The End of Power (63 page)

United States,
9
,
22
,
27
,
37
,
57
,
79
,
86
,
117
,
144
,
150
,
195
,
222–223

Agency for International Development (USAID),
8
,
206

Chamber of Commerce hacked,
110

confirmation of appointees in,
91

decline of,
14
,
131–132
,
139–140
,
235

defense budget/military spending,
13
,
108–109
,
119
,
136
,
141

economy,
45
,
131
,
223

elections in,
87
,
88
,
92
,
241–242

favorable views of,
147

foundations in,
42–43

as hegemon,
130
,
131
,
136
,
140
,
141
,
235

Hispanics in,
59

labor movement in,
59
(
see also
United States: unions in
)

Max Weber visit to,
39–40
,
41

millionaires in,
42

Pax Americana,
141
,
143

philanthropy in,
205–207

Special Operations Command,
124

State Department,
114
,
138

Supreme Court,
68
,
94
,
98

unions in,
201
,
202–203

United Way,
207

Universal Postal Union,
41

Universities,
30
,
34
,
41
,
42
,
61
,
65
,
193
,
228

Uplift Academy,
211

Uppsala Declaration,
92

Urbanization,
60–61
,
69

USAID.
See
United States: Agency for International Development

US Institute of Peace,
14

US Steel,
71

Uttarakhand,
9

Vaden Brook, Tom,
120

Vale,
187

Valen, Henry,
90

Values,
10
,
24
,
69
,
70
,
73
,
85
,
93
,
153

Van Agtmael, Antoine,
186

Vanhanen, Tatu,
252–253

Vatican II council,
197
.
See also
Catholic Church

VCs,
180

Venezuela,
85
,
143
,
152
,
154
,
240–241

Venture capital,
180
,
220

Vertical integration,
44–45

Vetocracy,
223
,
237

Vetoes,
150–152
,
223
,
225
,
237

Viacom,
212

Vietnam War,
48
,
68
,
108

Phoenix program in,
114

Violence,
23
,
114
,
115
,
116
,
122
,
220
,
226

drug-related,
125

Virgin Money,
161

Visa,
165

Volkswagen
2
,
149

Voltaire,
112

Voting,
86
,
104
,
151
.
See also
Elections

Wagstyl, Stefan,
133

Walker, Scott,
202

Wall Street,
49
.
See also
Banks
;
Occupy Wall Street movement

Wall Street Journal
,
6
,
174
,
212

Waltz, Julie,
145

Wars,
10
,
16
,
17
,
28
,
42
,
48
,
111
,
115
,
135
,
243

asymmetric/irregular wars,
5
,
108
,
109–114
,
124

generations of warfare,
116–118

rules of war,
121–128

See also
Conflict
;
Cyber-crime/warfare
;
individual wars

Warsaw Pact,
139
,
141
,
142
.
See also
Soviet Union: ex-Soviet bloc

Washington Consensus,
144

Washington Post
,
28
,
95
,
162
,
200

Watergate,
68

Wealth,
6–7
,
8
,
13
,
15
,
42
,
46
,
48
,
49–50
,
130
,
167
,
195
,
197
,
198
,
207
,
210
,
236
.
See also
Billionaires

Weapons,
44
,
54
,
110
,
116
,
118–121
,
141
,
144
,
149

precision weapons,
111–112

See also
Nuclear issues

Weber, Max,
38–42
,
43
,
47
,
50
,
52
,
75
,
76
,
79
,
103
,
115
,
116

Weiss, Gary,
190

Wells, Peter,
166

Welzel, Christian,
67

Westinghouse,
36

White Collar: The American Middle Classes
(Mills),
47

White House,
76

White people,
67

Who Rules America?
(Domhoff),
48

Wikileaks,
13
,
100
,
101
,
130

Wilson, Scott,
119

Winfrey, Oprah,
8

Wohlforth, William,
136

Wolfe, Alan,
38

Women,
25
,
33
,
65
,
66
,
69
,
70
,
198

Wood, David,
214

Wood Ion, Heather,
211

Wooldridge, Adrian,
37

Woolworths,
169

Woods, Tiger,
7
,
28
,
207–208

World Bank,
8
,
55
,
56
,
144
,
180
,
184
,
206
,
227
,
244

World Chess Federation,
2

World Health Organization,
13
,
145

World 3.0
(Ghemawat),
166

World Trade Organization,
156

World Values Survey (WVS),
67

Worldview,
65

World War I,
42
,
114
,
116

World War II,
45
,
46
,
83
,
108
,
114
,
116–117
,
136
,
138
,
158

postwar years,
253
,
254

Yadlin, Amos (General),
121
,
125

Yahoo,
212
,
213

Yale,
139
,
193

Yéle Haiti,
210

Yemen,
80
,
110
,
149

Young people,
14
,
51
,
57
,
66–67
,
69–70
,
204

YouTube,
28
,
79
,
134
,
179

Yugoslavia,
81
,
157

Zakaria, Fareed,
140

Zambia,
187

Zambrano, Lorenzo,
175

Zara retailer,
44
,
159
,
176–177

Zawahiri, Ayman al-,
127

Zeitung Online,
215

Zimbabwe,
57
,
150

Zoellick, Robert,
55

Zunz, Oliver,
43