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Abrams, C. (Lieutenant General) 55–6
Afghan government 168–9, 173–4, 178, 181
Afghan reconstruction 181
Albright, M. (Secretary of State) 29, 131
Armed Forces
Doctrine 6–11
Army (Chief of Staff) 4, 43, 54, 57, 158
Army (North Vietnamese) 4,
Army (US)
Army War College (US) 2, 3, 158, 173
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam – South Vietnamese army) 48, 117
Aspin, L. (Secretary of Defense) 29, 60, 124, 126–7
Baker, J. (Chief of Staff President Reagan, Secretary of State G.H.W. Bush) 20, 22, 29, 54, 67, 87
Basra 160
Israeli attitude towards 100–101, 109
Seige of 107
Bosnia (see also Bosnia Herzgovina) 13
Air strikes and 37
Soviet Union and 20–22, 24, 26, 31, 34
Bremer, L.P. (Head of Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq) 155
British 26, 8, 128–9, 135, 145, 149, 153, 155, 167, 176, 178
Brzezinski, Z. 84
Bundy, W. (Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs) 15
Bush, G.W. (President) 145–8, 150–51, 156–7, 160–63, 165, 169, 175, 178–81
Bush, G.H.W. (President) 19–21, 23–6, 28–9, 33–4, 36, 38, 57, 125–6, 128, 131, 134
Carter, J.E. (President) 83–6, 126, 167
CENTCOM 177
Central America 80–81, 83–9, 94–6
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 3, 41, 115
Cheney, R.B. (Vice President) 163
Chinese 47
Christian forces (also known as the Phalange) 100, 102, 111
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) 3, 22, 28, 70, 89–93, 172, 177
CINCPAC 15
Clausewitz, C.V. 7, 44, 46, 48
Clinton, W.J. (President)
Exit strategy 115, 125–8, 130–35, 138, 143
National interest 19, 23–6, 28–30, 33–5, 38
Cold War 20, 23–5, 30–32, 34, 39, 43, 64, 115, 126, 136, 171
Communism 15, 32, 64, 85–7, 91, 155
Congress 8, 52, 55, 126, 128, 134–5, 175, 182, 185
and Central America 63–9, 71–2, 75, 77, 80, 83, 86, 88–90, 92–5, 113
Congressional Resolutions 66
Consensus 26, 36, 57, 67, 84–5, 88, 95–6, 142, 164, 169, 174, 183
Constitution (US) 8–9, 65–6, 68–9, 160, 185
Corps (military formation) 2
Corps (officer corps) 106, 184
Corruption
in Iraq 155
in Vietnam 117–18
Credibility 15, 17–18, 70, 115–17, 138
Croatia (see also Croat) 23, 27, 34, 131, 133, 138–9
Cross, T. (Major General, British Army) 153
Davidson, P. (Lieutenant General) 2, 117
Democracy (political concept) 9, 32, 77, 79–80, 85, 91, 146, 148, 174, 185
Neo–Conservatives and 151–2, 162, 164–5, 170,
Democratic Party (see also Democrats) 67, 89, 134
Department of Defense (DoD) 15, 22, 35, 90, 153
Deputy Secretary of Defense 44
Eastern Bloc 24
Eisenhower, D.D. (President) 1, 43, 48, 66
Elections 36, 67, 83, 99, 134, 172
Enders, T.O. (Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American affairs) 87, 92–3
Europe 16–17, 25, 115, 126, 138, 178
Exit strategy 1, 10, 141–3, 146–7,
and Afghanistan 179–82
and Bosnia 128, 130–33, 138–42
and other elements of the Powell Doctrine 13, 32, 38, 98, 113, 140–41
Federal Government (Bosnia) 129, 138
First Gulf War 3, 45, 51, 58, 60, 136, 147, 158, 175
Foreign Affairs (Journal) 1, 13, 19, 33, 41, 63, 97, 115
Franks, F. (Lieutenant General) 3
Franks, T.R. (Lieutenant General) 156, 178
France (see also French) 32
Experience in Lebanon 98, 103, 107–8
Gemayel, B. (Lebanese President) 100, 108–9
Graduated response 42–3
Grant Sharp, U.S. (Admiral) 2, 45
Great Society 54,
Ground forces (see also ground troops) 29, 142
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 67, 175
GVN (Government of Vietnam – South Vietnamese Government) 118, 155
