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libel suit threats to, 6, 11, 12, 164–67

and Organization of Afro-American Unity, live broadcasts of, 162–63

89

national audience of, 6

pilgrimage to Mecca, 89

Miller, Arthur, 258–63

respect accorded after death of, 91

autobiography of, 260

Malcolm X
(film), 91

as dramatist, 259, 261, 262, 263

Man of Honor, A
(Bonanno), 171

Monroe’s marriage with, 257, 258–62

Mansfield, Jayne, 6

MW interview with, 259–61, 262–63

Martha’s Vineyard Arts Association, 147–48

Million Dollar Baby
(film), 247

Martin, Dean, 222

Million Man March, 96

Mary, Queen of Scots
(film), 228

Mills, Wilbur, 267

McChristian, Joseph, 191, 192, 202

Mirage Tavern, 177–78, 184

McClure, Bill, 101, 123

Misfits, The
(film), 261, 262

McGovern, George, 223

Monroe, Marilyn

McKellar, Kenneth, 6–7

and DiMaggio, 258

McKenna, Siobhan, 3

and Dougherty, 257–58

McNamara, Robert S., 22

Mailer’s views on, 249–50, 253–56

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presidential campaign of, 24–30, 31, 32, and Miller, 257, 258–62

33, 35

in
Misfits
, 261

as “Tricky Dick,” 25, 32

Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, 76–77, as vice president, 24–25

84

and Vietnam War, 22, 32, 34, 46

Morath, Inge, 262

and Watergate, 29, 34, 46, 55, 176

Moreau, Jeanne, 247

Nolte, Nick, 239

Morgan
(film), 228

North Korea, as “axis of evil,” 131

Muhammad, Elijah, 87–88, 89–90, 93, 94

Murdoch, Rupert, 60

Ober, Eric, 211–12, 213, 217

Murray, Eunice, 255–56

Olivier, Laurence, 228

Murrieta Hot Springs, 178–80, 184, 185

Onassis, Aristotle, 157

Murrow, Edward R., 205, 217

O’Neill, Eugene, 232

My Turn
(N. Reagan), 63

Organization of Afro-American Unity, 89

Oslo Accords (1993), 115, 116–18, 119

NAACP, 57, 69, 87

Out on a Limb
(MacLaine), 223

Naked and the Dead, The
(Mailer), 250

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 111

Paar, Jack, 233

Nation, The,
78

Pacino, Al, 173, 218–19

National Guard, 101st Airborne Division, 74

Pahlavi, Shah Mohammad Reza, 122–27

Nation of Islam, 87–88, 89, 93, 94–95

and American hostages, 127–28

Native Son
(Wright), 246

as anti-Communist, 130

Near East Report,
104

and Jewish lobby, 125–26

Negroes, see African-Americans

MW interviews with, 123–26

New Deal, 37, 39, 40

and revolution, 126–27, 130, 131

New England Patriots, 8

Pajama Game, The
(Broadway musical), New Frontier, 61

222

Newsweek,
87

Palestine

New York
Daily News,
217

British rule in, 107

New York Philharmonic, 152

guerrillas of, 106–7, 115, 118, 120–21

New York Times, The

homeland of, 105, 114

on Black Muslims, 87

and Israel, 114, 115, 116, 117–19, 121–22

on CBS self-censorship, 217

and Middle East peace, 114

on Faubus interview, 75

and Oslo Accords, 116

on Ku Klux Klan, 69

self-rule, 116, 117, 121, 122

ownership of, 126

stateless refugees of, 113

Nicholson, Jack, 225

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Nicoli, Frankie, 168

107–8

Night Beat

Arafat, 113–22

controversial topics covered in, 3, 160, intifada of, 115, 118

165, 250–52

Redgrave’s film about, 229

format of, 2–3, 5

Palestinian, The
(film), 229

idea for, 1–2, 201

Pall Mall cigarettes, 204

popularity of, 2–3

Palme, Olaf, 226

Nixon, Pat Ryan, 34–35

Parker, William H., 162–65

Nixon, Richard M., 7, 24–35

Parks, Rosa, 76

Eleanor Roosevelt’s views on, 41

Parmet, Herbert, 13

MW interview of, 32, 33

Patterson, Eugene, 183

New Nixon, 25–26, 27, 32

Pavarotti, Luciano, 158

personal traits of, 27, 34–35

Pearson, Drew

and the presidency, 33–34, 46

MW interview of, 9–10, 166

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and
Profiles in Courage,
10–13, 42, 164

