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republican form of government, 9–11, 18, 59–60, 89, 279. See also democracy

Republican Party, 199, 210, 212, 249–50, 258, 260–62, 266–67

Responsiblity and Judgment (Arendt), 21

Reuters, 168

Rhein-Main Air Base (Germany), 156

Rhode Island National Guard, 42

Rhodes, Cecil, 82

Rhyne, Jim, 128

Rice, Condoleezza, 23, 92, 98, 155, 204

Ride, Sally, 217

Ridgeway, James, 244

Riggs Bank, 110

Ritter, Scott, 92, 228

Roberts, John, 248, 267

Roberts, Paul Craig, 255

Robertson, James, 255

Robertson, Pat, 4

Robson, Eleanor, 47

rogue nations, 212–13, 228, 241

Romania, 123–24, 143, 149, 155

Romano, Joseph, 133

Rome, ancient, 16–17, 55–71, 47, 78, 88–89, 138–39, 150, 244, 269

Senate, 14, 61–63, 65–69, 266

U.S. as new, 37–38

U.S. Constitution and, 59–61, 63–64, 66

Romulus, 60

Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (Marshall Islands), 222

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 244

Rose, David, 43

Rosen, Ruth, 247

Rostow, Walt, 97

Rota naval station (Spain), 156

Rothschild Bank, 82

Rove, Karl, 92

Roy, Arundhati, 1, 80

Royal Jordanian Airlines Flight 402, 122

Rozen, Laura, 261

Rubicon (Holland), 54, 57

rule of law, 8–9, 77, 81, 102, 112–13, 251–53

Rumsfeld, Donald, 17, 21, 23, 32–35, 40–41, 47, 143–44, 146, 149–51, 154, 158, 168, 174, 178, 182–83, 193, 195, 198, 204–6, 209, 212–15, 227, 230, 241, 246, 249

Russia, 6, 73, 215, 220–21, 228, 235–37, 263. See also Soviet Union

Russian Strategic Missile Force, 228

Ruzicka, Maria, 30

Ryan, Leo J., 103

Ryukyu Petroleum, 181

Sachs, Jeffrey, 33

Safire, William, 256

Said, Edward, 75

Saipan, 263

Sakharov, Andrei, 223–24

Salman bin Abdul Aziz, 118

Samson, Victoria, 222

Sanchez, Ricardo, 34, 40–41, 43–44

Sandinistas, 165, 248

San Francisco Chronicle, 13, 247

Sappenfield, Mark, 148

Sardinia, 154

Sasebo, Japan, 178

Satellite Industry Association, 237, 238

satellites, 216–20, 232–41

Sao Tome and Principe military base, 148

Saudi Arabia, 3, 6, 9, 36, 48, 111, 115–19, 141, 143, 158–59, 163, 236

Saudi General Intelligence Department (Istakhbarat), 118

Scaife, Richard Mellon, 212

Scheuer, Michael, 99, 101, 122

Schlesinger, fames, 92, 94

Schneider, Rene, 107–9

Schneier, Brucé, 252

School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 216

School of the Americas, 163

Schriever Air Force Base (Colorado), 234, 239

Schroder, Gerhard, 153

Schroen, Gary C., 100

Schuster, Angela M. H., 48

Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 162

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, 227

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), 212

Sciscioli, Alejandro, 168

Scott, Paul, 80

Scowcroft, Brent, 26

Scud missiles, 227

Seabees, 162

Second Infantry Division, 142

Second Space Operations Squadron, 234

secrecy, 1–2, 6, 19–20, 71, 89, 94–95, 120, 140–41, 249, 258, 278

Bush II and, 245–51

corruption covered by, 229–30

defense spending and, 264

FISA court and, 254–55

FOIA and, 245–48

plausible deniability and, 102–3

Sembawang port (Singapore), 146

Sensitized Compartmentalized Information Facility, 147, 166

separation of powers (balance of powers, checks and balances), 14–17, 23, 39, 55, 59–61, 63, 88–89, 91, 244, 252–54, 259, 266–68

September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks, 2–5, 13, 25, 29, 34, 75–76, 89, 95–96, 98–100, 110, 130–35, 143, 231–32, 235–36, 249, 255, 265

