Read 1999 Online

Authors: Richard Nixon

1999 (58 page)

   value of,
84
–86,
191

security aid,
296

Senate, U.S.,
see
Congress, U.S.

Shanghai Communiqué,
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,
262

Sherr, William,
101

Shining Path, The,
291

Simes, Dimitri,
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Singapore,
268
–69

Somoza, Anastasio,
134
–35

South Africa, Republic of:

   racial injustice in,
282
–85

   UNITA aided by,
142
–43

Soviet gas pipeline crisis,
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Soviet Union,
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,
22
–23,
306

   Afghanistan invaded by,
48
,
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–59,
75
–76,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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   Afghani war of,
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–36,
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–50,
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–142,
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,
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,
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   Arab–Israeli conflict and,
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,
279

   arms treaty compliance of,
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–89,
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,
184
–85

   bureaucracy of,
42
–43,
158

   China compared with,
42
,
250

   
Chinese split with,
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,
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–44,
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–247,
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,
260

   conventional force superiority of,
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–69,
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,
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–76,
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,
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–202,
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–11,
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–15

   counterforce warhead advantage of,
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–93

   Czechoslovakia invaded by,
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–48,
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   differences between U.S. and,
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–48,
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–51,
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–64,
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–17

   expansionism of,
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–26,
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–57,
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–32,
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,
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–5,
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,
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,
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,
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–14

   export of strategic technologies to,
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,
227

   external problems of,
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–36,
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–55,
145
–55,
163

   Far East military buildup of,
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–231

   Hungary invaded by,
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–49,
205

   Indian relations with,
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,
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–75

   internal problems of,
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–43,
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,
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–55,
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–60,
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,
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,
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–59,
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,
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,
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–40,
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–14

   Japan and,
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,
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,
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–32,
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,
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–40

   Jewish emigration from,
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,
180

   Latin American trade interests of,
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   leaders of,
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–33,
146

   Moslem peoples of,
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,
294

   most-favored-nation status denied to,
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–58

   NATO relations with,
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–19

   negotiating with,
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–65,
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–94

   nuclear superiority pursued by,
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–83,
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   people of,
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–43,
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–51,
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,
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,
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   policy of détente and,
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–58,
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,
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,
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   policy of deterrence and,
see
deterrence, policy of

   South African interests of,
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–84

   superdove view of,
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–59,
62

   superhawk view of,
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–62

   thaw in Chinese relations with,
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   U.S. competition with,
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–54,
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–65,
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–159,
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,
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,
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–18,
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   U.S. relations with,
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,
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–31,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–81,
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,
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–90,
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,
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   value of human life in,
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   Western Europe threatened by,
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–202,
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–9

space exploration,
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Spain,
196

Spinoza, Baruch,
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Sputnik,
312

Stalin, Joseph,
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,
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–26,
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–30,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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   Central Asian conquests of,
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   Church criticized by,
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–17

   crimes of,
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,
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–44

   Eastern European satellites and,
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,
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   Gorbachev's reforms and,
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–43,
250

   nuclear diplomacy and,
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,
75

   Persian Gulf objectives of,
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–17

   in Soviet-U.S. negotiations,
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,
183

START agreement,
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,
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–97

   first-strike vulnerability and,
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–97,
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–70

   SDI and,
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–93,
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,
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,
184

   verification of,
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–97

statecraft,
317

   negotiation and,
163
,
165
,
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State Department, U.S.,
112

   Soviet-U.S. negotiations and,
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,
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–75

Steffens, Lincoln,
36

Subic Bay naval base,
144

Sudan,
280
–81

Suez crisis,
73
,
75
,
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–5,
214

Suharto, General,
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Sukarno, Achmed,
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summits, summitry,
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,
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–93

   annual,
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–93

   arms control on agendas of,
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–92

   exploiting common goals at,
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–87

   key rules for,
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–93

   perils of,
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–88

   quickie,
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–91

   successful,
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–90
see also specific summits

