The Sorrows of Empire (65 page)
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Authors: Chalmers Johnson
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disinformation and,
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–303
extent and roots of American,
1
–5
failed states and,
71
idealistic vs. military,
70
–72
Iraq war and,
236
–37
logic of, and space,
81
–83
militarism inseparable from,
30
Monroe doctrine and,
191
multinational corporations and,
30
–31
recent endorsement of,
67
–68
reluctance theme in,
191
sorrows of, post-Iraq war,
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–85
Spanish-American War and,
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–44
superpowers and, during Cold War,
32
–35
surrogate soldiers and,
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–49
Theodore Roosevelt and,
51
unconstrained,
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–68
Wilsonian foundations for,
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–52
Independent Institute,
308
India,
181
military training programs,
137
nuclear weapons and,
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–64
rice patents and,
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–72
Indian emigrants,
29
–30
Indonesia Petroleum,
179
“industrial policy,”
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–78
information warfare,
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–306
Insight,
58
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research,
73
analysis, as cover,
10
listening posts and sharing,
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–67
U.S. citizens and,
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–98
Defense Department, vs. CIA,
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–28
intelligence estimates,
9
–10
intelligence SAP (IN-SAP),
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Intelligence Support Activity (ISA),
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–29
intercontinental ballistic missile,
290
international agreements,
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–78
International Charter, Inc.,
140
International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty,
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International Court of Justice,
291
International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission,
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–76
International Military Education and Training Program (IMET),
132
,
135
–37,
140
International Monetary Fund (IMF),
68
,
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,
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–57,
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–69,
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–78
international order
trade and,
257
International Peace Operations Association,
141
international security organization, proposed,
71
International Telecommunications Satellite organization (Intelsat),
161
Internet,
297
investment banks,
26
Iraklion base (Greece),
205
Afghan refugees and,
177
Israel and,
235
Iran-Iraq war,
224
–25
Iraq,
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–53,
290
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See also
Iraq War of 2003; Persian Gulf War (Gulf War I)
bombing,
280
British and,
70
Bush II and,
88
coup of 1958 in,
223
Israeli raid on,
70
private military companies and,
141
reconstruction contracts,
308
–9
Shi’ites and,
224
strategic position of,
217
U.S. bases in Gulf and,
244
U.S. troops currently in,
288
Iraqi exiles,
305
as achievement of neocons,
71
Bulgaria and,
146
Bush II decision to go alone,
73
Coalition Media Center and,
249
congressional vote on,
292
cost of,
306
–7
democracy as pretext for,
233
domestic politics as motive for,
236
DU ammunition in,
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–2
economic impact of, on U.S.,
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–7
“embedded” reporters and,
115
–16
fall of Baghdad and,
283
fragging and,
104
Germany and,
198
Guantanámo prisoners and,
42
information warfare to justify,
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–306
Israel and,
234
–35
Kuwait bases and,
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–43
lack of exit strategy for,
236
–37
lack of intelligence estimate before,
10
–11
looting and,
234
military purchases for,
2
number of troops,
283
plan to remake, as client state,
283
refusal of other nations to pay for,
307
Saudi bases and,
240
Turkey and,
252
“un-American” to question,
4
Wilson foreign policy as precursor of,
47