The Sorrows of Empire (60 page)

In the course of writing, I received much editorial help and many useful comments from Sheila K. Johnson, my companion for forty-six years and herself a gifted writer and intellectual. I owe a great debt to Tom Engelhardt, my editor, who has himself been deeply involved in trying to find the analogies and precedents that might throw light on the suicide of the United States as a democracy. Sandra Dijkstra, my agent, and her associate, Babette Sparr, worked tirelessly to see that my ideas got a public hearing. Others who have drawn my attention to aspects of imperialism and militarism I did not know about or might have overlooked include Kozy Amemiya, Maricler and Alfredo Antognini, Walden Bello, Steve Clemons, Patrick Hatcher, Barry Keehn, Brian Loveman, Thomas Royden, Odete Sousa, Yoshihiko Nakamoto, and the editors of antiwar.com.

Page numbers in boldface refer to maps and tables

Abacha, Sani,
274

ABC news,
153
,
304

ABC-TV network,
113

Abernethy, David,
29
,
30
,
192

Aboimov, I. P.,
69

Abraham, Spencer,
175

Abrams, Elliott,
228

Abu Dhabi (UAE),
222
,
250

Abu Sayyaf (“terrorist gang”),
213

Adams, Brooks,
192

Adams, John Quincy,
190
–91

Afghanistan,
251

anti-Soviet war in,
11
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17
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18
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33
,
139
,
174
,
178
,
222
,
253

military bases in,
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,
172
–73,
181
–83,
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,
214
,
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,
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military personnel in,
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,
288

military recruitment ads and,
113
–14

oil and,
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,
172
–73,
176
–80,
226
–27

private military training and,
140
–41

Taliban takeover of,
177
–80

war of 2001,
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13
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–27,
62
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67
–68,
70
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–9,
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–82,
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–29,
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247
–48,
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,
286
,
310

war of 2001, Guantanámo prisoners and,
42
,
77

Africa,
81
,
140
,
266
,
311

African Americans, in military,
103
–6,
110

Agency for International Development,
64

Agent Orange,
100
,
300

“Agreed Framework” (North Korea),
89

agriculture,
258
,
267
,
269
–72

Aguinaldo, Emilio,
43

Ahmed al Jaber Air Base (Kuwait),
243
–44

Air America (CIA airline),
134

Airbus,
166
,
277

air force,
7
,
62
,
63
,
78
,
104
,
105
,
201
.
See also
Special Forces

black budget,
118
,
119

Air Force Academy rape scandal,
105
–6

Air Force Communications Agency,
241

Air Force Reserve,
102

Air Force Space Command,
79
,
81
,
121
,
311

Air Mobility Command,
189

Air National Guard,
102

Akayev, Askar,
170
,
172
,
183
–84

Albania,
300

Albright, Madeleine,
90

al-Dhafra Air Base (UAE),
249
–50

Alexander’s Gas & Oil Connections,
180

Algeria,
30

Ali al Salem Air Base (Kuwait),
244

al-Jazeera (cable-news network),
246
–47

Allende, Salvador,
9
,
267

al-Masirah Air Base (Oman),
4
,
252

al-Musnana Air Base (Oman),
251
–52

al-Qaeda,
4
,
27
,
88
,
129
,
130
,
175
,
178
,
189
,
236

Iraq ties claimed,
126
–27,
231
–32,
305
–6

9/11 attacks and,
227
,
291

U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia and,
241

war on Afghanistan and,
181
–82,
289

Altair Voyager
(oil tanker),
173

al-Udeid air base (Qatar),
4
,
241
,
247
–48

Amboinese,
131

American Enterprise Institute,
235
,
275

American Journal of Industrial Medicine,
105

American Revolution,
120
,
190

America’s Army
(computer game),
97
–98

Amnesty International,
167

Amoco (British Petroleum-Amoco),
172
,
177
,
178

Amritsar Massacre (1919),
70

Andaman Islands,
70

Andrews, Evander,
248

Anglo-Persian Oil Company,
220

Angola,
135
,
311

Annapolis,
104

Ansar al Islam,
232

anthrax,
224
,
291

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972),
73
,
83
,
256

Apocalypse Now
(film),
112

Appy, Christian,
60

Aquino, Benigno “Ninoy,”
210
,
211

Aquino, Corazon Cojuangco,
211
,
212

Arabian-American Oil Company (Aramco),
218
–19

Arab-Israeli War of 1967,
224

Arbenz, Jacobo,
34

Area 51 (Nevada),
118
,
119

Area Support Groups (ASGs),
196
–97

Arendt, Hannah,
257
,
261
,
283

Argentina,
75
,
255
,
267
,
274
,
276
–77

Arizona National Guard,
175

Arkin, William M.,
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,
288
,
299

armed forces,
32
,
97
–113,
134
.
See also
standing army in peacetime

active reserves,
102
–4

all-volunteer,
54
,
60
,
97
–99

behavior of, abroad,
5
–8,
18
–24,
36
–37,
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–93

crime and racism in,
5
–8,
55
,
92
,
107
–10

currently deployed,
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198
,
202
,
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demographics and,
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,
102
–7

draft and, end of,
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,
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–60

DU ammunition and,
100
–102

Iraq war of 2003,
283

recruitment of,
97
–99,
102
–3,
107
,
110
–14

Armed Forces Recreational Center for Europe,
197

Armenia,
172
,
174

Armitage, Richard,
62
,
174
,
213
,
228

Armor Holdings,
140

arms industry,
57
,
61
–64,
277
–81.
See also
weapons sales

army,
44
–45,
62
,
63
,
105
.
See also
Special Forces

black programs,
118

demographics,
60
,
78
,
104

Army Appropriations Bill (1901),
41

Army Corps of Engineers,
144
,
145
,
219
,
243
,
250

Army Forces Central Command—Kuwait (ARCENT-KU),
147

Army Forces Central Command—Saudi Arabia (ARCENT-SA),
238

Army National Guard,
102

Army Rangers,
69
,
109
,
115
,
124
,
129

Army Reserve,
102

Army War College,
46
,
289

Art of War, The
(Sun Tzu),
255

Ashcroft, John,
294
,
295
,
297
–98

Asiatic Squadron,
41

assassinations,
68
,
133
,
136
,
291

Atlacatl Battalion,
126

Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
236

Atlantic Charter (1941),
200

atomic bombs.
See also
nuclear weapons

secrecy and,
12

used on Japan,
35
,
52
,
198
–99,
290

Atsugi Naval Air Station (Japan),
201

Augustus, emperor of Rome (Octavian),
16

Austin Chronicle,
144

Austo-Hungarian empire,
310

Australia,
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,
31
,
162
–63,
165
,
283

Australia Defense Signals Directorate,
165

Austria,
19

Austro-Hungarian empire,
50

Avant, Deborah,
141

Aviano Air Force Base (Italy),
239

“axis of evil,”
4
,
20
,
77
,
245

Ayios Nikolaos (Cyprus),
162

Azerbaijan,
137
,
168
,
169
,
172
,
174
,
175
,
184

Baccus, Rick,
42

Bacevich, Andrew,
67

Bad Aibling Air Force Base (Germany),
162