Cambodia invaded by, 143–44, 270
Chinese clash with, 244, 259
poverty of, 269–70, 293
Soviet naval bases in, 53, 106
Vietnam War, 100
Congress and, 57–58, 106, 228
European criticisms of, 205–6
results of, 269–70
U.S. loss of, 20, 57, 106–8, 228, 259, 308
vital interests, 113–20
Voice of America, 102
Voting Rights Act, 298
Wall Street Journal, 29
Walters, Vernon A., 287
warhead-to-target ratio, see first-strike vulnerability
War Powers Act, 58, 108, 120
wars:
avoiding defeat without, 52–53, 66, 98
casualties of, 13–15, 22, 76, 228, 259, 266
potential causes of, 187, 191–92
see also specific wars
Warsaw Pact, 147–48, 187
NATO and, 199–201, 204, 210, 213
Soviet-U.S. negotiations and, 170–171, 181
Washington Post, 29
Washington summit, 32, 47, 92, 171, 190, 218
Weber, Max, 317
Wells, H. G., 16
West Bank, 277, 278–79
Western Europe, 60, 79, 104, 195–220, 266
allied cooperation outside of, 204–6, 209, 215–17
global responsibilities of, 23, 308–9, 313
GNP of, 197, 204, 218–19
Japan and, 223, 226, 229, 235–38, 314
population of, 196
rising importance of, 195–97, 219, 314
role of nuclear weapons in defense of, 210–15, 231
Soviet threat to, 197–202, 208–9
U.S. disagreements with, 198–200
see also North Atlantic Treaty Organization; specific countries
Wilson, Woodrow, 16, 28, 305
as negotiator, 172, 175
Witness (Chambers), 294
World Bank, 296
world peace:
international organizations devoted to, 21–22
perfect vs. real, 27–29, 51, 164–65
U.S. role in, 22, 24
World War I, 16, 22, 28, 196
World War II, 16–18, 31, 52, 107, 157, 196
Japanese losses in, 222, 224, 226–229, 232, 236
Yalta Conference, 98, 146, 161, 172, 183, 191
Yeltsin, Boris, 41
Yom Kippur War, 103, 206, 276
Yoshida, Shigeru, 27, 222, 226, 235, 252
Yugoslavia, 103, 153
Zaire, 142, 280
Zambia, 281
Zhao Ziyang, 245–46, 252–53
Zia ul-Haq, Mohammad, 140, 274–75
Zimbabwe, 282
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