in Afghanistan (1979), 165
and China, 210, 248
Churchill on dealing with, 12–13
Churchill warnings, 31–33, 38
Churchill-Roosevelt disagreement over
postwar policy, 31–33
de Gaulle on, 65–66, 73, 77
and détente, 73, 212, 215, 287
and developing countries into United Nations, 74–75
and Egypt, 291, 293–94
and postwar Europe, 32–33, 134–35, 251–52
Europeanization of, 199
and possible war in Europe, 10, 73–74
expansionism of, 31–32, 38, 75, 100, 160, 204, 214, 296, 302, 317
Faisal and, 303–304
German unification and, 152–53, 164–67
and Hungary, 291
Khrushchev ouster, 199–200
military buildup and defense spending, 77, 120, 189–190
“new class” of elite, 204
Poland in 1954, 32
in 1959, 173
1981 and 1982 crisis, 165, 258–59
purges in 1930s, 182–83
threat to postwar Japan, 117, 119, 121
U.S. policy toward, 211–16
and Vietnam War, 75
wheat sales to, 161
World War II casualties, 205
Yom Kippur War (1973) and American military alert, 205–210, 285
Spaak, Paul-Henri, 4
Special People (Julie Eisenhower), 286
Stalin, Joseph, 12, 188, 219
Churchill distrust of, 32–33
death and struggle for succession, 183–84
denunciation of, 171, 186–87, 232
geniality and charm, 187
and history of Eastern Europe, 3
and Italian Communists, 251
cf. Khrushchev, 171–72
killing of countrymen and purges, 172, 182–83, 186, 200, 215
nationalism of, 199
quotes and comments:
on changing facts to fit theory, 179
on death being the winner, 74
Roosevelt and, 201, 211
working habits, 181, 239
writings and reading, 178, 337
Stark, Admiral Harold, 63
Statesmanship and politics, 324–25
Stern, Isaac, 284
Stimson, Henry L., 321
Strauss, Franz-Josef, 159
Succession procedures, 306
Successors, and preparation of, 78, 121–22, 157–58
Sudan, 290
Suez Canal, 291, 293, 295
Sukarno, Achmed, 261, 265–69, 311
on Communists, 265–66
leadership style, 251, 259, 265, 274
on revolution, 266
sexual passions, 266, 268, 322
on U.S. and Vietnam, 265
and Yoshida, 112
Sulzberger, C.L., 152, 161
Summit meetings, 65–66, 190–91
de Gaulle and, 77
Nixon belief in annual, 210
Nixon-Brezhnev meetings, 201, 204–205, 206–207
Sun Yat-sen, 220, 243, 244
Superdoves and superhawks, 211–12
Switzerland of the East, 119, 121
Taft, Robert, 29, 90, 127, 331–32
Taft, William Howard, 321
Taiwan. See Republic of China (Taiwan).
Talleyrand, 25–26
Tanaka, Kakuei, 237
Tantau, Mathias, 158
Tanya’s diary, 205–206
Target de Gaulle (Démaret, Plume), 55
Television, 338
de Gaulle mastery of, 56–57
effect on political leaders, 24, 342–44
effect on public debate, 343
Faisal’s assassination and, 305
Iranian hostage crisis and Ayatollah, 299, 343
Templer, General Gerald, 9
Terrill, Ross, 239
Thatcher, Margaret, 38, 341
Third World countries, 74, 165
and democracy, 340
and Lee, 311, 319
and Nehru, 372–73
U.S. economic assistance and, 264–65
Thompson, Llewellyn, 174, 191
Time magazine, 171
Time of Stalin: Portrait of a Tyranny, The (Antonov-Ovseyenko), 172
Tito, Marshal, 4, 35, 177
Tojo, 107
Toure, Sekou, 262
Toumoux, Jean-Raymond, 71
Trotsky, 337
Troyanovsky, Oleg, 174
Truman, Harry, 29, 30, 52, 78, 119, 338
Asian-European policies, 99–100, 127
Churchill on, 10, 33
and Korean War, 96–99
and MacArthur, 81–82, 88, 95–99, 122, 127
on MacArthur, 89, 96
not prepared for presidency, 10, 158
and Stalin, 187
Truman Doctrine, 99
Tunisia, 300, 306
Turkey, 170
Ukraine, 182–83
“Uniformed politicians,” 105–106
United Nations, 32
Churchill and de Gaulle views of, 74–75
and joint American-Soviet force in Middle East, 208–209
Khrushchev speech, 177
Korean War and, 97–98
membership, 74–75, 250
Suez crisis, 291
United States, 150, 177, 248, 252, 258, 303, 311. See also Allied Occupation of Japan; Chinese-American rapprochement; Congress; names of Presidents; Soviet Union.
