The Long Game (31 page)

   
crisis in,
xx

   
Hagel in,
119–120

   
military power in,
118–121
,
124

   
Rhodes on,
123–124

   
weapons in,
118
,
121

   
See also
Cairo

Eisenhower, Dwight

   
military philosophy of,
116

   
Obama compared to,
204–207

   
on security issues,
73

Eisenhower Library,
206

Europe

   
American relationship with,
61–63

   
during Bush administration,
62

   
during Libyan crisis,
97–98

   
Russia involved with,
164–165

   
in Ukraine crisis,
168–169
,
178–179

exceptionalism,
226–231

F-15 fighter jets,
197

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter,
192

fallibility,
224–225

finances

   
in Afghanistan,
72

   
Asian,
58

   
cash flow,
122
,
123

   
Chinese view of,
57

   
crisis in,
46
,
51

   
in Iran,
185

   
in Iraq,
144

   
in Israel,
192

   
in Pakistan,
70

   
reform of,
53

Ford, Robert,
14

foreign policy

   
during Arab Spring,
91–92

   
balance in,
215–218

   
breakdown of,
25–30
,
47–48

   
of Bush, George H.W.,
34
,
209–210

   
of Bush, George W.,
34–37

   
Bush/Cheney's,
37

   
challenges of,
86–87

   
checklist,
xv

   
for China,
59

   
of Clinton, B.,
34–35

   
controversy of,
xi

   
exceptionalism in,
226–231

   
fallibility in,
224–225

   
frustrations in,
xviii

   
hope for,
231

   
in Libyan War,
97
,
101–102
,
112–113

   
in Long Game strategy,
31–41
,
49

   
maximalism in,
215

   
for Middle East,
94–96

   
navigating past for,
137–138
,
212–213

   
after 9/11 attack,
32–33

   
of Obama administration,
41
,
58–59
,
212–213

   
patience in,
222–224

   
power in,
84

   
precision in,
221–222

   
for Russia,
171

   
skepticism in,
225–226

   
strength principles in,
42–43

   
sustainability in,
218–220

   
in 2009,
41
,
52

   
Washington's,
xii

Foreign Policy
essay,
60–61

“G-2,”
57

Gates, Robert

   
during Iran crisis,
182

   
during Libyan crisis,
99

Gawande, Atul,
215

Gelb, Leslie,
47

“General Purpose Force,”
145

Georgia War,
160

Germany,
61–62

   
See also
Berlin

global warming,
51

Goldberg, Jeffrey,
23–24

Gordon, Philip,
137

Gore, Al,
40

Great Britain,
103

Guantanamo Bay,
xii

Gulf Arab states

   
American relationship with,
196–197

   
security in,
197

   
skepticism of,
186–187

   
weapons in,
197

Gulf War

   
first,
xiv
,
78
,
131

   
Persian,
207

Hagel, Chuck

   
in Egypt,
119–120

   
in Israel,
11

   
during strikes,
5
,
15

   
working with,
3
,
21

Haiti earthquake,
89

Hamas,
95
,
192

Hawaii,
54

Holbrooke, Richard,
xx
,
83–84

“house dove,”
3

Hussein, Saddam,
xiv
,
33–34
,
107

Ike's Bluff
(Thomas),
205

India,
55

Indonesia,
54

Iran

   
after Bush administration,
181–182

   
Clinton, H., working with,
185–186

   
economy in,
185–186

   
finances in,
185

   
Gates commentary of,
182

   
military power in,
187–189
,
200–201

   
nuclear deal in,
29

   
Obama administration relationship with,
183–185
,
199–202

   
Panetta working with,
194–195

   
partners with,
186

   
Pentagon involvement in,
187

   
power of,
95

   
after Reagan administration,
xiv

   
threats from,
xx

   
Washington playbook in,
201

   
weapons in,
182
,
189–190

Iraq

   
army collapse in,
148

   
finances in,
144

   
intervention in,
135–136

   
“Iraq First” strategy of,
151

   
military power in,
144–145

   
Mosul,
149

   
no-fly zone in,
130–131

   
security forces of,
78
,
146
,
151

   
troops in,
152

   
Vietnam War compared to,
213
,
215

   
War,
181

   
weapons in,
22

Iron Dome system,
192

ISIS crisis

   
airstrikes in,
153

   
borders in,
151

   
capabilities in,
148–149

   
military power against,
157

   
after Mosul,
149

   
in retrospect,
153–155

   
rise of,
147–148

   
strategy for,
149–159

   
terrorism in,
150

Israel

   
airstrikes in,
12
,
24

   
Arab-Israeli settlement in,
93

   
attacks in,
119

   
Bush administration relationship with,
192

   
concerns of,
11–12

   
finances in,
192

   
Hagel in,
11

   
military power in,
194–195

   
Obama administration relationship with,
190–191

   
Panetta working with,
193

   
peace treaty with,
117–119

   
surprise attack from,
187

   
after Syrian crisis,
24–25

   
terrorism in,
190–191

   
weapons in,
192
,
197–198

Japan,
55

Javelin anti-tank missiles,
176

Johnson, Lyndon,
3

Johnson administration,
85

Jones, Jim,
208–209

Jordan,
139

Kagan, Robert,
30
,
63
,
204

Kaplan, Robert D.,
xviii
,
110

Kelly, Michael,
viii

Kennan, George F.,
xi

Kennedy administration,
85

Kerry, John

   
campaign of,
37–38

   
during strikes,
15

   
in Iran,
199

   
in Syrian weapon crisis,
4
,
17–19

Kiev

   
new government in,
169
,
172

   
regime in,
162

   
speech in,
208

   
traveling to,
177

“King of Kings,”
100–101

Kissinger, Henry

   
critiques of,
82

   
quote of,
xxi

Kloppenberg, James,
225

Kosovo,
107

Krauthammer, Charles,
12

Lake, Anthony,
47

Lavrov, Sergei,
17

Levin, Carl,
12

Lewis, Michael,
46

Libya

   
airstrikes in,
xi
,
100–101

   
Benghazi during,
96–97

   
Clinton, H., in,
110–111
,
116

   
coalition in,
115–116

   
crisis in,
xx
,
97–101

   
debate about,
107–109
,
113–114

   
democratic election in,
111

   
design of,
101–102

   
European views of,
97–98

   
Gates working with,
99

   
intervention in,
136–137

   
Long Game strategy in,
113–114

   
military power in,
99–100
,
105–106
,
110
,
113

   
NATO working with,
100–101

   
no-fly zone in,
97
,
113

   
Obama administration after,
97
,
101–102

   
Panetta working with,
110–111

   
policy in,
97
,
101–102
,
112–113

   
post-war in,
108–110

   
protection during,
107

   
security forces in,
98

   
terrorism in,
23
,
102
,
112–113

   
uprising in,
96

   
US after,
109–110

   
US intervening in,
102–104

   
US military escalation in,
105–106

Lieberman, Joseph,
40

Lippert, Mark,
4

Lizza, Ryan,
114–115

Long Game strategy

   
in Afghanistan,
68–78

   
balance in,
215–218

   
checklist for,
215–231

   
in China,
58–59

   
domestic politics in,
60

   
exceptionalism in,
226–231

   
fallibility in,
224–225

   
foreign policy in,
31–41
,
49