INDEX

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• Abdel-Rahman, Omar, 134
• ABM Treaty. See Anti–Ballistic Missile Treaty
• Achille Lauro, 132
• Afghanistan, 13, 112, 176
• Africa, 77, 78, 80
• Agreement on the Gaza Strip and Jericho Area, 167
• Agriculture Department, 108
• Aidid, Mohammed Farah, 113–14, 135–36, 167
• Air Force, 2, 4, 33, 106
• Air Force Combat Control Team, 33
• Air Force One, 45; Clinton’s use of, 85–87; presidential travel and, 79–80
• Air Mobility Command, 79–80
• Albania, 112, 177
• Albright, Madeleine, 10, 141, 163, 178, 181
• Al Jihad, 179
• al-Qaeda, 131; Massoud and, 15; September 11 and, 14; Somalia and, 116; Yousef and, 135
• Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 136
• Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant, 140–41
• Anti–Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, 162–63, 178
• Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, 178
• APMT. See Asia-Pacific Mobil Telecommunications
• Arafat, Yasser, 166, 167, 172, 184
• Area of Operational Responsibility, 121
• Argentina, 76
• Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, 118, 119, 169, 185
• Army: reduction of, 4, 106, 107; women in combat and, 106–7. See also military
• Art of War, The (Sun Tzu), 97
• Asian Pacific Economic Conference, 82
• Asia-Pacific Mobile Telecommunications (APMT), 175
• Aspin, Les, 89, 91, 101, 103, 114
• “assertive multilateralism,” 113, 116
• Association of the U.S. Army, 107
• Australia, 77, 82
• Austria, 77
• Aviano Air Base, Italy, 124

• Balkans, 123
• Barak, Ehud, 183
• Baton Rouge, La., 45
• Belarus, 163
• Bennett, Tony, 73
• Berger, Sandy, 53; air strikes on Iraq and, 25, 27–30; bin Laden and, 129–30; military experience of, 89–90; terrorism and, 142
• Berube, Ron, 75
• Bethesda, Md., 50
• Bhutto, Benazir, 136
• Biden, Joseph, 121
• bin Laden, Osama, 165; Clinton and, 13; Declaration of Jihad of, 176; expulsion from Sudan of, 174; failed attack on, 140–41; Massoud and, 14; September 11 and, 185; Somalia and, 116, 136; strike opportunity against, 13, 129–31
• Black Hawk Down, 2, 36
• Bojinka, Operation, 135, 139
• Bolton, Michael, 73
• Bork, Robert, 99–100
• Bosnia-Herzegovina, 19, 35, 42, 76, 91; civil war in, 2; Clinton and, 154–56; Dayton Peace Accords and, 119, 120, 124, 155–56, 172; NATO and, 123, 126–27, 165, 168, 171; Russia and, 155; UN and, 121, 122; U.S. military intervention in, 5, 31, 36, 111, 112, 119–24
• Bowles, Erskine, 59
• Brazil, 99
• Broad, Eli, 175
• Brown, Ron, 9, 75
• Brown, Willie, 74
• Bulgaria, 78
• Burundi, 167
• Bush, George H. W., 2; military and, 35, 36; Somalia and, 36, 112; travel of, 76, 77; Balkans and, 123; Iraq and, 166
• Bush, George W., 152, 161–62

