The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic

Latvia, 300

League of Nations, 50, 51

Leahy, Patrick J., 125

Lebanon, 235

Ledeen, Michael, 234

Lee, Wen-ho, 87

Lee Ki Sun, 92

Lemnitzer, Lyman, 301

Leninism, 50

Leno, Jay, 180

Leno, Mavis, 180

Lewis, Flora, 77

Lexus and the Olive Tree, The (Friedman), 273

Libby, I. Lewis, 228

liberalism, classical, 261

Libya, 290

Lili’oukalani, queen of Hawaii, 42

Lincoln, Abraham, 52

Lindquist, Sven, 28

Link, Arthur S., 47

List, Friedrich, 262

listening posts, overseas, 155, 161–65

Lithuania, 300

Lockheed Martin, 57, 62–63, 79, 80, 119, 161, 278, 280, 309

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 51, 80, 192

“lone superpower,” 4, 44, 67, 72, 274, 284, 307

Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons laboratory, 87

Lott, Trent, 228

Louisiana, election of 1876 and, 120

Louisiana National Guard, 175

LST-883, USS, 142

L3 Communications, 140, 141

Lula da Silva, Luiz, 280

Lumpe, Lora, 132

Lusitania, sinking of, 48–49

Lutzenburger, Jose, 268

Lynch, Jessica, 99

MacArthur, Douglas, 53

McCoy, Alfred, 134–35

MacDill Air Force Base (Florida), 129, 223, 237, 249

McDonnell Douglas, 119, 278

Macedonia, 300

McGovern, Ray, 305

McKinley, William, 41, 43, 44, 45

McMaster,H.R., 61

McNamara, Robert, 6, 61, 301

McSally, Martha, 241

Madison, James, 44–45, 120, 292

Magsaysay, Ramon, 209