Guantanamo prisoners and, 42
imperialism and militarism as motive for, 61, 236–37, 310
information warfare to justify, 299–306
international impact of, 95, 283–84
Israel and, 234–35
Kuwait bases and, 242–43
lack of exit strategy for, 236–37
lack of intelligence estimate before, 10–11
lack of legitimacy of, 215, 256
looting and, 234
military base acquisition and, 24, 189, 190, 214–15
military bases in Persian Gulf and, 222, 226–28, 253
military purchases for, 2
military recruitment and, 99 9/11 as pretext for, 229–32
North Korea and, 88, 90–91
number of troops, 283
plan to remake, as client state, 283
push for, prior to 9/11, 227–29, 233–35, 308
Qatar and, 246, 248–49
refusal of other nations to pay for, 307
Saudi bases and, 240
Turkey and, 252
“un-American” to question, 4
UN and, 232–33, 301–5
Wilson foreign policy as precursor of, 47
WMDs and, 94, 229–30, 304–6
Islamic militants, 139, 172, 177, 237–38, 288
isolationism, 3, 44
Israel, 31, 70, 102, 137, 139, 153, 215, 242, 281, 291
Iraq and, 70, 234–35
UN and, 76, 133
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 235, 244, 246
Italy, 8, 34, 43, 56
Itochu Oil Exploration company, 179
ITT corporation, 147
Iwakuni Air Station (Japan), 201
Jackson, Bruce, 300
Jacobadad military base (Pakistan), 182
“Jam Echelon Day,” 166
Japan, 31, 34, 68, 215
constitution of, 199
economy of, 259, 263, 264
Gulf War I and, 25, 307
imperialism of, 43–44, 48, 50, 71, 131, 310
military bases in, 7, 8, 56, 108, 109, 190, 198–203, 202
North Korea and, 91, 92, 94
nuclear weapons and, 12, 201–2
oil and, 179
