bindex.qxd 2/20/07 4:46 PM Page 343 Index Abrams, Elliott, 274, 300, 310 Ashburn, Frank, 23 Acheson, Dean, 40, 45 Ashton, Michael, 273 Actors Theatre of Louisville, 268–269 Atwater, Lee, 264, 265 Agnew, Judy, 296 Auden, W. H., 53, 58 Agnew, Spiro T., 127–129, 135–136, 145, 150–155, 188, 192, 227; NR Babcock, Catherine, 60 supporters of, 150–155, 295–296; Baker, Howard, 201, 209, 213 Senate bust of, 295 Bakshian, Aram, Jr., 152, 166, 226, 228, Alexander, Lamar, 294, 304–305 234 Alexandra, Empress, 180 Baldwin, Chris, 231 Alito, Samuel, 325 Barnes, Fred, 307 Allen, Henry, 219 Barnett, Frank, 164 Allen, Richard V., 207, 231–232, 258 Bartley, Robert L., 128, 198 Allen, Steve, 61, 96 Batchelor, C. D., 40 Allison, Wick, 261–262, 269, 270, 271, Batista, Fulgencia, 63–64 274, 298 Bauer, Gary, 295 Allott, Gordon, 151 Bayh, Birch, 222 Almond, Mark, 274 Bay of Pigs, 69, 70 America First, 13, 310 Beame, Abraham, 92, 93, 96 American Conservative Union, 138, 153, Becker, Gary, 245 164, 263 Begin, Menachem, 236 American EnterpriseCOPYRIGHTED Institute, 164 Beichman, MATERIAL Arnold, 44, 254 American Mercury, 24, 28, 29, 41 Bell, Bernard Iddings, 28 American Spectator, 198 Bell, Daniel, 110 Amiel, Barbara, 274 Bell, Jeffrey, 138 Anderson, John, 213, 214, 215, 221, 306 Belloc, Hilaire, 44, 119 Andropov, Yuri, 246 Bennett, William, 253, 279, 310 Angleton, James Jesus, 293 Berger, Brigitte, 310 Arkes, Hadley, 274, 300 Berger, Peter, 310 Arlington House, 126–127 Bergin, Thomas, 15 Armstrong, Bill, 293 Berkeley. See University of California Ashbrook, John, 138–139, 174 Berlin airlift, 25 343 bindex.qxd 2/20/07 4:46 PM Page 344 344 INDEX Berliner, Harold, 312 291, 301; resignation as NR Berlin Wall, 69, 268; Reagan’s response managing editor, 260; on Firing to, 208, 258–259, 267 Line, 301–302; on Iran-Contra, 255 Bernstein, Leonard, 118 Brookhiser, Robert, 197 Berra, Yogi, 107 Brooks, Cleanth, 28, 40 Berrigan, Daniel, 119 Brooks, David, 198, 237 Berrigan, Philip, 119 Brown, Edmund G. (Pat), 64, 103–104 Bethell, Tom, 300 Brudnoy, David, 58 Biden, Joe, 264, 265 Brunauer, Esther, 30, 31 Bing, Rudolf, 74 Bryan, Joseph, III, 36 Birch, John. See John Birch Society Buchanan, James M., 199 Bishop, Maurice, 235 Buchanan, Patrick J., 127, 128, 134–135, Bitburg cemetery, 249–251 160, 161, 200, 228, 270, 271, Blackmun, Harry, 126, 149 278–280, 293, 294, 305, 306, Black Panthers, 78, 109, 111, 117, 118 310–312 Blair, Tony, 311, 313 Buckley, Aloïse (Allie) (sister), 8, 10, 11, Blunt, Anthony, 252 12, 13, 30, 31, 41, 88, 90 Bohemian Grove, 130, 308–309 Buckley, Aloïse Steiner (mother), 7–13, Bond, Ward, 34 30, 37, 55–56, 72, 87, 144, Boorstin, Daniel, 136 242–243 Booth, Julian, 99 Buckley, Ann Cooley (sister-in-law), 31, Borch, Fred, 136 242 Boren, David, 256 Buckley, Ann Harding (sister-in-law), 31, Bork, Robert H., 255, 256 88 Botton, Raymond de, 98, 148 Buckley, Caitlin (granddaughter), 266, Bouchex, Jeanne (Mademoiselle), 9, 10 304 Bozell, L. Brent, Jr., 16, 19, 29–32, 40, Buckley, Carol (sister), 11, 12, 139, 157 42, 44, 48, 50, 58, 69, 74, 76, 102, Buckley, Christopher Taylor (son), 1, 33, 113, 143, 234; Carlism and, 78, 34, 61, 97, 98, 101, 118, 131, 139, 122–123; Goldwater and, 64, 71, 144, 178, 