• California, 39
• Cambodia, 5, 178
• Campbell, Harold N., 95
• Camp David, 45, 62–66
• Canada, 78
• Carter, Jimmy, 32, 76; North Korea and, 157; nuclear “football” and, 57; “smile” diplomacy and, 8
• Castle Grande, 64
• Central African Republic,174
• Central America, 78
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 135, 140
• Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., 32, 43, 132
• Cheney, Dick, 158
• Chicago, Ill., 26
• Chiles, Lawton, 74
• China: Clinton and, 8–9, 167; “Friends of Bill” and, 9; North Korea and, 8; Pakistan and, 169, 172–73; two-war strategy and, 159; U.S. nuclear technology and, 8–11, 173–74, 177–78
• China Aerospace Corp., 175
• China Great Wall Industry Corp., 175
• Christopher, Warren, 89, 154
• Chung, Johnny, 175
• CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
• “clash of civilizations,” 13
• Clausewitz, Karl von, 111
• Clinton, Bill: bin Laden and, 13; character of, 62–72, 74–76, 147; “co-presidency” of, 1, 72; dishonesty of, 51, 52–54, 191; draft-dodging of, 36, 38, 88, 95; foreign policy chronology of, 165–85; fundraising and, 73–74; gays in military and, 38, 91, 95, 99, 100–102; golf and, 23–25, 48, 50–51, 59, 191; Hillary and, 67–72; impeachment of, 77, 181, 184–85; “Jogger Watch” and, 48–50; lack of professionalism of, 59–62; lack of respect for, 38–39, 94–95; media and, 50; military and, 4, 6–7, 20–22, 21, 35–39, 93–94, 158–62, 158–62; national security and, 7–15, 20, 52–54; nuclear “football” and, 21, 54–58; personal scandals of, 9–10, 22, 36, 54–56, 76, 77, 85–87, 94, 143, 168; terrorism and, 133–42; travel of, 47–48, 72–73, 76–81
• Clinton, Chelsea, 63, 66–67, 79, 93, 124
• Clinton, Hillary Rodham: Bill Clinton and, 67–72; “co-presidency” of, 1, 72; military and, 6–7, 93; Senate campaign of, 78; travel of, 77–78, 79
• Clinton administration: China and, 8–9; day-to-day character of, 51–52, 64–65; foreign policy and, 116; Iraq and, 25–30, 152–54; lack of professionalism of, 82–83; lack of respect for, 8; military and, 2–7, 87–91, 97–100; military deployments of, 111–28; national security and, 1, 9–10, 87; North Korea and, 8; nuclear threat and, 8–13; political machine of, 52; racism of, 60–62; terrorism and, 131–32
• CNN, 82, 112, 118
• Cold War, 6, 13, 35, 158
• Cole, USS, 141
• Colombia, 5
• Combat Control Team, 34
• Commerce Department, 9, 78
• Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, 183
• Congo, 112, 177
• Congress, 3, 13
• Cox Committee, 11, 182
• Craighead, Kelly, 66, 67
• Croatia, 122, 123, 154, 169
• Cuba, 32, 33, 35
• Currie, Betty, 43, 55, 79
• Czech Republic, 78

• DACOWITS. See Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services
• Dayton, Ohio, 172
• Dayton Peace Accords, 119, 120, 124, 155–56, 172
• Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), 103
• Defense Department: Chinese threat and, 9; presidential travel and, 78, 79; reinvention of government and, 5, 106
• Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA), 177
• Deliberate Force, Operation, 171
• Democratic National Committee (DNC), 9, 73, 85
• Democratic National Convention, 26
• Denmark, 76
• Desert Storm, Operation, 2, 36
• Diego Garcia (U.S. Navy Support Facility), 27
• DNC. See Democratic National Committee
• Dodd, Chris, 51
• DOE. See Energy Department
• Dole, Bob, 121
• domestic politics: foreign policy and, 21; military and, 127, 152
• Donnelly, Mark, 86, 87, 125
• Dreyfuss, Richard, 74
• DTSA. See Defense Technology Security Administration
• Dungy, Tony, 61–62

• East Timor, 112
• Ecuador, 112
• Egypt, 132, 167
• Eisenhower, Dwight, 76
• Eisenhower, USS, 105
• Election 2000, 108–9
• Emerson, Steven, 134
• Emmanuel, Rahm, 53
• Energy Department (DOE), 11–13
• “engagement and enlargement,” 113–16
• Engskov, Kris, 86–87
• ESPN, 24
• “ethnic cleansing,” 124
• European Union, 123, 171
• Executive Order 12919, 168

• FAA. See Federal Aviation Administration
• FBI. See Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 139–40
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 54, 64, 140
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 168
• FEMA. See Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Finch, Linda, 69–71
• Finchem, Tim, 24
• Fiske, Robert, 167
• Florida, 48
• FLOTUS (First Lady of the United States). See Clinton, Hillary
• Fogleman, Ron, 92–93, 146
• Fonda, Jane, 74
• foreign policy: chronology of Clinton’s, 165–85; Clinton administration and, 116; domestic politics and, 21; media and, 21
• Fort Bragg, N.C., 32
• Fort Jackson, S.C., 103
• Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., 103
• Foster, Vince, 54, 64
• France, 78
• Frankfurt, Germany, 119
• “Friends of Bill,” 9, 59, 61
• fundraising, 73–74, 85

• Gabon, 112, 177
• Garfunkel, Art, 73
• gays in military, 38, 91, 95, 99, 100–102
• General Accounting Office, 77
• Germany, 76, 78, 103
• Glenn, John, 6
• golf, Clinton and, 23–25, 50–51, 59, 191
• Gore, Al, 70; character of, 91–92; Election 2000 and, 108; military experience of, 89; reinvention of government and, 106; terrorism and, 139; travel of, 77
• government, reinvention of, 5, 106
• Graham, Bradley, 5
• Greece, 78
• Grenada, 2, 19, 117; Cuba and, 32, 33, 35; government in, 35; invasion of, 31, 32–37; preparation for, 32–33; Russia and, 32; strategy in, 36
• Guevera, Dave “Bubba,” 121
• Gulf War, 3

