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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

Iraqi nuclear inspections,
146

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

United States

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

term limits,
182
,
183

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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