From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 (177 page)

Mosaddeq, Mohammad,
566
,
672

most-favored nation status,
76
–77,
142
,
211
,
212
,
286
,
470
,
742
,
840
,
904
,
927

MoveOn.org
,
948

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick,
920

Mozambique,
882

Mugabe, Robert,
843
–44

mujahideen,
853
–54,
883

Multilateral Force (MLF),
724
–25

multilateralism,
261
,
295
,
962
,
963

multinational corporations,
447
,
449
,
920

multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles (MIRVs),
772
,
774
,
795
,
818
,
819

Munich Conference,
536
–37,
547

Munich crisis,
513
–15

Munsey's Magazine,
342

Murder in the Air
(film),
869

Murphy, Robert,
596
,
624

Murrow, Edward R.,
523

Muscat,
169

Music USA,
668

Muslims.
See
Islam

Mussolini, Benito,
460
,
503

Mutsu
(ship),
454
–55

Mutual Defense Assistance Act,
647

Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan,
663

MX mobile land-based missiles,
868

Nagasaki, Japan,
591
,
593
,
596
,
694

Nagy, Imre,
666
,
667

Namibia,
883

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French: abdication,
129

and Britain,
114

and the Convention of 1800,
89
–90

and embargoes,
119

and the Floridas,
110
,
115

and Louisiana,
102
,
103
–4,
106

and maritime conflicts,
122

rise to power,
85
,
95

Napoleonic Wars,
67
–68,
115
,
145

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French,
225
,
229
–30,
237
,
243
–45,
246
,
249
,
251
–53

Nasser, Gamal Abdel,
652
,
673
,
675
–79,
711
,
713
–14,
747
–49,
800
,
804

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
692

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),
344

National Cash Register,
462

National Council for the Prevention of War,
451

National Defense Act,
405

National Defense Education Act,
692

National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA),
824
,
825

National Geographic,
365
,
639

National Guard,
396
,
397
,
405
,
541
,
769

nationalism.
See specific countries and groups

nationalization of industries,
528
,
600
,
672
,
675
,
688
,
788
,
876

National Liberation Front (NLF),
726
,
739
–40,
752
,
821

National Republicans,
137
,
141

National Security Act,
614

National Security Agency (NSA),
647
,
764
,
891
,
897

National Security Council (NSC): and Bundy,
703

and Bush (G. W.),
947

and the Cold War,
867
,
868

and the Department of State,
865

established,
614

and Kennedy,
705
–6

and Nixon,
764

NSC-49,
637

NSC-68,
635
,
638
–39,
647
,
659
,
754
,
830
,
868

NSC-162/2,
660

NSC-174,
665

and Reagan,
878
–79,
890
–91

and terrorism,
941
,
943

National Security Decision Directive
75
,
867

National Security Study Memorandum
39
,
791

National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA),
825
,
883

"National War,"
220

nation-states,
12
–13,
267
,
338

Native Americans: and the American Civil War,
235

and the American Revolution,
23
–25

and Britain,
80
,
123
–25

and the Caste War of Yucatán,
217

and the Great Lakes conflict,
73
–74

and Jackson,
131
–33,
146
–48,
172
–73

and the Lewis and Clark expedition,
112

and Louisiana,
102

and Manifest Destiny,
181

and peace negotiations,
34

resistance of,
280

and slavery,
183

and the Trail of Tears,
173

and U.S. expansionism,
4
,
41
–45,
46
,
49
,
57
,
58
,
59
–60,
145
–47,
148
,
172
,
269