325; birth of, 24, 30; 76, 77; personal problems of, 123; career of, 208–209, 216, 227, 251, on Warren Court, 78, 123 252, 303–304; marriage and family Bozell, L. Brent III, 300 of, 241, 242, 266, 304; sailing and, Bozell, Michael, 293 173, 174, 304; WFB’s relationship Bozell, Patricia (Trish) Buckley. See with, 265–266, 273, 303; works of: Buckley, Patricia (Trish) Florence of Arabia, 304; Steaming Bradford, M. E., 253 to Bamboola, 227; Thank You for Bradley Foundation, 302 Smoking, 304; The White House Mess, Bramwell, Austin, 1 252 Bratton, William, 299 Buckley, Claude (nephew), 326 Brezhnev, Leonid, 69, 179, 181, 232, 246 Buckley, Claude (uncle), 6–7 Brezhnev, Viktoria, 247 Buckley, Conor (grandson), 304 Brezhnev Doctrine, 120, 236, 267 Buckley, Edmund (uncle), 6–7 Bricker Amendment, 52 Buckley, Elizabeth (niece), 55 Bridges, Linda, 121, 133, 181, 197, 202, Buckley, Elizabeth Howell (Betsey) 211, 219–220, 226, 249, 269, 273, (sister-in-law), 31, 55, 78 274, 276, 299, 302, 323 Buckley, F. Reid (brother), 10, 11, 14, Brimelow, Peter, 274, 300 28, 31, 55, 78, 129, 303, 326 Bronson, Frances, 1, 121, 156–157, 158, Buckley, F. Reid, Jr. (Jobie) (nephew), 55 168, 169, 176, 179, 212, 269, 323 Buckley, James L. (Jim) (brother), 8–9, Brookhiser, Richard, 197, 202, 220, 221, 10, 11, 12, 13, 31, 91, 94, 178, 227, 235, 240, 248–249, 273, 274, 212, 220, 226, 242, 255, 324; bindex.qxd 2/20/07 4:46 PM Page 345 INDEX 345 Senate and, 128–130, 135, 138, 326–327; critics of, 23, 26, 237, 158–159, 176, 195 297; dogs and, 139–140; early Buckley, Jane (sister), 9, 10, 11, 12, career of, 19, 22–23, 24, 29–30, 34; 16–17, 31, 100, 148, 180, 269, 285 editorial management style of, 249, Buckley, John W. (brother), 8, 9, 10, 11, 272, 273, 309; eightieth birthday of, 12, 13, 14, 31, 196, 242, 243, 312 272, 273, 322–326, 328; e-mail Buckley, John (grandfather), 5–6 and, 265–266, 324; eye problem of, Buckley, John (uncle), 6 149; family background of, 5–13; on Buckley, John Alois (nephew), 243 father’s death, 56; few people Buckley, Lee (niece), 312 despised by, 14; on Ford’s debate Buckley, Lucy Gregg (daughter-in-law), gaffe, 192; friends’ deaths and, 98, 241, 242 312–313; friendship and, 14, 15–16, Buckley, Mary Ann (sister), 9, 88 304; homes of, 24, 97–100, 132; on Buckley, Mary Ann Langford Iraq war, 326–327; language and, (grandmother), 5–6 9–10, 101, 128, 157–158; lecture Buckley, Maureen (sister), 9, 11, 39, 44, circuit and, 60–62, 131, 172, 173, 49, 50, 59, 77, 87–88, 325 277, 302, 327; lifestyle of, 237; Buckley, Patricia Taylor (Pat) (wife), 1, literary autobiography of, 2, 73, 98, 11, 22, 24, 31, 32, 61, 77, 97, 98, 303–304, 313–316; mannerisms of, 135, 139, 140, 144, 149, 208, 227, 130; marijuana views of, 146–147; 247, 251, 265, 269, 292, 303, 324; marriage of, 20–21, 30; McCarthy charity events and, 131; fashion and, and, 19, 29, 30, 31–32; Messiah 131, 148; hip replacements of, Party of, 45, 99; mother’s death 241–242; marriage and family of, and, 242–243; motorscooter of, 97, 20–21, 30; personality of, 20, 100, 131–132; musical interests of, 2, 10, 242; sailing and, 172, 173–174, 45, 98, 99, 269, 308, 315; New 217, 259–260; social life of, 45, York mayoral bid of, 91–95, 96, 98–99, 100–101, 