MW interviews with, 56, 57–58, 60–61

reputation of, 6–7, 11

and Nancy, 53, 56, 61, 65–66

Pegler, Westbrook, 40–41

personal traits of, 61, 62

Peres, Shimon, 116

and the presidency, 61–62, 63

Perlman, Itzhak, MW interview with,

presidential candidacy of (1968), 28, 29, 150–52, 175

54; (1976), 55–56

Perlman, Toby, 152

presidential election (1980), 47, 56, 59

Persistence of Memory, The
(Dalí), 140

problems during presidency of, 60–61

Philip Morris Company, 71, 77, 166,

on Vietnam War, 57

204–7

Reasoner, Harry, 30, 158

Picasso, Pablo, 143–44, 147

Reclining Figure
(drama), 142

Plummer, Christopher, 219

Reconstruction era, 68

PM East,
233–34, 235, 237, 238

Redgrave, Michael, 228

Polk, James K., 22

Redgrave, Vanessa, 227–32

Pollock, Jackson, 144

as actress, 228, 231–32

Power Peddlers, The,
103

MW interview with, 230–31

Previn, André, 151

political views of, 228–31, 232

Prince of Tides, The
(film), 237, 239, 241

Regan, Donald, 63

Private Dancer
(Turner), 242

Reiner, Carl, 270

Producers, The
(Brooks), 269, 270–71, Republican Party, conservative wing of, 53, 273

54

Profaci, Rosalie, 173

Revere, Paul, 8

Profiles in Courage
(Kennedy), 10–13, 42, Rhodes, James A., 28

164

Riano, Rosalba, 182

Public Broadcasting System (PBS), 78

Rockefeller, Nelson A., 27, 28, 29

Putin, Vladimir, 275–77

Roe
v.
Wade,
136

Puzo, Mario, 171

Roman Catholic Church, 134–36

Romney, George W., 26, 27–28

Quill, Mike, 3

Rooney, Mickey, 234

Roosevelt, David, 42

Rabin, Yitzhak, 116–17, 118, 121

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 37–43

Raft, George, 170

and Anderson concert, 39–40

Rahman, Ahmed Abdul, 120

critics of, 40–41

Ramrus, Al, 161

and DAR, 39–40

Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson’s Secret
death of, 42

White House Tapes
(Beschloss), 23

influence of, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, Reagan, Nancy

