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      East Europe security and, 116–118, 127–31

      end of history and, 21–23

      of Gorbachev, 62

      idealism and, 36, 37–38, 274–78

      ideology and, 101–4

      isolationism and, 14, 32–33

      in Middle East, 204–7, 209–12

      military power and, 23

      Muslim world and, 39, 199–200, 204–10

      national interests and, 36–37

      NATO restructuring and, 140–144

      in Pacific rim, 184–93

      peripheral interests and, 36–37

      self-determination and, 72–73

      Soviet military and, 114–15

      Soviet republics and, 74–76, 139–40

      of Soviet Union, 81–84

      Turkey and, 205–6

      U.N. and, 34–35

      in underdeveloped world, 39, 232–37, 262–63

      unified Germany and, 118–21

      united Europe and, 121–22

      U.S. decline and, 24–26

      U.S.-German relationship and, 136–39

      vital interests and, 36

      Western Europe and, 115–16

      France, 25, 32, 59–60, 72, 78, 153, 275

      German unification and, 119, 127

      Middle East and, 210–11

      Persian Gulf War and, 126, 127, 139

      Frederick II (“the Great”), King of

      Prussia, 36

      free-trade zone, 266–67

      Fukien, 175

      Fuller, Leon, 303

      General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), 137, 181, 264

      Genocide Convention, 135–36

      Georgia (republic), 46

      Germany, Democratic Republic of (East), 16, 17, 19, 24, 134

      Soviet troops in, 114–15

      Germany, Federal Republic of (West), 19, 268–69, 275

      cold war and, 119–20

      economic growth of, 115

      Soviet Union and, 120–21, 123

      technology-export policies of, 121, 138

      Germany, Imperial, 120

      Germany, Nazi, 16, 75

      Germany, unified, 26, 114, 129, 137, 138, 152, 153, 238, 273, 286

      new power of, 118–21

      Persian Gulf War and, 24, 32, 126–27, 136–37

      U.S. relationship with, 136–39

      Germany, Weimar, 72, 285

      Ghana, 246

      glasnost, 63, 65, 105, 106

      Global Protection Against Limited Strikes system, 88–89

      Goethe, Johann von, 293

      Gorbachev, Mikhail, 50, 70, 81, 99, 100, 101, 123, 125, 142, 166, 170, 182, 279

      arms control and, 83–89, 279

      assessment of, 104–8

      August coup and, 30–31, 66–67, 70, 75–76, 78–79, 107

      Bush administration and, 77

      cabinet of, 47–49

      China visit of, 20, 179

      East European economy and, 90–91

      economic mismanagement by, 96–97

      espionage activities and, 93–95

      Europe’s future as envisioned by, 112–13

      foreign policy of, 62

      Kohl and, 120

      as loyal to communism, 43–44, 53–55, 63–64, 95–96

      military expenditures and, 82–83

      Nobel Peace Prize awarded to, 46–47, 60

      reactionaries and, 26–27

      reforms of, 14–15, 18, 54–58, 73

      Persian Gulf War and, 214

      personality of, 61

      Shevardnadze’s assessment of, 108

      START talks and, 84–86

      Western perception of, 80

      Yeltsin contrasted with, 50–55, 76–77, 95

      Yeltsin’s perception of, 105

      Zia’s opinion of, 106

      Gorbunovs, Anatolijs, 58

      Great Britain, 25, 32, 59–60, 78, 136, 153, 156, 275

      German unification and, 119, 127

      Hong Kong and, 175, 238–39

      Middle East and, 210–11

      Persian Gulf War and, 126, 127, 139

      Great Society, 292

      Greece, 16, 272

      Group Areas Act, 258

      GRU, 93

      Guangdong, 175

      Guatemala, 264

      Gulf Cooperation Council, 213

      gun-control laws, 295

      Hassan, King of Morocco, 207–8

      Havel, Vaclav, 58

      health care, 291, 294

      Helsinki Final Act, 135

      Hitler, Adolf, 22, 29, 120, 300, 303

      Hitler-Stalin Pact, 16

      Holocaust, 300

      Hong Kong, 39, 163, 170, 183, 233, 237, 238–39, 241, 245, 250

      China and, 181–82

      Great Britain and, 175, 238–39

      Houphouët-Boigny, Félix, 244

      human rights, 33, 177, 257, 261

      China’s record of, 172–78, 182, 185, 193

      India’s violation of, 206

      international community and, 135–36

      Hungary, 16, 17, 19, 49, 90, 115, 127–29, 130, 132, 134, 135

      Hun Sen, 188, 260

      Hussein, King of Jordan, 226

      Hussein, Saddam, 15, 22, 24, 29, 32, 62–63, 121, 138, 180, 195, 201, 203, 204–5, 214–15, 220, 222, 236, 273, 303

