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

Pfaff, William, 51

pharmaceutical companies, 256, 271

Philadelphia Inquirer, 128

Philby, H. St. John, 218

Philby, Kim, 218

Philippines, 29, 31, 41–44, 50, 89, 192, 203, 268–69

military bases and, 2, 8, 152, 189, 193, 207–14, 288

Philippines Freedom from Nuclear Weapons Act (1988), 212–13

Picasso, Pablo, 299

Pine Gap (Australia), 162–63

Pinochet, Augusto, 267

“plant replacement value” (PRV), 154, 189–90, 221

Platt Amendment (1901), 41–42

Poland, 280, 301

police

domestic, 107, 119–23

foreign, 204, 133

Polk, James K., 191

Polo, Marco, 168

Pomeroy, William J., 208

Poole, Patrick S., 296–97

“Population Representation in the Military Services” (DOD report, 1999), 102

Portuguese colonies, 190

Posse Comitatus Act (1878), 120–22

Postal Service, U.S., 295

Pouliot, Michael R., 148

poverty, 81, 275

Powell, Colin, 53, 62, 213–14, 227, 228, 236, 247, 289

UN Security Council and, 301–5

Present Dangers (Kagan and Kristol), 228, 235

presidency

expanded power of, 47, 285, 292–96

“illegal belligerents” and, 78–79

“imperial,” 3, 44–45

intelligence budgets and, 117

military vs. authority of, 53, 125

promises to end wars and, 59

Roman emperors and, 15

“preventive war,” 4, 6, 22

Bush II doctrine of, 256, 285–87

cost of, 307

defense intellectuals and, 70–71

Iraq and, 284

North Korea and, 90

Rumsfeld vs. CIA and, 128

Prince Sultan Air Base (Saudi Arabia), 226, 238–42

private military companies, 134, 135, 140–49, 184

privatization, 259

“Proactive Preemptive Operations Group,” 129