Asian policies, 99–100, 130–31, 317–18
Churchill and, 10–11, 16, 29–32, 35
Cuban Missile Crisis, 170
defense spending, 120
de Gaulle analysis of politics and policy, 61–62, 65, 73–77
and Egypt under Nasser, 290–91, 293
and Egypt under Sadat, 294–95
as threat to Europe, 166
foreign policy and democratic standard, 340
foreign policy and Soviets, 211–16
foreign policy decisions and secrecy, 126–27
relations with France (1960s), 64–65
and India, 272–73
and Israel, 282–83
history of Japan and, 104, 106–108
and Japan’s rearmament, 119–21
-Japanese Treaty, 122, 126
Khrushchev ridicule of, 175–77, 179, 181–82
Khrushchev tour of, 193–96
and military superiority, 177, 213–14
and Philippines, 274–75, 278
Revolutionary War, 222, 244
and Shah, 299, 301
and Third World countries, 264–65
trade with Soviets, 161, 214–15
U-2 incident, 196–97
and Vietnam, 9–10, 75–76, 239, 265, 316–18, 343
and Western alliance, 166, 258–59, 291
defense of Western Europe, 134–35, 151
Yom Kippur War (1973) airlift and military alert, 207–210, 285
Utley, Fred, 225
Van der Kemp, Gerald, 68
Vatican, 255–56
Versailles Treaty, 105–106, 125
Veterans of Foreign Wars, 99, 194
Vietnam War, 201, 209, 239, 265. See also Indochina.
bombing of Hanoi, 75–76
Brezhnev on, 205
de Gaulle on, 75
Lee and Menzies support, 316–18
MacArthur on, 93
and press, 28, 343
von Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm, 147
Voroshilov, Kliment, 182
Wainwright, General Jonathan, 96
Wake Island meeting, 89, 99
Walters, Vemon, 44, 72, 78, 97, 119
Wang Yang-ming, 245
War, 46–47, 210, 250
Washington, George, 147, 282, 324, 328, 338, 339
Watergate crisis, 23, 285
Weinberger, Caspar, 89
West Berlin, 161, 167, 190–91. See also Berlin airlift; Berlin Wall.
Western a
lliance, 166, 258–59, 291. See also Western Europe.
and Soviet containment, 317
Western Europe, 151, 259, 287, 311, 318
Adenauer dream of unifying, 134–35, 141, 149–50, 152–53, 160, 164
Churchill and, 3, 29
colonial empires, 30, 250, 259, 263
creation of Common Market, 148–49
and democracy, 340
Italy and, 257
and possibility of war, 10, 73–74, 259
rebuilding after war, 259
West Germany. See also German people; Germany.
under Adenauer, 133–36, 145–68, 253, 256–57
Berlin issue and Soviets, 100, 160–62, 164, 170, 177, 190–91
Berlin Wall, 150, 160–61, 164, 170
and East Germany, 149–50, 163–64
economy and GNP, 148
relations with Israel, 282
in NATO, 149, 165–66
in 1947, after war, 135–37, 275
Nixon 1947
visit, 136
Nixon 1963
and 1967 visits, 160–61
“presidential crisis” of 1959, 157
and Soviets, 155, 161–65, 190–91
West Irian. See Dutch New Guinea.
