bonfire of the Vanities
(Wolfe),
186

Booknotes,
286

Books, America and,
289

Border Patrol,
300
,
382

Bork, Robert,
171
,
244
,
254
–55

Born-again Christians,
141

Bosnia,
339
–40,
343

   Clinton and,
368
–71,
371
n
79,
384

   Muslims in,
225
–26,
368
–71

   Serbs in,
225
–26,
368
–71.
See also
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Boston, busing in,
20
–21,
21
n
21

Boston Globe,
21

Bowers v. Hardwick,
180
n
85

“Bowling Alone” (Putnam),
258

Bradley, Bill,
404

Bradley, Tom,
16

Brady, James,
155

Branch Davidians,
327

Brando, Marlon,
46

Brennan, William,
243

Breyer, Stephen,
330
,
417

Brezhnev, Leonid,
102
,
103
,
104
,
122

Britain.
See
Great Britain

Brokaw, Tom,
364

“Broken window” theory,
41
–42,
42
n
73

Bronson, Charles,
42

Brooks, David,
279

Brown, Jerry,
73
,
247
,
250

Brown, Linda,
173

Brown v. Board of Education,
15
,
19
n18,
20
,
24
,
173
,
182

Bryant, Anita,
138

Bryson, Bill,
280

Brzezinski, Zbigniew,
122
,
125
,
255

Buchanan, Patrick “Pat,”
180
,
250
–51,
266
,
292
,
293
,
372
,
405
,
409
,
413

Buckley v. Valeo,
83
n
22

Buckley, William,
210

Budget and Impoundment Control Act,
84

Budget Enforcement Act,
246

Buffett, Warren,
351

Bugliosi, Vincent,
418

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,
327

Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization,
300

Burger, Warren,
2
,
27
,
68

Bush, George H. W.: 1988 election and,
218
–24,
238

   1992 election and,
247
,
251
–53

   abortion and,
251
–52

   Cheney as Defense Secretary for,
225
,
227
,
228
,
232
,
233
,
237

   China and,
228

   as CIA head,
95

   defense spending of,
229
,
229
n
27

   domestic policies of,
238
–40

   economic sanctions and,
232
,
236
,
236
n
41

   education policies of,
238
–40

   environmental policies of,
240

   federal debt and,
246

   foreign policies of,
225
–38

   Gorbachev and,
228
–29

   Gulf War I and,
230
–38,
235
n
39

   international politics and,
195

   Iraq and,
230
–38

   NAFTA and,
226

   Noriega and,
226
–27

   recession and,
247

   Soviet Union and,
228
–29

   Supreme Court nominees and,
242
–44

   taxes and,
219
,
246
–47

   as vice president,
128
–29,
210
,
212
,
219

   Yugoslavia and,
225
–26

Bush, George W.,
95
,
201
,
222
,
235
,
384
,
384
n
114

   2000 election and,
404
–25,
413
nn
56
–57

   abortion and,
406

   background of,
405
–6

   conservatives and,
324
,
330
,
375

   defense policies of,
403

   as evangelical,
406

   Florida ballots and,
410
–19,
413
nn
56–57

   as governor,
396

   Religious Right and,
222

Bush, Jeb,
412
,
414

Bush v. Gore,
416
,
417

Busing: African Americans and,
20
–23

   in Boston,
20
–21,
21
n
21

   Carter and,
23
,
114

   court-ordered,
3
,
20
–23

   Ford and,
23

   Nixon and,
22

Byrd, James,
293

Califano, Joseph,
128

California propositions.
See
Proposition

Cambodia,
99
,
101

Camp David Accords,
121
–22

Campaign finance reform,
83
,
87
–88,
91
,
376
–77,
377
n
96

Canada,
226
,
251
,
268
,
295
,
329
,
333

Cannon, Lou,
159
,
192

Capital Cities,
285

Capital gains tax,
66
,
378

Car culture,
38
.
See also
Automobiles

Caribbean,
297

Carlucci, Frank,
193

Carroll, Peter,
14

Carson, Johnny,
48

Carter, Jimmy,
xii
,
69

   background of,
108
–9

   bailout and,
63

   busing and,
23
,
114

   Camp David Accords and,
121
–22

   dams and water projects and,
112
–13

   defense budget and,
124

   deficit and,
112

   economic policies of,
110
–13,
115
,
148

   election of 1976 and,
76
,
89
,
104
–7

   election of 1980 and,
128
–29,
145
n
94,
147
–51,
149
n
105

   energy policies of,
110
,
111
,
119
–21

   environmental policies and,
116
–19,
117
n
24,
120

   as fiscal conservative,
112

   foreign policies of,
121
–26,
146

   inflation and,
127
–28

   Iranian Hostage crisis and,
125
–26

   liberals and,
113
,
115
,
128

   presidency of,
92
,
109
–10

   Soviet Union and,
122
–23