adversity, 2–3, 5–6, 8, 16–19, 22–26, 28, 41–43, 51–53, 66–68, 79–81, 85–88, 102, 108–110, 126–127, 142–145, 148–152, 163, 168, 174, 176–177, 193–194, 202, 206–207, 210–215, 225, 227, 238, 246–252, 254, 261–263, 266–267, 279

Afghanistan, 1, 66, 73, 138, 186–187, 192

Angola, 231, 252

Brezhnev, Leonid, 186, 241

Bush, George H. W., 27, 163, 196, 244, 264, 274

Bush, George W., 4, 6, 11, 13, 23, 25–26, 66, 80–84, 87–88, 261, 264, 276, 281

Camp David, 103, 180, 186, 188, 190, 192, 214, 275

Carter, Jimmy, 191

case studies, 22–24, 26, 28, 261, 266, 274, 280

China, 46–48, 136, 186, 199, 214, 239, 273–275

CIA, 36, 38, 105, 113, 186, 215, 227, 231–232, 243–244, 252

Clinton, Bill, 6, 11, 14–17, 19, 25–26, 51, 55–70, 84, 87–88, 95, 99, 108, 116, 119, 124–125, 129–148, 151–152, 198, 200, 262–264, 266, 269–270, 274–278

concurrence, congressional, 46, 56–58, 72, 99, 115–116, 133, 169, 183, 199

Congress, U.S., 1–2, 4, 6, 13, 17–18, 24, 34, 37, 40, 46, 49, 56–59, 61–62, 64, 66, 72–74, 84, 88, 98–100, 103, 113, 115–117, 119, 125, 132–135, 143, 148, 169, 180–181, 183, 199–200, 205, 228, 231–232, 234–235, 241–242, 244, 246, 252, 264

Constitution, U.S., 10–14, 23, 40, 48, 57, 63, 74, 104, 108, 115, 141–142, 202, 233–237, 242, 253, 266–273, 276, 278–279, 281, 307

Democrats, 1–2, 6, 25, 40–41, 47, 51, 74, 78–79, 108, 113, 130–131, 141, 143, 148, 165, 167, 170, 180–181, 192, 197, 226, 230, 235, 241, 245

division, 25, 27, 49, 163–164, 176–177, 180, 192–194, 198, 205–207, 209–215, 264

Eisenhower, Dwight, 3–4, 25–26, 41, 45–55, 84, 88, 228, 262

and Little Rock, 7, 9–10, 276

Engeman, Thomas, 11

executive action, 185, 238

executive order, 37, 74, 152, 171, 201, 214, 232, 235–236