Post–Cold War Challenges Foreign Affairs George Herbert Walker Bush: Biography The End of the Cold War Central and Eastern Europe The demise of the Soviet Union Ripples of Freedom South Africa The Third World Nicaragua El Salvador Panama China The Gulf War The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait U.S. response mobilizing a coalition sending troops to Saudi Arabia the U.N. resolution the war against Iraq terms of the armistice Middle East peace: some reasons for hope A Domestic Guardian Bush’s Lack of Vision A "guardianship" presidency Emphasis on voluntarism The Troubled Economy S&L crisis Federal deficit Recession causes Bush’s proposed solutions Civil Rights Appointments of minorities and women Americans with Disabilities Act Los Angeles riot Affirmative action The Supreme Court Appointment of David Souter Thomas-Hill controversy Court’s growing conservatism Health and the Environment A War on Drugs The environment: pollution and warming The Election of 1992 Bill Clinton: style and issues George Bush: issues and troubles H. Ross Perot Outcome The Clinton Presidency Bill Clinton Biography Political style Agenda The Economy and Free Trade Clinton’s tax-and-spending package Battle over NAFTA A reviving economy The World Trade Organization Setbacks: Health Care and Gay Rights Battle over universal health care Homosexuals and women in the military Elections, 1994: A Republican Earthquake Anti-crime and welfare reform bills The 1994 midterm elections questions about Clinton’s character Newt Gingrich and the "Contract with America" Republican landslide The 104th Congress Clinton’s response federal government shutdowns emphasizing budget balancing and debt reduction welfare reform The 1996 Election Bob Dole and the Republican campaign Evidence of economic abundance Clinton’s victory The Post–Cold War World Clinton’s Foreign Policy: "Democratic Enlargement" Russia Financial assistance Nuclear stockpiles and missiles Violence in the Former Yugoslavia Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia Kosovo China and the Pacific Rim Trade issues Recognizing Vietnam China North Korea Peacemaking in Haiti and Northern Ireland Haiti Northern Ireland Failure in Somalia and Rwanda Somalia Rwanda The Middle East and the Spread of Terror The Palestinian-Israeli conflict Oslo Accords peace treaty between Israel and Jordan Wye Memorandum resistance Iraq The spread of terror Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda Operation "Infinite Reach" the Taliban The Prosperous Nineties The Prosperity of the 1990s Measures Widespread disparities Concern over marketplace practices Reasons for prosperity Biotechnology: The Human Genome Project Mapping the genome Uses and fears Communications: the Internet telecommunications development of the Internet the World Wide Web The Bull Market African Americans Gains Continuing problems and discrimination Anger and accommodation Immigrants and Native Americans Asians and Hispanics demographics culture persistent poverty anti-immigrant resentment Native Americans federal policy gambling Women Gains Media images Health and Safety Health demographics new drugs and medical technologies AIDS Crime and the schools declining crime rate school shootings Resentments Sources of conservative resentment religious and family issues affirmative action Violent confrontations siege at Ruby Ridge battle at Waco the Oklahoma City bombing Renewing the Domestic Agenda A Cautious Approach Campaign finance reform Budget surplus Gun Control, the Environment, and Tobacco Failure of gun control legislation Environmental issues Tobacco industry settlement Sex, Lies, and Impeachment The Lewinsky scandal the Starr investigation Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky Tightening the noose Clinton’s denials Lewinsky’s testimony impeachment inquiry Slipping through public opinion House impeachment Senate acquittal The Clinton record