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trade,
189
,
290

     barriers to,
264
–67

     as deterrent to aggression,
23
–24

     Japanese practices in,
158
–59,
161

     most-favored-nation status and,
174
–76

     Soviet Union and,
23
–24

     underdeveloped world and,
264
–265

     U.S.-Asian,
148

     U.S.-Chinese,
176

     U.S.-East European,
134

Traore, Moussa,
250

Tripartite Declaration,
210

Truman, Harry S.,
59
,
114
,
272

Tunisia,
198
,
202

Turkey,
16
,
39
,
137
,
196
,
202
,
205
–6,
211
,
272

Ukraine,
46
,
52
,
57
,
58
,
78

underdeveloped world,
39
,
89
,
232
–271

     apartheid and,
257
–59

     capitalism in,
262

     China and regional conflicts in,
173

     competitive markets and,
240
–41

     debt relief and,
269

     declining economies of,
251
–53

     democracy in,
247
–51

     economic development in,
233
–34

     economic mismanagement in,
245

     economic potential of,
235

     enterprise funds and,
132
,
268

     exports and,
244
–45,
264
–67

     foreign aid for,
255
–57,
267
–69

     foreign investment and,
243
–44

     free-trade zone and,
266
–67

     GATT and,
264

     human capital of,
242

     import substitution and,
239
–40

     inflation in,
249

     international competition and,
241

     military spending by,
255

     NATO and,
143
–44

     pariah states of,
257
–61

     political corruption in,
249
–50

     political instability in,
245
–47

     population control and,
263
–64

     poverty in,
233
–35,
245

     proposed disengagement from,
236

     racism and,
241

     Soviet Union and regional conflicts in,
62
,
91

     state intervention and,
243
–44,
251
,
253
–54

     taxes and,
242
–43

     trade barriers and,
264
–67

     U.S. as perceived by,
270
–71

     wars in,
235

Union of Sovereign States,
107

UNITA movement,
19
,
261

United Arab Emirates,
205

United Nations (U.N.),
121
,
144
,
150
,
153
,
170
,
208
,
210
,
215
,
276
,
277

     Arab-Israeli conflict and,
223

     Persian Gulf War and,
29
,
33
,
34
–35

     Yugoslavian civil war and,
135

United States:

     domestic concerns of,
291
–97

     idealism of,
274
–78,
300
–302

     leadership role of,
287
–88

     limited power of,
33
–34

     military force of,
279
–80

     myth of decline of,
24
–26

     values of,
288
–89

     world economy and,
25
–26

United States-Japan Mutual Security Treaty,
150

urban underclass,
295
–97

Uruguay Round,
see
General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs

U.S. Institute,
181

Uttar Pradesh,
247

Uzbekistan,
198

“velvet revolutions,”
23

Vietnam,
19
,
31
,
91
,
171
,
174
,
187
,
190
,
233
,
257
,
267

     Soviet aid to,
259
–61

     U.S. relations with,
259
–60

Vietnam, Democratic Republic of (North),
17
,
164
,
176

Vietnam, Republic of (South),
17
,
164
,
276

Vietnam War,
148
,
164
,
165
,
166
,
187
,
261

“virgin lands” campaign,
57

Voice of America,
179

Voltaire (François Marie Arouet),
183

Walesa, Lech,
58

Warsaw Pact,
115
,
116
,
117

welfare system, U.S.,
296

Western European Union,
206

Wilson, Woodrow,
34
,
58
,
59
,
229
,
300
,
304

World Bank,
267
–68

World War I,
22
,
34
,
120
,
124
,
275

World War II,
16
,
22
,
81
,
100
,
120
,
124
,
136
,
148
,
150
,
151
,
152
,
185
,
189
,
214
,
218
,
275
,
300
,
303

     aftermath of,
115
–16,
123
,
235
,
268

     U.S. GNP and,
25
–26

Yakovlev, Alexander,
46

Yazov, Dimitri,
48
,
49
,
67

Yeltsin, Boris,
27
,
44
,
47
,
58
,
65
,
68
,
83
,
93
,
100
,
101
,
103
,
125
,
140

     August coup and,
31
,
52
–55,
70
,
75
–76,
78
–79

     election of,
46
,
66

     Gorbachev as perceived by,
105

     Gorbachev contrasted with,
50
–55,
76
–77,
95

     importance of,
78
–79

     Western view of,
52
–54,
80

Yemen,
196

Yugoslavia,
16
,
132
,
196

     civil war in,
125
,
126
,
129
,
135
,
142

Zahir Shah, Mohammed,
92

Zambia,
250

Zhao Ziyang,
166
,
168
,
172

Zhou Enlai,
184

Zia ul-Haq, Mohammad,
91
,
106
,
201

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