index 445chooses neutrality at beginning of
World War I , 86–87
and Congress , 93–94 , 96 , 105 , 118 ,
120 , 127–29 , 131–32 , 345 , 348 , 350
diff ers with Allies over war goals ,
99–100 , 113 , 123 , 347–48
and end of Progressive reform
movement , 117–18 , 131 , 349
establishes ambitious war goals , 84 ,
91 , 96–99 , 121 , 347
and League of Nations , 99 , 121–22 ,
126–129 , 131–32
as military commander in chief , 84 ,
101–4 , 109 , 111–12 , 130 , 342–43 ,
384 n 85 , 386 n 111 , 386 n 113
mishandles American neutrality ,
83–84 , 88–90 , 91–92
negotiates Treaty of Versailles ,
121–129 , 132
and peace-building , 90–91 , 98–99 ,
120 , 131–32 , 263 , 347
and preparedness , 92–94 , 382–83 n 44
proposes the Fourteen Points as
basis for peace , 98–99 , 112–13
and Republicans , 84 , 113 , 115 , 121 ,
350
seeks to sustain popular support for
war , 84 , 113–15 , 118–19 , 130
selects Pershing to command AEF ,
102–3 , 130
and self-determination , 99–100 ,
121–24 , 383 n 56
war mobilization under , 84 , 104–6 ,
118 , 130 , 350 , 385 n 77
Wingate, Ord , 194
Wolf, Frank , 311
Wolfowitz, Paul , 277 , 282 , 291–92 ,
297 , 415 n 38
Wood, Leonard , 93 , 102
Woodward, Bob , 330 , 332 , 418 n 92
Works Progress Administration ,
166
World Bank , 188
World War I , 14 , 18 , 24–25 , 28–29 , 83 ,
118 , 137 , 139 , 153 , 161 , 240
economic impact on United States ,
87–88
e ff ect of casualties on belligerents
and their populations , 91 , 119 ,
125 , 345
position of United States at
beginning of , 85–87
World War II , 14–16 , 21 , 25 , 28–29 , 36 ,
134 , 200 , 204 , 208 , 220–21 , 223 ,
230 , 236 , 282
begins with German invasion of
Poland , 138
racial tensions in the United States
during , 160
spurs economic recovery in United
States , 135 , 162 , 165 , 197 , 349Yalta conference , 183–85 , 199 , 398 n 185
Yalu River , 210
Yates, Richard , 64
Yemen , 322
Yugoslavia , 123 , 183 , 194Zarqawi, Abu Musab al , 314
Zinni, Anthony , 286