From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 (181 page)

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and imperialism,
339
,
364

and isthmian canal plans,
326
,
367
,
368
–69

and the
Lusitania,
402

and McKinley's assassination,
336

and the Monroe Doctrine,
369
–72

on the National Defense Act,
405

and naval power,
494

and peace efforts,
358
–63

and the Philippine War,
328
,
329
,
339

and presidential powers,
381
,
427
,
442

and Reagan,
864

and reparation payments,
382

and Russia,
351
–52

and the Spanish-American War,
316
,
318

and Taft,
374
–75

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine,
369
,
370
–71,
377
,
497

Root, Elihu: background,
348

on Coolidge,
442

and Council of Foreign Relations,
441

and expansionism,
324

foreign policy legacy,
963

and internationalism,
406
,
435
,
442
,
451

on McKinley,
312

and modernization efforts,
348
–50

and the Nine-Power Treaty,
455

and the Panama Canal,
369

and the peace movement,
357
–59

and Puerto Rico,
364

and the Roosevelt Corollary,
371

and Russia,
414

and the Russo-Japanese War,
360
,
362

and war debts,
481

and the "Wise Men,"
612

and the World Court,
452

Ross, Edward,
346

Rothschild, Carl Meyer von,
266

Rove, Karl,
946

Royal Navy,
116
–17,
128
,
135
,
151
,
177
,
510

Rule of 1756,
75
,
77
,
115

Rumsfeld, Donald,
813
,
828
,
938
–39,
942
,
944
–47,
949
–50,
952
–54,
957

Rush, Richard,
154

Rush-Bagot agreement,
149

Rusk, Dean,
703
,
706
,
714
,
721
,
730
,
748
,
751
,
756

Rusk, Jeremiah,
290

Russell, Jonathan,
123
,
221
,
231
–32,
242
,
244

Russell, Richard,
734

Russia: and the American Civil War,
228
–29,
235
,
243
–44,
245
–46,
250

American diplomats in,
36

and arms reduction,
456
,
936

and the Balkans conflict,
934

and the breakup of the Soviet Union,
913

and Britain,
177

and China,
330
,
535

and citizen activism,
343

and diplomatic representatives,
164
,
168
,
237

and dollar diplomacy,
376

and European rivalries,
13

famine,
275
–76

and France,
122

and Germany,
339
,
532
–33

and Hungary,
216

and Iran,
565

and Iraq,
950

and Japan,
534

and Jewish immigrants,
284
–85,
351
–53

and the Mexican Revolution,
476

and military power,
268
,
270

and the Monroe Doctrine,
151
–52

and Napoleon,
114

and nationalism,
962

and neutral shipping,
23

and new international system,
961

and the Paris Peace Conference,
422
–23

and persecution of Jews,
284
–85,
351
–53,
803
–4,
818
,
897
–98

and Poland,
225
,
244
–45,
463

revolutions,
377
,
378
,
471

and the Russo-Japanese War,
358
–62

and terrorism,
942

and trade negotiations,
141
,
142
,
464
–66

tsarist government,
343

and Turkey,
160

and U.S. expansionism,
149
,
189
,
257

and the War of 1812,
125

and World War I,
398
,
399
,
411
,
413
,
414
–15,
424
,
437

and World War II,
548
,
550
,
553
–54.
See also
Soviet Union

Russian-American Company,
152
,
157
,
257

Russo-Japanese War,
339
,
359
–60,
486

Rutland, Robert,
126

Rwanda,
928
–29,
936

Sacramento Union,
356

Sadat, Anwar,
804
–5,
840
–42

Safire, William,
914

Saint-Domingue,
62
–63,
87
,
103
,
105
–7,
110
.
See also
Haiti

Sakharov, Andrei,
897

Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Marquess of,
307
–8

SALT talks.
See
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties (SALT)

Salvador,
387

Samana Bay,
256
–57,
259
–60,
295

Samoa,
263
,
295
–96

Sánchez, Oscar Arias,
892
–93

Sandinistas,
858
,
886
,
889
,
890
,
892
–93

Sandino, César Augusto,
474
,
858

Sanford, Henry,
237
,
287

Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de,
174
,
196
,
200
–201,
204
,
205

