From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 (165 page)

Blair, Tony,
951

"Bleeding Kansas,"
215

blitzkrieg warfare,
519

blockades: and the American Revolution,
23
,
74

and the Arab-Israeli conflict,
747

and Belgium,
400

Berlin Blockade,
624
–25

and Brazil,
141
,
306

and the Civil War,
227
,
230
–31,
232
,
234
,
241
,
243
–44,
247
,
262

and the Continental System,
114

and the Cuban Missile crisis,
721

and impressment conflict,
117

and Taiwan Straits crisis,
664

and the Tripolitan War,
100

and Venezuela,
370

and the Vietnam War,
766
–67,
793

and the War of 1812,
128
,
129

and World War I,
401
–2,
403
,
411

and World War II,
510
,
591

Blount, James,
278
,
306

Board of Economic Warfare (BEW),
542
–43

Bohlen, Charles,
659

Bolívar, Simón,
135
,
161
,
162
,
219

Bolivia,
161
,
471

Bolsheviks,
411
–12,
414
–15,
423
,
464
–65,
471
,
476
,
489
,
508
,
532
,
547

Bolton, John,
945
,
959

Bombshell Message,
495

B-1 bombers,
868

Bonsal, Philip,
688

Bonvouloir, Julien-Alexandre Ochard de,
15

Borah, William,
429
,
444
–45,
452
,
458
–59,
470
,
472
,
490
,
509

Borah Resolution,
452

Borland, Solon,
219
–20

Borneo,
539

Borstelmann, Thomas,
628

Bosch, Juan,
717
,
734
–35

Bosnia,
924
,
925
,
927
,
929
,
931
,
958

The Bosporus,
609

Bourget, Paul de,
300

Boxer Rebellion,
332
–33,
354

Bradley, Omar,
644

Branco, Humberto Castello,
733

Brandeis, Louis,
613

Brands, H. W.,
759

Brandt, Willy,
771
,
772
,
780
,
781

Brant, Joseph,
43
,
124

Brazil: American intervention in,
160
–61

and the Cold War,
717

and independence movements,
135

internal struggle in,
306

and Kennedy,
717

and the Mann Doctrine,
733
,
735

and the Mexican Revolution,
394

and the Monroe Doctrine,
472

and naval conflicts,
141
,
306

and the North-South conflict,
846
–47

and the Pan-American Pact,
383

and post-Cold War international system,
961

and Roosevelt (F. D.),
543

and trade issues,
143
,
528

and U.S. expansionism,
293

and World War II,
543
,
558
–61

Breckinridge, Sophonisba,
499

Bremmer, J. Paul "Jerry,"
954

Bretton Woods agreements,
580
,
724
,
758
,
783

Brezhnev, Leonid: and Carter,
851
–52

death of,
894

and Ford,
819
,
826
–27

and invasion of Czechoslovakia,
761

and Nixon,
794
,
803
,
807

and the October War,
805

on threats to socialism,
756

Brezhnev Doctrine,
756
,
881
,
889
,
898
–99

Briand, Aristide,
476
,
477
–78

Bricker, John,
657

Bricker Amendment,
657

Britain: and Africa,
843

American aid to,
506
–10,
605
–6

and the American Civil War,
225
,
226
–30,
230
–33,
240
–46,
247
–49,
254
–55,
258
,
261

and the American Revolution,
11
,
13
–14,
15
–25,
26
–34,
35
,
37
–41,
43
–46,
45
,
48
–50

and anti-imperialism,
323

and the Battle of New Orleans,
133

and the Berlin Blockade,
624

and the Brussels Pact,
625

and Canada,
102
–3

and the Cold War,
699
,
895

and the Council of Foreign Ministers,
601

and the Czechoslovakia crisis,
513
–15

and democratization,
380
,
382

and dollar diplomacy,
375

and East Asia,
210
–14,
330
,
376
,
385
,
469
,
488
–91

and economic crises,
300
,
370
–71,
485
,
753
,
782

and economic policy,
494
–95

and the EDC,
669

and the European Common Market,
725

and European recovery,
618
–20

and German reunification,
670
,
743
–44

and the German threat,
339
,
362

and the Gilded Age,
266
–68,
272
,
273
,
277
,
281
–83,
285
–86,
289
,
291
–93,
295
,
296

and the Great Lakes conflict,
73
–81

and Hawaii,
208

impact of war on,
596
,
598

and Indochina,
661

and international investment,
447

and isthmian canal plans,
265
,
326

and the Jay Treaty,
7

and Jefferson,
93
,
94
,
96
,
97
,
98
,
99

and Latin America,
390
–92,
718

and the League of Nations,
437

and Libya,
876

and the Locarno Conference,
460

and mercantilism,
3
,
12

and the Middle East,
448
,
652
,
666
,
672
–77,
713
,
749
,
798
,
847
,
872
,
946
,
950
–51,
951
–52