Habib, P. (Ambassador) 100, 103, 106–8, 111
Haig, A. (Secretary of State Lieutenant General) 84–9, 96, 100–101
Halberstam, D. 28, 49–50, 124, 133
Holbrooke, R. (Ambassador) 136, 140
House of Representatives 86, 89
Humanitarian intervention 19, 27–30, 34, 36–9, 126–8, 132, 136, 138, 153, 171
Hussein, Saddam Hussein (President of Iraq) 148, 152, 158, 160, 163
Iraq 4, 26, 73–4, 110, 136, 160–61, 180–82, 185–6
2003 War 145, 148, 151–3, 156–8, 161–5
and WMD 148–51
Collapse of state 159–60
Comparison to Vietnam 155–6
Reconstruction of 153–4
ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) 178–9
Invasion of Lebanon 97–8, 101–3, 109, 111
Joint Chiefs of Staff 13, 41, 57, 63, 97, 103, 115
Vietnam and 1, 3, 15–16, 18, 54, 119
Johnson, H. (General) 54
Johnson, L.B. (President) 14, 16–18, 48, 52, 54, 67, 112
Administration 13–15, 17–18, 45, 47, 50, 52, 56, 67, 105–6, 120, 123, 131
Dominican Republic 81
Relationship with Congress 67
Johnson, Richard 33
Joulwan, G. (Lieutenant. General) 137
Kabul 178–9
Kennedy, J.F. (President) 14, 43
Administration 45
Kinnard, D. (Colonel) 2, 13, 18, 106
Kissinger, H.A. (National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, Dr) 86, 118–19, 122, 126
Kristol, Irving 146
Lake, A. (National Security Advisor) 29, 126, 138–9
Comparison to Vietnam 104–5, 112–14
Conflict 98, 100, 102–3, 106–12
LeMay, C. (General, USAF) 15–16
Lift and strike 132–3
Likud 99
Lippman, Walter 72–5, 77–8, 84
Marines 81–3, 86, 97, 104, 106, 108–11, 113–14
McDonald, D. (Admiral, USN) 53
McNamara, R.S. (Secretary of Defense) 15, 53, 86, 121, 126
McNaughton, J. (Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs) 15–16, 18
Mead, J. (Colonel, USMC) 108, 110
Middle East 100, 102–3, 164, 167, 186
Mobilization 53–5
Mueller, John 72–4, 76, 78, 84, 175
Multi-national force (MNF) 103, 108–11, 114
National interest (element of the Powell Doctrine) 1, 10–11, 13, 35, 78, 87, 95, 116, 126, 143, 145, 151, 154, 185
Competing definitions of
in Afghanistan 168–171
in Iraq 146–8
Relationship to rest of Powell Doctrine 35, 38–9, 41, 61, 93, 113, 150, 164–5, 172, 179, 182
National Security Council (NSC) 35, 64, 94
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) 23, 42, 115, 129–30, 133, 136–9, 173–4, 178, 180
Neo–Conservative 146–8, 150, 153–5
Nicaragua 64, 72, 83–4, 86, 91, 93–6
as an issue in Congress 88–9
CIA and 90
History of US involvement in 81–3
US objectives in 91–3
Nixon, R.M. (President) 69, 117
Administration 63, 68, 70, 118, 120–21, 123, 142–3, 145
North Vietnam 4, 14–16, 48, 50–51, 86, 137
National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) 105
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 104–5
Weapons 5, 20, 36, 43, 64–5, 149
Objective(s), Clear (element of the Powell Doctrine, see also achievable objectives) 1, 10, 98, 104, 112, 185–6
Relationship to rest of Powell Doctrine 13, 38, 91, 113, 128, 141, 143, 165, 180
Objective(s) 7–8, 32, 44–5, 56, 59–60, 86, 89–90, 92–3, 95, 105, 114, 122, 131–3, 137, 140–42, 183–5
in Afghanistan 168, 170–74, 179
Relationship to Powell Doctrine 78, 116, 124–5, 179–82
Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Affairs (ORHA) 153
Operations (in the military sense of the term) 9–11, 51, 56–7, 60, 68, 78, 90, 92, 98, 113, 124–5, 127–8, 137, 142, 153, 156–8, 167, 169, 176
Overwhelming Force (element of the Powell Doctrine) 6, 10, 41, 51, 55, 60, 184, 186
Lessons of Vietnam and the relevance to 42, 45–51
History in American military practise 46
