Saddam Hussein, 33, 51, 69, 194, 322, 375

Saint, Butch, 335

SAM missiles, 399–400, 467, 471, 472

Sapiro, Miriam, 423–24

Sarajevo, 37, 283, 358

as draw play, 123–24

Mladic’s attack on (Aug. 28, 1995), 348

as showplace of Yugoslavia, 121–22

siege of, 121–23, 128, 132, 201, 295, 297, 303

Srebrenica compared with, 201, 204

Saturday Night Live (TV show), 10

Saudi Arabia, 69

Sawyer, Diane, 179

Scanlan, Jack, 27–28, 83

Schwarzkopf, Norman, 234

Cheney’s dislike of, 66–67

in Gulf War, 13, 47, 48, 51–54, 66, 153, 321, 455

Schweid, Barry, 226

Scowcroft, Brent, 42–45, 94, 243, 255, 328, 493

Balkans intervention as concern of, 32, 43, 44, 58

Bosnia crisis and, 135–36, 139, 155

Bush as co-author with, 65–66, 238

Bush’s relationship with, 43, 58, 65–66, 243

on Clinton, 103–4

Kissinger association of, 59, 65

military background of, 62

as NSC chair, 65, 246

Qualcomm and, 138

Somalia policy and, 252

Scud missiles, 43, 138

SEALs, 111, 112–13

Seitz, Ray, 227

Sell, Louis, 29

Senate, U.S., 43, 64, 110, 266, 299, 328

Armed Services Committee of, 158, 324

Bentsen in, 217, 218–19

Bosnia policy and, 303

Clinton acquitted by, 373–74, 421

Cohen in, 439–41

Eagleburger’s confirmation hearings in, 25–26

election of 1991 and, 153

Finance Committee of, 218

Foreign Relations Committee of, 26, 62, 253, 377, 480

Hillary Clinton’s campaign for, 101, 103

Judiciary Committee of, 207

Kosovo policy and, 425

recognition of North Vietnam and, 288, 483

search for Democratic secretary of state candidate in, 172–73

Somalia policy investigation of, 265

Tower rejected by, 66, 68

Seneca, 291

Serbia, Serbs, 42, 80–84, 88–100, 121–36, 154–56

in Borovo Selo massacre, 96–98

in Bosnia, see Bosnian Serbs Chirac’s opposition to, 303–6

Christmas warning and, 155, 365

in Croatia, 31, 34, 37, 93, 126, 339–40, 347

Croatian hatred of, 94–95, 122

Croatia’s ceasefire with, 125

Croatia’s wars with, 31–32, 34–38, 41, 43, 94–98, 121, 122, 129, 136, 293, 295, 332, 334–40, 346–48, 350–51, 354, 395

election of 2000 in, 486

Endgame strategy and, 313, 314

ethnic cleansing by, 36, 37, 97, 123–25, 197, 201, 202, 230, 287, 293–97, 315–16, 338