• Haiti, 2, 19, 169, 170; Clinton and, 117–19; presidential elections in, 172; U.S. military intervention in, 5, 31, 35–37, 111, 112, 117–19
• Hanks, Tom, 74
• Hanlin, Kirk, 70
• Harlan County, USS, 118
• Hawkins, Jim, 42
• Hector Peterson Memorial, 97
• Herman, Alexis, 60–61
• Hernreich, Nancy, 43
• Hilton Head, S.C., 66–67
• Hobe Sound, Fla., 48
• Hollywood, 9, 74
• Honolulu, Hawaii, 82
• House Armed Services Committee, 5, 107
• House International Relations Committee, 134
• House Judiciary Committee, 184
• Hussein, King, 172
• Hussein, Saddam, 25–27, 152–54

• Ickes, Harold, 53
• Immigration and Naturalization Service, 140
• India, 9, 14, 77
• intelligence community, politicizing of, 7–8
• Internet, 12
• Inter-Service Intelligence Agency, 169
• In the Arena: A Memoir of the 20th Century (Weinberger), 151–52
• Iran, 8
• Iraq, 169; Clinton administration and, 25–30, 152–54; missed opportunity in, 25–30; North Korea and, 8; threat of, 152–54; UN and, 26; U.S. military intervention in, 5, 112, 165, 166
• Irbil, Iraq, 25
• Ireland, 77, 78
• Israel, 103, 132, 166
• Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank, 171
• Italy, 76

• Jackson, Jesse, 61, 62, 79
• Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Pakistan, 179
• Japan, 8, 10, 135, 157
• “Jogger Watch,” 48
• Johannesburg, South Africa, 81, 97–98
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 76
• Joint Chiefs of Staff, 92, 144
• Jones, Paula, 54–55, 94, 168, 179, 184
• Jordan, 78
• Jordan, Vernon, 24, 25

• Kamel, Hussein, 171
• Kazakhstan, 163
• Kennedy, John F., 76
• Kenya, 140, 180
• Kerry, John, 50–51
• Key, Scott, 33, 35
• Khmer Rouge, 178
• Kim Jong Il, 8
• King’s Bay, Ga., 108
• Klinghoffer, Leon, 132
• Korea. See North Korea
• Kosovo, 5, 111, 123, 181, 182, 183
• Kross, Walter, 144, 146
• Kurdish Democratic Party, 26
• Kuwait, 112

• Laden, Osama bin. See bin Laden, Osama
• Lake, Tony, 89–90, 91
• Lake Manassas, Va., 23
• Lang, Bill, 49
• Lanxade, Jacques, 91
• Lawrence, T. E., 85
• Lewinsky, Monica, 56, 77, 179, 180
• Liberia, 112, 173
• Libya, 8, 133
• Lieberman, Evelyn, 43
• Limbaugh, Rush, 158
• Lindsey, Bruce, 43, 49, 53, 55, 57–58, 70, 75, 97
• Lister, Sara, 104, 105–6
• Liu Chaoying, 175
• Lockhart, Joe, 58, 75, 99
• Loral Space and Communications Corporation, 170, 173–74, 177–78
• Los Angeles, Calif., 9
• Los Angeles Times, 173
• Louisiana, 26
• Luck, Gary, 6

• Macedonia, 112, 123, 154, 166, 169
• Magraw, Michael, 108
• Manila, Philippines, 82
• Mariano, Connie, 43
• Marine One, 45, 65, 80–81, 106–7
• Marines: reduction of, 107–8; women in combat and, 104. See also military
• Marshall Plan, 69
• Marswell Investment, Inc., 175
• Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., 51
• Massoud, Ahmad Shah: assassination of, 15; bin Laden and, 14
• Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., 101
• McAuliffe, Terry, 59–60
• McCaffrey, Barry, 90
• McCallum, Edward, 12–13
• McDew, Darren, 125; Patterson as military aide and, 40–45
• media: Clinton administration’s concern with, 50; Clinton’s loss of nuclear codes and, 57–58; foreign policy and, 21
• Middle East, 6, 78
• military: Clinton administration and, 2–7, 20–22, 35–39, 87–91, 97–100, 158–62; Cold War and, 6, 35, 158; costs of, 160–61; domestic politics and, 127, 152; gays in, 38, 91, 95, 99; morale of, 2, 22, 35–39, 94–95, 107, 161; pay freeze and, 7, 107–8; Reagan and, 2, 32, 35; rebuilding of, 2, 32; reduction of, 2–5, 35–36, 106–8
• “military poor,” 107
• Mill, John Stuart, 129
• Milosevic, Slobodan, 156
• Mogadishu, Somalia, 36, 113, 114
• Morris, Dick, 26, 73
• Morris, Madeleine, 104
• MTV, 133
• Mubarak, Hosni, 172
• Mudd, Mike, 41, 45
• Myers, Dee Dee, 52