Santo Domingo,
225
,
257
,
288
,
295
,
305
.
See also
Dominican Republic

Sato, Eisaku,
745
,
779
,
784

Saud, King of Saudi Arabia,
677

Saudi Arabia,
874

and the Cold War,
853
,
871

and Iran,
960

and the Iran-Contra scandal,
891

and Nixon,
807

and the October War,
805

and oil,
562
–64

and the Palestinian issue,
568

and the Persian Gulf War,
909
–10,
911

and the Six-Day War,
759

and terrorism,
936
,
940

and U.S. Middle East policy,
677
,
750
–51,
798

and Yemen civil war,
713
–14

and the Yom Kippur War,
804
–5

Savimbi, Jonas,
883

Scandinavia,
343
,
399
,
519

Schiff, Jacob,
352

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.,
482
,
543

Schlesinger, James,
803
,
813

Schoenbaum, David,
841
,
871

Schofield, John,
253

School of the Americas,
719

Schroeder, Gerhard,
938

Schurmann Commission,
366

Schurz, Carl,
260
,
351

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman,
565

Scotland,
424
,
959

Scott, Hugh,
812

Scott, Winfield,
185
,
186
,
201
,
204

Scottish Enlightenment,
16

Scowcroft, Brent,
828
,
901
–4,
909
–10,
912
,
914
,
926
,
948

Scrymers, James,
276

Second Great Awakening,
159

Second New Deal,
505

Secord, Richard,
891

Sedition Acts,
87

segregation,
355
,
389
–90,
560
,
655
,
681
–83,
715
,
758
,
842
–43

Seminole Indians,
146
–47,
173

Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
296
,
476
,
490
,
931

separation of powers,
8
,
51
–53

September 11 terrorist attacks,
10
,
917
,
938
,
939
–42

Serbia,
398
,
424
,
920
,
924
,
931
,
932
–34
Seven Days in May
(film),
703

Seventh Fleet,
641
,
653
,
776

Seven Years' War,
14
–15,
25
,
102

Seward, William Henry: and Alaska,
251

background,
227

and the Civil War,
230
,
231
–33,
237
,
241
,
242
,
247

and colonization programs,
238

and convergence theory,
255

and emancipation,
239

and expansionism,
238
,
255
–58

and Fenians (Irish expatriates),
254

foreign policy style,
227
–28

and Mexico,
252
–53

and the Polish rebellion,
245

and the Republican Party,
278

and slavery,
239

and the
Trent
affair,
233

Shafter, William,
316
,
321

Shamir, Yitzhak,
923

Shandong province,
421
,
429
,
455

Shanghai,
490
–91,
511

Shanghai Communiqué,
792

Sharon, Ariel,
935
–36

Sharpsburg, Maryland,
241

Shawnee,
24
,
123

Shays's Rebellion,
50
–51

Sheffield, James,
475
–76

Sheffield, John Holroyd, Earl of,
35
,
37

Shelburne.
See
Petty, William, Earl of Shelburne

Sherwood, Robert,
539
,
546

Shevardnadze, Eduard,
896

Shiites,
912
,
920
,
954
,
955
–56

Shinseki, Eric,
953

Shore, Dinah,
621

Shotwell, James T.,
451

Shriver, Sargent,
712

Shufeldt, Robert W.,
286

Shultz, George,
783
,
864
–65,
873
,
875
,
878
,
880
,
882
–83,
896

Shute, Nevil,
690
"shuttle diplomacy,"
661
,
806

Siam,
169

Siberia,
414
–15

Sicily,
552
,
554

Sierra Leone,
275

Silent Majority,
811
–12

Sinai Peninsula,
747
,
750
,
841

Sinatra Doctrine,
899

Singapore,
539

Sino-Japanese War,
329
–30,
510
–12

Sioux Indians,
112

Six-Day War,
746
–51,
759
,
798
–800,
876

Six Nations,
34
,
43

Sixth Fleet,
653
,
678
,
714
,
749

slavery: and abolitionism,
107
,
176
,
178
,
183
,
203
,
238
,
250

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

and the Civil War,
5
,
234
,
236
,
249
–50

and Cuba,
183
,
195
,
217
–18,
260
–61

and emancipation,
239
,
241
–42,
246

fugitive slaves,
240

and Lincoln,
223
,
229
–30,
239
,
260

and Louisiana,
105
–7

and Manifest Destiny,
181
,
184

and the Mexican-American War,
203

and missionaries,
274
–75

and the Missouri Compromise,
137

and partisanship,
140

and population growth,
94

and pseudo-science,
5

and republicanism,
241
–42,
250

and the Republican Party,
222
–23

slave revolts,
62
–63,
106
–7,
110
,
145
,
183
–84

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