From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 (185 page)

USS
Philadelphia,
99
–100

USS
Potomac,
170

USS
Pueblo,
751
–52,
823

USS
Reuben James,
534

USS
Stark,
880

USS
Tuscaloosa,
524

USS
Vincennes,
880

uti possidetis
principle,
130

U-2 spy aircraft,
681
,
692
,
698
–99,
722
,
773

Van Buren, Martin,
164
,
173
–75,
185
,
195
,
203

Vance, Cyrus,
832
–33,
835
,
837
,
839
,
849
,
852
,
855
,
859
–60,
925

Vancouver Island,
67
,
190
,
192

Vandenberg, Arthur,
538
–39,
615

Vanderbilt, Cornelius,
219
,
220

Van Fleet, James,
616

Vanik, Charles,
803
–4,
817
–18

Vatican,
621

Velvet Revolution,
906

Venezuela,
387

Blount on,
306

and British Guiana,
307
–8

and Eisenhower,
688

and independence movements,
135

and Kennedy,
718
,
724

and the Mann Doctrine,
733

and Nixon,
684

and oil resources,
448
,
470

and Roosevelt (T.),
369
–71

and World War II,
556

Vergennes, Charles Gravier,
17
–18,
20
,
23
,
28
,
31
,
33
,
39

Vermont,
95

Versailles Treaty,
437
,
460

Veterans of Future Wars,
504

Videla, Jorge,
847

Vietminh,
662

Vietnam,
168
–69,
276
,
327
,
573
.
See also
Vietnam War

Vietnam War,
737

and air power,
738
–41,
745
,
754
–55,
767
,
793
,
797
,
820
,
823
–24

and antiwar movement,
909
–10

and Britain,
810

and Cambodia,
740
,
768
–70,
776
,
882
,
899

and China,
662
,
743
,
757
,
765
–66,
775
–78,
851

and Clinton,
926
,
935

and the Cold War,
754
–55,
757
,
915

and Congress,
802
–3,
820
,
821

cost of,
811

and the domino theory,
661

economic impact,
762
,
782

and El Salvador,
887

end of,
820
–22

escalation of,
793

and Ford,
813
,
815
,
821
,
822

independence movement,
635
,
650

and Japan,
661
,
744
–45,
783

and Johnson,
702
,
731
–32,
735
–36,
738
–45,
746
–47,
749
,
751
–52,
754
,
755
,
757
–59

