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

Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, shah of Iran, 220

Pakistan, 125, 137, 222, 231

military bases in, 173, 182–83, 214, 215, 242

oil pipeline and, 173, 176–79, 182–83

Paladin artillery pieces, 142, 242–243

Palestinians, 71, 72, 133. See also Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Panama, 3, 62, 69–70, 128, 192

Panama Canal Zone, 42, 69, 136, 192–93

Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), 206–7

Papadopoulos, George, 206

Papandreou, Andreas, 206–7, 211

Papandreou, George, 204, 205

Paraguay, 75

Parameters, 288

Pasni military base (Pakistan), 182

patents, agriculture, 271–72. See also intellectual property rights

Pathet Lao, 134

Patriot Act, USA, (2001), 296–98

Patterns of Global Terrorism (State Department), 227

Patton (film), 112

Pearl Harbor attack, 113, 189, 300

Pearl Harbor (film), 112–13

Pennzoil, 174, 233

“Pentagon Papers, The,” 10

People’s War, 9

Percy, Lindis, 164–65

perestroika, 18

Perle, Richard, 126, 228, 234, 235

Pershing, John J., 47

Persian Gulf, 216, 217–23, 242

Carter Doctrine and, 223

democracy and, 233

Iranian revolution and, 222–23

military bases in, 8, 24, 148, 155, 168, 190, 198, 214, 220–21, 226–27, 233, 237–53, 258

oil and, 253, 307–8

Persian Gulf War (1991, Gulf War I), 3, 21, 100, 141, 144, 219, 221, 225–26, 229. See also Iraq; Iraq war of 2003

cost of, 307

four classes of casualties, 100

MPR, 52

Oman and, 252

payments from foreign governments for, 25

Pentagon desire to finish, 227–28

propaganda and, 230–31

reporters and, 116

Saudi Arabia and, 135, 219, 238–40

troops in, 107

Peru, 263–64

Peterson Air Force Base (Colorado Springs), 121