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by Christopher R. Hill


  Financial Times, 257

  First Kuwaiti General Trading and Contracting, 324–25, 410n

  Foreign Service, U.S., 7, 8, 38, 48, 58, 122, 154, 156, 180, 249, 293, 352, 395

  Cheney’s suspicions of, 275

  East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau (EAP) of, 53, 195–96, 202, 206, 212, 246, 302, 307, 316, 342

  European Bureau (EUR) of, 51, 53, 54, 60, 74, 119, 202

  Hill’s departure from, 387–88

  Hill’s entry into, 19, 26, 30, 31–32

  in Iraq, 335–40

  Near Eastern Affairs Bureau (NEA) of, 296–97, 302, 307, 310, 316, 360–61, 375–76, 381

  Powell and, 199–200

  seamless transitions in, 291

  Foreign Service Institute, 40, 163

  Fort Leavenworth, 343, 345

  forward operating bases (FOBs), 333, 353

  Foster, Jim, 212, 229, 237

  Four Party Agreements, 58

  France, 20, 69, 70, 72, 83, 130, 148–49, 153, 268, 380

  Franks, Tommy, 107

  Frasure, Bob, 222, 362, 385

  Balkans policy and, 52, 70–71, 77–78, 108

  death of, 79–82, 83, 87–88, 89, 107, 357

  Frasure, Katharina, 81, 82, 357

  Frederick the Great, of Prussia, 171, 255

  Freedom Union (UW), 182

  Free Iraqi Forces (FIF), 188

  French Polynesia, 268

  Freyberg, Bernard, 268

  Fried, Dan, 186

  Fruska Gora, 105

  Further Agreed Principles, 109, 222

  Gamble, The (Ricks), 302

  Gates, Bob, 310

  Gdansk, 43

  Gelbard, Bob, 122, 124–25, 126, 132–33, 135, 138

  Geneva, 90, 91, 93, 102–4, 132, 135, 138, 284

  George, Kevin, 249

  Georgievski, Ljubco, 167, 168, 169, 171

  Germany, 20–21, 58, 70, 114, 115, 121, 186, 348

  Germany, Nazi, 317

  Gibbons, Tom, 256, 258, 260

  Glaser, Danny, 252

  Gligorov, Kiro, 96, 97–98, 99–101, 166–67, 327

  Global War on Terror (GWOT), 203

  Glodjane, 139

  Glogovac, 130

  Godfrey, John, 339

  Golan Heights, 358

  Goldberg, Phil, 59, 76, 79, 87

  “Gorazde Rules,” 73

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 58

  Gore, Al, 183

  Goren Brine, 141

  Gostivar, 119

  Graham, Lindsey, 311, 313

  Granic, Mate, 103, 104

  Grappo, Gary, 339–40, 365, 366, 368, 372, 382, 385

  Great Britain, 20, 69, 70, 72, 169, 184, 189, 348, 352, 380

  Great Wall of China, 214, 333

  Greece, 93–96, 97–100, 102, 117–19, 159, 166

  Greek Civil War (1947), 94

  Greek-Macedonian interim accord, 93, 95, 96, 98, 99, 101

  Green, Michael, 221–22, 226, 234–35

  Green Zone, 318, 324, 325, 329, 333–34, 338, 366, 367

  Groundhog Day, 113

  Guadalcanal, 250

  Guillory, Lance, 9–10

  Gulf of Mexico, BP oil spill in, 377–78

  Habib, Philip, 196

  Hadley, Steve, 194–97, 199, 202, 239, 247, 253, 276, 277

  Haenle, Paul, 280, 283, 285, 288, 289

  Haggard, Henry, 260

  Haiti, 17

  Hakim, Ammar al-, 377

  Hakim, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-, 362

  Halabja, 330, 385

  Han River, 191

  Habsburg Empire, 108

  Harriman, Averell, 84, 196

  Harriman, Pamela, 83–84, 85

  Harris, Marshall, 59

  Hashimi, Tariq al-, 366–67, 369, 397

  Haslach, Patricia, 298

  Ha Tae Yun, 383–84

  Havel, Vaclav, 44

  Hecker, Siegfried “Sig,” 254

  Helmick, General Frank, 345

  Helsinki Final Act, 58

  highly enriched uranium (HEU) program, 254

  Hill, Amelia “Amy,” 40, 82, 119, 305

  Hill, Christopher:

  Albania assignment of, 45–51

  as ambassador to Iraq, 1–3, 5–11, 294–97, 298, 318, 319–40, 342–82, 386–88, 391

  as ambassador to Macedonia, 112, 115–19, 126, 157–79

  as ambassador to Poland, 179, 181–89, 198, 200–201

  as ambassador to South Korea, 189–96, 199, 202, 206, 293

  as assistant secretary of EAP, 195–96, 202, 206, 212–93, 302, 307

  Belgrade childhood of, 13–17

  in Berlin with Holbrooke, 253, 255–56

  Bush’s support for, 234–35, 237

  and childhood in Haiti, 17–18

  as deputy director of EAP, 53, 316, 342

  early Polish assignments of, 4, 36, 40–45

  as economic officer in South Korea, 42, 212

  entry into Foreign Service by, 19, 26, 30, 31–32

  final visit with Holbrooke of, 388–91

  Foreign Service appointment to Belgrade by, 32–35, 39, 40

  with Holbrooke at UN General Assembly, 60–62, 64–66

  Iraq appointment of, 36, 216, 294–301, 303–11, 314–15, 382, 388

  as Kosovo envoy, 125–33, 134–57, 395

  Milosevic’s meetings with, 87–91, 98, 102–3, 105–6, 126–27, 131–33, 141–42, 151, 156, 260, 284, 394

  in North Korea, 260–62, 263

  in Peace Corps, 19–30

  on Policy Planning Staff, 39–40

  return to Balkans by, 399

  as State Department Balkans director, 56–115

  Hill, Clara, 82, 119, 161–62

  Hill, Elizabeth, 18

  Hill (father), 15–16, 17–18, 59, 116, 117, 393, 396

  Hill, Jonny, 16, 18

  Hill, Julie, 399

  Hill (mother), 15, 16, 17, 18, 393

  Hill, Nathaniel “Nat,” 40, 82, 119, 318

  Hill, Nick, 16, 18

  Hill, Prudence “Prudy,” 17, 18

  Hoffman, Derek, 339

  Hoh, Chris, 59

  Holbrooke, Richard “Dick,” 117, 196, 207, 237, 336

  in Berlin with Hill, 253, 255–56

  Bosnian negotiations of, 79–81, 86–87, 89–92, 105–11, 122, 126–29, 132–33, 135, 142–43, 149, 156–57, 161–62, 260, 293