Greek defense of, 304

JNA as army of, 31, 34, 37, 93, 98, 122

KLA vs., 366–67, 396, 397, 398, 409, 472, 473, 477, 481

Kosovo, 82, 83, 84, 121, 136, 364–65

media savvy of, 83, 84, 93, 95

in peace negotiations, 347–48, 350, 351, 353–59, 477–78

protest in, 486–87

at Rambouillet conference, 420–21

Slovenia’s bashing of, 31, 34

Turks vs., 84, 91, 314–15

Vance-Owen plan and, 197, 198

in World War I, 90, 304

in World War II, 90, 94–95, 304

Serbian nationalism, 24–29, 78, 82–84, 91, 93–100, 121, 126, 356, 364

of Kostunica, 486

media’s exploitation of, 83–84

Milosevic’s hold on, 486

of Milosevic vs. Mladic, 348

U.S. policy considerations and, 232

Serb Orthodox Catholics, 24, 98, 304, 356, 450

Serb Third Army, 449

Seselj, Vojislav, 97–98, 99

Sevareid, Eric, 160

Seventh Corps, 321

sexism, 197, 370, 385–86, 413

Shalikashvili, Dmitri, 319–20, 325

Shalikashvili, John, 88, 279, 317–28, 389–94, 411, 490

appointed head of JCS, 319, 323–24, 325, 389

background of, 319–20

Bosnia policy and, 285, 311–14, 317–18, 324–28, 330, 349, 350, 391, 441

Clark’s problems and, 349, 350, 434, 437

English of, 319, 321

on European Community, 86

European security and, 389–90

Gulf War logistical assignment of, 321

Haiti policy and, 279, 324–25

immigrant patriotism of, 324, 389

Krajina offensive and, 337

Kurd refugee crisis and, 321–23

at NATO meeting, 327–28

retirement of, 404, 412–13, 434

sensitivity and goodness of, 322–25

Shearer, Derek, 405

Sheehan, Jack, 279, 281, 282, 412–13

Shelly, Christine, 276–77

Shelton, Henry Hugh, 282, 414–15, 433, 451, 478

Apache helicopters and, 464–66

Clark’s relationship with, 436–37, 454, 456, 465, 469, 479

Sherman, Wendy, 385

Shevardnadze, Eduard, 33

Shields, Mark, 63, 106

Shinseki, Eric, 479

Shore, Billy, 113

Short, Christopher, 446

Short, Mike, 54, 399–400, 425, 444–51, 458, 462, 469, 470, 487

background of, 447

in Vietnam War, 447–48

Shoup, David, 416

Shultz, George, 137, 226

Siad Barre, Mohammed, 249, 254

Silajdzic, Haris, 358

Silber, Laura, 96

Simon, William, 67

Sixth Fleet, U.S., 34, 38

Skinner, Sam, 148

Skopje, earthquake in, 25

Slavonia, 337

Slocombe, Walt, 279, 425

Slovenia, Slovenians, 34, 88–92, 156

German support for,

independence of, 24, 26, 29, 41, 44, 88–92, 94, 121, 126, 165, 364

Milosevic’s move against, 31, 34

U.S. relations with, 94

in World War I, 89

in World War II, 88

Smith, Leighton (Snuffy), 349, 362–63

Soderberg, Nancy, 159, 317

Solana, Javier, 387, 469

Solarz, Stephen, 77

Somalia, 248–65, 417–18

in Cold War, 248–49, 253

death of U.S. troops in, 261–65, 271

economy of, 248, 249, 256

geopolitical consequences of, 267, 271, 272, 275, 276, 326, 358, 442

media coverage of, 250, 251, 262

as modern nonstate, 250

nation-building in, 252, 257–61, 377, 380, 418

tribalism in, 248, 249, 250, 253, 255

UN peacekeeping force in, 251, 252, 254–58, 260, 264

U.S. relations with, 194, 246, 248–65, 442

South:

Clinton critics in, 210

Powell in, 234

racial change in, 167

Republican takeover in, 61

Soviet Union, 37, 50, 365, 379

as advertisement for free society, 11

Brzezinski’s views on, 169

collapse of, 11, 13–14, 17, 24, 30, 32–33, 60, 73, 80, 86, 87, 126, 212

détente and, 58–59

as “evil” empire, 59

Gorbachev revolution in, 58

Iraq’s relations with, 74

right-wing coup attempt in (Aug. 1991), 9

Somalia’s relations with, 248–49, 256

in World War II, 37, 95, 320

Yugoslavia’s relations with, 77, 78, 89

Special Forces, 279, 414

Spencer, Stu, 63, 150

Split, 98, 338

Srebrenica, 200–204, 224, 293–97, 306, 337

fall of, 314–16, 318, 326–27, 330, 331, 337, 338, 340, 396

as safe area, 204, 293, 312

surrender demand and, 203, 204

Stalin, Joseph, 78, 95, 197, 386

Stambolic, Ivan, 83

Star, 113–14

Starr, Kenneth, 374, 493

State Department, U.S., 20, 62, 132–41, 172–91, 341–48, 389–90

Bosnia crisis and, 128–29, 132–36, 139–42, 196, 198, 199–200, 224–31, 283, 285, 308, 311, 318, 346–48

