by Dick Cheney
and Lend-Lease program, 18–19, 21
Marshall and Morgenthau meeting with, 14–16
and Nazi expansion in Europe, 12
and need for building and equipping U.S. Army, 14–16
North Africa campaign and, 25
as Time Man of the Year, 23
and Truman as vice president, 32
and U.S. aid in World War II, 17–19, 21, 226–27
and U.S. as “last best hope of earth,” 258
and U.S. leadership in World War II, 40
and U.S. role in world, 226–27
Rouhani, Hassan, 175, 190
Rubaie, Mowaffak al-, 142
Rusk, Dean, 53
Russert, Tim, 100
Russia
and American leadership and supremacy, 3
and appeasement, 171, 194–205
Baltic states and, 203, 204, 220, 249, 250
Budapest Memorandum and, 250
Bush (George W.) and, 195
Central Europe and, 197–98
China and, 224
Crimea and, 202, 203, 204, 212
Czechoslovakia and, 197, 198–99
and decline in U.S. influence, 224–25
Denmark and, 204
Europe and, 196–98, 203, 249
European dependence on energy supplies from, 237, 251
European leaders letter to Obama about, 197–98
expansion of, 194–95, 212, 249–50
Georgia invasion by, 197
INF Treaty and, 201–2, 204, 218, 251, 253
inspections of nuclear program in, 201
and Iran, 182, 183, 204
Lithuania and, 204
and Middle East, 204
missiles and, 197, 198–99, 201–2, 216–17
moral similarities between U.S. and, 196
and New START Treaty, 200–201, 216–17, 251
nuclear program/weapons in, 200, 201–2, 203–4, 217, 218, 252
Obama and, 126, 202, 203, 218
Obama’s visit to, 195–97
oil in, 237, 251
Poland and, 197, 198–99, 204
Putin’s goals for, 194–95, 196–97, 204, 249
“reset” of U.S. relations with, 195, 197, 204–5
and restoring American power, 233, 242, 249–50, 252, 253
sanctions on, 203, 251
Snowden in, 199–200
Syria and, 166
as threat to U.S., 216, 242
Ukraine and, 202–3, 204, 212, 220, 233, 250, 251
United Kingdom and, 203
and U.S. blame for tensions, 195, 196
and U.S. defense spending, 212
and U.S. as “last best hope of earth,” 258
and U.S. military option, 203, 249–50
See also Soviet Union; specific person
Sadat, Anwar, 92
Salafi-jihadist groups, 154
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 182
satellites: and space warfare, 223
Saudi Arabia, 78, 168, 219, 239
Schabowski, Gunter, 87
Schieffer, Bob, 163
Scowcroft, Brent, 73
SEAL Team Six: and killing of bin Laden, 153–54
Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Senate, 114
September 11, 2001
Article 5 and, 53
and authorizations for NSA, 105, 106
Benghazi attack on anniversary of, 156–61
Cheney’s memories about, 100
description of attacks on, 99–100
and isolationism as no protection against terrorism, 118, 119
K. S. Mohammed as al Qaeda mastermind for, 108
Obama’s focus on terrorists of, 155, 156
Obama’s views about, 128
and restoring American power, 240
Rockefeller’s comments about effects of, 115–16
Saddam Hussein and, 109
and safeguarding U.S. history, 5
and terrorist communications, 240
sequestration, 209–10, 213, 214, 226, 233
SERE (Survival, Evade, Resistance, and Escape) program, 107–8
Seventh Fleet, U.S.: Korean War and, 54
Shahbandar, Oubai, 165–66
shashoujian (“Assassin’s Mace”), 223
Shevardnadze, Eduard, 91–92
Shibh, Ramzi bin al-, 108
Sikorski, Radek, 199
Single Integrated Operational Plan (Carter administration), 76–77
Slanger, Frances, 30–31
Smith, Sean, 156
Snowden, Edward, 199–200
Solidarity, 82, 86
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 72–74
Somalia: downing of U.S. helicopters in, 96–98, 99
Sons of Iraq, 112, 162
Soviet Union
American trade exhibit in, 60–61
appeasement of, 59
atomic bombs and, 56, 57
bomber force of, 60
China’s relations with, 71
collapse of, 72, 74–75, 87–88, 94, 194, 249
containment policy and, 45–46
and Cuban Missile Crisis, 63–64, 67–68
détente policy and, 71–72
Egypt and, 92
and European security in post–World War II years, 52
as evil empire, 5, 83
expansion of, 51, 58, 59, 67
French relations with, 52–53
fundamental purpose of, 58
Gorbachev reforms in, 85–86, 87–88
Greece and Turkey relations with, 46–48
Helsinki Accords and, 74–75, 76
human rights in, 72–73, 74, 75–76
and INF Treaty, 85
Iran and, 180
and Iraq invasion of Kuwait, 91–93
Iraq relations with, 91–93
Kennan’s “Long Telegram” about, 45
Korean War and, 54, 55
Marshall Plan and, 49–50
Marshall’s visit to, 43–44
Middle East influence of, 92–93
missiles and, 60, 65, 66–67, 77, 84–85, 218
moral equivalence between U.S. and, 83
NATO and, 52–53
Nazi pact with, 11, 25
Nixon and, 71–72
nuclear program/weapons and, 57–59, 66–68, 70, 77, 85, 172, 216, 232
and post–World War II Germany, 50–51
Reagan and, 72, 82–86, 218
and restoring American power, 232
satellite states’ relations with, 86
totalitarian rule strategy of, 50
Truman and, 170, 232
U.S. defeat of, 89
U.S. relations with, 45–46
Western European fears about, 55
See also Cold War; Russia; specific person
space, 60, 223, 235
Special Operations, U.S., 97, 102–3, 117. See also military, U.S.