225, 281 104, 127, 135; Nixon obituary by, Buckley, Patricia (Trish) (sister), 9, 10, 11, 283–284; as novelist, 168, 175–176, 12, 16, 19, 30, 31, 42, 78, 122, 143 181–185, 243–244, 292–293, Buckley, Priscilla (aunt), 6 320–322; NYC police speech by, Buckley, Priscilla L. (sister), 8, 10, 11, 12, 90–91; on Panama Canal treaty, 31, 44, 72, 76, 77, 87, 88, 100, 199–202; personal traits of, 50, 130, 130, 143, 148, 166, 168, 197, 202, 131, 211, 244, 284–285, 309, 218–221, 231, 233, 235, 243, 260, 315–316, 323–324; popular culture 264, 269, 274, 285, 325; memoir and, 107, 130; retirement and, 2–3, by, 137; at NR, 2, 49, 50, 52–54, 260, 271–272, 277–278, 301, 302, 56, 57, 59, 62, 92, 108, 109, 308–309; routine of, 131–134; 132–134, 141–142, 156–158, sailing and, 44, 108–109, 131, 170–173, 177, 179, 202, 247–249, 172–174, 208, 211–212, 215–217, 256, 323; at UPI, 19, 33–34 259–260, 266, 278, 284, 284–285, Buckley, Tasa (sister-in-law), 243 308, 309, 316, 323; schooling of, Buckley, William F., Jr.: accomplishments 10, 11, 13; SEC battle with, of, 327–329; on anti-Semitism, 195–196; Sixties clarity of, 115–21, 16–17, 41, 250–251, 270–271; 124; skiing and, 44, 61, 99, 101, awards to, 130, 183, 278, 302, 303; 280–81, 282, 285, 308; social circle bêtes noires of, 157–158; birth of, 9; of, 44–45, 98–99, 100–101, Catholic policies and, 78, 106; 277–278; Swiss writing retreat of, celebrity status of, 95, 97, 130–131; 61, 79, 95, 99–101, 131, 147, CIA post of, 19, 22–23; on Cold 168–169, 173, 277, 280–281, 292; War’s end, 276–277; as conservative, syndicated column of, 2, 74, 79, 3, 5, 26, 65, 75, 85–86, 197, 322, 131–133, 172, 236, 277; television bindex.qxd 2/20/07 4:46 PM Page 346 346 INDEX and (see Firing Line); as UN Bukovsky, Vladimir, 177, 299 delegate, 155–156, 226; Vidal run- Bumpers, Dale, 300–301 ins with, 73, 96, 111–113; Bundy, McGeorge, 70 Watergate and, 147–148, 150; Bunker, Ellsworth, 200 World War II service of, 13–14; Yale Burger, Warren, 126 and, 13, 14–18, 20–21; works of: Burgess, Guy, 251 Airborne, 173, 174, 216; Atlantic Burke, Edmund, 27, 41, 122, 197, 312 High, 216, 325; Brothers No More, Burnham, James, 19, 35–37, 58, 59, 73, 69, 292–293; The Committee and 74, 82, 137, 138, 145, 159, 160, Its Critics (ed.), 73; Cruising Speed, 171, 191, 200, 226; as former 130–131, 183, 196, 237; Elvis in the Trotskyist, 28, 33, 35–36, 42, 43, Morning, 293; Four Reforms, 149; 179, 254; health problems/death The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 2, 69, of, 202–203, 260; NR and, 40, 267, 276, 309; Getting It Right, 46–54, 62, 64, 65, 69, 108, 132, 293; God and Man at Yale, 5, 22, 146, 158, 172; Pentagon Papers 23–24, 26, 32, 79, 230, 315; High spoof and, 141; Presidential Medal Jinx, 242, 251–252; “In Search of of Freedom to, 233; on Vietnam Anti-Semitism,” 270; Last Call for War, 107, 125–126; on Watergate, Blackford Oakes, 2, 30, 181, 309, 147 312, 320–322; Let Us Talk of Many Burnham, James B., 141 Things, 74, 98, 269, 302; Marco Burnham, Marcia, 35, 36–37, 178, 203, Polo, If You Can, 244; McCarthy 233 and His Enemies (with Bozell), 29, Burnham, Philip, 40 30–31, 32, 79, 315; Miles Gone By, Bush, Barbara, 291 2, 73, 98, 303–304, 309, 313–316, Bush, George H.