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Temptations of a Superpower (Steel), 90

Tenet, George, 92, 98, 100–101, 119–20, 123

Tennessee Valley Authority, 272

terminal phase interception, 221–22, 226–27

term limits, 61

Terror in the Name of God (Stern), 167

terrorism, 5, 14, 19, 37, 108–9, 148–49, 151, 166–70, 231. See also war on terror

Thailand, 36, 94, 124, 148

Thatcher, Margaret, 109

thinking, loss of ability for, 21–24

Iraq’s cultural treasures and, 45–53

killing of civilians and, 24–33

torture and, 33–45

Third Marine Expeditionary Force, 184, 193

Thirteenth Air Force, 202

Thomas, Clarence, 251

311th Military Intelligence Battalion, 42

372nd Military Police Company, 22

Tiberius, emperor of Rome, 69

Tibet, 94

“Tikrit South” air base (Iraq), 52, 162–63

Time , 177, 252

Timon of Athens (Shakespeare), 56

Tojo, Hideki, 200

Tolson, Clyde A., 247

Tomsen, Peter, 120

Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 249

Toronto Sun , 87

Torres, José, 189–90

torture, 5, 8, 19, 22–24, 33–45, 73, 86, 91, 102, 108, 120, 125, 128, 130, 134, 141, 152, 155, 246, 251, 256, 258, 266–67, 268