Sputnik, 60
Stalin, Joseph, 25, 43–45, 50, 51, 54, 59. See also Soviet Union
Stars and Stripes: Slanger letter in, 30
START Treaty (1991), 200
State Department, U.S.
and Afghanistan War, 147
and Benghazi attack, 157, 158
and Iran, 183, 184
See also specific person
statesmanship, art of, 72
Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), 140, 143–44, 145–46
Steinberg, James, 183
Stephens, Bret, 225
Stevens, Chris, 156, 159
Stimson, Henry, 33–34, 38
Stone, Harlan, 11
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), 71–72, 77
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 83–85, 253
Sudan: al Shifa pharmaceutical plant in, 98–99
Suleimani, Qassim, 173
Summit of the Americas (Trinidad and Tobago, 2009), 127
summit(s)
Gorbachev-Reagan Geneva, 84–85
Gorbachev-Reagan Reykjavik, 85, 193
importance of
, 73
Khrushchev-Kennedy Vienna, 63–64
and passage of leadership from Great Britain to U.S., 40
Soviet-U.S., 63–64, 73, 84–85, 193
during World War II, 40
Syria
chemical weapons and, 166, 186
China and, 224
civil war in, 233
closing of U.S. embassy in, 168, 212
human rights in, 164
Iran and, 174, 186, 191, 242, 245
Iraq and, 254
ISIS and, 153, 161, 162–65, 166–68, 186, 239
missiles and, 224
nuclear weapons and, 254
Obama and, 161, 163–66, 186, 202, 242
red line for, 164–65, 186, 202, 242
and restoring American power, 233, 238, 239, 245
Russia and, 166
sanctions on officials in, 163
terrorists in, 154
training program for rebels in, 238
and U.S. defense spending, 212, 233
use of U.S. military force in, 164–65
violence in, 146
Tahir, B.S.A., 172, 192
Tahrir Square (Cairo), protests in, 163
Taliban, 101–3, 131, 147, 149, 151, 152, 155, 156, 173
Tauscher, Ellen, 217
technology
and China as threat to U.S., 222–24, 246, 247, 248
military and, 215–16
and restoring American power, 235, 246, 247, 248
and U.S. defense spending, 235
See also cyber issues
Teller, Edward, 56–57
terrorism
American leadership and defeat of, 2
Bush (George W.) and, 101
Cheney’s comment about war against, 91
defeat of, 154, 168
and detention of terrorists, 106–7, 241
and end of war on terror, 156, 215
funding for, 176, 178
growth of, 93
increase in, 154
Iraq and, 93, 109, 112–13, 115, 116
and isolationism, 118–19
as law enforcement problem, 95–96, 99, 118
nuclear weapons and, 101, 220, 252, 254
Obama and, 125–26, 132, 137–38, 156, 168, 170, 215
preemption principle and, 101
and recruitment of terrorists, 125
and restoring American power, 238–42, 252, 254
and safeguarding American history, 5
state sponsors of, 101, 254
and weapons of mass destruction, 101
See also interrogation methods, enhanced; specific incident or organization
Thatcher, Margaret, 88
“There Are No Islands, Any More: Lines Written in Passion and in Deep Concern for England, France, and My Own Country” (Millay), 20–21
Thompson, C. R., 22
Thornberry, Mac, 215–16
Time magazine
ballistic missile article in, 60
Churchill named Man of the Year by, 23
and Churchill’s speech about world leadership, 38–39
and D-Day, 27, 28–29
and failure of communism, 65
and Japanese surrender in World War II, 36
and Khrushchev in Berlin, 64
Roosevelt named Man of the Year by, 23
and Stalin’s Bolshoi Theater speech, 44–45
Trainor, Bernard, 145
Treasury Department, U.S.: and Iran, 176, 177–78, 179, 182, 184, 192, 245
Treaty of Paris (1973), 69, 70
Trenin, Dmitri, 224–25
Truman Doctrine, 5, 47–48
Truman, Harry
and aid to Greece and Turkey, 46–48
and atomic weapons project, 33–34
influence of World War II on, 231–32
and Israel, 53
and Korean War, 54–55
leadership comment of, 231
MacArthur relieved of command by, 55
and national security strategy, 57–59
and nuclear weapons, 56, 57, 216
as presidential role model, 232
and Roosevelt’s death, 32, 33
and safeguarding American history, 5
and security of Europe in post–World War II years, 51, 52
Soviet Union and, 51, 52, 170, 232
and U.S. as “last best hope of earth,” 258–59
and U.S. role as world power, 232
as vice president, 32
and World War II, 32–33, 35–36, 37–38
Turkey, 46–48, 52, 67, 68
“two-war” strategy, 213–14, 215, 234
Ukraine
and restoring American power, 233, 250, 251
