German role in, 89, 99
Partnership for Peace, 95–96, 97, 99–100
role in Europe, 29, 86, 87–88, 90–91, 95–100
role outside Europe, 90–91, 92, 93
Russia and, 86, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98–100
Turkey in, 148
U.S. role in, 34, 84, 90, 91, 99, 104
Northern Hemisphere, 157
North Korea, 106, 110, 136
nuclear weapons development, 36, 109, 123, 144
North Yemen, 142
Nu, U, 205
nuclear power industry, 202
nuclear weapons
Cold War threats of use, 4, 6, 13–14, 35–36
proliferation, 36, 88
Nunn, Sam, 100
Oberdorfer, Don, 133
Odom, William, 150
Okinawa Island, 112
Organization of American States (OAS), 119
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 119
Ozal, Turgut, 166
Pakistan, 155, 161
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 151
Partnership for Peace, 95–96, 97, 99–100
Patten, Chris, 135
Peace Corps, 79
Peale, Norman Vincent, 238
Peer Gynt (Ibsen), 23
Perot, H. Ross, 117, 177
and direct democracy, 179, 184–85
in 1992 presidential election, 73, 178, 245
Persian Gulf region, 141, 148–49, 155–56
oil supplies, 92–93, 113, 142–43
U.S. interests in, 143–44, 149–50
Persian Gulf War, 5, 34, 145, 167
Arafat and, 152
China and, 123
Japan in, 113
lessons of, 149, 150, 244
United Nations in, 31, 36
U.S. leadership in, 37–38, 87, 92, 94
Philippines, 34, 110
Poland, 94
capitalist reforms, 68, 101
NATO membership, 95, 97, 98, 99
Pollard, Jonathan J., 59
Polo, Marco, 131
poverty, 175–76, 219, 220, 224, 240
Powell, Colin L., 227
Power, Katherine Ann, 232
Presidency, 179, 180–81
public opinion, 185–86
Public Philosophy (Lippmann), 193
Pushkin, Alexander S., 46
Quayle, Dan, 241
Rabin, Yitzhak, 143, 145, 151–52
racism, 223–24, 226, 228
Rajagopalachari, 20
Raspberry, William, 226
Reagan, Ronald, 43, 193, 200
budget deficit increases, 199
domestic spending cuts, 190
military buildup, 8, 197, 198, 199, 210
religion, 20–22, 237–40
Republican Party, 182–83, 186
Rising Sun (film), 114
Rockefeller, David, 159
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 115–16
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Lord, 168
Rosenfeld, Stephen, 36
Russia, 39
capitalist development in, 71–72, 75, 77–80, 82, 158
Chinese relations with, 125, 130
constitution, 43, 44, 60–61
crime and corruption in, 52, 67–68
democracy in, 34, 43, 45, 49, 50–51, 70, 72, 73–74
economic problems of, 67, 68, 71
economic reforms, 34, 44, 68–70, 72–73, 75–76, 80, 81
education in, 71, 213
financial aid to, 74–75, 76–77, 80, 112
foreign investment in, 48, 71, 77–78
foreign policy, 45–46, 59–60, 62, 63–64
Japanese relations with, 77, 109, 111, 112
military forces, 30, 58, 61, 62, 74
nationalism in, 35, 63–64
NATO and, 86, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98–100
natural resources, 70–71
nuclear weapons, 61, 70
opposition leaders in, 49–50, 51–54, 73
relations with Soviet successor states, 60, 61, 62–63, 66–67
role in Asia, 105, 106, 111
Ukrainian relations with, 64, 66
U.S. relations with, 40–41, 47, 49, 55, 58–60, 63, 77, 80–82, 106
U.S. support for, 56–57, 75
weapons sales, 128, 147
as world power, 40, 56–57, 58
Russian Empire, 41, 57
Russian Parliament, 50, 68, 79
elections of 1993, 44, 48, 50, 51, 52–53, 72–73
exchanges with U.S. Congress, 77
Yeltsin’s confrontation with, 43, 45–46, 48–49, 74, 253
Russian Revolution, 41, 44, 67
Rutskoi, Alexander V., 51–52, 53, 253
Ryn, Claes, 236–37
el-Sadat, Anwar, 147
Safire, William, 38
Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, 166
Sarajevo, siege of, 154
Saudi Arabia, 34, 148–49, 152