137

book by, 63

MW’s interview with, 38, 40–41

children of, 59, 60

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 6, 46

MW friendship with, 52, 54, 56, 58–59, death of, 37

64–65

influence of, 37–41, 63, 137

MW interviews with, 55, 63–64, 65–66

memorial to, 42–43

personal traits of, 56

and New Deal, 37, 39, 40

Reagan, Ron (son), 59

and World War II, 22

Reagan, Ronald

Roosevelt, Theodore, 63

achievements of, 62–63

Roots
(Haley), 91

as actor, 53, 54, 55

Roselli, John, 170–71

Alzheimer’s disease of, 65–66

Rove, Karl, 277

as California governor, 53–54

Royal Shakespeare Company, 228

Carter’s views on, 48–49

Rudd, R. J., 179–80, 185

death of, 66

Russell, Richard, 23

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Sadat, Anwar, 109–13

Farrakhan interviews, 94, 95–98

assassination of, 130

guests’ discomfort on, 64

autobiography of, 111

Horowitz interview, 153–56, 175

and Begin, 109–10, 112–13

investigative journalism of, 183–85,

and Camp David accords, 109–10,

265

112–13, 114

LBJ Library tour, 17, 22

Khomeini’s views of, 129–30

magazine format of, 30, 175

MW interviews with, 110, 111–12

Mailer interview, 253–57

Nobel Peace Prize to, 113

Malcolm X retrospective, 91–92, 94

Safer, Morley, 148, 158, 185, 217

Middle East issues,
see
Middle East Sahl, Mort, 271

Miller interview, 259–61, 262–63

St. Cyr, Lili, 6

Mirage Tavern interview, 178

St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, 139

Murrieta Hot Springs story, 179–80

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 172

MW’s nervousness on, 152–53

Salant, Dick, 167, 206

Reagan interviews, 55, 60–61, 65–66

Sales, Soupy, 1

Redgrave interview, 230–31, 232

Sandefur, Thomas, 209, 210

sham diploma story, 180–82

Sanger, Margaret, 6, 133–37

special edition of, 183–84

and birth control, 133–36

Streisand interview, 236–40

and Catholic Church, 134–35, 136

taped broadcasts of, 162

influence of, 137

Tobacco War, 206–20

MW interview with, 134–35, 166

Turner interview, 243–47

and women’s rights, 134, 136

validating the crooks, 185

Saudi Arabia

and Watergate, 175–76

and bin Laden, 132

Some Came Running
(film), 222

and oil embargo, 101, 122

Sorensen, Ted, 11, 13

Sauter, Van Gordon, 195–96, 197, 203

Southern Manifesto, 73

SAVAK, 127

Soviet Union, collapse of, 62

Screen Actors Guild, 55

“Stars and Stripes Forever, The” (Sousa), September 11 attacks, 132

156–57

Shabazz, Attallah, 94–96

Steinem, Gloria, 35

Shabazz, Betty, 94

Stern, Isaac, 151

Shales, Tom, 197

Stevenson, Adlai E., 42, 138

Sharon, Ariel, 118–19, 120, 121

Strasberg, Lee, 258

Shaw, George Bernard, 3

Streisand, Barbra, 233–41

Siegel, Bugsy, 160

on Broadway, 236

Sills, Beverly, 158

as movie star, 237, 239

Simon, Neil, 259, 270

MW interview with, 236–40

Sinatra, Frank, 173, 222

personality of, 234, 235–36, 237

Sinclair, Ernest, MW interview with,

on
PM East,
233–34, 237, 238

181–82, 184

as song stylist, 233–34, 236

Six-Day War (1967), 20, 100, 101, 106, Student Nonviolent Coordinating

112, 116

Committee (SNCC), 82

60 Minutes

Styron, William, 51, 147

“between you and me,” 178

Sulzberger family, 126

Brooks interview, 269–74

Supreme Court, U.S.

Carson interview, 264–68, 269

and abortion, 136

Carter interview, 47–49

and birth control, 136

comedians interviewed for, 268–69

and race, 70, 71, 72–73, 75, 76, 77

debut of, 24, 31, 175

Swank, Hilary, 247

detractors of, 183–85

Swanson, Gloria, 247

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Syria

investigative methods in, 183–85

Jewish community in, 101–3, 104–5

responsibility in, 196

police state in, 102

20th Century,
85

territories of, 100, 102, 112

Ugarte, Mario, 182

Taliban, 131

Uniform Code of Military Justice, 191

Terms of Endearment
(film), 223, 225

United Nations, 40

Terry, Luther, 206

University of Texas at Austin, 20

Thatcher, Margaret, 137

Urban League, 71

Time Bends: A Life
(Miller), 260

USA Today,
198

Time
magazine, 63, 74, 137, 146

Tisch, Andrew, 212–13

Vanity Fair,
218

Tisch, Laurence, 213, 214, 217

Vanocur, Sander, 225

Tobacco War

Vietnam War

and anti-smoking movement, 219–20

antiwar protests, 32, 192

and CBS management, 211–15, 217

escalations of, 188, 192

congressional hearing in, 209, 212–13

failure of U.S. mission in, 199

and fire deaths, 206–7

and Johnson, 18, 20, 21, 22–24, 32,

fire-safe cigarettes, 207

84–85, 192

and First Amendment, 212, 216

as Mr. McNamara’s War, 22

and health hazards, 208–10

MW’s tour of, 188–89, 192

impact boosting, 210

and Nixon, 22, 32, 34, 46

Mississippi civil action in, 218, 219

order of battle in, 193

movie about, 218–19

public deception about, 190, 191,

MW interviews in, 208–10, 213,

192–94, 195, 202

214–15

as quagmire, 189, 203

and news vs. corporate culture, 211–13, and Reagan, 57

215, 217

Tet offensive, 190, 194

and nicotine as addictive drug, 209–10, and Westmoreland story, 187–99

212, 220

Vineyard Gazette,
148

Project Hamlet in, 207

Voting Rights Act (1965), 81

Tonight Show, The
(TV), 264, 265, 266–67, 268

Walcott, Louis Eugene,
see
Farrakhan, Louis Touhy, William, 189

Wallace, Chris, 59–60

Treyz, Oliver, 10–11, 164, 165

Wallace, Frank and Zina, 7, 39

Trinity Christian College, 180

Wallace, George, 14

Truman, Bess, 4

Wallace, Helen, 157