• National Intelligence Estimate (1995), 183
• national security: American people’s concern for, 163–64; Clinton administration and, 1, 9–10, 20, 87; Clinton’s dishonesty and, 52–54; degradation of, 3, 7, 157–58
• National Security Council (NSC), 90, 91, 92, 129
• National Taxpayers Union, 77
• NATO. See North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Navy, 45; Grenada and, 33; rebuilding of, 161; reduction of, 4, 106; women in combat and, 105
• Netherlands, 69, 76, 83
• New York Times, 10, 181
• NGOs. See nongovernmental organizations
• Nixon, Richard, 76, 77
• nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 177
• Norman, Greg, 48–49
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 58; Bosnia and, 123, 126–27, 165, 168, 171
• North Carolina, 32, 108
• Northern Alliance, 14, 179–80
• North Korea: Clinton and, 8, 156–57; nuclear activities of, 7, 8, 10, 157; two-war strategy and, 159
• Norway, 166
• NSC. See National Security Council
• nuclear “football,” 1, 19, 21, 24, 54
• Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, 169
• nuclear threat, 8–13
• Nunn, Sam, 102

• Office of Safeguards and Security (DOE), 12
• O’Grady, Scott, 171
• Oklahoma City, Okla., 170
• O’Leary, Hazel, 11, 13
• On War (Clausewitz), 111
• Oslo Accords, 166

• Pakistan, 14, 136; China and, 169, 172–73; North Korea and, 8; nuclear weapons program of, 174
• Palestine Liberation Organization, 166, 178
• Paltrow, Gwyneth, 92
• Panama, 2, 36, 77, 117
• Panetta, Leon, 43, 89
• Parade magazine, 3, 108
• Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, 26
• Patterson, Nichole, 146
• Patterson, Robert “Buzz”: career of, 1–3, 19–20, 31–32, 35; Clinton and, 19–21; as military aide, 39–45; nuclear “football” and, 1, 19, 24–25, 54–58; performance reports of, 187–90; post-Clinton career of, 143–48
• PDD-25. See Presidential Decision Directive 25
• PDD-56. See Presidential Decision Directive 56
• PDD-60. See Presidential Decision Directive 60
• “peace dividend,” 22, 35
• People’s Liberation Army, 9, 175
• Philippines, 76, 82
• Pitt, Brad, 92
• Podesta, John, 54, 57–58, 99
• Pope Air Force Base, N.C., 32
• Portugal, 77
• POTUS (President of the United States). See Clinton, Bill
• Powell, Colin, 101, 163
• Powell Doctrine, 116
• President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 11, 13
• Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces (1992), 102
• Presidential Decision Directive 25 (PDD-25), 116–17, 170–71
• Presidential Decision Directive 56 (PDD-56), 177
• Presidential Decision Directive 60 (PDD-60), 178–79
• Presidential Emergency Operations Center, 69
• Presidents Cup golf tournament, 23–25
• Préval, René, 172

• Qaddafi, Muammar, 133

• Rabin, Yitzhak, 167, 172, 184
• racism, 60–62
• Raderstorf, Chuck, 41
• Rangers, 34
• Reagan, Ronald: defense and, 158, 162; Grenada and, 2; military and, 2, 32, 35, 36, 88; nuclear “football” and, 57; terrorism and, 132–33; travel of, 76
• Reagan Doctrine, 116
• Regional Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 10
• Reno, Janet, 167
• Republican Guard (Iraq), 25, 27
• Restore Hope, Operation, 112, 165–66
• Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, 119
• Rice, Condoleezza, 163
• Richardson, Bill, 11, 14, 179
• Richardson, John, 41
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 99
• Rodham, Hugh, 59–60
• Rodham, Tony, 59–60
• Rohrabacher, Dana, 14
• Roosevelt, Franklin D., 41, 76
• Roosevelt, USS, 105
• Rose Law Firm, 64
• Rudman, Warren, 12–13
• Rumsfeld, Donald, 163, 183
• Russia, 10, 14, 32, 77, 103, 155, 163
• Rwanda, 19, 35, 168; humanitarian operations in, 31; military exhaustion in, 5; U.S. military intervention in, 36, 111, 112, 117
• Ryan, June, 41