and the Napoleonic Wars,
68
–69,
72
–73,
82
,
84
–85,
87
,
89

and naval power,
114
–16,
116
–25,
125
–26,
128
–31,
177
,
349
,
439
,
452
–55,
479
–80

and nuclear weapons,
547
,
668
,
755
,
868

and Operation Rollback,
622

and the Pacific Basin,
262

and the Palestine issue,
628
–29

and the peace movement,
343
,
357
,
359
,
382

and the Phony War,
519

and Roosevelt (T.),
337
,
362
–63

and the Russo-Japanese War,
339

and slavery,
183
–84,
186
–87,
191
,
195
,
231
,
239

and Stalin's death,
658

and terrorism,
942

and trade issues,
5
,
302
–8,
319
,
446

and the Tripolitan War,
100

and the Turkish crisis,
609
,
614

and U.S. expansionism,
9
,
56
–59,
61
,
63
,
65
–67,
91
,
104
,
109
,
110
–12,
134
,
135
–37,
139
–40,
142
–44,
144
–45,
147
–49,
151
,
154
–58,
159
,
161
–62,
164
,
167
–68,
171
,
177
–78,
181
,
184
–85,
187
,
189
–94,
193
,
194
–95,
197
–200,
214
–15,
217
–21,
222

and Vietnam,
810

and war debts,
457
–58,
503

and World War I,
398
–404,
408
–10,
410
–11,
413
–18,
420
–21,
423

and World War II,
517
–18,
520
–26,
533
–34,
537
–39,
546
–54,
559
,
562
–67,
570
–73,
579
–80,
582
–85,
589
,
594

British Foreign Office,
190
,
248
,
453
,
503

British Guiana,
307
,
718

British North American Act,
254

British West Indies.
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Broder, David,
811

Brogan, D. W.,
636

Brooklyn Navy Yard,
287

Broun, Heywood,
513

Brown, Edmund "Pat,"
863

Brown, Harold,
854
–55

Brown, Pat,
763

Brown, Winthrop,
708

Brunei,
891

Brussels Pact,
625
–26

Bryan, William Jennings: and anti-imperialism,
324
,
386

and isolationism,
406
–7

and neutrality,
400

and pacifism,
385

and presidential elections,
308
–9,
329

and revolutions,
384

and Wilson,
381
–82

and World War I,
401
–3

Bryce, James,
277

Brzezinski, Zbigniew: and Afghanistan,
853
–54

background,
832

and China,
839
–40,
855

conflict with Vance,
832
–33,
835
,
840
,
860

and Iran,
849
–50

and Korea withdrawals,
833
–34

and Reagan,
865

and Southern Africa,
844

and the Soviet Union,
835
–36,
839
,
853
–54

B-29 Super-fortress bombers,
580

B-2 Stealth bombers,
934

Bucarelli Agreement,
475
,
477

Buchanan, James,
164
,
168
,
215
,
217
–18,
221
,
427

Bucher, Lloyd,
752

Buck, Pearl,
469
,
511

Buckley, William,
792
–93,
897

Buddhism,
727
,
738
,
741

Buenos Aires,
170

Bulganin, Nikolai,
665
,
670
,
696

Bulgaria,
424
,
425
,
582
–83,
601
,
603
,
614
,
906
,
951

Bullitt, William,
426
,
496

Bull Moose Party,
379
–80

Bulloch, James,
248

Bunau-Varilla, Philippe,
367
–68,
733
–34

Bundy, McGeorge,
703
,
718
,
730
,
735
,
807
–8

Bundy, William,
764

Burdick, Eugene,
711

Bureau of African Affairs,
683

Bureau of Immigration,
353

Burgoyne, John,
20
,
21

Burke, Edmund,
380

Burma Road,
575

Burnside, Ambrose,
291

Burundi,
791

Bush, George H. W.: background,
900

and China,
793

and the CIA,
828

and coalition-building,
963

and the Cold War,
861
–62,
899
–914,
917
–18,
922
–25

and Middle East,
922
–23

Bush, George W.,
4
,
938
–51,
952
–61

Butler, Anthony,
164
,
173
–74,
234
,
391

Byrd, Harry, Jr.,
843

Byrd, Robert,
838
,
949

Byrd Amendment,
843

Byrnes, James F.,
588
,
591
–93,
599
–603,
607
,
608
–9,
612