and Kennedy,
703
,
708
,
712
,
726
–29,
736

and Kissinger,
755
,
765
–70,
796
–97,
821
,
823

and neo-conservatives,
939

and Nixon,
755
,
765
–70,
796
–97,
802
,
808
–9

peace negotiations,
773
,
792
,
796
,
798

and presidential powers,
810
,
812

protests against,
751

and public opinion,
741
,
802

and Reagan,
862

Socialist Republic of Vietnam,
822
–23

and the Soviet Union,
794
,
840

and Truman,
630
,
701

Vietnam Syndrome,
825
,
863
,
864
,
929

and Watergate,
802

Villa, Francisco "Pancho,"
394
–96,
397

Villard, Oswald Garrison,
406

Virginia,
24
,
41
,
50
,
55

Virgin Islands,
256
,
387

Virginius
(ship),
261

Vladivostok,
414
–15

Voice of America (VOA),
621
,
648
,
667
–68

Vorster, John,
843

Wake Island,
319
–20,
539

Walesa, Lech,
906

Walker, Martin,
895

Walker, Robert,
207

Walker, William,
214
,
216
,
220
,
238

Wallace, Henry A.,
541
–43,
581
,
587
–88,
610
–11

Walt, Stephen,
921

Walworth, Arthur,
415

Ward, John,
211
–12

War Hawks,
125
,
126
,
127

War of 1812,
95
,
100
,
114
,
125
–33,
134
,
138
,
144
–45,
153
,
172
,
186

War of 1898,
309
–14,
314
–24,
315,
326
,
335
–36

War of the Pacific,
292
,
294

War Plan Orange,
356

War Powers Act,
803

War Powers Resolution,
814

War Refugees Board,
567

War Room,
317

Warsaw Pact,
666
,
669
,
756
,
757
,
761
,
776
,
781
,
904

Warsaw Uprising,
582
,
583

Washington, Booker T.,
344

Washington, D.C.,
130

Washington, George: aspiration for the U.S.,
1
,
9
–10,
56

on Canada,
18

and conflicts with France,
87
,
88

Farewell Address,
83
,
95
–96

foreign policy legacy,
92
,
272
,
963

and Genet,
72

and maritime conflicts,
115

and military power,
57
–58

and Native Americans,
23
,
24
,
60
,
61
,
269

and neutral rights,
70

and political parties,
72

and presidential power,
8

and the Revolutionary War,
18
,
26

and trade conflicts,
75
,
77
,
78
,
79

and the Tripolitan War,
98

on western settlers,
46

Washington, Madison,
186

Washington Conference,
453
–54,
467
,
479
–80

Washington Post,
691
,
802
,
903
–4

Washington Treaties,
490

Watergate scandal,
770
,
790
,
801
–7,
809
,
810
,
815
–16,
818
,
820
,
860
,
862
,
939

Watterson, Henry,
299

Wayne, "Mad" Anthony,
74
,
80
Wealth of Nations
(Smith),
16

weapons of mass destruction (WMD),
943
,
945
,
947
,
951
,
956

Weatherford, William,
131

Webb-Pomerene Act,
446

Webster, Daniel,
153
,
186
,
187
,
200
,
207
–9,
216

Webster-Ashburton Treaty,
186
,
187
,
192

Wedemeyer, Albert C.,
631

Weed, Thurlow,
240

Weinberger, Caspar,
865
,
873
,
875
,
878
,
890
,
895
,
896

Weinberger Doctrine,
875

Weizmann, Chaim,
568

Welles, Gideon,
257

Welles, Sumner,
493
,
498
–99,
520
–21,
535
,
541
,
556
,
580
,
581
,
626

Wells, David,
286

West Africa,
287
,
561

West Bank,
747
,
841
,
874,
880,
899
,
923
,
935
–36

West Berlin,
623
–25,
695
–96,
780
–81

Western Europe.
See specific countries

Western European Union,
669

West Florida,
14
,
29
,
46
,
109
,
111
,
145
,
146

West Germany,
646
,
668
–70,
724
–25,
742
–46,
755
,
757
,
759
,
772
,
780
–81,
828

West Indies: and Britain,
167
–68

and conflicts with France,
87
,
167

and European rivalries,
14

and the Jay Treaty,
85

and mercantilism,
74

and slave revolts,
63

and the sugar trade,
12

and trade issues,
37
,
76
–78,
120
,
143
–44

and U.S. expansionism,
52
,
256
,
257

and U.S. independence,
17
–18,
20
,
21
,
27
,
29
,
37
–40

Westmoreland, William C.,
739
–40

West Pakistan,
789
–90

Weyler, Valeriano "Butcher," 310,
312

whaling,
152
,
207
,
262

Wheeler, Burton K.,
525

Whigs,
181
–82,
191
,
203
,
204
–5,
207
,
278

Whistler, James McNeill,
179
,
342

White, Andrew Dickson,
279

White, Walter,
441

White, William Allen,
453
–54,
518
,
521
,
522

White Revolution,
848

Wilhelm II,
267
,
332
,
361
,
363

Wilkes, Charles,
207
,
232
–33,
247

Wilkinson, James,
46

William IV,
168

Williams, G. Mennen,
715

Williams, William Apple-man,
334

Willkie, Wendell,
522
–23,
525
,
571
,
581

Wills, Garry,
936

Wilmot Proviso,
204
,
206
–7

Wilson, Edith,
431

Wilson, Francis Huntington,
373

Wilson, Henry Lane,
391

Wilson, Huntington,
355

Wilson, James Harrison,
305

Wilson, Woodrow: on American global influence,
341

background,
379
–83

and the Balfour Resolution,
567

and the Caribbean,
387

and Central America,
387,
472
–73

and Central Europe,
462

and collective security,
912

and executive powers,
442

foreign policy legacy,
2
–4,
379
,
963

and the Fourteen Points,
412
,
416
,
417
,
418
,
426
,
428
,
434

and interventionism,
386

and Kennedy,
703

and the League of Nations,
5
,
427
–35

and the Mexican revolution,
390
–98

and neutrality,
378
,
503

and the Philippines,
367
,
380

public opinion on,
580
–81

and revolutions,
383
–88

and Rhee,
639

and Roosevelt (T.),
350

and Russia,
464

and the Spanish-American War,
335

and the State Department,
384

stroke,
431

and World War I,
398
–410,
410
–27

Wilson
(film),
581

Wilson-Gorman tariff,
293
–94,
309
–10