Russia and, 202–3, 204, 212, 220, 233, 250, 251
U.S. military assistance to, 250
United Airlines Flight 93, 100, 119
United Arab Emirates: rebuilding of U.S. alliance with, 239
United Kingdom
Budapest Memorandums and, 250
nuclear program in, 172
and Russia, 203
See also Great Britain
United Nations (UN)
Charter of, 74
Iran and, 176, 177, 183, 184, 185, 187, 189, 244
Iraq and, 93, 110, 113, 116
and Israel settlements on West Bank, 78
and Karzai as leader in Afghanistan, 103
Korean War and, 54, 55
and Kuwait liberation (1990), 78–79
and Obama’s call for a coequal community of nations, 128
seating of China at, 54
and World War II, 27
United States
abdication of power by, 128
as Arsenal of Democracy, 2, 10, 19, 251, 258
credibility of, 164, 186, 198, 203–4, 213, 219, 252
decline in influence of, 208, 224–25
dependency of other nations on, 2
fundamental purpose of, 57–58
as global financial power, 176–77
as “last best hope of earth,” 257–59
moral differences between Iran and, 193
moral equivalence between Soviet Union and, 83
Obama as apologizing for, 128
resentment toward, 124
and restoring American power, 231–55
role as world power of, 91, 225, 226–27, 232
security objective for, 242
threats facing, 212–13, 215, 220, 232–33, 234, 235, 242–43, 255, 258
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 74
University of Notre Dame: Carter strategic arms speech at, 77
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 221–22
U.S. Institute of Peace: Clinton (Hillary) speech at, 200–201
USA Freedom Act, 240, 255
USS Cole: bombing of, 99
USS Theodore Roosevelt, 211
values, American: and enhanced interrogation methods, 131–35
Vance, Cyrus, 77
Vienna, Austria: Khrushchev-Kennedy summit in, 63–64
Vietnam War, 68–70, 71
Walesa, Lech, 82, 88
Wall Street Journal: Iran-U.S. nuclear agreement story in, 244
Warsaw Pact, 75, 250
Washington, George, 4, 11
Washington Post
and China as threat to U.S., 223
Iraq War story in, 110
Single Integrated Operational Plan story in, 76–77
Waszczykowski, Witold, 199
Watergate, 72
Watson, Edwin “Pa,” 14
weapons of mass destruction
Iraq and, 110–11, 113–16, 219
terrorism and, 101
See also type of weapon
Webster, Daniel, 1
Weekly Standard: Iran story in, 184
Weigel, George, 82
Welsh, Mark, 210
West Bank: Israeli settlements on, 78
West Point: Obama speech at, 149–50, 151
Western Europe
Soviet Union as threat to, 55, 170
See also specific nation
Westmoreland, William, 69
Winant, John, 38
Winton, Joel, 184
Wisser, Gerhard, 192
Wojtyla, Karol. See John Paul II (pope)
Woods, Tyrone, 156
World Trade Center (New York City)
9/11 Memorial & Museum at, 106
1993 bombing at, 93–94, 101
rebuilding at, 156
See also September 11, 2001
World War I, 11, 12
World War II
allied summits in, 40
allied war strategy in, 22
atomic bombs in, 5, 33–35, 36, 37–38, 129
and building and equipping U.S. Army, 13–16
capitalism as cause of, 45
casualties in, 36
D-Day in, 6, 26–30
Dunkirk in, 16–17
European Theater in, 6, 24–25, 26–30
as example of American exceptionalism, 1, 41
and expansion of Nazi Germany, 11–12, 13
and German declaration of war against U.S., 21
“Hitler First” policy in, 24
importance of safeguarding history of, 5
influence on Truman and Kennedy of, 231–32
isolationism in, 11, 19–22
Japanese surrender in, 37–38
and Lend-Lease program, 18–20, 21
mobilization for, 9–11, 14, 15, 18, 28
and North Africa campaign, 25, 27, 39
Pacific Theater in, 5, 21, 22, 23–24, 25–26, 34–37
Pearl Harbor in, 21, 22, 29
role of U.S. in, 16–17, 19–26, 38–40
and Roosevelt’s death, 32, 33
size of German forces in, 15
size of U.S. Army in, 12–13
Truman’s views about, 32–33
U.S. aid during, 17–20, 21, 226–27
and U.S. as “last best hope of earth,” 258
U.S. leadership during, 2, 17–18, 38–41, 231–32
See also specific person or nation
Yazov, Dmitri, 92
Yeltsin, Boris, 88
Yemen, 168, 212, 233, 245
Zarate, Juan, 176, 178
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, 111, 112
Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 113, 128, 158
Zebari, Babakir, 143
Zubaydah, Abu, 107, 108
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