Exceptional (47 page)

sanctions on,
203
,
251

Snowden in,
199
–200

Syria and,
166

as threat to U.S.,
216
,
242

Ukraine and,
202
–3,
204
,
212
,
220
,
233
,
250
,
251

United Kingdom and,
203

and U.S. blame for tensions,
195
,
196

and U.S. defense spending,
212

and U.S. as “last best hope of earth,”
258

and U.S. military option,
203
,
249
–50

See also
Soviet Union;
specific person

Sadat, Anwar,
92

Salafi-jihadist groups,
154

Sarkozy, Nicolas,
182

satellites: and space warfare,
223

Saudi Arabia,
78
,
168
,
219
,
239

Schabowski, Gunter,
87

Schieffer, Bob,
163

Scowcroft, Brent,
73

SEAL Team Six: and killing of bin Laden,
153
–54

Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Senate,
114

September 11, 2001

Article 5 and,
53

and authorizations for NSA,
105
,
106

Benghazi attack on anniversary of,
156
–61

Cheney's memories about,
100

description of attacks on,
99
–100

and isolationism as no protection against terrorism,
118
,
119

K. S. Mohammed as al Qaeda mastermind for,
108

Obama's focus on terrorists of,
155
,
156

Obama's views about,
128

and restoring American power,
240

Rockefeller's comments about effects of,
115
–16

Saddam Hussein and,
109

and safeguarding U.S. history,
5

and terrorist communications,
240

sequestration,
209
–10,
213
,
214
,
226
,
233

SERE (Survival, Evade, Resistance, and Escape) program,
107
–8

Seventh Fleet, U.S.: Korean War and,
54

Shahbandar, Oubai,
165
–66

shashoujian (“Assassin's Mace”),
223

Shevardnadze, Eduard,
91
–92

Shibh, Ramzi bin al-,
108

Sikorski, Radek,
199

Single Integrated Operational Plan (Carter administration),
76
–77

Slanger, Frances,
30
–31

Smith, Sean,
156

Snowden, Edward,
199
–200

Solidarity,
82
,
86

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr,
72
–74

Somalia: downing of U.S. helicopters in,
96
–98,
99

Sons of Iraq,
112
,
162

Soviet Union

American trade exhibit in,
60
–61

appeasement of,
59

atomic bombs and,
56
,
57

bomber force of,
60

China's relations with,
71

collapse of,
72
,
74
–75,
87
–88,
94
,
194
,
249

containment policy and,
45
–46

and Cuban Missile Crisis,
63
–64,
67
–68

détente policy and,
71
–72

Egypt and,
92

and European security in post–World War II years,
52

as evil empire,
5
,
83

expansion of,
51
,
58
,
59
,
67

French relations with,
52
–53

fundamental purpose of,
58

Gorbachev reforms in,
85
–86,
87
–88

Greece and Turkey relations with,
46
–48

Helsinki Accords and,
74
–75,
76

human rights in,
72
–73,
74
,
75
–76

and INF Treaty,
85

Iran and,
180

and Iraq invasion of Kuwait,
91
–93

Iraq relations with,
91
–93

Kennan's “Long Telegram” about,
45

Korean War and,
54
,
55

Marshall Plan and,
49
–50

Marshall's visit to,
43
–44

Middle East influence of,
92
–93

missiles and,
60
,
65
,
66
–67,
77
,
84
–85,
218

moral equivalence between U.S. and,
83

NATO and,
52
–53

Nazi pact with,
11
,
25

Nixon and,
71
–72

nuclear program/weapons and,
57
–59,
66
–68,
70
,
77
,
85
,
172
,
216
,
232

and post–World War II Germany,
50
–51

Reagan and,
72
,
82
–86,
218

and restoring American power,
232

satellite states' relations with,
86

totalitarian rule strategy of,
50

Truman and,
170
,
232

U.S. defeat of,
89

U.S. relations with,
45
–46

Western European fears about,
55

See also
Cold War; Russia;
specific person

space,
60
,
223
,
235

Special Operations, U.S.,
97
,
102
–3,
117
.
See also
military, U.S.