Christopher’s replacement at, 369–70

Christopher’s resignation offer and, 299, 300, 301

Defense Department compared with, 37

Galbraith as viewed by, 332

Haiti policy and, 270, 279

Human Rights Bureau of, 230–31

Intelligence and Research Bureau of (INR), 128

Kosovo and, 376–77, 388, 398, 409, 410

Lake’s relationship with, 288, 311

lift and strike policy and, 224–30

Policy Planning at, 132–34, 185, 229, 302, 383

post-communism weakness of, 30

Powell offered appointment to, 299–301

press coverage of, 230, 231

Rwanda policy and, 276–77

selection of Clinton appointment to, 168, 172–78

start of Balkans crisis and, 25–30, 34, 35, 36, 57

use of word “genocide” avoided by, 135

Vance’s resignation from, 172, 198–99

Zimmermann-Eagleburger meeting at, 79–80

Stealth B-2 bomber, 55, 457–60, 470–71

Stealth F-117 fighter, 50–56

Steeper, Fred, 14–17, 148

Steiger, William, 67

Steinberg, Jim, 436, 480

Stephanopoulos, George, 190, 192, 222, 241

Clinton’s problems with, 302

in election of 1992, 20, 22, 116, 159, 169

Haiti policy and, 272–73, 270, 280

Kantor’s tensions with, 169, 171

Morris as viewed by, 310, 311

Somalia policy and, 260–61, 263

Stern, Fritz, 343–44

Stevenson, Adlai, 377

stock market, 220, 360, 361

Storm, Operation, 339

suburbanization, political effects of, 102, 105

Sudetenland, 316

Sullivan, Gordon, 437

Sun Belt, shift of power and affluence to, 61–62, 72, 101

Sununu, John, 148

Supreme Court, U.S., 384–85, 492

Susak, Gojko, 334–35, 337, 350

Tactical Air Command (TAC), 48–54, 446

Taft, William H., IV, 87, 88

Talbott, Strobe, 30, 125, 301, 349, 376, 480

Clinton’s relationship with, 178, 342, 404, 405

Haiti policy and, 279

as Holbrooke advocate, 178, 342, 244–46, 352, 353, 369, 398

NSC job offered to, 368

in peace negotiations, 476, 477

in Russian talks, 475, 476

talk radio, 209–10

tank photo of Dukakis, 22, 384

Tarnoff, Peter, 175, 182, 305–6

Task Force Hawk, 466

taxes:

Bush’s increasing of, 14–15, 147, 213

Reagan policies for, 14, 212, 213

social security, 207

Taylor, Maxwell, 180, 182

“teacup wars,” 74–75, 241

technology, 266, 360

NATO bombing and, 457–60, 471

political effects of, 104, 108, 116

satellite, 128, 131

Teeter, Bob, in election of 1992, 14, 17, 58, 150, 152, 154

television, 95, 146, 439

Bosnia crisis and, 131–32, 134, 307, 314, 315, 317, 326

cable, 119, 161–62, 165

in election of 1992, 108, 117, 119–20, 143, 149

electoral fickleness and, 208–9

empathy, 108

Gulf War and, 153, 154

Lewinsky scandal and, 373

magazine shows for, 160, 162, 164

managerial class and, 161, 163

network, effects of generational change on, 159–64, 266

political advertising on, 22, 208, 209, 210, 384

Serbian nationalism and, 83

shrewdness about political morality and, 402–3

Somalia coverage on, 250, 251

star reporters for, 160, 162, 164

vicious cycle for news coverage of, 163–64

Tenth Mountain Division, U.S., 279

Texas:

Bush in, 71–72

politics in, 217, 405, 490

Theodore Roosevelt (carrier), 348

Thomason, Harry, 371

Thornburgh, Dick, 153

Thurmond, Strom, 324

Tigers, Arkan’s, 97, 201, 355

Tijanic, Aleksander, 82

Time, 136

Tirana, 466

Tito (Josip Broz), 27, 76, 78–79, 81, 82, 89, 95, 97, 365

Tomahawk cruise missiles, 348–50, 354, 457

Tontons Macoutes, 267

Tower, John, 66, 68, 370

TransAfrica Forum, 278

Treasury, U.S., 63, 67

Bentsen as secretary of, 216, 218–21

Trexler, Gary, 451

tribalism, 74, 241

in Rwanda, 273–77

in Somalia, 248, 249, 250, 253, 255

Trilateral Commission, 72

Trillin, Calvin, 403

Tripp, Linda, 371, 372, 373, 403

Trnopoljie, 123

Tsongas, Paul, 113, 115, 118

Tudjman, Franjo, 37, 122, 333, 341, 356, 365

in arming of Bosnia, 333, 334

Croat-Bosnian offensive and, 338, 347, 348, 350

Galbraith’s talks with, 334, 337, 347

Holbrooke’s dealings with, 347, 350

Izetbegovic’s meeting with, 338

Milosevic’s secret meeting with (March 25, 1991)

neo-Nazi ideology of, 91–92

Turks:

