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

Mahan, Alfred T., 80, 192

Mahathir, Mohamad, 273–74

Maine, USS, sinking of, 40, 192, 301

Makarios III, president of Cyprus, 206

Malaysia, 273–74

Mallaby, Sebastian, 71

Manama naval base (Bahrain), 220–21, 245, 248, 252

Manas International Airport (Kyrgyzstan), 183–84

Manchester, William, 59

Manchuria, 48, 131, 170

Manhattan Project, 12, 117

manifest destiny, 51

Manila Bay, 41, 43

manufacturing, 208, 281

Maoism, 9

Marashi, Ibrahim al-, 304

Marcos, Ferdinand, 89, 207, 210–13, 273

Marcos, Imelda, 210, 212

Marine Corps, 7, 41, 103, 105, 109, 201.See also Special Forces

defense budget and, 62

number of, 78

Marine Corps Reserve, 102

“Market as God, The” (Cox), 261

“market democracy,” 21

markets, “free,” 262, 263, 265, 273, 308–9.See also globalization; neoliberalism

Markle, Kenneth, 92

Marshall, Andrew W., 82–83

Marshall, George C, 53–54

Martin, Patrick, 176

Marxism, 50, 260, 261

Matar, Mohammed, 230

Matlock, Jack F, 69

Mauritius, 221

Maury, John, 205

Mazar-i-Sharif base (Afghanistan), 182

Mead, Walter Russell, 68

media.See news media

Meltzer Report (2000), 275–76

Menem, Carlos, 274

mercantilism, 30–31

mercenaries, 135, 141–42, 148

Metcalf, Joseph W., III, 114

Mexican War of 1846–48, 52, 191

Mexico, 2, 121, 169, 190, 192, 274

debt crises, 266, 267, 273

revolution of 1910, 47–49

Michener, James, 58

Microsoft, 166

Middle East Media Research Institute (Memri), 235