  bureaucratic conflicts of, 74–77, 83–85, 103–4, 105–6, 110, 255

  death of, 391, 393

  EUR leadership team assembled by, 51–58, 59

  in Greece-Macedonia negotiations, 93, 95–96, 98–101

  and Hill’s Iraq appointment, 299–300, 301, 304, 310

  Hill’s Washington visit with, 388–91

  at UN General Assembly with Hill, 60–62, 64–66

  UNPROFOR in Belgrade and, 71–72

  as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., 112

  Holland, 73, 380

  Holocaust, 317

  Holocaust Remembrance Week, 317

  Holtz, Greta, 8, 10

  Honecker, Erich, 261

  Howard, John, 272

  Hughes, Karen, 297

  Hungary, 121

  Hun Sen, 264–66, 267, 317

  Huntzinger, Jacques, 148–49, 345

  Hurd, Douglas, 60, 65, 66

  Hussein, Saddam, 1, 2, 181, 187, 188, 189, 329, 330, 357, 367, 370, 385

  Hussin, Maged, 356

  Igman, Mount, 79, 81, 83, 108

  Imperial Life in the Emerald City (Chandrasekaran), 303

  India, 35–36

  Indian Ocean, 203

  Indonesia, 203, 263

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 305

  International Herald Tribune, 75, 149

  International Republican Institute, 49

  Iran, 84, 274, 330, 355, 374, 376, 383, 385

  Iranian Quds Force, 384

  Iraq, 389, 390, 396, 396-98, 410–11n

  contractors in, 49, 335, 410n

  counterinsurgency (COIN) in, 6, 3
04, 343–47, 353

  elections in, 194, 355–56, 365–73

  Foreign Service attitudes toward, 295–97, 337–39

  Green Zone in, 318, 324, 325, 329, 338, 366, 367

  Hillary Clinton on, 11, 335–36, 373, 376

  Hillary Clinton’s visit to, 328–29, 331–32, 378, 409n

  Hill in, 1–3, 5–8, 36, 216, 294–97, 298, 318, 319–40, 342–82, 386–88, 391

  Hill’s appointment to, 294–301, 303–11, 314–15

  insurgents in, 313, 322, 344, 368

  Saddam Hussein in, 181

  Shia majority in, 197, 355–56, 358, 376, 397, 398

  Sunni Awakening in, 249

  UN headquarters bombed in, 177–78

  U.S. invasion of, 187, 188, 189, 201, 254, 272, 314

  weapons of mass destruction attributed to, 254, 275

  Iraqi Arabs, 375

  Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR), 365, 366, 367–69, 370, 375, 377

  Iraqi Foreign Ministry, 326–27, 363–64

  Iraqi State of Law, 370, 374, 385

  Iraqiyya (Iraq National Party), 356, 370, 372, 373, 375, 376, 384, 385

  Iraq War, 10, 38, 51, 188, 189, 194, 198, 199, 201, 202, 204, 211, 264, 296, 301, 315, 319, 320, 329, 342–47

  Iron Curtain, 40

  Islam, Muslims, 57, 68, 73–74, 84, 106, 127, 139, 203

  Islamic fundamentalism, 203

  Israel, 197, 274, 302, 358, 360

  Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 302

  Issawi, Rafi al-, 397

  Italian Mafia, 123

  Italy, 87, 123, 168, 169, 181, 380

  Izetbegovic, Alija, 56, 57, 60, 61–62, 66, 83, 86, 91, 102, 103, 107, 109, 127, 139, 373, 374

  Jaafari, Ibrahim al-, 386

  Jackson, Michael (singer), 255

  Jackson, Sir Michael, 171

  Jacksonville, Fla., 309

  Jacoby, Charles H., 345

  Jagger, Bianca, 139, 143

  Jakove, 177

  Japan, 263, 299

  Japanese abduction issue and, 209, 223–24, 286–87, 289

  journalists of, 220, 225, 233, 234, 238, 255, 258, 288

  in Six Party Talks, 209–10, 223–31

  South Korea’s relations with, 204, 226–27, 230

  U.S. relations with, 4, 203

  Jaruzelski, Wojciech, 40, 42, 182, 183, 349

  Jashari, Adem, 125

  Jeffrey, Jim, 388

  Jerusalem, 213

  Jews, Judaism, 317

  Jiang Zemin, 273

  Joint Agreed Principles, 104, 105

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, 86

  Joint Directorate for Strategic Effects (J9), 335, 340

  Joint Strike Fighter, 184, 188

  Jones, Beth, 310

  Jones, Jim, 309

  Jones, John Paul, 343

  Jones, Paul, 117, 119, 165–66, 174

  Jones, Phil, 129

  Joseph, Bob, 222, 248, 275

  Joseph, Ed, 173, 174, 176

  Jovanovic, Vladislav, 151

  Jung, Jeesoo, 260

  Junik, 132

  Kabul, 348, 382, 383

  Kagan, Edgard, 213–16, 238

  Kaidanow, Tina, 129, 134, 135, 141, 145, 152–53, 156, 157, 161, 162, 163, 180, 399

