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Navy, U.S., 276
NBC Nightly News, 54–55
Near Eastern Affairs Bureau (NEA), 296–97, 302, 307, 310, 316, 360–61, 375–76, 381
neoconservatives, 197, 235, 398
Neville-Jones, Pauline, 75, 225
new embassy compound (NEC), 333, 334
Newsweek, 41
New York, N.Y., 56, 60, 62–64, 89, 96, 99, 109, 187, 210, 212
New York Review of Books, 303
New York Times, 293, 313, 316, 353
New Zealand, 267–71, 272
Nimetz, Matthew, 94–95, 96, 98, 101
Nimrud, 350
Ninewah Province, 323
Nis, 120–21
Nixon, Richard, 233
Njangi savings system, 22–23
North Asian Peace and Security Mechanism, 257
Northeast Asia, 263, 277
see also specific countries
North Korea, 195, 199, 200, 249, 250, 269, 271–72, 298, 309–10, 394, 407n
abduction of Japanese citizens by, 209, 223–24, 286–87, 289
China’s relationship with, 231–32
Hill in, 260–62, 263
human rights in, 311–12, 314
neoconservative opposition to talks with, 258, 259, 295, 347
nuclear program of, 37, 203, 205–7, 243, 245–47, 254, 256, 261–62, 270, 273–77, 279–85, 288, 290, 291–94, 311, 383, 395
removal from terrorism list of, 285–90
seen as threat to U.S. interests, 204
Six Party Talks on, 37–38, 196, 208, 210, 211–17, 219–22, 225, 226, 229–30, 234, 236–37, 239–43, 245–47, 251–57, 273, 311
North Korean Foreign Ministry, 214, 260–61
Nuclear Free Act, 268
Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, 236
Obama, Barack, 5, 290, 306, 314–15, 342–43, 351, 357, 361, 366, 368, 369, 373, 376, 398, 409n
Obama administration, 203, 342, 359, 360, 395, 398
O’Brien, Jim, 142, 144
Occidental, 380
Odierno, Ray, 306, 310, 313, 321, 340, 343, 345, 349–52, 353–54, 357, 362, 367, 371, 374, 382, 390
Office of Eastern European and Yugoslav Affairs, 53, 58, 59
Balkan unit of, 59, 81
Office of South Central European Affairs, 56
Office of the Security of Defense, 275–76
Ohio, 109
Ohmy Daily, 193
Ohrid, Lake, 119
Oil Ministry, 379
Olympics (1988), 42
Oman, 339, 376
Operation Storm, 68
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), 53, 58, 146, 178
Ostrozub, 141, 143
Ottoman Empire, 3, 57, 75, 89, 97, 108, 113, 120, 129, 303
Owen, Roberts “Bob,” 84, 86, 88, 91, 92, 106, 107, 109
Owens, Bill, 107
Pacific Island states, 263, 270, 271, 299
Packer, George, 302
Pakistan, 301, 310, 389, 396
Pale, 106
Palestine, 302, 352
Panetta, Leon, 329, 331
Pa Nguon Teang, 267
Papandreou, George, 98, 99
Papua New Guinea, 299
Pardew, Jim, 82, 88, 93, 96, 97, 106
Paris, 83, 85–87, 91, 93, 95, 298
Park Chung Hee, 192
Pashko, Gramoz, 48
Pashko, Mimoza, 48
Patriot Act, 242
Paulson, Hank, 257
Pavis, Ian, 323, 388
Peace Corps, 6, 8, 19–30, 32, 35, 152, 248, 250–51, 258, 317, 324
Peje, 132
Pentagon, 71, 162, 184, 197, 204, 286, 296, 310, 361, 395
Perina, Rudy, 122
Perkins, Dave, 340, 345
Persian Gulf War, 189
Persians, 396
Peru, 335
Peruvian contract guards, 324, 325–26, 335, 408n
Peters, Winston, 271–72
Petraeus, David, 304, 306, 313, 324, 336, 343, 345–46, 350, 358, 382, 383, 411n
Petraeus/Crocker testimony, 320
Petritsch, Wolfgang, 129, 150–51, 154–56
Philippines, 203, 263
Phnom Penh, 264–65
Pickering, Tom, 163–64
Poland, 260, 267, 349
democratization of, 42–43, 44, 45, 183, 317, 321
Hill as ambassador to, 179, 181–89, 198, 200–201
Hill in, 4, 36, 40–42
NATO joined by, 54, 186
Polidoro, Evelyn, 291, 295, 298