      Hu Yaobang, 61, 166, 168

      Ibsen, Henrik, 58–59

      IMF (International Monetary Fund), 150

      imperial tradition, 43

      import restrictions, 265

      import substitution, 239–40

      India, 17, 21, 165, 197, 198, 221, 233, 253–55, 262

      economic mismanagement by, 245

      ethnic strife in, 247

      human rights in, 206

      Pakistan’s conflict with, 254–55

      Indonesia, 196, 197, 198, 200, 202, 207, 233, 262

      inflation, 249, 251–52

      INF treaty, 187

      Inkatha Movement, 258

      internationalist idealism, 32

      International Monetary Fund (IMF), 150

      International Multifibre Agreement, 176

      intifada, 28–29, 220

      Iran, 16, 39, 195, 197, 198, 203, 204, 211, 214, 215, 216, 233

      Iran-Iraq war, 20, 202, 204

      Iraq, 34, 39, 89, 155, 196–98, 201, 211

      Arab-Israeli peace process and, 222–23

      German technologies in, 121, 138

      in Gulf War aftermath, 29–30, 32–33, 215

      Kuwait invaded by, 15, 29, 273

      Soviet Union and, 62–63, 170, 214

      U.S. arms sales to, 203, 204, 212

      Islam, 195–96, 198–99, 200–201, 202, 231

      see also Muslim world

      Islamic fundamentalism, 22, 195, 200–202

      isolationism, 14, 32–33, 124, 274–277

      Israel, 17, 37, 59, 173, 219–30

      Arab hostility to, 195, 196

      Camp David accords and, 207, 220–21, 226, 229–30

      economic difficulties of, 251–52

      Egypt’s peace treaty with, 206–7

      intifada and, 28–29, 220

      nuclear weapons and, 198, 221

      occupied territories and, 219, 221–22, 224

      peace process and, 222–30

      Persian Gulf War and, 218

      socialism in, 252–53

      Soviet émigrés to, 222–23, 227

      U.S. support of, 200, 218–20, 253

      Israeli-occupied territories, 219, 221–22, 224

      Italy, 78, 121, 139

      Ivory Coast, 244

      Jackson, Michael, 156

      Jamaica, 264

      Japan, 16, 25–26, 38, 97, 98, 148, 149–63, 165, 187, 191, 206, 227, 238, 273, 275, 280, 286

      aid to Soviet Union by, 155–56

      business-government relationship in, 281

      cultural barriers and, 161–62

      defense-related technology and, 154–55

      domestic competition in, 242

      economic antagonism and, 156–157, 161–62

      economic weakness of, 159

      finance min
    istry of, 158

      foreign aid policy of, 154–56, 268–69

      GATT and, 161

      Gorbachev’s visit to, 188–89

      growth of, 150

      Korean War and, 36

      military budget of, 151–53, 157–158

      Persian Gulf security and, 156

      Persian Gulf War and, 24, 30, 32, 153–54, 163

      protectionism and, 151, 154, 160, 242

      regional conflicts and, 155

      Soviet Northern Territories dispute with, 184–85, 188–90, 193

      Soviet rapprochement with, 188–189

      trade practices of, 158–59, 161

      U.S. relationship and, 150–51, 156, 161–62, 185

      U.S. trade imbalance with, 157–160

      weapons renunciation agreement of, 151

      women in, 159–60

      Japan, Imperial, 152

      Jiang Zemin, 173

      Johnson, Lyndon B., 292

      Johnson, Paul, 23

      Jordan, 17, 121, 196, 198, 202, 222, 225–27

      Kafka, Franz, 74–75

      Kahn, Herman, 304

      Kant, Immanuel, 22

      Kaufman, Robert, 35

      Kaunda, Kenneth, 250

      Kazakhstan, 198

      Kennedy, John F., 272–73

      Kerekou, Mathieu, 250

      KGB, 30, 46, 47, 49, 54, 65, 76, 93, 214

      Khmer Rouge, 173

      Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 195, 201

      Khrushchev, Nikita, 45–46, 48, 50–51, 57, 61, 66, 111, 139, 164

      Kissinger, Henry, 229

      Kitchen Debate, 45

      “kleptocracies,” 236

      Kohl, Helmut, 47, 60, 120, 136, 138

      Korea, People’s Republic of (North), 16–17, 91, 164, 170, 171, 174, 180, 189, 190, 212, 238, 275

