Chalmers Johnson - The Sorrows of Empire - Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic

“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

Red Sea, 242, 252

Regal Entertainment Group, 114

“Regional Counter-Terrorism Defense Fellowship Program,” 138

Rehnquist, William, 298

Reischauer, Edwin O., 201

Remington, Frederic, 40

Republican Party, 46, 51, 80, 88, 191, 192

Clinton defense spending and, 56

convention of 2000, 120

Iraq and, 228–29, 236, 308

Kazakhstan pipeline and, 173–74

Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), 141–42

Junior, 111

Rhineland-Palatinate, 195

Ricardo, David, 260

Rice, Condoleezza, 33–34, 173–74, 179, 227, 229, 233

RiceTec, Inc., 271

Rickover, Hyman, 40

right-wing, 60, 80–83, 86

Ritter, Scott, 230, 303

Rivero, Oswaldo de, 261, 262, 263–64, 274

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

attacks of 1995 in, 237

attacks of 2003 in, 148–49, 241–42

Riyadh Air Force Base, 239

Rocca, Christina, 181

Roche, James G., 63, 105, 311

Rockwell, 118, 224, 278

Rogers, Paul, 162

“rogue states,” 21, 77, 84, 291

Roh Moo-hyun, 93

Rokke, Doug, 100–102

Roman Empire, 3, 5, 257, 284

Bush II and, 256

hate and fear slogan and, 285

Krauthammer on, 68

Legionnaires, troops in Germany as, 196

military bases and, 24, 25, 188

North Koreaand, 88

proconsuls, CINCs as, 87, 121, 126

rise and fall of, 15–16

slaughter of civilians by, 28

Roman senate and, 15–16, 37, 312

sorrows of, 285

Romania, 146, 300

Romero, Oscar, 136

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 2, 33, 52, 191, 192, 218, 286

Roosevelt, Theodore, 29, 40, 41, 42n, 45, 46, 48, 51, 70, 80, 192

Root, Elihu, 45–46, 48, 51, 192

Rose, M. Franklin, 27

Rota Naval Base (Spain), 163, 204

Rothschild family, 168

Rough Riders (Rocky Mountain), 41, 45

Rove, Karl, 236

Royal Air Force (RAF) stations, Sigint bases and, 164

Royal Dutch Shell, 168, 220

Rubin, Robert, 256

Ruby Ridge attacks, 121

“Rule of Power or the Rule of Law, The” (IEER and LCNP study), 73

Rumsfeld, Donald, 6, 11, 123, 126–30, 172, 181, 215, 241, 248, 298–300

Iraq and, 224–25, 227, 228, 230–32, 236

space and, 82–85

Russia. See also Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Russia, post-Cold War, 83, 183, 290

economic crisis in, 263, 267, 275

military expenditures of, 306–7

nuclear weapons and, 291

North Korea and, 94

oil and, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 176, 179

weapons sales by, 133

Russia, pre-Soviet, 42–43, 131

revolution of 1917, 50, 51

Rwanda, 72

Sabana Seca (Puerto Rico), 162

Saint, Crosbie E., 141

Sakharov, Andrei, 17–18

Salinas, Raul, 274

Sampson, Anthony, 234

San Diego Unified School District, 110–11

Sandinistas, 34, 75, 128

San Joaquin County, USS, 201

San Vito dei Normanni (Italy), 162

Sao Tomé, 311

“Sarge, The” (Army dragster), 98

Sasebo naval base (Japan), 201

satellite nations, 31, 35, 41–42

satellites (space), 79, 81, 83

spy, 81, 161–63, 165–66, 224, 311

Saud, Khalid Al, 237

Saudi Arabia, 144, 166, 182, 233

anti-American incidents in, 139, 148–49, 237–38, 241–42

BBC and, 247

Iraq and, 224, 225, 287, 307

Israel and, 235

military bases in, 24, 139, 215, 226, 237–42

9/11 attacks and, 227

oil and, 179, 217–19, 308, 311

U.S. announces withdrawal from, 241–42

Saudi Aramco, 219

Saudi Ministry of Defense and Aviation, 240

Saudi National Guard, 135, 148–49, 242

Schell, Jonathan, 290

Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 6, 286

School of the Americas (SOA), 68, 136–37

Schröder, Gerhard, 198

Schwarzkopf, Norman, 80, 100, 113, 226, 237

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), 140

scientific research institutes, 32

Scott, Bruce R., 260

Scowcroft, Brent, 127, 174

Seattle, USS (cruiser), 109

Seberg, Jean, 295

Second Infantry Division, 92, 93

secrecy, 1, 10–12, 57, 60, 68, 117–20

espionage bases and, 161

FISC and, 295

Japan nuclear agreement and, 201–2

military bases and, 152–53, 155

private military companies and, 135

SOFAs and, 36

Secrets (Ellsberg), 97

secret treaties, China and, 50

Sembach airfield (Germany), 194

Sepoy Mutiny (1857), 134, 138–39

sepoys, 131, 134–40

September 11, 2001 attacks, 310

al-Jazeera on, 247

Central Asian oil and, 175–76, 181–83, 226–27

CIA and, 139

consequences of path taken after, 284–85

“defense intellectuals” and, 81, 84

defense spending and, 56, 64

globalization ended by, 257

globalization protestors compared to, 275

high-tech warfare invites, 291

Indonesian military training after, 138

Iraq war pushed after, 126–27, 229

military imperialism after, 3–4, 11–13, 67–68, 214–15, 277, 280

military in domestic policy after, 120–21

military recruitment and, 113

preventive war and, 285–86

Saudi bases and, 241–42

Schlesinger on aftermath of, 6

special intelligence after, 126–27

threats to constitutional rights after, 297–98

unilateralism after, 72–73, 76–78

weapons sales and profits after, 280

Serbia, 3, 20, 72, 75, 79, 145

military bases and, 155, 189

Seven Sisters, The (Sampson), 234