Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred income tax provision (benefit) for the effect of changes in non-U.S. and U.S. state tax rates	$ 7,000,000	$ 25,000,000	$ (8,000,000)
Income tax payments, net of refunds	291,000,000	95,000,000	44,000,000
Deferred tax assets, other	284,000,000	406,000,000
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets	413,000,000	400,000,000
Release of tax reserve	13,000,000
Tax positions for which the ultimate benefits are highly certain, but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such benefits	1,000,000	14,000,000	9,000,000
Accrual for the payment of estimated interest and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits	54,000,000	104,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, decrease resulting from settlements with taxing authorities	26,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000
Income tax provision related to special items	(924,000,000)	(85,000,000)	(266,000,000)
Income tax provision excluding the impact special items	527,000,000	456,000,000	591,000,000
Income tax provision (benefit) excluding the impact of special items as a percentage of pre-tax earnings before equity earnings	27.00%	29.00%	32.00%
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	5,100,000,000	4,700,000,000	4,500,000,000
Income tax provision (benefit)	(523,000,000)	331,000,000	311,000,000
FY 2013 [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income tax provision (benefit)	32,000,000
Settlement with Taxing Authority [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Tax positions for which the ultimate benefits are highly certain, but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such benefits	4,000,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Unrecognized tax benefits, decrease resulting from settlements with taxing authorities	844,000,000
Temple Inland [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets, other		600,000,000
Deferred tax liabilities, other		$ 1,800,000,000