West Point, 88–89, 101
Weygand, General Maxime, 46
White, Theodore, 225–26
White House bedrooms, 14–15
Whitney, General Courtney, 90, 92
“Wilderness” period, 59, 62, 313, 341
Willkie, Wendell, 249
Wilson, Charles, 11
Wilson, Woodrow, 17, 105, 314, 324, 337
Women and leadership, 340–41
World War I, 12, 105–106
casualties, 31
Churchill and, 14, 24–25
MacArthur and, 86–87, 95–96, 129
World War II:
atrocities, 155–56
and Australia, 318
casualties, 31, 205, 325–26
and Churchill, 10–11, 15–16, 29, 323
consequences of, 30, 74, 134–35, 249–50
and de Gaulle, 43, 63, 72, 80, 323
Japan and, 110, 220, 268
and MacArthur, 82, 86, 89, 95–96, 101–102, 108–109, 129–30
and Philippines, 86–88, 95, 100–101, 276
Roosevelt and Stalin, 201
and Ukraine, 183
Yemen, 291, 293, 303
Yom Kippur War (1973), 207–209, 285, 295
Yoshida, Kenzo, 105
Yoshida, Shigeru:
cf. Adenauer, 121–22, 145
background, 105–107
and campaigning, 142
on China and Chiang, 125–27
death (1967), 127
and Emperor, 109–10
cf. Faisal, 302
humor, 112, 314
and MacArthur’s dismissal, 81–82, 103
cf. MacArthur, 85
MacArthur partnership, 103–104, 113–18, 122, 129, 132, 253
Nixon 1953 meeting, 85, 112, 117, 119–20
Nixon 1964 visit to, 105–106, 124–27
no-confidence vote and loss of popularity, 122–23
“One-Man Yoshida,” 105, 111
personality and character, 81–86, 110, 123
preparation of successor, 121, 157
as Prime Minister, 82–84, 104, 108, 110–23, 132
quotes and comments:
American attitudes toward Communists, 117
friendliness of American troops, 108
Japan’s modernization and enemy
air raids, 111–12
MacArthur’s accomplishments, 82
prison life, 107
women, 113
rearmament issue, 119–21, 125
thought balanced with action, 337
Yoshida, Yukiko, 105, 113
Yugoslavia, 211
Zahedi, Ardeshir, 299
Zahedi, Fazollah, 299
Zhang Guotao, 227
Zhou Enlai, 36, 58–59, 217–48
accomplishments and legacy, 218–19, 231, 246, 248
acting ability, 225–26
background, 218–19, 226–27
and Chiang, 220, 236, 242
Chinese people and, 228
and Cultural Revolution, 230, 237
death, 246
Dulles handshake incident, 224, 234–36
and foreign affairs, 231
funeral, 228
“Gang of Four” and, 247
internationalism of, 199
Kissinger praise for, 218
last years, 247
leadership style, 229, 329, 337
and Mao, 3, 228, 236–38, 247
cf. Mao, 218–19, 238, 246–48
Nixon meetings with (1972), 220–25, 233–36
personality, 218–24, 226
poetry, 235–36, 314
as Prime Minister, 229
quotes and comments:
being “more Chinese than Communist,” 226
Dulles handshake snub, 234
elderly Chinese leaders, 225
false appearances, 225
monolithic blocs, 235
mother’s grave, 227
Nasser’s death and Soviets, 294
Nixon’s handshake, 235
Nixon’s initiative, 236
return visits and U.S. relations, 227
wife of, 235, 243, 246
ruthlessness of, 225–26, 228–30
self-confidence and self-criticism, 224–25
Sino-Soviet split, 231–32
Zionism, 280–81, 286
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