Polish language, 40
Pollack, Kenneth, 349
Popal, Mustafa, 339
Popieluszko, Jerzy, 41
Port-au-Prince, 17
Powell, Colin, 7, 47, 199–202, 203, 304, 306
Prichard, Jeff “JoBu,” 8, 9–10, 11
Pristina, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 142, 153, 155, 177, 181, 399
Provincial Council, 1, 3
Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), 271, 295, 296, 337, 340, 369
Pyongyang, 38, 229, 230, 254, 259, 260, 261, 279, 281, 283, 287, 289
Qadhafi, Muammar, 63
Qatar, 376
Racak massacre, 147, 149
Raday (bus driver), 14
Rambouillet, 148, 150, 152–53
Rambouillet Accords, 148–55, 156, 237
Randt, Clark T. “Sandy,” 212–13, 219, 220, 233, 240
Rapaczynski, Wanda, 183
Reagan, Ronald, 41, 45, 55, 58
Reagan administration, 268
Rebholz, Jason, 190
Redman, Chuck, 68
Reed, Jack, 314
Reeker, Phil, 129, 134, 135, 141, 145, 148, 150, 152–53, 156, 157, 161, 162, 163, 399
Regiments of Promised Day, 11
Republican Guard Palace, 338
Rhode Island, 312
Rice, Condoleezza, 186, 194, 199, 208, 293, 297, 306, 335–36
ASEAN Regional Forum missed by, 264
Berlin meetings and, 253, 254–55
Cheney and, 273–74, 276–78
Hill’s EAP appointment and, 195–97, 202
on New Zealand, 270, 271–72
and Six Party Talks, 210–13, 215, 218–22, 227, 229, 230, 233, 236–39, 247–50, 256–59, 273–74, 276–77, 281, 284, 287–88, 290
Richardson, Bill, 126
Ricks, Tom, 302
Ri Gun, 210–11, 284, 289
Robson, John, 50–51
Roebuck, Bill, 339, 377
Rohde, David, 110
Roh Moo Hyun, 203–4, 206, 207, 209
Roma, 173, 175, 317
Romania, 261
Rome, 177
Rong Chhun, 267
Rose, Michael, 70
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana, 224–25
Ross, Dennis, 360
Rubin, Jamie, 148, 150, 151–52, 154, 156
Rugova, Ibrahim, 122, 124, 128–29, 132–33, 138–39, 142–44, 149, 152, 154, 177
Ruli, Genc, 48
Rumaila oil field, 377, 379
Rumsfeld, Donald, 7, 187, 197, 200, 269
conservatism of, 235
on Iraq, 345–46
on North Korea, 259–60
Poland visit of, 198–99
on South Korea, 204
Rusk, Dean, 196
Russia, 130–31, 151, 222–23, 236, 242, 247, 257, 380, 396
Russian Far Eastern Bank, 257
Russian Federation, 210
Rwanda, 130
Ryerson, Bill, 49
Sacirbey, Muhamed “Mo,” 62, 86, 103–4
Sadr, Muqtada al-, 1, 386
Sadr City, 325, 383
Sadrists, 346, 374, 375, 377
Sainovic, Nikola, 149–50
Salah, Barham, 378–79
Samarrai, Iyad, 365
Sanchez, Ricardo, 344, 345
Sarajevo, 67, 70, 78–80, 86, 105–9, 113, 115, 349
Sasae, Kenichiro, 209, 226–27
Saturday Night Live, 164
Saudi Arabia, 309,
339, 361
Schmierer, Rick, 302–3
Schork, Kurt, 135–36
Search for Common Ground, 314
Secret Service, U.S., 241, 243
Security Agreement (SA), 4
Sedney, David, 251
Sekulovska, Biljana, 162, 164
Self-Reliance Tower, 261
Senate, U.S., 5, 115–16, 225, 300, 304, 305, 309, 314–17
Armed Services Committee of, 310
Foreign Relations Committee of, 309, 315
Seoul, 42, 189, 195, 196, 202, 206, 207, 246, 260, 383
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 187, 203, 242, 394
Serbia, 52–53, 97, 120, 121, 127, 148, 156, 166–70, 178, 399
Serbian Orthodox Church, 89
Serbo-Croatian language, 32
Serbs, 373
Bosnian, 53, 57, 65, 68–71, 73, 86–90, 102–11, 349, 400
Bosnian conflict and, 69, 73, 82, 113, 114
Croatian, 53, 57, 178
history of, 120–21
and Kosovo conflict, 123–31, 133–36, 138–45, 147–49, 151, 153–56, 159, 167, 169, 171–74, 177
in Yugoslavia, 94
