Middle East.
mercenaries in, 135
NSS of 1990 and, 21
oil and, 145, 168, 218, 234
permanent deployment of soldiers in, 253
plan to remake, 228, 237
Miles, Manuel, 15
militarism, 256, 310
all-volunteer army and, 102
causes of, 64–65
CINCs and foreign policy and, 124–26
“civilian,” 60–62
civilian casualties and, 28
Cold War and, 55–58
defense spending and, 56–58
defined, vs. “military,” 23–24
democracy undermined by, 13
domestic policing and, 119–23
economic effect of, 257
economic globalism vs., 272
growth of, as irreversible, 11–12
Hawaii and, 42n
imperialism inseparable from, 30
indicators of, 58–65, 78–79
institutions of, 97–130
intelligence and, 11, 126–29, 167
Korean War and, 58–59
military as priority of state and, 63–64
military bases and, 152
military evasion of congressional restrictions and, 138
military officers in government positions and, 62–63
Panama and, 42n
professional military class and, 58–62
Reagan and, 61–62
sorrows of, post Iraq, 284–85
space and, 79–83
Spanish-American War and, 39–46
standing army and, 44–45
Vietnam War and, 59–61
Wilson and, 46–52
WW II, 52–55
military.
defined, vs. militarism, 23–24
displaces resources from free market, 308–9
domestic policing and, 119–23
growth of role of, 3, 22, 123–25
high-ranking, as modern-day proconsuls, 5, 8
