index 443United States Agency for International
Development , 419 n 126
United States Air Force , 160 , 162 , 176
United States Army Air Force. See
United States Air Force
United States Army , 14–15 , 33–35 , 86 ,
100 , 137
in Civil War. See Union Army
in Iraq , 295–297 , 301–4 , 308–9
in Vietnam , 221–22 , 228–29 , 232
in World War I , 93 , 100–101 ( see also
American Expeditionary Force )
in World War II , 149 , 151–3 , 160
United States Central Command. See
Central Command, United States
(CENTCOM)
United States Congress , 13 , 18 , 130 , 132 ,
139 , 275 , 277 , 309 , 341
during Afghanistan confl ict , 329 ,
331 , 337 , 339
during Civil War , 37 , 42–43 , 62 ,
66–67 , 70–73 , 75–78 , 80 , 82
constitutional war powers of , 11–13 , 75
reasserts role at end of war , 67–68 ,
73 , 182
supports president at outset of war , 25
unable to end wars , 27 , 260 , 321 , 358
during Iraq War , 283 , 292 , 305 ,
311–12 , 315–16 , 320–21 , 324
during Vietnam War , 211 , 213 , 216 ,
237–38
during World War I , 100–101 , 105 ,
118 , 126–29
during World War II , 133 , 137 , 140 ,
146 , 151–52 , 154 , 159–60 , 163 ,
165–66 , 168 , 186–88 , 198 , 200
United States Constitution , 5 , 11–13 ,
18 , 33–34 , 63 , 74–75 , 77–78 , 130 ,
372 n 46
and presidential war powers , 5 , 9 , 11–12
United States Department of Defense ,
16 , 21 , 221–23 , 256 , 260 , 273 , 282 ,
284–86 , 301–2. ( See also War
Department )
and Iraq War planning , 286 ,
288–92 , 296 , 298 , 308 , 323 , 331 ,
335 , 419 n 119
United States Department of State , 89 ,
142 , 185 , 187 , 290 , 417 n 88 ,
419 n 126
United States Department of the
Treasury , 163
United States Employment Service ,
167
United States House of Representatives.
See United States Congress
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
(JCS) , 19 , 168–69 , 178–79 , 195 ,
214 , 216–17 , 229 , 238 , 257–58 ,
260 , 339 , 395 n 127 , 407 n 99
diff er with Johnson over Vietnam ,
219–20 , 222–24 , 230 , 233–34 , 247 ,
405 n 60
and Iraq War , 300 , 305 , 308 , 312 ,
314 , 323
United States Marines , 176 , 180 , 214 ,
216 , 228 , 235 , 244 , 297 , 302 ,
393 n 75
United States Military Academy. See
West Point
United States Military Assistance
Command Vietnam. See Military
Assistance Command Vietnam
(MACV)
United States Navy , 5 , 14 , 86 ,
390 n 26
in Civil War , 46 , 75 , 377 n 68
in Spanish American War , 3 , 14
in World War I , 15 , 86 , 92 , 94 , 101 ,
144 , 148 , 169
in World War II , 15 , 137 , 140 , 142 ,
144 , 146 , 149 , 152 , 168 , 177–78 ,
189 , 390 n 30 , 392 n 53
in Vietnam , 212
United States Senate. See United States
Congress
United States Special Forces (Green
Berets) , 206 , 221