Sputnik,
60

Stalin, Joseph,
25
,
43
–45,
50
,
51
,
54
,
59
.
See also
Soviet Union

Stars and Stripes: Slanger letter in,
30

START Treaty (1991),
200

State Department, U.S.

and Afghanistan War,
147

and Benghazi attack,
157
,
158

and Iran,
183
,
184

See also specific person

statesmanship, art of,
72

Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),
140
,
143
–44,
145
–46

Steinberg, James,
183

Stephens, Bret,
225

Stevens, Chris,
156
,
159

Stimson, Henry,
33
–34,
38

Stone, Harlan,
11

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT),
71
–72,
77

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI),
83
–85,
253

Sudan: al Shifa pharmaceutical plant in,
98
–99

Suleimani, Qassim,
173

Summit of the Americas (Trinidad and Tobago, 2009),
127

summit(s)

Gorbachev-Reagan Geneva,
84
–85

Gorbachev-Reagan Reykjavik,
85
,
193

importance of,
73

Khrushchev-Kennedy Vienna,
63
–64

and passage of leadership from Great Britain to U.S.,
40

Soviet-U.S.,
63
–64,
73
,
84
–85,
193

during World War II,
40

Syria

chemical weapons and,
166
,
186

China and,
224

civil war in,
233

closing of U.S. embassy in,
168
,
212

human rights in,
164

Iran and,
174
,
186
,
191
,
242
,
245

Iraq and,
254

ISIS and,
153
,
161
,
162
–65,
166
–68,
186
,
239

missiles and,
224

nuclear weapons and,
254

Obama and,
161
,
163
–66,
186
,
202
,
242

red line for,
164
–65,
186
,
202
,
242

and restoring American power,
233
,
238
,
239
,
245

Russia and,
166

sanctions on officials in,
163

terrorists in,
154

training program for rebels in,
238

and U.S. defense spending,
212
,
233

use of U.S. military force in,
164
–65

violence in,
146

Tahir, B.S.A.,
172
,
192

Tahrir Square (Cairo), protests in,
163

Taliban,
101
–3,
131
,
147
,
149
,
151
,
152
,
155
,
156
,
173

Tauscher, Ellen,
217

technology

and China as threat to U.S.,
222
–24,
246
,
247
,
248

military and,
215
–16

and restoring American power,
235
,
246
,
247
,
248

and U.S. defense spending,
235

See also
cyber issues

Teller, Edward,
56
–57

terrorism

American leadership and defeat of,
2

Bush (George W.) and,
101

Cheney's comment about war against,
91

defeat of,
154
,
168

and detention of terrorists,
106
–7,
241

and end of war on terror,
156
,
215

funding for,
176
,
178

growth of,
93

increase in,
154

Iraq and,
93
,
109
,
112
–13,
115
,
116

and isolationism,
118
–19

as law enforcement problem,
95
–96,
99
,
118

nuclear weapons and,
101
,
220
,
252
,
254

Obama and,
125
–26,
132
,
137
–38,
156
,
168
,
170
,
215

preemption principle and,
101

and recruitment of terrorists,
125

and restoring American power,
238
–42,
252
,
254

and safeguarding American history,
5

state sponsors of,
101
,
254

and weapons of mass destruction,
101

See also
interrogation methods, enhanced;
specific incident or organization

Thatcher, Margaret,
88

“There Are No Islands, Any More: Lines Written in Passion and in Deep Concern for England, France, and My Own Country” (Millay),
20
–21

Thompson, C. R.,
22

Thornberry, Mac,
215
–16

Time
magazine

ballistic missile article in,
60

Churchill named Man of the Year by,
23

and Churchill's speech about world leadership,
38
–39

and D-Day,
27
,
28
–29

and failure of communism,
65

and Japanese surrender in World War II,
36

and Khrushchev in Berlin,
64

Roosevelt named Man of the Year by,
23

and Stalin's Bolshoi Theater speech,
44
–45

Trainor, Bernard,
145

Treasury Department, U.S.: and Iran,
176
,
177
–78,
179
,
182
,
184
,
192
,
245

Treaty of Paris (1973),
69
,
70

Trenin, Dmitri,
224
–25

Truman Doctrine,
5
,
47
–48

Truman, Harry

and aid to Greece and Turkey,
46
–48

and atomic weapons project,
33
–34

influence of World War II on,
231
–32

and Israel,
53

and Korean War,
54
–55

leadership comment of,
231

MacArthur relieved of command by,
55

and national security strategy,
57
–59

and nuclear weapons,
56
,
57
,
216

as presidential role model,
232

and Roosevelt's death,
32
,
33

and safeguarding American history,
5

and security of Europe in post–World War II years,
51
,
52

Soviet Union and,
51
,
52
,
170
,
232

and U.S. as “last best hope of earth,”
258
–59

and U.S. role as world power,
232

as vice president,
32

and World War II,
32
–33,
35
–36,
37
–38

Turkey,
46
–48,
52
,
67
,
68