Schmemann, Serge, 71–72
Schumpeter, Joseph, 19
segregation, 216
Serbia, 153–54
sexual revolution, 235
Shahrai, Sergei, 51, 53
Shanghai Communiqué, 133
Shokhin, Alexander, 51, 69
Siberia, 71
Simes, Dimitri K., 72
Singapore, 158
Slovakia, 95, 97, 98, 99
Somalia, 31, 34, 36, 37, 92
Southern Hemisphere, 157
South Korea, 34, 106, 110, 112, 124, 136, 158
South Yemen, 142
Soviet Union
Chinese relations with, 123, 125
in Cold War conflict, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13–14, 17, 35–36, 39, 83, 249
collapse of, 7, 30, 34, 55, 66, 67, 137
coup attempt of 1991, 34–35, 55, 67
defeat of communism in, 4, 5, 19, 29
Eastern European trade with, 100
economic system, 16, 61
environmental destruction in, 203
Gorbachev reforms in, 15, 41–42, 44, 46, 71
invasion of Afghanistan, 8, 148
and Korean War, 31
NATO and, 98
nuclear weapons, 88
and religion, 20
social welfare in, 196
successor states, 62–63, 66–67, 75, 77, 80, 90, 99, 112
U.S. relations with, 49–50
Sowell, Thomas, 175, 216
Stalin, Josef V., 15, 86, 96, 112
Stankevich, Sergei, 72
Stein, Herb, 32–33
Strategic Defense Initiative, 200
Study of History (Toynbee), 6, 102
Sudan, 144
Suharto, 147
Sukarno, 159
Sweden, 163
Syria, 142
Taiwan, 110, 124, 126, 127, 128, 133–34, 158
Tajikistan, 153
taxes, 204–5
technology, 248
television, 177–78, 200, 228–29
terrorism, 144–45
Thailand, 158
Thatcher, Margaret, 65, 206
Third World, 8, 55, 157, 158, 162
Thomas, Clarence, 193
Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 192
Thompson, Sir Robert, 245
Thompson, Tommy, 184
Tiananmen Square massacre, 130, 131–32
Tito (Josip Broz), 31, 153
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 21, 237, 238
Torres, Edwin, 219
Toynbee, Arnold, 6, 102
Truman, Harry S., 12, 18, 186
Tunisia, 144
Turkey, 12, 148, 155, 166
Ukraine, 63, 64–66, 99
United Nations, 30–31, 32, 167
Japan and, 113
member nations, 246–47
in Persian Gulf War, 31, 36, 123
Security Council, 31, 113
U.S. use of, 32, 36
and Yugoslav civil war, 153–54
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economic strength of, 6, 9, 32–33
foreign investment in, 114
presidential election of 1992, 9, 30, 73, 178, 241, 245
United States, domestic issues, 173
affirmative action, 187–89
balanced-budget amendment, 179
budget deficits, 177, 199–200
campaign finance reform, 182–83
congressional term limits, 182, 183
crime, 177, 223–26, 230, 231–33
criminal justice system, 223, 230, 233
direct and representative democracy, 179, 184–85
drug abuse, 229–31
economic growth, 197–99, 204, 205
education, 213–18
environmental protection, 201–4
equality of opportunity, 187, 190
evils of liberalism, 182, 195, 198, 200, 201, 205, 214, 217–18, 219, 221, 231–32, 236, 241
evils of the1960s, 174–76, 218, 235
evils of social spending, 177, 196–97, 199, 200, 204, 206
evils of television, 177–78, 200, 228–29
evils of welfare programs, 219–22
family values, 240–42
federalism, 184
gun control, 233
health insurance reform, 207–13
illegitimate births, 220, 221, 222
immigration, 247–48
judicial system, 181–82, 231
military spending, 33, 150, 197, 198, 199
nuclear power, 202
poverty, 175–76, 219, 220, 224, 240
presidential term limits, 179
racism, 223–24, 226, 228
role of government, 22–23, 178–86, 196–97, 204, 207, 234–35
role of media, 192–95
role of public opinion, 185–86
role of religion, 20–22, 237–40
segregation, 216
taxes, 204–5
United States, foreign policies, 9, 33, 37
arms sales, 128
Asia, military role in, 106, 111
Asia, political relations in, 102, 104–5, 138–40
