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British view of, 64–65, 72, 86

Canada and, 80, 81–82, 87, 89, 90–91, 240

casualties in, 65

Democrat-Republican Party support of, 76, 77–79, 178, 202

Federalist opposition to, 77–79, 81, 84–86, 88

financial support and cost of, 82–86, 91, 178, 202

free trade issues and, 61, 66–68

impressment of American sailors and, 65–66, 68

Madison and, 20, 59–63, 64, 65–68, 70–73, 74, 78, 87–90, 178, 241, 250–251

maritime engagements in, 84, 87

motivations behind, 59–63, 69, 70–73, 76, 78

outcome of, 87–91

presidential races before and during, 76, 78–79, 86

territorial expansion and, 61–62, 68–73, 76

US preparedness for, 74–76, 78, 81–82

War Hawks influence on, 69, 73, 74–78, 80–81, 83–84, 85–86, 89–90, 250

Washington, George, 53, 142

ambition of, 15, 28

American Indian relations of, 23–24, 49–51, 52

British goods boycott of, 39

childhood and early life of, 26–27

Declaration of Independence and, 43, 47, 50–51

education and studies of, 27–28

French and Indian War involvement of, 25–26, 30, 35, 42

land speculation and acquisitions of, 31, 35–36, 42, 47, 48–49

marriage of, 28, 34

military training and experience of, 22, 25–26, 28, 31

motives of, 4, 5, 19, 48–49, 54

mythology of, 2, 3

Ohio Company involvement of, 24–25, 28–34

Potomac Company and, 32–33

ranking of, 15 (fig.), 17

on slavery, 97–98

on war authority, 11–12, 63

wealth of, 23–24, 26–27, 34, 35, 36, 41–42, 55

Washington, Lawrence, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32

Washington, Martha Custis, 34

wealth

Declaration of Independence and protection of, 42, 44, 47, 51–52

of founding fathers, 23–24, 35, 41–42, 52, 55–56, 57

war motivation and, 23, 55–56

of Washington, G., 23–24, 26–27, 34, 35, 36, 41–42, 55

Wealth of Nations (Smith), 54, 251–252

wealthy

Britain’s taxation impact on, colonists, 38, 41–42, 44, 53

Bush, G. W., taxation of, 207–208, 210

Iraq War support by, 200, 206

military service for, 211, 212–214

war tax burden for, 252

weapons. See chemical weapons; nuclear weapons

weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 12, 176, 189–194

Whig Party, 112–113

White, Walter, 165–166

Willkie, Wendell

campaign of, 170–172

civil rights advocacy of, 165

New Deal criticism of, 146–147

in 1940 election, 169

on World War II impact, 155, 160, 161, 170–171

Wilson, James, 11

Wilson, Woodrow, 3, 140, 172

ranking of, 15 (fig.), 16, 255 (fig.)

World War I justifications of, 5, 240

WMD. See weapons of mass destruction

Wolfowitz, Paul, 247

Woodward, Bob, 195, 199–200

World War I, 5, 240

World War II, 9, 12

beginning of, 148–149

Britain in, 149, 156, 157

Canada in, 162

economic recovery with, 145–146, 145 (fig.)

FDR’s response to, 5, 20, 143, 147–148, 149–151, 153–164, 172–173

France in, 145, 149, 151, 153, 158–159

public opinion and support of, 148, 155, 157–159, 160, 171–172

Willkie on, 155, 160, 161, 170–171

Yancey, William Loundes, 133–134

Yanukovych, Viktor, 219, 237

yes-men, 107–108

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is the Julius Silver Professor of Politics and director of the Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy at New York University. He is the author of twenty books, including The Predictioneer’s Game and, with Alastair Smith, The Dictator’s Handbook . Credit: Arlene Bueno de Mesquita

Alastair Smith is a professor of politics at New York University. The recipient of three grants from the National Science Foundation and author of three books, he was chosen as the 2005 Karl Deutsch Award winner, given biennially to the best international relations scholar under the age of forty. He is the author, with Fiona McGillivray, of Punishing the Prince and, with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, The Dictator’s Handbook . Credit: Angus McGillivray-Smith

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