Exceptional (42 page)

and American leadership and supremacy,
2

challenges posed by,
220
–24

complexity of U.S. relations with,
246
–49

cyber issues and,
223
,
234
,
246
–47

and decline in U.S. influence,
224

defense spending in,
221

economic cooperation between U.S. and,
248

and EMP weapons,
224

as global influence,
224
–25

human rights in,
248

hypersonic weapons of,
236
,
247
,
248

and increase in threats to U.S.,
216

Iran and,
179
,
182
,
224

Korean War and,
54
,
55
–56

and Libya,
224

Mao's policies in,
56

military force of,
221
,
224

missiles and,
221
–22,
224
,
247

and Nixon,
71

NPT and,
172

nuclear program in,
172
,
217
,
218
,
224
,
247
–48,
252

Obama and,
220
–24,
249

and pivot to Asia,
249

regional domination by,
212
,
222
,
233
,
247
,
248
,
249
,
258

and restoring American power,
233
,
234
,
236
,
242
,
246
–49,
252

and Russia/Soviet Union,
71
,
224

and space warfare,
223

and Syria,
224

technology and,
222
–23,
246
,
247
,
248

and theft of intellectual property,
248

as threat to U.S.,
242

UN membership of,
54

and U.S. defense spending,
212
,
233
,
234

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

as world power,
246

Churchill, Winston,
16
–18,
22
–23,
38
–39,
40

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

and Afghanistan War,
102
,
103

and authorizations for NSA,
104

Bay of Pigs and,
63

and Benghazi attack,
157
,
158

and enhanced interrogation program,
132
,
133

Iran coup (1953) and,
180

Obama and,
133

and targets connected to al Qaeda,
98

terrorism and,
107
–8

civil liberties: and authorizations for NSA,
104
–6

Clandestine Service and Counterterrorism Center, CIA,
132

“Clean Power Plan” (EPA),
237

Clinton, Bill,
97
–98,
99
,
116
,
180

Clinton, Hillary

and Benghazi attack,
156
,
158
,
159
,
160

and elections of 2008,
112

on
Face the Nation,
163

Iran and,
182
,
183
,
184
–85

and Iraq War,
112
,
115

and ISIS in Syria,
163

New START Treaty and,
200

and Russia,
195
,
200

U.S. Institute of Peace speech by,
200
–201

Cold War

American leadership in,
2

end of,
88
,
92
,
94

as example of American exceptionalism,
1

history of,
88
–89

and isolationism,
59

leadership in,
89

and missile technology,
60
,
62
,
65
,
66
–67,
71
–72

and nuclear weapons,
56
–59,
66
,
68
,
70
,
216
,
219

Obama's views about,
124
,
127
,
128
,
195
–96

and Russian expansion,
249

size and structure of U.S. military during,
94

as story of American leadership,
89

U.S. role in,
197

and U.S. as superpower,
91
,
242

See also specific person or nation

Comey, James,
104

Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack,
236

communism

capitalism compared with,
45

collapse of,
65
,
74
,
82
,
88

deaths resulting from,
88

as doomed to failure,
88

economic devastation and,
47
–48

expansion of,
62
–65

and Helsinki Accords,
74
–75

Marshall's views about,
44

Reagan's comments about,
43

religion and,
79
–82

spread of,
44

Truman's remarks about,
47
–48

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

See also
Soviet Union

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA),
183
–84

Conant, James Bryant,
49

Conference on Security and Co–operation in Europe (1975),
74
–75

Congress, U.S.