Relationship to rest of Powell Doctrine 13, 36–7, 56, 58, 78, 131–3
Owen, D. (EU Negotiator) 129–33, 138–9
Palestinian(s) 20, 98, 101–3, 107–9
Palmer, B. (Lieutenant General) 2, 19
Pakistan (Pakistani) 168, 178, 180,
PDD (Presidential Decision Directive) 127–8, 140
PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organisation) 97–8, 100–103, 107–9, 114
Powell, C.L. (Lieutenant General) 1, 3, 32, 35, 78, 106, 123, 125, 131, 135–6, 183
as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 3, 13, 35, 41, 45, 58–9, 124
as Military Assistant to Secretary of Defense 97, 110, 116, 123
Foreign Affairs article 1992 1, 13, 19, 33, 97
the military career of 1, 2, 18, 52, 125
PRTs (Provincial Reconstruction Teams) 173–4
Public and Congressional support (element of Powell Doctrine) 1, 11, 63, 66, 71–3, 78, 83–4, 87, 89–91, 95–6, 147, 157, 183, 185
Afghanistan and 174–5
Iraq and 160–61
Public opinion 36, 72, 77, 83–4, 96, 135, 163, 182
Appropriate role of 78–9, 87–8
Nature of 72–8
Relationship to rest of Powell Doctrine 10, 13, 32, 36, 41, 56–7, 61, 91, 93–5, 98, 113, 115, 141, 143
Quemoy 65–6
Rally round the flag effect 74, 175, 182
Reagan
Administration 84, 88–96, 98, 103–4, 111, 113–14
President R.W. Reagan 32, 85–6, 89, 92–4, 97, 100, 102–5, 107–10, 112, 185
Republican Party (see also Republicans) 24, 30, 65, 86, 89, 134, 185
Reserves (US Army) 53–5
Resolutions
Congressional 66–7
United Nations 175
Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) 156–7
Rumsfeld, D. (Secretary of Defense) 156–8, 172, 179–80
Rusk, D. (Secretary of State) 16–17
Russian Federation 23, 26, 34, 135, 138
Schultz, G. (Secretary of State) 106
Schwarzkopf, H.N. (Lieutenant General) 56, 78
September 11th (9/11) 147, 162–4, 169, 171, 174–6, 179
Shalikashvilli, J. (Lieutenant General) 135–7
Sharon, A. (Israeli Defense Minister) 99–101, 109
Shinseki, E. (Lieutenant General) 4, 158
Smith, L. (Admiral, USN) 137–9
Southern Democrats 89
South Vietnam(ese) 13–17, 44, 47, 49–52, 61, 85, 116–23, 141–3, 155
Soviet Union (see also USSR) 20–22, 24, 26, 30–32, 34, 65, 83, 85–6, 95, 106, 167–8, 183
State Department 3, 22, 28, 35, 83, 126
Summers, H. (Colonel) 2–3, 50, 71, 105
Syria(n) 98–100, 102, 110–11, 160, 185
Taft, W.H. (President) 81
United Nations (UN) 25, 29, 31, 39, 75, 98, 128–31, 135–9, 149–50, 169
UNPROFOR (United Nations Protection Force) 128, 135–6
UNFIL (United Nations Force in Lebanon) 98
Unilateralism (see also unilateral) 26–7, 68, 84, 129, 133, 143
US Army 1, 6, 8–10, 13, 42, 54, 105, 158, 183
US Constitution 8–9
Vessey, J. (Lieutenant General) 103
Vietnam War 1, 3, 42, 106, 121, 183, 186
and its effects on Powell’s generation of officers 3, 5, 19
attitudes towards the war in the Reagan Administration 85
Debate about Vietnam’s significance to US “national interest” 13
Debate over how force was used in Vietnam 46, 50, 61
Effects on public opinion 69
Similarities between objectives in Vietnam and objectives in Lebanon 97
Vuono, C. (Lieutenant General) 57
Waller, C.(Lieutenant General) 56
War Powers Act (1973) (see also War Powers Resolution) 68–9, 160–61
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) 148–50, 152, 160–62, 164–5
Weinberger, C. (Secretary of Defense) 63, 80, 86–8, 90–91, 97, 103, 106–8, 110, 115–16, 122–3
Westmoreland, W.C. (Lieutenant General) 2, 46–9, 53, 71
World War I (see also First World War) 79, 98
World War II (see also Second World War) 17, 28, 31, 38, 55, 125
Yugoslavia (former) 13, 19–25, 27–31, 33–8, 125, 133, 135, 139