• Sadat, Anwar, 134–35
• St. George Medical College, 32
• St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 66–67
• San Antonio, Tex., 108
• Sandia Nuclear Laboratory, 11
• Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2, 119, 120, 126
• Saudi Arabia, 153, 174, 175
• Schwartz, Bernard, 170
• Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, 143
• Scott Air Force Base, Ill., 79, 125
• Secret Service, 40, 65, 66, 70, 78
• Senate Armed Services Committee, 5, 102
• September 11 terrorist attacks, 2, 13, 14, 21, 185
• Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The (Lawrence), 85
• Shultz, George, 89
• Sierra Leone, 112, 177
• Sigonella Naval Air Station, Sicily, 132
• Slouching Towards Gomorrah (Bork), 99
• Slovenia, 154
• “smile” diplomacy, 8
• Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Act of 1940, 94
• Somalia, 19, 35, 165–66; ambiguous operations in, 36; Clinton and, 36, 112–17; explanation of military involvement in, 116–17; humanitarian mission in, 2, 31, 36, 112–13; military exhaustion in, 5; tragedy in, 36, 114–17, 135–36, 167; U.S. military intervention in, 111, 112; withdrawal from, 167
• Sopranos, The, 59
• South Africa, 76, 97–98
• South America, 78, 81
• South Carolina, 32
• South Korea, 8
• Soweto, South Africa, 97
• Special Operations Forces, 33, 34, 130
• Spence, Floyd, 107
• Split, Croatia, 122
• Starr, Kenneth, 181
• START II arms treaty, 182, 183
• State Department, 9, 78, 162
• Stowe, Graham, 99, 100
• Sudan, 112, 174, 180–81
• Sullivan, Al, 42
• Sun City, Arizona, 27
• Sun Tzu, 97
• Switzerland, 78

• Taiwan, 159, 173
• Taiwan Strait, 9, 10
• Talbott, Strobe, 163
• Taliban, 13–14, 176
• Tampa, Fla., 61
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 61–62
• Tanzania, 140, 180
• terrorism: Clinton and, 131–42; as law enforcement issue, 136, 141–42; nuclear threat and, 12; Reagan and, 132–33; war on, 22, 129–42
• Texas, 69
• Thailand, 77
• Theodore Roosevelt, USS, 95
• Thomason, Harry and Linda, 74
• Toledo, Ohio, 53
• Trade Department, 78
• Travelgate, 54, 64
• Travis Air Force Base, Calif., 39
• Treasury Department, 78
• Trie, Charlie, 173
• Truman Doctrine, 116
• Tunisia, 132
• Turkey, 14, 78
• Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 122, 126
• two-war strategy, 5–6, 158–59

• Ukraine, 163
• United Kingdom, 77, 78
• United Nations (UN): Bosnia and, 121, 122, 126; Iraq and, 26; military operations under, 98; Security Council Resolution 1199, 181; Somalia and, 36, 114–15
• United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II), 165, 170
• United States: international reputation of, 21–22; peacekeeping and, 156
• UNOSOM II. See United Nations Operation in Somalia
• Uphold Democracy, Operation, 37, 118, 169
• Urgent Fury, Operation, 32–37
• U.S. Information Agency, 78
• U.S. Military Airlift Command, 2

• Verveer, Melanne, 97–98, 99
• Vietnam War, 2, 3, 89

• Walker, Jennone, 91
• Wang Jun, 173
• Warner, John, 121
• Washington, George, 43
• Washington Post, 5, 55
• Washington Times, 182
• weapons of mass destruction, 8
• Weinberger, Caspar, 89, 151–52, 158
• Weldon, Curt, 11
• West Palm Beach, Fla., 48
• White House Advance Office, 100
• White House Commission on Aviation Safety, 139
• White House Communications Agency, 25, 53, 65, 66
• White House Medical Unit, 65, 66
• White House Military Office (WHMO), 41–42, 44
• White House Social Office, 92
• White House Transportation Agency, 60
• Whitewater, 54, 64, 68, 167
• WHMO. See White House Military Office
• WIC. See Women, Infants, and Children aid program
• women: in combat, 99, 102–6; as “security risks,” 56
• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) aid program, 108
• World Islamic Front, 179
• World Trade Center bombing (1993), 133, 165
• Wye River Conference, 181

• Yemen, 141, 185
• Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed, 135, 165
• Yugoslavia, 119