torture memos, 38–39, 251–52

Torture Papers, The , 39

Total Information Awareness (TIA), 256

Townley, Michael Vernon, 109

trade deficits, 8, 270, 271

Trager, David, 268

Treasury Department, 263, 276, 277

treaties, 8–9, 141

tribunes, 62–64, 68

Tricare, 277–78

Trocki, CarlA., 77

Truman, Harry S., 17, 93, 253

Tunisia, 148

Turkey, 48, 63, 94, 140, 143, 150, 156, 225

TV4 (Stockholm), 128, 130

Twenty-sixth Intelligence Group, 156

Twenty Years’ Crisis, The (Carr), 54

“Two Whatevers” principles, 252

Tyler, Patrick E., 58

tyranny, 16–17, 88–89

U-2 flights, 216, 226, 233

Udeid Air Base (Qatar), 159

Uganda, 148

Ugarte, Alejandro, 168

Ukraine, 20, 94, 152

UNESCO, 50

Union of Concerned Scientists, 227, 237, 239

Unisys Corporation, 257

unitary executive, 248, 251–54

United Arab Emirates, 9, 111, 118, 148, 150, 159

United Nations, 26, 263

Children’s Fund, 28

Convention against Torture (1984), 36, 130

“oil for food” program, 28–29

Security Council, 27–28, 199

U.S. Congress, 14, 245

Afghanistan and, 13, 113–14

budget and, 16–17

CIA and, 91, 94–95, 103–4

defense spending and, 210, 214–15, 229–32, 242, 270–71, 275–76

Iraq and, 60, 99, 159–60

missile defense and, 211–14, 229

overseas bases and, 145, 149–50, 188

power of, vs. president, 9, 13–14, 16–17, 20, 39, 60, 245–50, 252–68

torture and, 36, 44, 251

U.S. Constitution, 8–9, 13–17, 39, 55, 60, 88, 91, 99, 103, 244–45, 252–69

U.S. Family Network, 263

U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ), 180, 202

U.S. Forces Korea, 173

U.S. Government Manual , 127

U.S. House of Representatives, 14, 113

Appropriations Committee, 114–15, 260, 264

Armed Services Committee, 260

Foreign Operations Subcommittee, 114–15

Intelligence Committee, 99, 101, 115, 250, 260, 264

Rules Committee, 263

U.S. House-Senate Conference Committee, 265

U.S. Senate, 14, 55, 100–101, 110, 266. See also Church Committee

Appropriations Committee, 227, 264

Armed Services Committee, 34, 44–45, 144, 158, 211, 221, 262

Budget Committee, 265

Intelligence Committee, 99, 250, 264

Military Construction Appropriations Subcommittee, 149–50

Republican Policy Committee, 45

U.S. Strategic Command, 210

U.S. Supreme Court, 8, 16, 39–40, 175–76, 248–49, 252–54, 258, 266–68

unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 218, 233

Ur excavations, 51–52

Uruguay, 108, 164, 167, 169

Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, 31

USAPatriotAct (2001), 254

Uzbekistan, 36, 112, 140, 151–53

V-2 rockets, 238

Valech, Sergio, 108

Vandenberg Air Force Base (California), 210, 222, 240

Venezuela, 20, 94, 148, 164–66

veterans, 8, 277–78

Veterans Affairs Department, 263, 276

Veterans of Foreign Wars, 144

veto, 61–62, 68, 258

Victoria, queen of England, 72, 82

Vidal, Gore, 18

Vietnam War, 1, 3, 20, 29, 40, 96–97, 126, 161, 182, 249, 254, 258, 274

Vikan, Gary, 50–51

Virgil, 57

Voltaire, 120

von Braun, Wernher, 232

Wade, Mitchell, 260–61

Wagner, Richard, 11

Wagner Act, 272

Wag the Dog (film), 119

Wahhabi movement, 117

Wald, Charles, 137

Wall Street Journal , 275–76

war, 274, 279. See also preemptive or preventive war

of choice, 20–22

Congress and, 16, 253

liberty and, 18, 62

powers of presidency and, 249–53

War Crimes Act (1996), 37

war crimes tribunals, 39–40, 200–201

Warden, John A., III, 27

Warner, John W., 34, 45

War of the Triple Alliance (1865-70), 170

war on drugs, 164–65

war on terror, 35–37, 91, 99, 152, 164, 167–68, 199, 231–32, 244–45, 255, 261, 275–78

War Powers Act (1973), 13, 250

Washington, George, 15, 16

Washington Post , 26, 38, 45, 98, 106, 112, 124–26, 160, 163, 209, 214, 257

Wastrels of Defense (Wheeler), 265–66

Watergate scandal, 92, 94, 247, 249

weapons. See also defense contractors; defense spending; and specific weapons

Afghanistan and, 113–14, 116–17

corruption and, 229–30

domestic bases and, 138

of mass destruction, 98–100

military Keynesianism and, 273, 275–76

prepositioned, 147

space and, 209–18, 233, 240–42

Weekly Standard , 38

Weiner, Tim, 135, 209–10

Weldon, Curt, 212

Weller, Jerry, 262

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation ( formerly School of the Americas), 163

West Germany, 94

Westmoreland, William, 96–97

Wheeler, Winslow, 265–66

White, Thomas D., 208

“White Man’s Burden, The” (Kipling), 74

Wicksell, Joshua, 52

Wiesbaden, Germany, military bases in, 153

Wilkes, Brent, 260–62

Will, George, 244

Williams, Tennessee, 271

Wilson, Charlie, 113–17, 175

Wilson, Joseph C., 99–100

Wilson, Woodrow, 244

Wilson v. Girard , 175–76

Wimert, Paul, 107

Wingo, Jonathan, 230

Winter, Bill, 14

Wireless World , 238

wiretapping, 254–56, 266

Wolfowitz, Paul, 29, 58, 191, 208

Woodland, Timothy, 182–84

Woodward, Bob, 38, 95

Works Projects Administration, 272

World Bank, 81, 164

World Factbook , 167

World Is Flat, The (Friedman), 80

World Policy Institute, 212, 230

World Trade Center. See September 11, 2001, attacks

World Trade Organization, 164

World War I, 20, 46, 87, 244

World War II, 15, 20–21, 24, 39–40, 76, 85, 126, 145, 157, 176, 200, 211, 238, 263, 271, 273–74

“worldwide findings,” 103–4

Würzburg, Germany, military bases in, 153

X-band radars, 221, 223–24

Yamashita, Tomoyuki, 39

Yasukuni Shrine, 200–201

Yemen, 35

Yokosuka, Japan, military base in, 178, 202, 206–7

Yokota, Nobuyuki, 187–88

YokotaAir Force Base (Japan), 202

Yongsan Garrison (South Korea), 145

Yoo, John C., 36–38, 251–53

Young, Adam, 14

Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. Sawyer , 253

Yugoslavia, 19

Yunis, Fawaz, 122