and aid for Greece and Turkey,
47
–48

and authorizations for NSA,
104
–5,
235

and Budget Control Act,
209
–10,
255

Bush (George W.) address about 9/11 to,
119

Churchill's address to,
22
–23

defense spending and,
233
,
234

and EMPs,
236

and HIG,
136

Iran and,
183
,
184

Iraq and,
116

Lincoln's address to,
257

and military reductions,
235

partisan gridlock in,
225
–26

and readiness requirements,
234

and restoring American power,
233
,
234
,
235

and Soviet Union as threat to U.S.,
170

and Syria issues,
165

and Vietnam,
69

See also specific committee

containment policy,
45
–46

Council of Europe,
88

Crimea,
202
,
203
,
204
,
212

Crocker, Ryan,
117
,
131
,
138
–39,
140
–41,
161
–62,
169
–70

Cuba,
63
–64,
65

Cuban Missile Crisis,
63
–64,
67
–68

Curtin, John,
39

cyber issues,
216
,
223
–24,
234
,
235
–36,
246
–47,
255

Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

and “Charter 77” manifesto,
75
–76

and Cold War,
68

German invasion of,
11

human rights in,
76

Marshall Plan and,
49
–50

and missiles,
126
,
197
,
198
–99,
250

Munich Agreement and,
194

as NATO member,
53

Obama's comments about,
126

Obama's visit to,
126

opposition movements in,
68

D-Day (June 1944),
6
,
26
–30,
31
–32,
40

de Gaulle, Charles,
54

Defense Department, U.S.

and Afghanistan War,
147

defense spending and,
233
–34

and Guantánamo,
106

and list of targets connected to al Qaeda,
98

New Start Treaty and,
217

Quadrennial Defense Reviews by,
213

and readiness requirements list,
234

Regional Defense Strategy of,
94
–95,
248

and restoring American power,
233
–34,
235
,
237
,
251

Russia-NATO threats and,
250

and security objective for U.S.,
242

and September 11 bombing of Pentagon,
99
–100,
105
,
119

and size and structure of U.S. military,
94
,
234
,
235

“two-war” strategy and,
213

U.S. missile system and,
251

U.S. nuclear program and,
237

Defense Department, U.S,
See also
defense spending, U.S.;
specific person

defense spending, U.S.

and Iran,
184

Obama and,
138
,
208
–15,
221
,
225
–26,
233

Reagan and,
83
,
84

reductions in,
138
,
233
,
237
–38

and restoring American power,
233
–34,
235
,
237
–38,
255

technology and,
235

Dempsey, Martin,
168
,
190
,
216

Denmark,
52
,
204

détente policy,
71
–72,
73
,
82

detention, of terrorists,
106
–7,
241

diplomacy

military force and,
254
–55

and restoring American power,
254
–55

Dobrynin, Anatoly,
74

Doherty, Glen,
156

domestic spending, U.S.,
208
,
225
,
237

Doran, Michael,
191

Dost, Abdul Rahim Muslim,
107

Downing, Wayne,
97

Dubai (United Arab Emirates): Iranian-Khan representative meeting in,
171
–72,
192

Duelfer, Charles,
110
–11

Dunford, Joseph,
211

Dunkirk (1940),
16
–17

Early, Steve,
32

Eastern Europe

collapse of communism in,
87
–88

Helsinki Accords and,
76

Marshall Plan and,
48

and restoring American power,
249

Russia/Soviet Union and,
76
,
197
,
249

See also specific nation

economy, U.S.: Marshall Plan and,
48

Edelman, Eric S.,
203
,
217
,
226
,
252

Egypt,
92
,
127
,
163
,
239

Eisenhower, Dwight

and allied push toward Berlin,
40

American exceptionalism and,
40

B-52 bomber project and,
60

D-Day and,
26
–27,
28

and European Theater,
24
–25,
26
–27,
28

Khrushchev and,
64
–65

Marshall's letters to/from,
9
,
33

and military-industrial complex,
61
–62

missile technology and,
62

North Africa campaign and,
25

and Ohrdruf-Nord concentration camp,
33

and Pacific Theater,
23
–24

presidential farewell address of,
61
–62

as presidential role model,
232

and Roosevelt's death,
33

and safeguarding American history,
5

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

elections of 2008,
112
,
123
,
131
,
147

elections of 2012,
146
,
151
,
153
–61,
199

electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons,
224
,
235
,
236
,
248
,
255

Emanuel, Rahm,
209

embassy/embassies, U.S.

bombing of,
98
,
99

closing of,
168
,
212

ISIS and,
168

taking of Iranian,
78
,
79
,
173
,
176
,
180
,
181

EMP.
See
electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons

EMPTA (VX nerve gas),
98
–99

The Endgame (Gordon and Trainor),
45

Energy Department, U.S.,
217
,
251

entitlements, spending for,
237
–38

environment,
123
,
124
,
237

Environmental Protection Agency,
237

Estonia,
53
,
87

ethnic cleansing,
50

EU-3: Iran negotiations with,
174
,
175
,
176
,
177

Europe

as dependent on Russian energy,
237
,
251