Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic

Boykin, William G. “Jerry,” 4

Brandeis, Louis, 253

Brazil, 3, 104, 108, 164, 166–67, 169, 236

Bremer, L. Paul, 158

Brezhnev, Leonid, 82

Brilliant Solution, A (Berkin), 15–16

British East India Company, 77

British Empire, 4, 35, 46, 55–56, 71–90, 121, 138, 157, 279

British Royal Air Force, 87, 126, 140

Bromma Airport (Sweden), 128–29

Brooks, David, 38

Brown, Lisa, 184

Brown, Michael J., 184–90

Browne, Harry, 243

Brutus, 57, 60, 67–68

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 110

Buchanan, Walter E., Ill, 158–59

Budget Control and Impoundment Act (1974), 250

Bulgaria, 143, 149, 155

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 165, 232

“Burden, The” (Ignatieff), 74

Burns, John, 48

Bush, George H. W. (Bush 1), 26, 45, 50, 76, 96, 142, 193, 248–50

Bush, George W. (Bush II), 8, 21, 33, 39–40, 62, 152, 211, 243, 262

      addresses by, 3, 47, 100, 123–24, 144, 231

      defense spending and, 270–71, 275–78

      extraordinary renditions and, 122–23, 152

      free market and, 82, 84–85

      intelligence and, 10, 90–92, 96, 98–102, 135–36

      Iraq and, 45–47, 50, 77, 98–102, 136, 138, 154, 161, 203, 277

      Japan and, 177, 180–81, 186, 190–93, 198–200, 203

      Latin America and, 168–69

      military bases and, 141, 144, 149, 154–57, 178, 201

      9/11 attacks and, 2–5, 96, 167

      presidential power and, 8, 13–15, 57–60, 68, 71, 191, 244, 246–48, 250–59, 266–68

      space and, 209–10, 213–15, 220, 227–29, 231–32

      torture and, 33–10, 258–59

Bybee, Jay S., 38

Byrd, Robert, 14, 55–56, 65, 67, 265

Caesar, Julius, 56–57, 59, 62–68, 70, 244, 268

Caligula, emperor of Rome, 69

Cambodia, 3, 19, 94, 96

Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire, 77, 79–80, 86

campaign contributions, 242, 259–62

Camp Anaconda (Iraq), 162

Camp Bondsteel (Kosovo), 140, 161

Camp Courtney (Japan), 184, 187–88

Camp Darby (Italy), 154–55

Camp Echo complex, 124

Camp Foster (Japan), 190