  Karadzic, Radovan, 105, 106

  Karzai, Hamid, 363

  Kazazi, Osman, 50

  Kelly, Jim, 200–201, 202, 221, 233, 242

  Kem Sokha, 265, 267, 317

  Kennan, George, 40

  Kennedy, John F., 19, 25, 26

  Kenney, George, 59

  Kerrick, Don, 82, 85, 88, 106

  Kerry, John, 194, 314, 317

  Kessler, Glenn, 280

  Khalilzad, Zalmay, 387

  Khmer Rouge, 264

  Kijevo, 135

  Kim, Yuri, 255, 256, 282, 288, 289, 295, 298, 340, 368, 372

  Kim dynasty, 240

  Kim Gye Gwan, 211, 216–17, 229–31, 243–44, 252, 253–54, 259, 261, 275, 280, 284, 288, 289

  Kim Il Sung, 261

  Kim Jong Il, 221, 224, 259, 283, 292

  Kim Mahn Je, 192

  King, John, 312–13

  Kirkland, Lane, 41

  Kirkuk, 363, 368

  Kissinger, Henry, 35, 76, 393, 396

  Kittaeryong test site, 246

  Klein, Chris, 282, 288, 298, 334, 340, 351, 381, 383

  Kogas, 380

  Koizumi, Junichiro, 203, 224, 226

  Koljevic, Nikola, 104

  Korea, see North Korea; South Korea

  Korean War, 232

  Kornblum, John, 52, 55–56, 58, 59, 80, 81, 122, 255, 256

  Kosovo, 97, 158–59, 166–67, 180–81, 195, 317

  Albanians in, 120–22, 124, 126–27, 129–32, 134, 144–45, 147–49, 150, 152, 154–56, 167, 170, 177, 178

  bombing of, 169–71

  Gelbard in, 122, 124–25, 126

  Hill as envoy to, 126–33, 134–45, 148–57, 395

  Hill’s return to, 399

  history of, 120–21

  Milosevic’s position on, 126–27, 131–32, 148

  refugees in return to, 174–79

  Serb community of, 178

  Kosovo, Battle of (1389), 120

  Kosovo Diplomatic Monitoring Mission (KDOM), 132, 158

  Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), 122, 123–25, 129, 132, 134–46, 149, 152, 153, 155, 405n