Sun Yat-sen,
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Supreme Court, U.S.,
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,
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Syria,
276

Taiwan,
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–69,
272

   U.S. policy on,
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–59

   U.S. trade with,
256

Takeshita, Noboru,
236

tank-free zone proposal,
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–71

Tanzania,
104

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich,
31

Teheran Conference,
161

terrorism,
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,
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,
292

Thailand,
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,
272

Thatcher, Margaret,
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,
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,
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Thieu, Nguyen Van,
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Third World,
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,
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,
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–300

   causes of unrest and poverty in,
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–72

   communist insurgencies in,
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–37,
142
–45,
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,
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–9,
270
–71,
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,
291
–93,
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–99

   corrupt governments in,
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–81,
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   debt crisis of,
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–15,
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–90,
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–298

   definition of,
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   economic aid for,
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–5,
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,
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,
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–17,
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,
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,
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–39,
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,
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–75,
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,
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–80,
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,
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–297

   importance of,
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–67

   irresponsible European positions on,
205
–6

   Islamic fundamentalist revolution in,
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–95

   Japanese activities in,
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–34,
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–239

   NATO mission in,
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–17

   natural and human resources of,
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–66,
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   poverty and misery in,
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–67,
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–270,
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,
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–80,
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,
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–91

   security aid for,
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   simplistic approaches to,
264
–65,
292
–93

   Soviet economic commitment to,
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,
44

   Soviet-U.S. competition in,
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–54,
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–108,
115
–45,
266

   on summit agendas,
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–92

   supporting political growth in,
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–300

   trade needed by,
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–92,
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   U.S. policy for,
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,
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–300

   
see also specific countries

Thomas Aquinas, Saint,
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Tito (Josip Broz),
103
,
153

Tocqueville, Alexis de,
25
,
64
–65,
221
,
313

Togo,
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–82

Tolstoy, Leo,
31

Toshiba,
227

trade negotiations,
184
,
189

   linkage tactic in,
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–79,
218
–19

   U.S. economic power in,
180
–82

Trident submarine program,
185
,
211

Trident II missile,
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,
95

Trotsky, Leon,
53

Truman, Harry S.,
75
,
117
,
226

Tunisia,
252

Turkey,
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Ukraine,
50
,
156
–57

Ukrainian Insurgent Army,
157

UNITA,
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–43

United Nations,
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–22,
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,
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,
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,
287
,
308
,
314

   General Assembly of,
22

   Soviet–Afghani war and,
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–39,
141

   Third World political growth and,
298

United States:

   blacks in,
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,
318

   critical interests of,
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–14,
120
–137

   domestic problems of,
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–19

   economy of,
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,
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–27,
238
,
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,
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–11,
316
–18

   historical legacy of,
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–21

   history of,
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–5,
309
,
316

   idealism of,
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–28,
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,
316
–18

   international responsibility of,
19
–23

   Japan occupied by,
222
,
224
,
236

   leadership class of,
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–8

   national pride of,
20

   negativism in,
307
,
313
,
315

   Soviet rhetoric against,
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,
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–79

   spiritual values of,
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–19

   twenty-first century role of,
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,
306
,
308
–9

   vital interests of,
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–20

Versailles, Treaty of,
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,
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Vienna summit,
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,
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,
190
–91

Vietcong,
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Vietnam, Democratic Republic of (North),
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   Soviet aid to,
105
–6

   U.S. negotiations with,
58
,
103
,
106
,
176
,
183

Vietnam, Republic of (South),
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–23

   U.S. aid to,
58
,
105
–6

Vietnam, Socialist Republic of,
272
,
296

   Cambodia invaded by,
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–44,
270

   Chinese clash with,
244
,
259

   poverty of,
269
–70,
293

   Soviet naval bases in,
53
,
106

Vietnam War,
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   Congress and,
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–58,
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,
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   European criticisms of,
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–6

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