The Sorrows of Empire (72 page)

domestic policing and,
120
–21

Iraq and,
227
,
232

nuclear proliferation and,
291

Saudi Arabia and,
226
,
237
–38

as sorrow of empire,
285

special operations and,
129
–30

U.S. and, in Nicaragua,
75

Tessier, Marie,
105

Texaco,
218

Thailand,
31
,
134
,
273

Thatcher, Margaret,
165
,
225
,
259

“theater engagement plans,”
124

think tanks,
26

Third Infantry Division,
24
,
242

Third World,
20
–21,
71
,
132

globalization and,
256
,
258
,
261
–62,
264
,
266
–76

366th Air Expeditionary Wing,
245

379th Air Expeditionary Wing,
248

Thule Air Force Base (Greenland),
34

Thumrait Air Base (Oman),
252

Tibetans,
72

Tierney, John,
84

Tillman, Benjamin, “Pitchfork Ben,”
43
–44

Time,
116

Torrejón Air Base (Spain),
204

Torricelli, Robert,
12

trade,
31
,
68
,
208
,
256
,
258
–73

commercial espionage and,
166

military and,
25
,
281

national security exceptions and,
278

trade deficits,
281
,
307

Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement,
269
,
270
–72

trade unions,
274

trans-Afghan pipeline,
175
,
176
–80,
226

trans-Balkan pipeline,
145
–46

Treasury, Department of,
122
,
264
,
275

Treaty of Paris (1898),
41
,
42

Treaty of Rome(1998),
74

Treaty of Versailles (1918),
50
–51

trucial states,
217

Truman, Harry S.,
53
,
117

Truman Doctrine,
204

truth, replaced by propaganda,
285
,
298
–306

TRW,
57
,
309

Tupac Amaru guerrilas,
264

Turkey,
70
,
137
,
173
,
205
,
206
,
278

Iraq war and,
252

Kurds and,
174
,
233

military bases in,
144
,
215
,
240
,
242
,
252

Turkmenistan,
169
,
170
,
172
,
176
,
178
,
179
,
185

Turley, Jonathan,
310

Turner, Frederick Jackson,
191

Tuvalu,
133

Twenty-eighth Air Expeditionary Group,
252

Tyranny’s Ally
(Feith),
235

Udorn, Thailand (air base),
134
,
162

UKUSA signals intelligence alliance,
165

Ullman, Harlan,
289
–90

unemployment,
106
–7,
259
,
261

unilateralism,
4
,
73
–81,
286

economic effect of,
256
,
272
,
281
,
307

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, Soviet Union),
34

Afghanistan and,
139
,
177
,
222

atomic bomb and,
222

collapse of,
3
,
6
,
13
,
16
–21,
62
,
169

combat aircraft,
119

containment of,
2
,
6
,
193
,
194

East Asia and,
50

East Germany and,
7
,
8

economy of,
258
,
263

empire of,
31
–34,
69

end of empire,
19
,
20
,
22
–23,
189
,
310

“evil empire” label and,
2
–3,
67

oil and,
168
–69

U.S. surveillance of,
162
,
163

weapons sales,
214

WW II and,
194
,
300

Union Oil Company of California (Unocal),
172
,
176
–80,
228

Unisys,
224

United Arab Emirates,
179
,
222
,
233
,
307

military bases in,
24
,
215
,
242
,
244
,
249
–50

United Nations (UN),
63
,
68
,
69
,
76
–78,
80

Afghanistan and,
180

East Timor and,
125

imperialism and,
283
–84

Iraq and,
225
,
229
–30,
232
–33,
236
,
302
–5

war crimes tribunal,
74

UN Charter,
77
–78,
86
,
200

UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
290
–91

UN General Assembly,
86
,
133

UN Security Council,
72
,
73
,
77
–78,
299

Powell presentation to,
301
–4

resolution 1441,
224

U.S. Congress,
9
,
68
,
74
,
84
,
117
,
129
,
163
,
199
,
275
,
284
,
296
,
306

Budget Office,
307

covert operations and,
117
–19,
128

defense spending and,
56
–58,
248
,
306
,
309

Gulf War I and,
230
–31

Indonesia and,
125

Iraq and,
292

military circumvents,
125
,
128
,
130
,
133
,
136
–38,
142

need for reform of,
312

powers of 12,
44
–45,
292
,
294

Roman senate compared with,
16

Spanish-American War and,
40
,
41
,
43
–45

Vietnam and,
61
,
301

WW I and,
49
,
50

WW II and,
52

U.S. Export Import Bank,
278
–79

U.S. House of Representatives,
56
,
86
–87,
111
,
297

United States Information Agency,
64

U.S. News & World Report,
108
,
127

U.S. Senate,
51
,
111
,
127
,
205
–6

Appropriations Committee,
57

Foreign Relations Committee,
152

Intelligence Committee,
295
,
305

Judiciary Committee,
297

U.S. Supreme Court,
120
,
174
,
294
,
296
,
298

universities,
26
,
32
,
111
–12,
141
–42,
272
,
278

University of Michigan Law School,
104

Uruguay,
75

“Uruguay Round,”
269

Uzbekistan,
137
,
172
,
175
,
178

military bases in,
5
,
144
,
170
,
173
,
181
,
183
,
184
,
203
,
214
,
215
,
226
,
242

Vagts, Alfred,
24
,
30
,
60

Vang Pao,
134

V Corps,
196
,
242

Venezuela,
267

Veracruz occupation,
47

Veterans Administration (VA),
100
–101

veterans,
52
,
58
–59,
100
–101

“Victory Changes Everything” (Krauthammer),
67
–68

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969),
74

Vieques Island base controversy,
152

Vietcong,
131

“Vietnamization,”
135
–36

Vietnam War,
3
,
6
,
9
,
10
,
31
,
33
,
34
,
82
,
112
,
239

armed forces demographics,
102
,
104

Bush II and,
287

“credibility gap” and,
114

domestic politics and,
236

economic impact of,
56
,
259
,
265

foreign troops in,
131
–32,
134
–36,
208
,
209

Gulf of Tonkin and,
301

“lessons” of,
60
,
81

medical effects of,
100

militarism and,
59
–61,
64

military bases and,
35
,
189
,
200
,
202
–4,
207
,
209
–11

racism and,
109

special forces in,
128

Vietnam War Memorial,
59

Villa, Francisco “Pancho,”
47

Vilnius Ten,
300

Vinnell Corporation,
135
,
140
,
148
–49,
237
–38,
242