The Sorrows of Empire (69 page)

Oregon Territory,
191

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),
62
,
219
,
250
–51

Origins of Totalitarianism, The
(Arendt),
283

Orwell, George,
141

Osan Air Base (South Korea),
91

Osirak reactor raid (Iraq),
70

Oslo Accords,
235

Ota, Masahide,
6

Ottoman empire,
50
,
257
,
310

Outer Space Treaty (1967),
81

“overloans,”
266

Owen, Glen,
110

Owens, Arne,
136

Pacific Command (PACOM),
93
,
124
–25

Pacific Fleet, civilian visitors to,
117

Pacific Islanders,
103

Padilla, Jose,
293
,
294
–95

Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, shah of Iran,
220

Pakistan,
125
,
137
,
222
,
231

military bases in,
173
,
182
–83,
214
,
215
,
242

oil pipeline and,
173
,
176
–79,
182
–83

Paladin artillery pieces,
142
,
242
–243

Palestinians,
71
,
72
,
133
.
See also
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Panama,
3
,
62
,
69
–70,
128
,
192

Panama Canal Zone,
42
,
69
,
136
,
192
–93

Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK),
206
–7

Papadopoulos, George,
206

Papandreou, Andreas,
206
–7,
211

Papandreou, George,
204
,
205

Paraguay,
75

Parameters,
288

Pasni military base (Pakistan),
182

patents, agriculture,
271
–72.
See also
intellectual property rights

Pathet Lao,
134

Patriot Act, USA, (2001),
296
–98

Patterns of Global Terrorism
(State Department),
227

Patton
(film),
112

Pearl Harbor attack,
113
,
189
,
300

Pearl Harbor
(film),
112
–13

Pennzoil,
174
,
233

“Pentagon Papers, The,”
10

People’s War,
9

Percy, Lindis,
164
–65

perestroika,
18

Perle, Richard,
126
,
228
,
234
,
235

Pershing, John J.,
47

Persian Gulf,
216
,
217
–23,
242

Carter Doctrine and,
223

democracy and,
233

Iranian revolution and,
222
–23

military bases in,
8
,
24
,
148
,
155
,
168
,
190
,
198
,
214
,
220
–21,
226
–27,
233
,
237
–53,
258

oil and,
253
,
307
–8

Persian Gulf War (1991, Gulf War I),
3
,
21
,
100
,
141
,
144
,
219
,
221
,
225
–26,
229
.
See also
Iraq; Iraq war of 2003

cost of,
307

four classes of casualties,
100

MPR,
52

Oman and,
252

payments from foreign governments for,
25

Pentagon desire to finish,
227
–28

propaganda and,
230
–31

reporters and,
116

Saudi Arabia and,
135
,
219
,
238
–40

troops in,
107

Peru,
263
–64

Peterson Air Force Base (Colorado Springs),
121

Pfaff, William,
51

pharmaceutical companies,
256
,
271

Philadelphia Inquirer,
128

Philby, H. St. John,
218

Philby, Kim,
218

Philippines,
29
,
31
,
41
–44,
50
,
89
,
192
,
203
,
268
–69

military bases and,
2
,
8
,
152
,
189
,
193
,
207
–14,
288

Philippines Freedom from Nuclear Weapons Act (1988),
212
–13

Picasso, Pablo,
299

Pine Gap (Australia),
162
–63

Pinochet, Augusto,
267

“plant replacement value” (PRV),
154
,
189
–90,
221

Platt Amendment (1901),
41
–42

Poland,
280
,
301

police

domestic,
107
,
119
–23

foreign,
204
,
133

Polk, James K.,
191

Polo, Marco,
168

Pomeroy, William J.,
208

Poole, Patrick S.,
296
–97

“Population Representation in the Military Services” (DOD report, 1999),
102

Portuguese colonies,
190

Posse Comitatus Act (1878),
120
–22

Postal Service, U.S.,
295

Pouliot, Michael R.,
148

poverty,
81
,
275

Powell, Colin,
53
,
62
,
213
–14,
227
,
228
,
236
,
247
,
289

UN Security Council and,
301
–5

Present Dangers
(Kagan and Kristol),
228
,
235

presidency

expanded power of,
47
,
285
,
292
–96

“illegal belligerents” and,
78
–79

“imperial,”
3
,
44
–45

intelligence budgets and,
117

military vs. authority of,
53
,
125

promises to end wars and,
59

Roman emperors and,
15

“preventive war,”
4
,
6
,
22

Bush II doctrine of,
256
,
285
–87

cost of,
307

defense intellectuals and,
70
–71

Iraq and,
284

North Korea and,
90

Rumsfeld vs. CIA and,
128

Prince Sultan Air Base (Saudi Arabia),
226
,
238
–42

private military companies,
134
,
135
,
140
–49,
184

privatization,
259

“Proactive Preemptive Operations Group,”
129

professional military class,
55
,
58
–61

Project for the New American Century (PNAC),
228
,
229
,
230
,
234
,
235

propaganda,
114
,
285
,
298
–303

Iraq and,
229
–31

protectionism,
263

public health,
122
,
260

Puerto Rico,
42
,
152
,
192

Pulitzer, Joseph,
40

Punjabis,
70

Qatar,
4
,
222
,
233

military bases in,
24
,
215
,
241
,
242
,
244
,
246
–49

racial minorities, in armed forces,
104
–5,
110

racism,
25

armed forces and,
104
,
107
–10

“extraterritoriality” and,
35

imperialism and,
29
,
47
,
50
,
51

liberalism and,
261

Philippines and,
43
–44

Wen-ho Lee case and,
87

RAF Chicksands Priory (Britain),
162
,
164

RAF Croughton (Britain),
164

RAF Menwith Hill (Britain),
161
,
162
,
164
,
165

RAF Morwenstow (Britain),
162

Ramstein Air Force Base (Germany),
154
,
194

Rand Corporation,
82

Rangwala, Glen,
303
,
304

Rapid Deployment Force,
223

“rapid dominance,”
290

Rashid, Ahmed,
179

raw materials,
208
,
258

Raytheon,
57
,
279
,
280

Reagan, Ronald,
16
–17,
126
,
178
,
228
,
235
,
259
,
298

defense spending and,
56

El Salvador and,
126

“evil empire” speech,
17
,
67

Grenada and,
114

Iraq and,
224
–25,
300

military and,
53
,
61
–62

neocons and,
70

Persian Gulf and,
223
,
224

Philippines and,
212

special forces and,
128

star wars and,
84

Vietnam and,
60

“realists,”
19

Rebuilding America’s Defenses
(PNAC report of September 2000),
228
,
229
,
230

Red Horse squadrons,
239
,
252