Asia, trade with, 105–6, 138
China, relations with, 59, 106, 122–23, 125, 126–27, 130–33, 135–36, 186
China, trade with, 105, 122, 124, 125–26, 127–28, 130
Cold War role of, 7, 8–9, 17, 30, 39, 86, 98, 104–5
and Cuba, 137–38
and developing nations, 160–61, 162–63, 165, 166
and Eastern Europe, 34, 90, 101
Europe, military forces in, 90–91
Europe, relations with, 83–84, 85, 91–92, 102–3, 104–5
foreign aid, 33–34, 111, 142, 143, 162
free trade, 116, 117–18
isolationism, 9, 17–18, 83–84, 85, 167
Israel, support for, 34, 141, 142, 143
Japan, relations with, 34, 106, 107, 108–9, 116, 118–19, 121
Japan, trade with, 107–8, 113–15, 117–18
Marshall Plan, 75, 86
and Middle East, 141–44, 146, 147–48, 149–50
NATO role of, 34, 84, 90, 91, 99, 104
Persian Gulf interests, 143–44, 149–50
Persian Gulf War leadership, 37–38, 87, 92, 94
promotion of democracy, 37–38, 72
protectionism, 117
Russia, relations with, 40–41, 47, 49, 55, 58–60, 63, 77, 80–82, 106
Russia, support for, 56–57, 75
Somalia intervention, 36
and Soviet successor states, 62, 63, 64, 75, 99
and Soviet Union, 49–50
and United Nations, 32, 36
and Vietnam, 137
in Vietnam War, 10, 11, 38, 232
as world leader, 8–10, 17–18, 24–25, 29–30, 39, 168–69, 243, 245–46
in World War 11, 37, 83, 105
Yeltsin, support for, 47–49
and Yugoslav civil war, 153–55
U.S. Congress, 200, 205, 206
and executive branch, 180, 181, 186
and judicial branch, 181, 182
U.S. Constitution
and equal opportunity, 187, 188–89
judicial interpretation of, 181–82
and representative democracy, 185
separation of church and state, 21, 238
separation of powers, 180
U.S. Department of Education, 200
U.S. Department of State, 118, 194
U.S. Supreme Court, 182
universities, 217–18, 227
Vagelos, Roy, 211
Vietnam, 125, 126, 136–37, 165–66
Vietnam War, 105, 137
China and, 125
as Cold War conflict, 5, 10, 13, 38
opposition to, 10, 11, 181, 232
Walesa, Lech, 94
Wallace, George C., 73
Wall Street Journal, 220
War on Poverty, 219
War Powers Act (1973), 181
Warsaw Pact, 95
Washington, George, 44
Washington, D.C., 223
Washington Post, 40
Waterloo, Battle of, 8
Weber, Max, 233, 234
Wei Jingsheng, 128
welfare programs, 219–22
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, first duke of, 8
Western Europe
Eastern European trade with, 100–101
economic conditions in, 93, 197
Indian trade with, 165
Persian Gulf oil dependency, 142–43
role of NATO in, 29, 86, 104
Western European Union, 87, 91
Will, George, 215
Wilson, James Q., 230
Wilson, Woodrow, 42, 167
Wisconsin, 214
World Bank, 127
World War I, 35, 37, 42, 167, 248
World War II, 6–7, 167
destructiveness of, 197, 248
German and Japanese recovery from, 33, 56, 61, 74, 82, 99, 108
Japan in, 107, 110, 125
leaders produced by, 85–86
U.S. role in, 37, 83, 105
Worner, Manfred, 87
Yavlinski, Gregory, 51
Yeltsin, Boris N.
challenges faced by, 42–43, 44, 81, 86
China and, 125
dissolving of Parliament, 43, 44, 45–46, 48–49
economic and political reforms, 44, 67, 68–69, 70, 74, 76, 79
and foreign policy, 45–46, 47, 62, 63, 67
Japan and, 112
political opposition to, 47, 49–50, 51–53, 73–74, 81–82, 253
political popularity, 6, 45, 47, 86, 168
political skills, 44–45, 46–47
rebellion of 1993 against, 43, 46, 51–52, 253
relations with military, 74
U.S. support for, 47–49
Yom Kippur War, 13, 143
Yoshida, Shigeru, 108, 109
Yugoslav civil war, 83, 87, 92, 153–54. See also Bosnia-Herzegovina
Zhirinovsky, Vladimir V., 50, 52–54, 73
Zhou Enlai, 133
Zhu Rongji, 130
Zyuganov, Gennady, 69
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