      Korea, Republic of (South), 17, 20, 37, 39, 170, 177, 189, 191, 233, 237, 238, 242, 244, 250, 275

      Korean War, 34, 36, 148, 164, 238, 175–76

      Kozyrev, Andrei, 80–81

      Kryuchkov, Vladimir, 49, 67, 93

      Kuwait, 15, 24, 26, 29, 35, 63, 126, 195, 197, 203, 205, 220, 225, 273, 280, 303

      Landsbergis, Vytautus, 58–59

      Laos, 17, 233, 260–61

      Latin America, 233, 251–52, 262, 276, 304

      communist insurgencies in, 246

      democracy in, 248–50

      free-trade zone and, 266–67

      poverty in, 245

      see also underdeveloped world Latvia, 16, 48, 57, 58, 65

      League of Nations, 34, 128, 275

      Lebanon, 29, 195, 196, 201, 203, 205, 215

      Lee Kuan Yew, 163, 239

      Lenin, V. I., 22, 38, 43, 55, 56, 75, 106

      liberalism, 296

      Liberia, civil war in, 28, 246

      Libya, 89, 91, 121, 138, 174, 195, 196, 198, 201, 209

      Lincoln, Abraham, 56

      Li Peng, 172, 173

      Lithuania, 16, 46, 57, 58, 65, 168

      London summit, 47

      MacArthur, Douglas, 140

      Macmillan, Harold, 139

      Malaysia, 197, 198, 202, 233, 262

      Mali, 37, 250

      Malraux, Andre, 274

      Mansfield amendment, 124

      Mao Zedong, 13–14, 16, 110, 164, 248

      Marcos, Ferdinand, 28

      Mariam, Mengistu Haile, 246

      Marshall Plan, 98, 115, 121, 133

      Marx, Karl, 30, 108

      Marxism-Leninism, 22, 25, 52, 95–96

      Matsu, 17

      Mauritania, 37

      Mexico, 36, 208–9, 250, 252, 265–266

      Mexico City policy, 263

      Middle East, 195, 208, 210–12, 246

      arms control and, 212–13

      Gulf security and, 216–17

      Nixon Doctrine for, 215–16

      nuclear proliferation in, 204

      population of, 197

      poverty in, 213–14

      Soviet Union and, 214, 221

      see also Arab-Israeli conflict; Muslim world

      Middle East Command, 210

      Middle East Defense Organization, 210

      Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, 216

      Moldavia, 57

      Mongolia, 171

      Morocco, 196, 198, 200, 202, 207–208, 209

      Moscow News, 64, 82

      Movement for Democratic Reforms, 72, 250

      Mozambique, 17, 252, 263

      “MTV generation,” 282

      Mubarak, Muhammad Hosni, 220

      Muslim world, 194–231

      Arab-Israeli conflict and, 217–31

      arms control and, 212–13

      cultural achievements of, 198–99

      ethnic diversity of, 195–96

      Gulf security and, 216–17

      Islamic fundamentalism and, 195, 200–202

      militarization of, 197–98

      modernization and, 202–3

      Nixon Doctrine and, 215–16

      nuclear weapons and, 198

      Persian Gulf War and, 209

      poverty in, 213–14

      regional conflicts in, 196–97

      security framework for, 210–12

      Soviet influence on, 198, 202

      U.S. perception of, 194–95, 200

      U.S. policy in, 199–200, 204–10

      see also Middle East

      Mussolini, Benito, 22, 201

      Myanmar, 173, 233, 240, 247

      Najibullah, 91–92

      Namibia, 20

      Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 183

      Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 17, 219

      National Economic Council, 281

      National Endowment for Democracy (NED), 75, 251

      national interests, summary of, 36–37

      nationalism, 139, 182

      communism and, 55–59

      in Eastern Europe, 128–29, 134–136

      in Soviet republics, 55–56, 69, 70, 184

      National Security Agency, 93

      National Security Council, 141, 281

      Nelson, Horatio, 299

      New Guinea, 148, 197

      Ne Win, 240

      New Zealand, 191

      Nicaragua, 17, 19, 62, 91, 251

      Nixon, Pat, 283

      Nixon Doctrine, 215–16

      Nobel Peace Prize, 46–47, 60, 82

      Noriega, Manuel, 20

      North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 23, 82, 84, 115, 116, 123, 136, 139, 149, 206, 210, 279

      article 5 commitment of, 129

      creation of, 125

      Eastern Europe and, 127–31

      nuclear weapons and, 142

      restructuring of, 38, 140–44

      underdeveloped countries and, 143–44

      unified Germany in, 138

      U.S. role in, 124, 126

      Warsaw Pact dissolution and, 117–18

      Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, 180, 279

      nuclear weapons:

      Arab-Israeli conflict and, 198, 221

      China’s capacity in, 163

      India and, 254–55

      Muslim world and, 198

      NATO and, 142

      Pakistan and, 255

      proliferation of, 180, 204, 206

      Nurmi, Paavo, 280

      oil embargo, 217

      Okinawa, 156, 275

      Olympic Games (1972), 195

      Other Path, The (De Soto), 262

      Ottoman Empire, 42

      “out of area” security cooperation, 143

      Pacific rim, 38, 147–49

      Soviet policy in, 184–90, 193

      U.S. presence in, 190–93

      Pakistan, 17, 21, 91, 106, 173, 196, 197, 198, 202, 211, 221, 233, 262

      economic mismanagement in, 245

      India’s conflict with, 254–55

      nuclear weapons and, 255

      Persian Gulf War and, 209

      U.S. Middle East policy and, 206

      Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 219, 220, 222, 223, 226–27

      Panama, 20

      Pan Am flight 103, 215

      Pan Arabism, 22, 199

      Paris Peace Agreemen
    ts, 276

      Pavlov, Valentin, 47–48, 49

      “Peace Cooperation Corps,” 153

      perestroika, 47, 63, 100, 108

      perimeter-portal monitoring, 87–88

      Persian Gulf War, 15, 24, 142, 207, 213, 218, 222, 224–25, 235, 273, 280, 292

      aftermath of, 29–30, 32–33, 215

      Soviet Union and, 29, 32, 62–63, 214

      U.N. and, 29, 33, 34–35

      U.S. involvement in, 29–30, 210, 300

      Western Allies and, 126, 127, 139

      Peru, 247, 249, 251, 262

      Philippines, 20, 28, 148, 209, 233, 247, 249–50, 265, 275

      Pinochet, Augusto, 249

      Pitt, William, 299

      Poland, 16, 17, 18–19, 90, 117, 119, 127–29, 130, 133, 134, 135

      economic transformation of, 131–132

      population control, 263

      Population Registration, 258

      poverty, 263, 270

      communism and, 233, 235

      in Latin America, 245

      in Middle East, 213–14

      in underdeveloped world, 233–235, 245

      in U.S., 295–97

      “Prague Spring,” 17

      protectionism, 122, 131, 238, 265, 280, 299

      in Israel, 252–53

      Japan and, 151, 154, 160, 242

      in Western Europe, 122

      Pugo, Boris, 48–49, 67

      Pushkin, Alexander, 54

      Qaddafi, Muammar, 121, 201

      Quemoy, 17

      racism, 298

      Radio Free China, 179

      Radio Free Europe, 179

      Radio Free Tibet, 179, 180

      Radio Liberty, 76, 179

      Rapallo Treaty, 120

      Rapid Deployment Force, U.S., 216

      Reagan, Ronald, 43, 60, 62, 204, 211, 216, 251, 277

      reform, 26, 118, 132, 133, 169

      in China, 164, 166–68, 170–71, 175, 182, 241

      in Eastern Europe, 14–15, 27–28

      by Gorbachev, 14–15, 18, 54–58, 73

      U.S. aid and, 49–50

      Republican party, U.S., 273

      Republican party of Russia, 72

      Romania, 16, 19, 57, 135, 275

      Roosevelt, Franklin D., 59, 300

      Roosevelt, Theodore, 184, 288

      Rukh movement, 58

      Russia, Imperial, 120, 184

      Russia, republic of, 46

      Russian Democratic party, 72

      Russian Revolution (1917), 15, 30, 72, 140

      Russo-Japanese War, 184

      Ruutel, Arnold, 58

      Sadat, Anwar, 201, 220

      Sakharov, Andrei, 47

      Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, 266

      SALT I treaty, 279

      Saudi Arabia, 173, 196, 197, 198, 200, 205, 208, 212, 213, 214, 216, 217, 222, 227

      self-determination, 72–73

      Senate, U.S., 124

      Serbia, 126, 129, 135

      Shanghai Communiqué, 165, 181

      Sharif Nawaz, 206

      Shatalin plan, 65

      Shevardnadze, Eduard, 46, 58, 64, 82, 107–8

      Shining Path, 247

      Singapore, 39, 162, 183, 191, 233, 237, 239, 241, 242, 245, 250

      Single European Act, 121

      Sino-American trade agreement, 174

     


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