  Kosovo Verification Mission, 146

  Kosovo War, 166, 345

  Krajina, 68

  Krajisnic, Momcilo, 111

  Krakow, 44

  Krasniqi, Jakup, 146–47, 177

  Kruzel, Joe, 80, 81

  Kurdish-Arab boundary disputes, 357

  Kurdish Regional Government, 378

  Kurdistan, 327, 330, 364, 374–75, 386–87

  Kurdistan, Patriotic Union of, 331

  Kurds, 327, 329, 366–67, 372, 385, 386, 396

  homeland wanted by, 375

  Iranians and, 330

  in Kirkuk, 368

  Mosul liberated by, 345

  oil revenue and, 378, 380

  Kuron, Jacek, 36, 43

  Kuwait, 357, 388

  Kuwait International Airport, 319

  Kwangju, 191, 192, 193

  Kwangju Massacre, 192

  Kwasniewski, Aleksander, 188–89, 201

  Kyle, Rudy, 165

  Kyoto, 288

  Kyoto Protocol, 184

  Labor Party, 268

  Lackey, John, 277

  Lake, Tony, 76

  Lakhdhir, Kamala, 266–67, 270

  Lange, David, 268

  Lantum, Alex, 26

  Late Edition, 312

  Lazar, Prince, 120

  Lebanon, 361

  Lefkowitz, Jay, 311–12

  Left Alliance Party, 182

  Lennon, John, 158

  Levitsky, Jonathan, 142, 144

  Levy, Stuart, 242

  Lewis, John, 254

  Libya, 339

  light water reactor (LWR), 245

  Li Gun, 216, 252–53, 260

  Likove, 137, 145–46, 155

  Livno Valley, 68

  Liz Claiborne, 178

  Li Zhaoxing, 213, 219–20

  Lodz, 40

  London, 126

  Lord, Winston, 196

  Lord of the Rings, 294

  Luczywo, Helena, 183

  Lugar, Richard, 314

  Lukoil, 380

  Lumumba, Patrice, 15, 16

  Macao, 241, 243–44, 257

  McCain, John, 310–11, 314, 317–18, 342–43

  McChrystal, Stanley, 383

  McConnell, Mitch, 116–17

  Macedonia, 102, 148, 340

  Eagleburger and, 33, 37

  Greek conflict with, 93–100, 166

  Hill as ambassador to, 112, 115–16, 119, 126, 157, 178–79

  Hill’s return to, 399

  Kosovo conflict and, 123–24, 159–60, 169–72

  Kosovo refugees in, 167–69, 173–76, 177

  Republic of, 33, 93–94, 117–18, 166


  riot at U.S. embassy in, 159–66

  Macedonian Foreign Ministry, 171

  McGann, Steve, 249

  McKinnon, John, 269–70

  Mahdi, Adel Abd al-, 366, 385

  Majorsky, Boris, 150

  Maliki, Nouri al-, 306, 331, 346, 351, 356–59, 361–64, 369–77, 381–82, 384–88, 396-98

  Malishevo, 141, 143, 399

  Mam Sonando, 267

  Marshall, George, 45

  Marshall Plan, 45, 320

  Marton, Kati, 90, 110, 389

  Mazowiecki, Tadeusz, 43–44, 321

  Megumi (Japanese girl), 224

  Melia, Tom, 49

  Menzies, John, 67, 78, 79, 80, 108, 114, 115, 349

  Metz, Ben, 385

  Michigan, University of, 19

  Michnik, Adam, 183

  Middle East, 197, 203, 264, 302, 303, 307, 337, 339, 352, 358, 359, 360, 361, 379, 398

  Miles, Richard, 126–27, 136

  military, U.S., 6, 7

  Miller, Leszek, 185

  Miller, Stasia, 212

  Mills, Cheryl, 294

  Milosevic, Slobodan, 82, 161–62, 181, 248, 282, 373

  and Bosnia conflict, 68, 70–72, 77, 86

  in breakup of Yugoslavia, 53, 121

  and Dayton Accords, 110–11, 127

  Hill’s meetings with, 87–91, 98, 102–3, 105–6, 126–27, 131–33, 141–42, 151, 156, 260, 284, 394

  and Kosovo, 122, 124–29, 131–32, 135, 141–51, 155–57, 159, 166–67, 170, 179

  Milutinovic, Milan, 103, 104, 149, 154

  Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Cooperatives, 22

  Mistura, Staffan de, 332

  Mitchell, Andrea, 55, 56, 114

  Mitchell, George, 358, 361

  Mladic, Ratko, 73, 105, 106

  MNF-1 (Multinational Forces—Iraq), 350

  Mohan, Abdul Hadi Abdullah, 3, 5–6, 7–9

  Mondale, Walter, 35, 36

  Mongolia, 257–58

  Montenegro, 121

  Morales, Evo, 63

  Morse, Ted, 172–73, 174

  Moscow, 170, 210

  Mostar, 107, 108

  Mosul, 345, 346, 369

  Mountbatten, Louis, 268

  Mount Cameroon, 20, 22, 27, 29

  Mount Igman, 79, 81, 83, 108

  Mount Vodno, 99

  Mubarak, Hosni, 370

  Muco, Tony, 49

  Mullen, Mike, 329, 331

  Munter, Cameron, 298

  Mussomeli, Joe, 265

  Mustafa, Herro, 362

  Muyuka, 23, 24

  Myers, Richard, 189

  Najaf, 339

  Nash, Richard C., 115

  Nasiriya, 1–3, 5–9, 10

  Nasiriya International Airport, 6

  National Committee on American Foreign Policy, 210

  National Democratic Institute, 49

  National Foundation for Women Legislators, 370

  National Security Council (NSC), 75–76, 85, 107, 179, 180, 181, 186, 199, 221, 224, 357, 381

  NATO, 53, 58

  air strikes on Bosnia by, 70, 73, 87, 89, 109, 130

  East European prospective members of, 54, 131, 186

  Kosovo and, 142–43, 145, 147–49, 151–52, 156–57, 166, 169–72, 174, 176, 177, 181, 406n

 

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