Shahristani, Hussain al-, 378, 379–80, 386
Shala, Blerim, 135
Shanghai, 395
Shanghai Accords, 253, 395
Shell, 380
Shelton, Hugh, 345
Shenyang, 317
Shia Arabs, 337, 355
Shia Iraqis, 376
Shia Islam, 2, 197, 303, 337, 339, 346, 349, 354–55, 356, 358, 361–62, 366–68, 372–77, 383, 385, 386, 396, 397-98
Shield, Dan, 214, 215
Shuler, Heath, 59
Sidereas, Evyenia, 339
Sierra Leone, 136
Silajdzic, Haris, 107–8, 110, 161
Sinbad, 114
Singapore, 203, 206, 284–85
Siwiec, Marek, 188
Six Party Talks, 37, 195, 196, 206–8, 210–11, 215, 219, 220, 223, 224, 226, 227, 232, 234, 242, 243, 246–47, 250–51, 273, 277, 279, 281, 283, 287, 288, 290, 293, 295, 311, 395
Skanderbeg, George, 120
Skopje, 33, 37, 93, 95–99, 102, 117–19, 126, 128, 139, 154, 157–67, 172, 173, 327, 399
U.S. Embassy in, 117, 129, 158–66, 169, 332, 349
Skopje International Airport, 168, 169
Skupstina, 156, 157
Slavic languages, 112
Slotta, Greg, 158, 163, 165
Slovenia, 35, 47, 52–53, 137
Smith, Anton, 171
Smith, Rupert, 70, 79, 87
social media, 394
Sohn, “Mike” (Myong Hyun), 192–93, 194, 206
Solarz, Stephen, 42–43, 393
Solidarity movement, 40, 41, 43, 44, 183, 317
Song Minsoon, 206–7, 223, 227, 229, 230, 238
Southeast Asia, 263–64
see also specific countries
South Korea, 37, 42, 231, 257, 259, 260, 263, 285, 286, 290, 307, 311, 317, 318, 327, 380, 381, 383–84
Hill as ambassador to, 189–96, 199, 202, 293
Hill as economic officer in, 42, 212
1988 Summer Olympics in, 42
press of, 233, 234, 238
in Six Party Talks, 208–9
tension between Japan and, 226–27, 229
U.S. relations with, 203–4, 205–6, 222, 230, 242, 293, 395
Soviet Union, 4, 34, 36, 45, 48, 52, 54, 58, 78, 117, 186, 197, 239, 395, 396
Special Forces, U.S., 189
Srebrenica massacre, 68, 73, 114, 147
Srpska Republic, 102
Stalin, Joseph, 57
“Star-Spangled Banner,” 186
State Department, U.S., 30, 31, 35, 54, 180, 213, 218–19, 299, 312, 326, 360, 390
Arabists at, 355
Balkans and, 59, 78, 112, 113, 129, 152
Clinton at, 291, 300–301, 335–36, 357, 388, 409n
Congressional Office, 116
country desks at, 307
Diplomatic Security (DS) Bureau, 304–5
Greek office of, 96
Human Resources Bureau, 336, 337
Illicit Activities Initiative, 243
Iraq and, 5, 7, 296–97, 316, 335–36, 338, 347–48, 353–54, 357–58, 361, 380
lawyers for, 5
Macedonia’s official name and, 117–19
military and, 382–83, 395
North Korea and, 224, 225, 241–42, 275–76, 312
Operations Center, 10–11, 39, 43, 61, 67, 79, 80, 81, 161, 162, 249
Poland and, 36, 44
Policy Planning Staff, 39–40
Powell at, 199–200, 202
Rice at, 202, 213, 335–36
see also East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau (EAP); European Bureau (EUR); Near Eastern Affairs Bureau (NEA)
Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), 4
Steinberg, James, 294, 360
Stenkovac camp, 173, 179, 317, 399–400
Stephens, Kathleen, 212, 246, 311
Stockholm syndrome, 337
Stonecipher, Charlie, 160, 162, 167–68, 174, 175
Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA), 3–5, 350
Sulaimani, Qasim, 384
Sulehaddin, 387
Sulemaniyah, 330–31, 385
Sung Kim, 252–53, 256, 260, 280, 283, 285, 287–88, 289
Sunni Arabs, 302, 355, 375, 396
Sunni Awakening, 249
Sunni Islam, 277, 303, 339, 344, 348, 355, 356, 362, 365–68, 370, 373, 385, 386, 388, 396, 397-98
Sunni-Shia divide, 346, 354–56, 374, 397-98
Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), 377
Surroi, Veton, 135, 138, 154–55, 177
Sweet, Adele, 50
Sweet, Robert, 49–50, 340–41
Swigert, Jim, 163–64
Switzerland, 317
Sydney, 274
Syria, 274, 280, 355, 358, 359, 386, 396, 397
Szmajdzinski, Jerzy, 187
Taiwan, 220
Talabani, Jalal, 327, 328, 329–31, 366, 377, 384, 385, 397
Talbott, Strobe, 76, 80, 81, 86, 104, 119, 168–72, 318, 389
Tallil Air Base, 1, 8, 10, 11
Teresa, Mother, 46–47, 316
Thaci, Hashim, 151–52, 154, 177
Thailand, 263
Thessaloniki, 94
Tiko, 20, 23, 251
Timti, Mr., 23
Tirana, 46, 48, 49, 123
U.S. Embassy in, 332
Tito (Josip Broz), 15, 16, 33, 34, 36, 94, 97, 121, 137, 138
To End a War (Holbrooke), 109
Tokyo, 260, 286
Tole, 27
Tole Tea Estate, 26, 27, 29
Credit Union, 29
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 186
Ton Ton Macoutes (TTM), 17
Total oil, 380
Trading with the Enemy Act, 285, 287
Trajkovski, Boris, 169, 171
Treasury Department, U.S., 241–42, 243, 252, 335, 336
Triple Canopy, 410n
Tripoli, 339
Truffaut, François, 328
Tudjman, Franjo, 91, 373, 374
Turkey, 93, 107, 197, 388
Turks, 97, 121
Tuzla, 68, 73, 113, 114
Twitter, 394
Uganda, 335
Ulan Bator, 257, 259
United Nations, 94, 112, 116, 117, 125, 177, 259, 332, 368
Balkan arms embargo of, 65–66, 68
Holbrooke as U.S. representative to, 74, 112
logistics and complications of, 62–64
Macedonia and, 171–72
trade sanctions against Yugoslavia by, 122–23
troops in Bosnia from, 69–70, 72–73, 87, 95
United Nations Charter, 69, 394
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), 56, 59, 62–63
United Nations Security Council, 69, 130, 201
Powell’s speech to, 201
Resolution 1199 of, 140, 142
Resolution 1695 of, 247
UNPROF
OR, 69, 70–72, 79
uranium enrichment program (UEP), 254
U.S.-Iraqi Security Agreement, 362
Vail, Professor, 25
Vance, Cyrus, 84, 94–95, 96, 98
Vanuatu, 248–51
Vatican, 177
Vedrine, Hubert, 130
Vietnam War, 264, 346
Vlora, 123
Vodno, Mount, 99
Vojvodina, 105, 121
Walesa, Lech, 43, 45
Walker, Bill, 146, 147
Walker, Richard “Dixie,” 42, 43, 192
Walker, Steve, 59
Warner, John, 311
Warsaw, 40, 41, 44, 181–83, 184, 185–86, 188, 198, 206, 319, 349, 390
Warsaw Pact, 131, 137
Warsaw University, 186
Washington, D.C., 38, 58, 71, 86, 91–92, 179–80, 195, 201, 210, 227, 271, 361
Washington, Don, 190
Washington Post, 149, 280, 314
Weatherford International, 377
Wellington, 269–71
White House Situation Room, 76, 248, 259, 274, 275, 322, 336
Wilson, Jim, 21–22
Wolfe, Duane, 356
Wolfowitz, Paul, 130, 184, 188, 197, 235
Woodward, Bob, 302
World Affairs Council, 309
World Bank, 286
World War I, 20
World War II, 16, 34, 43, 57, 70, 73, 89, 105, 121, 341
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 104, 109, 122
Wu Dawei, 207–9, 213, 219, 222, 228–29, 230–32, 237, 240, 242, 247, 256–57, 288
Xosia, Rexep, 139
Yang Xiyu, 214
Yongbyon, 256, 257, 259
Yongbyon plutonium site, 254, 256, 257, 259, 275, 279, 281, 284, 285, 287
Yugoslavia, 15, 16, 32–34, 36, 52–53, 57, 65, 88–89, 94, 103, 104, 113, 117, 121, 123, 137, 138, 140, 144, 150, 159, 394
Yugoslav national army (JNA), 137, 145
Zagreb, 79, 91
Zebari, Hoshyar, 327–28, 329, 331, 364–65, 370
Zelikow, Philip, 249–50
Zerolis, John, 41
Zetkulic, Jack, 76
Zinni, Anthony, 309–11, 314
Zoellick, Bob, 264
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