Serbia, 120, 140

Serchuk, Vance, 148

Serrano, Richard A., 35

Seventh Fleet, 178

Sextus, king of Etruria, 60

sexual assaults, military and, 6, 146, 179–90, 192, 194, 206–7

Shakespeare, William, 56, 67

Shannon Peace Campers, 127

Shia Muslims, 87

Shreffler, John, 10–11

“signing statements,” 248, 257–59, 266

Silverstein, Ken, 263–64

Singapore, 85

Singh, Anupama Rao, 28

Sismi (Italian intelligence service), 132

60 Minutes (TV program), 25, 123

slavery, 75, 81

Sleeping with the Devil (Baer), 124–25

smart bombs, 232, 241

Smith, Lamar, 186

Smuts, Jan Christian, 87

Social Security, 272

SOFAs. See Status of Forces Agreements

Soldiers’ Satellite Network, 239

Solovtsov, Nikolai, 228

Somoza, Anastasio, 19

Sorrows of Empire, The , 5, 6, 10–11, 278

Soto Cano Air Base (Honduras), 146–47, 164–65

South Africa, 79, 87, 157

Southern Command (Southcom), 44, 61, 147, 163–65, 167

South Korea, 3, 19, 104, 142–43, 145, 150, 156, 172–73, 176–77, 201, 221, 236

South Pacific Mail (Chilean newspaper), 106

South Vietnam, 19, 250

Soviet Union (USSR), 14, 97–98, 105–6, 110–12, 115–17, 135, 148, 172, 216, 223–24, 274–75

collapse of, 1, 20, 117, 142, 152, 157, 210–11, 228

space, 208–21, 225, 232–42

Space Shuttle, 237

Space Surveillance Network, 216

Space Warfare Center, 239

Spain, 10, 19, 63, 76, 150, 154, 156

Spangdahlem Air Base (Germany), 155

Spanish-American War, 20, 163

Spataro, Armando, 132

special access programs (SAPs), 40, 229

Special Forces, 4, 31, 40, 100, 128, 147, 163–65, 168–69

Speicher, Michael, 163

Spinney, Franklin C., 230, 264

Spolar, Christine, 159

spy satellites, 221, 223, 233

stagflation, 274

Stahl, Lesley, 25

Stalinism, 275

standing armies, 22, 60, 65–66, 70, 273, 279

“Star Wars” (Strategic Defense Initiative, SDI), 199–200, 208–9, 223–24, 228

State Department, 15, 21, 27, 104, 144, 152, 167, 177, 188, 263, 268, 276

state terrorism, 102, 112, 163, 243

Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs), 144, 149, 171–207

Steel, Ronald, 90, 273

Stephens, Joe, 124

Stern, Jessica, 167

Stevens, Ted, 265

Stiglitz, Joseph, 277

Stinger missiles, 114, 116–17

Streetcar Named Desire, A (Williams), 271

Strengthening U.S. Global Defense Posture (DOD report), 149

Stroessner, Alfredo, 169

Studies on Persianate Societies , 51

Subic Bay naval base (Philippines), 207

Sudan, 79, 94

Suetonius, 56, 64–65

Suez Canal, 87

Suharto, 19

Sullivan, Martin, 50–51

Sullivan, Michael, 19

Sulzberger, Arthur, Jr., 255

Sumerian civilization, 47, 51

Sunni Muslims, 87, 111

Sununu, John E., 251

supplementary war-spending bill of 2005, 159

surface-to-air missiles, 226

Suriname, 94

Swaggart, Jimmy, 4

Sweden, 123, 128–31

Swedish Security Police (SAPO), 128–30

Switzerland, 48

“sympathetic consideration” agreement (1996), 181, 185, 191, 193

Syria, 36, 48, 63, 125, 128, 141, 158, 162, 268

Tacitus, 56

Taepodong-2 (rocket), 221

Taft-HartleyAct (1947), 253

Taguba, Antonio, 41–42, 44

Taira, Koji, 171

Taiwan, 3, 19, 143, 198–99

Taji Air Base (Iraq), 161–62

Tajikistan, 152

Taliban, 31, 35–36, 53, 100, 110–11, 116–20, 143

Tallil Air Base (Iraq), 51–52, 162–63

Tanaka, Makiko, 184

tariffs, 82, 83

Tarloff, Erik, 71–72

TarnakFarm, 119

Tarquinius Superbus, king of Etruria, 60

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 152–53

Tasmanians, 79

taxes, 150, 174, 230–31, 242, 275

Teets, Peter B., 215

Temara, Morocco (prison), 124

Temple Press Ltd., 126