and U.S. Indian policy,
269
–70

and the War of 1812,
127
,
128
,
129
,
131
–32.
See also specific tribes

nativism,
282
,
340
,
440

naturalization,
116

Naval Appropriations Act,
452

Naval Expansion Act,
405

naval power: advocates of,
303

and arms limitation,
452
–56,
479
–80,
482

and Caribbean bases,
294
–95,
305

and the Civil War,
247
–54

commerce raiders,
247
–48

and the Cuban Missile Crisis,
721

and the Cuban Revolution,
499

Dreadnought battleships,
307

and the Gulf of Tonkin incident,
738
–39

and impressment of sailors,
116
–19,
125
,
130
,
233

ironclad warfare,
245

and Japan,
362

and the
Liberty
incident,
748

and the
Lusitania
incident,
402
,
403
,
406
,
505

and the Napoleonic Wars,
68

and neutral rights,
69

and Pacific bases,
261
–62,
263
,
296

and the Revolutionary War,
23

and Roosevelt (F. D.),
494

and slave trade,
186

and submarine warfare,
402
,
408
–9,
505
,
721
,
774
,
795

and the Turkish crisis,
609
–10

and U.S. vulnerability,
284

and the War of 1812,
127
–28,
129

and World War II,
533
–34.
See also
blockades

lend-lease program

Naval War College,
280
,
303

Navigation Acts,
12
,
37
,
143

navigation rights,
46

Near East Relief,
561

Nehru, Jawaharlal,
652
,
679
–80,
711
,
712
–13,
789

Nelson, Horatio,
40
,
88
,
99
–100,
114

neo-conservatives,
810
,
830
,
886
,
921
,
939
,
943
–50,
959

neo-mercantilism,
137
–38

Netanyahu, Benjamin,
935

Netherlands,
13
,
23
,
51
,
519
,
634
–35

Neutrality Acts,
506
–11,
517
–18,
525
,
534
,
589

New Brunswick,
185
–86,
187
,
188

New Deal,
494
–95,
501
,
515
,
546
,
568
,
581
,
613
,
703
,
863

New Economic Policy,
782
–83

New England,
12
,
37
,
120
,
129
,
139
,
152
–53

New Freedom program,
380

New Frontier program,
703
,
704

New Granada,
135

New Guinea,
539

New Look program,
659
,
664
,
673
,
690
,
700
,
785

New Mexico,
194
,
198
,
204

New Orleans, Louisiana,
102
,
103
,
104
,
129
,
132
–33,
283

New Republic,
594

newspapers,
72
,
178
,
235
–36,
311
,
428
,
470
,
504
.
See also specific publications

Newsweek,
806
,
822
,
859

New York,
12
,
43
,
55

New York Daily News,
691

New York Evening Post,
239
–40

New York Herald,
192
,
248
,
265
,
287
,
412

New York Herald-Tribune,
509
,
576

New York Post,
180

New York Times,
219
,
291
,
678
,
837
–38,
845
,
899
,
920
,
944
,
948
,
952

New York Tribune,
179

New York World,
307
,
312
,
323

New Zealand,
745

Ngo Dinh Diem,
662
,
726
,
727
,
736

Ngo Dinh Nhu,
727

Nguyen Tat Than.
See
Ho Chi Minh

Nguyen Van Thieu,
755
,
759
,
797
,
802
,
820
,
821

Nicaragua,
387
,
885

and canal proposals,
219
–20,
259
,
291

and Carter,
885
–86

cease-fire negotiation,
892
–93

CIA activities in,
685

civil war,
851

and the Cold War,
887
–88,
897
–98,
915

coups,
500

dictators,
684

and dollar diplomacy,
374

and "Irangate,"
879

and isthmian canal plans,
367
,
388

and Mexico,
476

and the Peace Progressives,
445

and the Reagan Doctrine,
884
,
889
–90

revolution in,
857
–58

U.S. withdrawal from,
473
–74,
497

and U.S. expansionism,
215
,
221

as U.S. protectorate,
386

Nigeria,
790
–91,
842
,
876

Nine-Power Pact,
455
,
490
,
512

nitrate,
447

Nitze, Paul,
612
,
628
,
638
–39,
754
,
803
,
868

Nixon, Richard M.: and ABM systems,
774
,
814

and Africa,
790
–91

and anti-Communism,
637

background,
763

and China,
775
–79,
784
–85,
791
–93,
804
,
903

and the Cold War,
759

and Congress,
796
,
802
–3

economic policies,
781
–83

and elections,
699

and executive powers,
760
–61,
811
–12,
916

foreign policy legacy,
808
–9,
963

and the Grand Design,
770
–79

impeachment threat,
802

and India,
789
–90

and Israel,
799

and Japan,
761
,
783
–85

and Johnson,
757

and Kennedy,
699
,
703

and Kissinger,
763
–64

and Latin America,
684
–86,
688
,
786
–88

and Middle East,
798
–801,
807
,
808