index 435Kissinger, Henry , 204 , 249 , 253–54 ,
257 , 260–62 , 264–70 , 339 ,
410 n 157 , 421 n 166
Kluge, Günther von , 156
Kohima , 180 , 194
Komer, Robert , 232
Korean War , 15 , 18–20 , 29 , 208 , 210–11 ,
216–18 , 220–21 , 225 , 252 , 262 ,
406 n 85
Kosovo , 20 , 289
Kosygin, Alexei , 234
Kurds , 275 , 290–91 , 301 , 303 , 313 , 320 ,
322
Kuwait , 24 , 274–75 , 284 , 288 , 295–96 ,
299 , 373 n 52
Ky, Nguyen Cao , 249
La Guardia, Fiorello , 153
Laird, Melvin , 253 , 255–59 , 261–62 ,
410 n 164
Lam Son 719 , 256–57 , 260–61
Langguth, A. J. , 401 n 7 , 401–2 n 15 ,
403 n 35
Lansing, Robert , 89–90 , 92
Laos , 207 , 209 , 229 , 232–33 , 244 ,
256–57 , 260 , 264 , 343 , 405 n 63 ,
406 n 83 , 406 n 85
Larrabee, Eric , 170 , 390 n 12 , 393 n 82 ,
394 n 95 , 396 n 137
League of Nations , 99 , 121–22 , 126–28 ,
131 , 187 , 326 , 348 , 388 n 170
Lebanon , 193
Lee, Robert E. , 39 , 49–50 , 52 , 55–56 ,
72 , 79
Lend-Lease , 146 , 153 , 159–60 , 162 ,
391 n 39
Lewis, John L. , 164
Leyte Gulf, battle of , 178
Liberty ships , 162
Libya , 170 , 322 , 342
Life magazine , 197
Lincoln, Abraham , 29 , 31–32 , 40–41 ,
79–82 , 129–30 , 135 , 156 , 182 , 198 ,
200–201 , 222 , 225–26 , 228 , 237 ,
240 , 263 , 273–74 , 306 , 316–17 ,
326 , 340 , 344 , 346–47 , 349–50 ,
353 , 357 , 372 n 40 , 373 n 49 , 373 n 2 ,
374 n 10
and abolitionists , 35–36 , 63
accepts need for war , 341
adjusts Union war goals , 36–41 , 228 ,
353
and antiwar opposition , 32 , 74 , 76 ,
80 , 344 , 350
and Congress , 42–43 , 62 , 66–67 ,
71–78 , 80 , 82
curbs civil liberties , 33 , 65 , 74–79 ,
81–82
delays preparations for
Reconstruction , 69–70 , 72–73 ,
81 , 182 , 347
and diplomacy , 346
and emancipation , 32 , 36–40 , 44 ,
50–51 , 53 , 61–63 , 65 , 68–70 , 72 ,
76–77 , 156 , 228 , 353
establishes Union war strategy , 32 ,
45–50
exercises wartime emergency
powers , 18–19 , 33 , 41–42 , 63 , 66 ,
74–77
faces secession crisis , 33–34
and freedmen , 40 , 68–74 , 347
as military commander in chief ,
41–56 , 342–43 , 373–74 n 66
and Northern morale , 32 , 39 , 60–61 ,
80
and peace-building , 32 , 68–71 , 120 ,
263 , 347 , 357
and the press , 38 , 49 , 61 , 64–65 , 79
and Republican Party , 32 , 34 ,
60–62 , 66 , 71 , 80 , 344 , 349
and Reconstruction , 9 , 69–73 , 81 ,
380 n 145
sustains popular support for war , 32 ,
43 , 62–63 , 78
understands his constitutional
responsibilities , 34 , 63 , 77–78 ,
380 n 145