1999 (59 page)

   results of,
269
–70

   U.S. loss of,
20
,
57
,
106
–8,
228
,
259
,
308

vital interests,
113
–20

Voice of America,
102

Voting Rights Act,
298

Wall Street Journal,
29

Walters, Vernon A.,
287

warhead-to-target ratio,
see
first-strike vulnerability

War Powers Act,
58
,
108
,
120

wars:

   avoiding defeat without,
52
–53,
66
,
98

   casualties of,
13
–15,
22
,
76
,
228
,
259
,
266

   potential causes of,
187
,
191
–92

   unity produced by,
320

   
see also specific wars

Warsaw Pact,
147
–48,
187

   NATO and,
199
–201,
204
,
210
,
213

   Soviet-U.S. negotiations and,
170
–171,
181

Washington Post,
29

Washington summit,
32
,
47
,
92
,
171
,
190
,
218

Weber, Max,
317

Wells, H. G.,
16

West Bank,
277
,
278
–79

Western Europe,
60
,
79
,
104
,
195
–220,
266

   allied cooperation outside of,
204
–6,
209
,
215
–17

   global responsibilities of,
23
,
308
–9,
313

   GNP of,
197
,
204
,
218
–19

   Japan and,
223
,
226
,
229
,
235
–38,
314

   population of,
196

   rising importance of,
195
–97,
219
,
314

   role of nuclear weapons in defense of,
210
–15,
231

   Soviet threat to,
197
–202,
208
–9

   U.S. disagreements with,
198
–200

   U.S. share in defense of,
203
–4,
213
–15,
219
–20

   
see also
North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
specific countries

Wilson, Woodrow,
16
,
28
,
305

   as negotiator,
172
,
175

Witness
(Chambers),
294

World Bank,
296

world peace:

   international organizations devoted to,
21
–22

   perfect vs. real,
27
–29,
51
,
164
–65

   U.S. role in,
22
,
24

World War I,
16
,
22
,
28
,
196

World War II,
16
–18,
31
,
52
,
107
,
157
,
196

   Japanese losses in,
222
,
224
,
226
–229,
232
,
236

Yalta Conference,
98
,
146
,
161
,
172
,
183
,
191

Yeltsin, Boris,
41

Yom Kippur War,
103
,
206
,
276

Yoshida, Shigeru,
27
,
222
,
226
,
235
,
252

Yugoslavia,
103
,
153

Zaire,
142
,
280

Zambia,
281

zero-zero option,
169
–70,
203

Zhao Ziyang,
245
–46,
252
–53

Zia ul-Haq, Mohammad,
140
,
274
–75

Zimbabwe,
282

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