Bosnian Muslims as, 296

Kurds’ relationship with, 322

Serbs vs., 84, 91, 314–15

see also Ottoman Empire

Tutsi, 273–77

Tutwiler, Margaret, 132

Tuzla, 203

U-2 surveillance plane, 187, 399

Ukraine, 33

Ullman, Dick, 126

UNAMIR (United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda), 275–77

unemployment, 214, 360

United Nations (UN), 70, 375

Albright as ambassador to, 178, 192, 197, 256, 257, 258, 264, 290, 338, 377–78, 380, 386, 404

Bosnia and, 123, 125–27, 166, 202–3, 204, 275, 285, 293–94, 303, 306, 312–15, 327–28, 330

in Gulf War, 12, 33, 66

Haiti policy and, 270, 271

Holbrooke as ambassador to, 188, 485

Kosovo problem and, 397, 398–99, 476, 477

Pickering at, 191

in Rwanda, 275–77

Security Council of, 204, 256, 260, 337, 397

Somalia policy and, 251, 252, 254–58, 260, 263, 264

Srebrenica and, 202–3, 204, 293–94

U.S. relationship problems with, 147, 264, 476, 485

United States:

affluence in, 101–5

economy of, see economy, U.S.

European Community’s independence and, 86, 87

European defense burden shouldered by, 89–90

foreign policy of, see foreign policy, U.S.

Gulf War victory’s effects on, 12–13, 15–16

Haitians in, 268

morale problems of, 12, 146

Reagan’s faith in, 146

self-absorption of, 159–61, 163–65, 490

self-image of, 108 see also specific topics UNPROFOR (United Nations Protection Force), 125–27, 293, 313, 316

collapse of, 312

hostages taken from, 285, 294, 303

uranium, 274

Ustashe, Croat (fascist police), 94–95, 295

Utley, Clifton, 162

Utley, Garrick, 162–63, 164

Vance, Cyrus, 20, 169, 174, 355

Balkans policy aid, 88, 197–99

Brzezinski vs., 169, 170, 185–86, 243

Holbrooke’s work for, 185–86

resignation of, 172, 198–99

Vance-Owen plan, 197–99, 207, 358

Vanderbilt University, 154

Vasic, Milo, 83

Vershbow, Sandy, 286, 312, 313, 340

Viet Cong, 110, 112, 184, 232, 355, 367

Vietmalia syndrome, 265

Vietminh, 367

Vietnam, North, 40, 49, 110, 185, 239, 427, 448, 459, 491

U.S. recognition of, 288, 483

Vietnam, South, 184, 239

Vietnam War, 38–42, 59, 93, 131, 165, 167, 180–87, 209, 252, 253, 286, 287, 320, 379, 414–17, 431

Air Force in, 40–41

airpower shortcomings in, 45, 48–49, 51–52, 355

Albright and, 378, 382

Balkans crisis compared with, 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 45, 129, 135, 136, 306, 355–56, 359, 398, 411, 461

