Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic

legislative branch, 15–16, 267–68

Lenin, Vladimir, 5, 83

“Lesser Evils” (Ignatieff), 73

Letelier, Orlando, 109

Levi Strauss & Co., 263

Lewinsky, Monica, 119

Lewis, Jeffrey, 240

Lewis, Jerry, 261

Lexus and the Olive Tree, The (Friedman), 80

liberal imperialism, 77

Liberia, 148

Library of Korans, 47, 49

Libya, 123

Lieven, Anatol, 270

Lincoln, Abraham, 244

Lincoln’s Constitution (Farber), 252

Lindemans, Micha F., 11

Linder, Sven, 128

Lindh, John Walker, 34–35

Lindorff, Dave, 35

Lindqvist, Sven, 76, 79

Livy, 56–58, 60

Liz Claiborne, 263

lobbyists, 260–65, 273

Locke, John, 77

Lockheed Martin, 212–13, 215, 225, 227, 257, 264

London Times, 4, 123, 161 “lone superpower,” 142

Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad, The (Polk and Schuster), 48

Lord, Lance, 215, 232

Lord & Taylor, 263

Los Angeles Times, 15, 35, 71, 263

low Earth orbits (LEO), 216–19, 237, 241

Lucas, George, 209

Macedonia, 63

Macke, Richard C., 180

Madam Secretary (Albright), 25–26

Madison, James, 16, 18, 20, 59, 244–45

Mahle, Melissa Boyle, 100

Mahuad, Jamil, 166

Maier, Charles S., 77

Main Operating Bases (MOBs), 145–46, 148, 153–54

Malayan Emergency (1948-60), 4, 85

Malaysia, 85, 94, 236

Mali, 148

Mallowan, Max, 52

Malthus, Thomas Robert, 76

Manas Air Base (Kyrgyzstan), 6, 147, 151, 153

Manhattan Project, 10

Mansfield Park (Austen), 75

Manta base (Ecuador), 165–66, 169