Bush’s views on, 70

class distinctions in, 238–39

Democrats bedeviled by, 105–6, 168–69, 172, 180–90

effects on army, 38, 40–41, 42, 234, 239, 417

and election of 1972, 405

and election of 1992, 110–18, 148, 152–53, 206

and generational change in politics, 110–11

Gulf War compared with, 13, 47, 51–52, 53

Kosovo situation compared with, 366, 367, 411, 424–25, 451

media and, 160, 291–92

peace with honor in, 184

Powell in, 35, 42, 45, 62, 69–70, 234, 237, 238–39, 259

Rolling Thunder in, 51, 427, 451

Shalikashvili in, 320

Short in, 447–48

Somalia compared with, 258, 259, 261

U.S. doubt and frustration after, 12, 40–41, 146

see also antiwar movement

Vietnam Working Group, 183

Visegrad group, 155–56

Volcker, Paul, 63

voting, candidate’s critical test during, 22

Voting Rights Act (1965), 61, 298, 491

Vukovar, siege of, 31, 34, 36–39, 129

Vulliamy, Edward, 77, 122–23, 134

Vuono, Carl, 335

Waffen SS, 320

Wagner, Carl, 405

Wahlgren, Lars Eric, 295

Waldman, Michael, 375

Walker, William, 410

Wall Street, 216, 343

budget deficit and, 213, 215, 220, 221, 223

Wall Street Journal, 114

War Crimes Tribunal, 316, 488

Warden, John, 47–55, 445, 471

Warren, Earl, 137

Warsaw, 319, 320

Warsaw Pact, 94, 335, 390

Washington Post, 110, 132, 154, 160, 161, 166, 237, 249, 330, 363, 380, 464, 479

Lewinsky scandal in, 371, 374

Washington Post Magazine, 428–29

Watergate, 374

Watson, Jane, 334

Watts, Bill, 185

Wealth of Nations, The (Reich), 214

Weinberger, Caspar (Cap), 137, 390

Weinberger Doctrine, 390

Westmoreland, William, 13, 181

West Point, 447, 448–49

Clark at, 427, 428, 431, 432, 447, 449

Whiteman Air Force Base, 457, 458

whites:

affluence of, 105

in army, 233, 235

blue-collar, 105, 209

middle class, 209

talk radio and, 209–10

Will, George, 147

Wilson, George, 110

Winfrey, Oprah, 108

Winger, Debra, 111

Winning Ugly (Daalder and O’Hanlon), 444

Winter Olympics (1984), 122

Wirthlin, Richard, 72

Wisner, Frank, 254, 343, 385

Witcover, Jules, 137–38

Wofford, Harris, 153

Wolfowitz, Paul, 141–42

women:

Albright supported by, 370

in Clinton cabinet, 207, 369–70, 373, 385

Clinton’s support from, 204–5, 362, 385

in election of 2000, 491–92

foreign policy and, 383, 384, 385

in military, 245–46

political power of, 204–5, 207, 209, 385

Wood, Kimba, 207, 211

Woodward, Bob, 313, 375

Woolsey, James, 191–93

Clinton access as problem for, 243–44

resignation of, 299

Somalia policy and, 253

Wooten, Jim, 114–18

World Health Organization, 202

World News Tonight (TV show), 163

World Transformed, A (Bush and Scowcroft), 65–66, 238

World War I, 40, 55, 89, 90, 111, 274, 344, 364, 478

World War II, 17, 37, 45, 62, 75, 94–95, 118, 182, 295, 478

air power in, 41, 51, 52, 55, 326, 452

Allied victories in, 10

Balkans crisis compared with, 129, 293, 294, 316, 452

Bentsen in, 216–17

Bush in, 62, 69, 111, 144–45

Gulf War compared with, 13, 16, 52, 55

media and, 160, 161

patriotism in, 109, 110

Shalikashvili and, 320–21, 325

see also specific countries

Wright, Jim, 68

Yad Vashem, 319

Yarborough, Ralph, 217

Yeltsin, Boris, 9, 13, 423, 475–76

Yugoslavia, 76–100

Baker’s trip to (June 1991), 45–46

breakup of, 17, 24–46, 79, 84, 88–100, 126, 136, 165, 364

in Cold War, 76–77, 94

conflicts and contradictions in, 76–79, 81

Eagleburger trip to (Feb. 1979), 25–30, 92

economy of, 77, 81, 99, 485, 486–87

illusion of, 89, 94

independent communist path of, 77, 78, 89, 99

naming of, 76

suppression of nationalism in, 24, 27, 76, 78–79

U.S. post-Cold War attitude toward, 79–80, 81

in World War II, 45, 76, 77, 94–95, 232, 295, 330, 452

see also Kosovo, Kosovars; specific former Yugoslav republics

Yugoslav League of Communists, dissolution of, 84

Yugoslav National Army (JNA), 31, 37, 93, 98, 334, 336, 355

in Bosnia, 122

dissidents in, 94

Gulf War and, 33

overrating of, 34, 232, 337

Perry’s views on, 329–30

Zagreb, 37, 90, 139, 332

airport in, 333, 334

TV in, 96

Zaire, 252

Zepa, 293, 312, 331, 338

surrender of, 338–39

Zimmermann, Warren, 45, 79–81, 140

Eagleburger’s meeting with, 79–80

Yugoslav opposition groups brought together by, 28–29